Rating & ranking the Bond films objectively

Absolutely_Cart

If there were to be a ranking list based - not on your own opinion of the movies - but in terms of how most other people viewed them and their overall acclaim, how would you do it? Here's basically an average of most lists I've read. It certainly kills me to put some of these as high/low as I did, but in the name of objectivitah.

1 Goldfinger
2 From Russia With Love
3 Dr. No
4 Goldeneye
5 Casino Royale
6 Skyfall
7 On Her Majesty's Secret Service
8 The Spy Who Loved Me
9 You Only Live Twice
10 For Your Eyes Only
11 Thunderball
12 Diamonds Are Forever
13 Live and Let Die
14 The Living Daylights
15 Tomorrow Never Dies
16 License to Kill
17 Moonraker
18 The World Is Not Enough
19 Quantum of Solace
20 Octopussy
21 Man with the Golden Gun
22 A View to a Kill
23 Die Another Day

The Red Kind

Not my top 5, but in the interest of the topic I would say the following;

Goldfinger
Skyfall = Casino Royale
The Spy Who Loved Me
You Only Live Twice
Goldeneye

Jarvio

Well the IMDB list is this:

1 - Casino Royale
2 - Goldfinger
3 - Skyfall
4 - From Russia With Love
5 - Dr No
6 - Goldeneye
7 - The Spy Who Loved Me
8 - Thunderball
9 - You Only Live Twice
10 - Live And Let Die
11 - For Your Eyes Only
12 - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
13 - The Man With The Golden Gun
14 - The Living Daylights
15 - Diamonds Are Forever
16 - Quantum Of Solace
17 - Licence To Kill
18 - Octopussy
19 - Tomorrow Never Dies
20 - The World Is Not Enough
21 - A View To A Kill
22 - Moonraker
23 - Die Another Day

Absolutely_Cart

I'm surprised MWGG was well received compared to the others.

Thunderpussy

Ranking the Bond films by the ones the public know would be ......

Goldfinger
Skyfall
..er?
The one with the big bloke with the steel teeth ?
Er?
Sean Connery !

That's what I usually hear.

MilleniumForce

Most people know GF, TSWLM, OP (for some strange reason) and the Craig films.

The Red Kind

Thunderpussy wrote:

Ranking the Bond films by the ones the public know would be ......

Goldfinger
Skyfall
..er?
The one with the big bloke with the steel teeth ?
Er?
Sean Connery !

That's what I usually hear.

"What's the one where the laser beam goes up his jaffas..?" )

MilleniumForce

Here is the public opinions (IMDB ranking) vs my opinion

IMDB ranking/Position on my list

1. CR (17)
2. GF (5)
3. SF (2)
4. FRWL (19)
5. DN (22)
6. GE (1)
7. TSWLM (8)
8. TB (21)
9. YOLT (13)
10. LALD (10)
11. FYEO (4)
12. OHMSS (18)
13. TMWTGG (14)
14. TLD (11)
15. DAF (15)
16. QoS (23)
17. LTK (9)
18. OP (3)
19. TND (6)
20. TWINE (16)
21. AVTAK (12)
22. MR (7)
23. DAD (20)

As you can see, I must have no taste in good films!

Oddjob's Hat

Mine would be:-

1) Casino Royale
2) Goldfinger
3) Skyfall
4)From Russia With Love
5) GoldenEye
6) The Spy Who Loved Me
7) Thunderball
8) Moonraker
9) O.H.M.S.S
10) Live & Let Die
11) You Only Live Twice
12) Octopussy
13) For Your Eyes Only
14) Quantum of Solace
15) The Man With The Golden Gun
16) A View To A Kill
17) The World Is Not Enough
18) Dr. No
19) Diamonds Are Forever
20) The Living Daylights
21) Tomorrow Never Dies
22) Licence To Kill
23) Die Another Day