The best of the best-
1)GOLDFINGER
2)THUNDERBALL
3)FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
4)DR. NO
5)YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
6)THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
Almost perfect, but not quite-
7)ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
8)GOLDENEYE
Very good-
9)FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
10)LIVE AND LET DIE
11)DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
12)OCTOPUSSY
Good-
13)THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
14)TOMORROW NEVER DIES
15)MOONRAKER
16)THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
The worst (for a Bond film)-
17)LICENCE TO KILL
18)DIE ANOTHER DAY
19)THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
20)A VIEW TO A KILL
"He’s a man way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine. And when they start not smiling back—that’s an earthquake. and then you get yourself a couple of spots on your hat, and you’re finished. Nobody dast blame this man. A salesman is got to dream, boy. It comes with the territory." Death of a Salesman
Wow...we have done this so often..but then again peoples opinions do change. Red, I have to admit, I am quite impressed...much different than a few years ago when I first got on this site.
1. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
2. Goldfinger
3. From Russia With Love
4. For Your Eyes Only
5. The Spy Who Loved Me
6. Dr. No
7. Thunderball
8. Octopussy
9. Goldeneye
10. You Only Live Twice
11. The Living Daylights
12. The World is Not Enough
13. The Man With The Golden Gun
14. Diamonds are Forever
15. Live and Let Die
16. A Veiw To A Kill
17. Licence to Kill
18. Tomorrow Never Dies
19. Die Another Day
20. Moonraker
1) On Her Majesty's Secret Service (Connery may have been the best Bond, but this IS truly the best Bond movie. The most action, the best story, the best Bond leading lady, the best John Barry musical score).
2) Thunderball (probably the most quintessential representation of Bond. Slightly beat out by OHMSS. Connery's personal favorite Bond flick, incidentally).
3) From Russia with Love
4) Goldfinger (a GREAT film, but the most overrated because so many people consider it the best. In my opinion, the flash begins to ever-so-slightly outweigh the substance of the storyline).
5) The World Is Not Enough
6) The Spy Who Loved Me
7) Dr. No
8) For Your Eyes Only
9) You Only Live Twice
10) Goldeneye
11) License to Kill
12) Live and Let Die
13) A View to a Kill (a mediocre Bond film, but not nearly as bad as most people make it out to be. Easily better than the seven listed below).
14) Diamonds are Forever
15) Octopussy
16) Tomorrow Never Dies
17) Moonraker
18) Die Another Day
19) The Living Daylights
20) The Man with the Golden Gun (Easily the worst Bond film ever. Just plain dull).
1. From Russia with Love
2. The Spy Who Loved Me.
3. Goldfinger
4. OHMSS
5. Thunderball
6. Dr. No
7. Goldeneye
8. Moonraker
9. You Only Live Twice
10. Octopussy
The next 5 are all solid Bond adventures:
11. Live and Let Die
12. For your eyes only
13. Licence to Kill
14. The World is Not Enough
15. The Living Daylights
Here's where we get into trouble. these movies contain serious flaws that are hard to overlook. For diehard Bond fans only
16. Diamonds are Forever
17. Tomorrow Never Dies
18. The Man with the GoldenGun
19. Die Another Day
20. A View to a Kill
My current 10 favorite:
1. GE 2. MR 3. OP 4. TMWTGG 5. TSWLM 6. TND 7. TWINE 8.DN 9. GF 10. AVTAK
1 You Only Live Twice
2 The Living Daylights
3 Dr. No
4 From Russia With Love
5 Goldfinger
6 For Your Eyes Only
7 On Her Majesty's Secret Service
8 Thunderball
9 The Spy Who Loved Me
10 Live and Let Die
11 Octopussy
12 The Man With the Golden Gun
13 Goldeneye
14 Die Another Day
15 Diamonds Are Forever
16 Licensed to Kill
17 Tomorrow Never Dies
18 The World is Not Enough
19 Moonraker
20 A View to a Kill
01 - From Russia With Love
02 - The Living Daylights
03 - Goldfinger
04 - GoldenEye
05 - The Spy Who Loved Me
06 - The World Is Not Enough
07 - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
08 - Thunderball
09 - For Your Eyes Only
10 - Dr. No
11 - Octopussy
12 - Tomorrow Never Dies
13 - Licence To Kill
14 - A View To a Kill
15 - Die Another Day
16 - Diamonds Are Forever
17 - You Only Live Twice
18 - Live and Let Die
19 - Moonraker
20 - The Man with the Golden Gun
So, if I'd give my favourite movie 20 points and my least favourite one 1 point and divide it by the amount of movies an actor has starred, this should be my actor-ranking
1.Goldfinger
2.From Russia With Love
3.The Spy Who Loved Me
4.On Her Majesty's Secret Service
5.Thunderball
6.The Living Daylights
7.Dr. No
8.Diamonds are Forever
9.Live and Let Die
10.GoldenEye
11.Tomorrow Never Dies
12.You Only Live Twice
13.For Your Eyes Only
14.The World Is Not Enough
15.License to Kill
16.Die Another Day
17.Moonraker
18.A View to a Kill
19.The Man With The Golden Gun
20.Octopussy
I am sure I will change my mind by tomorrow, but here goes.
GF
TB
FRWL
TWINE
LTK
GE
YOLT
DN
TND
TSWLM
DAF
OHMSS
TMWTGG
TLD
LALD
DAD
FYEO
OP
AVTAK
MR
As you can tell Roger Moore is my least favorite Bond. I don't completly dislike him I just found his Bond movies to be a little light for my taste. I didn't care for his fight scenes either.
The immovable top 5(they haven't budged in my entire time here):
1. TLD
2. OHMSS
3. LTK
4. FYEO
5. FRWL
The Next Best(these move around a little):
6. GF
7. OP
8. GE
9. TSWLM
10. DN
The One's I Won't Skip Thanksgiving Dinner At Granny's Just to Watch on Spike's Next Bondathon:
11. TB
12. TWINE
13. LALD
14. TMWTGG
15. MR
The One's I Won't Switch Away From Whatever's on the History Channel Just Because It's a Bondathon on Spike:
16. YOLT
17. TND
18. DAF
19. AVTAK
20. DAD
If I had to rate NSNA, I'd put it somewhere between 11-15. Even though it's an obvious ripoff of TB, Sean looked like he was actually having fun being Bond again, and Klaus Maria Brandauer played a great lunatic villain. Throw in Barbara Carrera as Fatima and Max von Sydow as Blofeld, and it's a serviceable Bond movie. The one area where TB has it beat hands down, however, is Claudine Auger over Kim Basinger. That's no contest.
1. From Russia with Love
2. The Spy Who Loved Me.
3. Goldfinger
4. OHMSS
5. Dr, No
6. Thunderball
7. Goldeneye
8. Live and Let Die
9. Moonraker
10. You Only Live Twice
the next 5 are all decent...although id say there is a big gap here between 12 and 13. Octopussy was the last classic Bond film
11. Octopussy
12. For your eyes only
13. Licence to Kill
14. The World is Not Enough
15. The Living Daylights
these are enjoyable in their own right
16. Diamonds are Forever
17. Tomorrow Never Dies
18. The Man with the GoldenGun
these are the at the bottom of the barrell
19. Die Another Day
20. A View to a Kill
My current 10 favorite:
1. GE 2. MR 3. OP 4. TMWTGG 5. TSWLM 6. TND 7. TWINE 8.DN 9. GF 10. AVTAK
1. The Spy Who Loved Me
2. Thunderball
3. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
4. Goldfinger
5. The Living Daylights
The slightly behind 5:
6. From Russia With Love
7. The World Is Not Enough
8. Dr. No
9. For Your Eyes Only
10. GoldenEye
The still very good 5:
11. Licence To Kill
12. Octopussy
13. You Only Live Twice
14. Tomorrow Never Dies
15. Moonraker (would rank much higher without the space scenes)
The bottom 5:
16. Diamonds Are Forever
17. The Man With The Golden Gun
18. A View To A Kill
19. Die Another Day
20. Live And Let Die (only because of the voodoo and tarot scenes)
But I love them all! When I zap through the programs and there's a Bond movie on, I get hooked. No matter which one.
1.From Russia With Love
2.Goldfinger
3.On Her Majesty's Secret Service
4.The World Is Not Enough
5.GoldenEye
6.The Living Daylights
7.Thunderball
8.Die Another Day
9.The Spy Who Loved Me
10.Dr.No
11.Tomorrow Never Dies
12.Licence To Kill
13.For Your Eyes Only
14.Octopussy
15.Live And Let Die
16.You Only Live Twice
17.Moonraker
18.Diamonds Are Forever
19.The Man With The Golden Gun
20.A View To A Kill
I love all of the Bond films, however I would argue the top 4 are some of the best movies of all time.
This is my first posting on the site. As you can see I'm not much of a Brosnan fan so I'll be interested to see what Daniel Craig can bring to the role. I wasn't too enamoured with the choice until I saw footage his press conference which has made me more open minded.
1. Diamonds Are Forever
2. Licence To Kill
3. Goldfinger
4. From Russia With Love
5. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
6. You Only Live Twice
7. Man WithThe Golden Gun
8. Live And Let Die
9. Living Daylights
10. Spy Who Loved Me
11. Dr No
12. View To A Kill
13. World Is Not Enough
14. For Your Eyes Only
15. Thunderball
16. Tomorrow Never Dies
17. Die Another Day
18. Goldeneye
19. Octopussy
20. Moonraker
1. Goldfinger - Oddjob, a great cast, reigns supreme
2. Goldeneye - Great acting, loved Natalya, great stunts
3. On Her Majesty's Secret Service - in depth look at Bond's character, Tracy, "sensitive Bond"
4. A View to a Kill - Though most hate it, I love this film, Jenny Flex, the theme song, Zorin
5. For Your Eyes Only - It was in Greece, Locque was freakin ugly though had to turn away a lot from the TV
6. From Russia with Love - It had many exotic locations, Klebb was crazy, loved her shoes
7. The Spy Who Loved Me - Naomi's helicopter chase, Barbara Bach in general, Stromberg was weak but Jaws made up for it
8. You Only Live Twice - Helga was hot, Pleasance's appearance as Blofeld, great stunts
9. Octopussy - The Acrostar Plane, Gobinda's death, it was pretty cool
10. Live and Let Die - Somewhat silly, silly villains but Samedi saved it for me, I liked Rosie and it got me obsessed with Tarot for a week
11. The World is Not Enough - Elektra was a good villain, Renard wasn't, they killed Valentin, Christmas sucked
12. Thunderball - Two words: Fiona Volpe. Also, pretty good movie.
13. Dr. No - It was so boring, I had to turn it off 30 minutes into it
14. The Living Daylights - It got slow in a lot of parts, Necros was really lame
15. Tomorrow Never Dies - I don't know what it is, I just don't like this movie
16. Diamonds are Forever - Stupid, everyone was stupid
17. The Man with the Golden Gun - Goodnight should have died the second she was introduced, the plot, Scaramanga saved it a little but is overrated
18. License to Kill - Boring, odd, stupid, villains have the IQ of 3 and Dalton is at his worst.
19. Moonraker - Mind-numbingly annoying, ridiculous in many ways, Drax always looked dubbed and the orchid speech scared me when I was little
20. Die Another Day - Death to Jinx, Miranda should have lived and been the Bond girl/Jinx killer, recycled every movie, Madonna, no real plot, crappy special effects, score didn't fit the film, "Kill him! Quietly!", the "Vanish", Zao's face
And whoever disses Goldeneye or AVTAK better run...
Dr No
From Russia with love
Goldfinger
On her majesty's secret service
For your eyes only
The living daylight
Licence to kill
Goldeneye
The silliest Bonds Roger Moore made are the worst, with perhaps Moonraker at the bottom.
With all its faults DAD was far better than most of the movies Moore made.
1. From Russia with Love
2. Goldfinger
3. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
4. Living Daylights
5. Thunderball
6. Dr No
7. Goldeneye
8. Licence to Kill
9. You Only Live Twice
10. For Your Eyes Only
11. The World is Not Enough
12. Diamonds are Forever
13. Live and Let Die
14. Tomorrow Never Dies
15. The Spy Who Loved Me
16. The Man with the Golden Gun
17. Octopussy
18. A View to a Kill
19. Moonraker
20. Die Another Day
Honourable mention: Never Say Never Again
998 Casino Royale with David Niven
999th Casino Royal with Daniel Craig!
1. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
2. From Russia With Love
3. Goldeneye
4. The Spy Who Loved Me
5. The Living Daylights
6. The Man With The Golden Gun
7. For Your Eyes Only
8. Octopussy
9. Tomorrow Never Dies
10. You Only Live Twice
11. Dr No
12. Moonraker
13. Live and Let Die
14. Goldfinger
15. Die Another Day
16. A View To A Kill
17. Diamonds Are Forever
18. Thunderball
19. Licence To Kill
20. The World Is Not Enough
1 Goldeneye
Fresh, great acting, superb setpieces, fine pacing
2 The Spy Who Loved Me
The best example of the cinematic Bond, with all the Bondian elements perfectly in balance
3 For Your Eyes Only
Moore playing it straight, and does a great job
4 The World is Not Enough
Real drama, and Brosnan's best performance
5 Goldfinger
Classic Bond, Classic Connery
6 Dr. No
Just a very good film, that hasn't dated
7 On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
Tough, sharply plotted, and emotional
8 License to Kill
Dalton unleashed, brave departure
9 Tomorrow Never Dies
Bond by numbers
10 Live and Let Die
Great change of pace
11 The Living Daylights
An intelligent Spy thriller
12 Die Another Day
Popcorn Bond
13 Thunderball
OK, but running out of ideas
14 You Only Live Twice
Uninspired
15 Octopussy
Can't find it's tone
16 From Russia With Love
Kinda boring
17 The Man With the Golden Gun
Enjoyable Pap
18 A View to a Kill
Lacking story and execution
19 Moonraker
Bond does not belong in space
20 Diamonds Are Forever
No-one wants to be there
1. From Russia With Love (It's a classic that has it all. Great story and acting. Action is great. Terrific locales. What's not to like?)
2. Dr. No (Barebones Bond. I like the simplicity and grittiness. This is where it all begins. Is very close to being #1. Best line: "You had your six")
3. Goldfinger (the movie that best defines him. Great story and female co-stars)
4. The Spy Who Loved Me (along with FRWL, the most romantic of the Bond films. I liked Bach's character. Moore is well suited for this one. Great music that really holds the movie together. Best theme song of the series)
5. Goldeneye (I like the '90's makeover and gritty settings. The Russian locations are very impressive. Judi Dench as M is a great foil for Bond, and their conflicts make for some of the film's most memorable moments. Great female stars and villains. A strong storyline. Electronic music score is a bit weird and somewhat distracting. Yet it seems appropriate for this stark post-Cold War setting. It seems like most of it was written with Timothy Dalton in mind, but it's bleak setting balances well with Pierce Brosnan's charm and charisma)
6. For Your Eyes Only (another one well-suited for Moore. Weakest music soundtrack of the series. Bill Conti should have stuck with the Rocky movies)
7. Thunderball (One of the first ones I ever saw as a kid, back when ABC was the only network airing Bond films. Always loved the gadgets. Good story and characters.)
8. You Only Live Twice (Hey, at least it's got Connery! Like the Asian locales)
9. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (Lazenby's a bland Bond, and seeing Bond in a kilt was a little weird. Still a good flick. Diana Rigg is always great. Why isn't this on TV more?)
10. Die Another Day (Yeah, I liked it. So? The first half of the movie is very good. Liked the idea of Bond in a North Korean prison. Falls apart toward the end. CGI a bit over the top. The invisible car didn't bother me, but the surfing and snowboarding did. Wish the vendetta angle was played up better (hell, I'd be mad if I spent a year being tortured in a North Korean prison!). Yet, it's still a decent popcorn flick. Not sure why everyone hates it)
11. Tomorrow Never Dies (Great action, good villain. Like the Vietnam setting. Good charasmatic bad guy (greedy megalomaniac businessmen make good villains) Story weakens somewhat weak toward the end, though)
12. License To Kill (I like Timothy Dalton in this, though he is a bit too dark and serious. Liked the rogue agent on vendetta angle. Female leads are very good. Bad guys are menacing as opposed to comical. The Wayne Newton televangelist character is awful and distracts. What hurts this movie is that it seems like just another action flick)
13. The Living Daylights (an otherwise good movie spoiled by lame villains. There is no one strong 'bad guy', only a few weak ones, and that hurts the film. Dalton's good, but way too brooding)
14. Diamonds Are Forever (hey, I liked this one. Some cheesy elements, but for some reason many of them work)
15. Octopussy (Has some flaws, but it's not bad. Moore balances the humor element well here, particularly in the street fight in India, which was among the funniest scene ever in a Bond film)
16. Live And Let Die (the 'blaxploitation Bond'. The New Orleans setting is pretty cool, but the plot is a bit weak. Liked the villains)
17. The World Is Not Enough (Sophie Marceau is great and complex. Denise Richards is terrible and not believable as a nuclear physicist. First half of the movie is good with lots of action. Liked the PTS. However, plot was too complicated and messy, though I liked the twist with Electra King's character)
18. The Man With The Golden Gun (Good villains, terrible female lead. Forgettable movie could have been better but turned into a mess)
19. A View To A Kill (Good villains, terrible female lead. Am I repeating myself here? Forgettable movie that had no chance whatsoever. Christopher Walken and Grace Jones were the only good things in this lame 007 outing. Moore was right to hang it up after this one)
20. Moonraker (Bond in space? Ugh! Laser guns and effects are cheesy. Looks like a bad Austin Powers flick. A really lame film, Bond or not. By far, the worst of all the official James Bond films. Makes AVTAK look like Casablanca)
Never Say Never Again would rank between 14 and 15. Didn't like the cheesy 'video game challenge' competition between Bond and Largo, but Connery was great in this movie and did well playing up the humor angle of an aging Bond. Great cast, especially Barbara Carrera. Music score is forgettable and very dated. Nonetheless, the movie is basically a rehash of "Thunderball". Sure glad "Warhead 2000" or the other 10 remakes of "Thunderball" that Sony had planned never came to fruition. Kevin McClory is one greedy *******.
1. Goldeneye
2. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
3. The Living Daylights
4. Goldfinger
5. For Your Eyes Only
6. Octopussy
7. License to Kill
8. Tomorrow Never Dies
9. From Russia With Love
10. Dr. No
11. Moonraker
12. A View to a Kill
13. The World is not Enough
14. The Spy Who Loved Me
15. Diamonds Are Forever
16. The Man With the Golden Gun
17. You Only Live Twice
18. Die Another Day
19. Live and Let Die
20. Thunderball
1) The Spy Who Loved Me
2) The World Is Not Enough
3) Goldfinger
4) Moonraker
5) Octopussy
6) From Russia With Love
7) The Living Daylights
8) Thunderball
9) For Your Eyes Only
10) On Her Majesty's Secret Service
11) Dr. No
12) Goldeneye
13) A View To A Kill
14) The Man With The Golden Gun
15) You Only Live Twice
16) Live and Let Die
17) Tomorrow Never Dies
18) Diamonds Are Forever
19) Licence to Kill
20) Die Another Day
Looks like a 20-way tie, SFF.
I agree with you in the sense of liking all of them. I can watch them over and over and don't consider one of them "dreadful" - and I hope it stays that way...
1-For your eyes only
2-OHMSS
3-Moonraker
4-Octopussy
5-Thunderball
6-Goldfinger
7-The World is not enough
8-From Russia with Love
9-Goldeneye
10-You only live twice
11-The Spy who loved me
12-Dr.No
13-A View to a kill
14-Live and let die
15-The Man with the Golden Gun
16-The Living Daylights
17-Diamonds are forever
18-Die another Day
19-Licensed zo kill
20-Tormorrow never dies
my list:
1. FRWL: the story is sick, cool action
2. The living daylights: I like TD whats wrong with that
3. Goldeneye: story and action rocked its all Downhill for PB from there
4. Man with the golden gun: who dosent like fun houses
5. OHMSS: just beacuse he onily did one does not make it bad
6. Licence to kill
7. Goldfinger
8. FYEO
9. YOLT
10. Tomarrow never dies
11. Thunderball: my dad saw this in theators
12. Dr. NO: yes it is the first but nothing special
13. Octopussy
14. The spy who loved me
15. Dimonds are forever
16. TWINE
17. Moonraker
18. Live and let die
19. AVTAK: just never liked it that much
20. Die another day: you cant deny they went overboard.
Comments
My Favorite:
1. Octopussy
2. License To Kill
3. The Living Daylights
4. Thunderball
5. A View To A Kill
6. From Russia With Love
Really Good:
7. Tomorrow Never Dies
8. Goldfinger
9. The Spy Who Loved Me
10. The Man With the Golden Gun
11. Goldeneye
12. The World Is Not Enough
Pretty good:
13. Live And Let Die
14. For Your Eyes Only
15. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
16. Dr. No
Not the best but enjoyable:
17. Moonraker
18. Die Another Day
Worst but I still like to watch them:
19. Diamonds Are Forever
20. You Only Live Twice
The best of the best-
1)GOLDFINGER
2)THUNDERBALL
3)FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
4)DR. NO
5)YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
6)THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
Almost perfect, but not quite-
7)ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
8)GOLDENEYE
Very good-
9)FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
10)LIVE AND LET DIE
11)DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
12)OCTOPUSSY
Good-
13)THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
14)TOMORROW NEVER DIES
15)MOONRAKER
16)THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
The worst (for a Bond film)-
17)LICENCE TO KILL
18)DIE ANOTHER DAY
19)THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
20)A VIEW TO A KILL
1. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
2. Goldfinger
3. From Russia With Love
4. For Your Eyes Only
5. The Spy Who Loved Me
6. Dr. No
7. Thunderball
8. Octopussy
9. Goldeneye
10. You Only Live Twice
11. The Living Daylights
12. The World is Not Enough
13. The Man With The Golden Gun
14. Diamonds are Forever
15. Live and Let Die
16. A Veiw To A Kill
17. Licence to Kill
18. Tomorrow Never Dies
19. Die Another Day
20. Moonraker
2) Thunderball (probably the most quintessential representation of Bond. Slightly beat out by OHMSS. Connery's personal favorite Bond flick, incidentally).
3) From Russia with Love
4) Goldfinger (a GREAT film, but the most overrated because so many people consider it the best. In my opinion, the flash begins to ever-so-slightly outweigh the substance of the storyline).
5) The World Is Not Enough
6) The Spy Who Loved Me
7) Dr. No
8) For Your Eyes Only
9) You Only Live Twice
10) Goldeneye
11) License to Kill
12) Live and Let Die
13) A View to a Kill (a mediocre Bond film, but not nearly as bad as most people make it out to be. Easily better than the seven listed below).
14) Diamonds are Forever
15) Octopussy
16) Tomorrow Never Dies
17) Moonraker
18) Die Another Day
19) The Living Daylights
20) The Man with the Golden Gun (Easily the worst Bond film ever. Just plain dull).
The Golden 10
1. From Russia with Love
2. The Spy Who Loved Me.
3. Goldfinger
4. OHMSS
5. Thunderball
6. Dr. No
7. Goldeneye
8. Moonraker
9. You Only Live Twice
10. Octopussy
The next 5 are all solid Bond adventures:
11. Live and Let Die
12. For your eyes only
13. Licence to Kill
14. The World is Not Enough
15. The Living Daylights
Here's where we get into trouble. these movies contain serious flaws that are hard to overlook. For diehard Bond fans only
16. Diamonds are Forever
17. Tomorrow Never Dies
18. The Man with the GoldenGun
19. Die Another Day
20. A View to a Kill
1. GE 2. MR 3. OP 4. TMWTGG 5. TSWLM 6. TND 7. TWINE 8.DN 9. GF 10. AVTAK
1 You Only Live Twice
2 The Living Daylights
3 Dr. No
4 From Russia With Love
5 Goldfinger
6 For Your Eyes Only
7 On Her Majesty's Secret Service
8 Thunderball
9 The Spy Who Loved Me
10 Live and Let Die
11 Octopussy
12 The Man With the Golden Gun
13 Goldeneye
14 Die Another Day
15 Diamonds Are Forever
16 Licensed to Kill
17 Tomorrow Never Dies
18 The World is Not Enough
19 Moonraker
20 A View to a Kill
...but I love them all
02 - The Living Daylights
03 - Goldfinger
04 - GoldenEye
05 - The Spy Who Loved Me
06 - The World Is Not Enough
07 - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
08 - Thunderball
09 - For Your Eyes Only
10 - Dr. No
11 - Octopussy
12 - Tomorrow Never Dies
13 - Licence To Kill
14 - A View To a Kill
15 - Die Another Day
16 - Diamonds Are Forever
17 - You Only Live Twice
18 - Live and Let Die
19 - Moonraker
20 - The Man with the Golden Gun
So, if I'd give my favourite movie 20 points and my least favourite one 1 point and divide it by the amount of movies an actor has starred, this should be my actor-ranking
Lazenby: 14 = 14
Dalton: (19+8)/2 = 13.5
Connery: (20+18+13+11+5+4)/6 = 11.8
Brosnan: (17+15+9+6)/4 = 11.75
Moore: (16+12+10+7+3+2+1)/7 = 7.286
Well, since this is not entirely true, I suppose my system sucks. True ranking is:
Connery / Brosnan / Dalton / Moore / Lazenby
DD
2.From Russia With Love
3.The Spy Who Loved Me
4.On Her Majesty's Secret Service
5.Thunderball
6.The Living Daylights
7.Dr. No
8.Diamonds are Forever
9.Live and Let Die
10.GoldenEye
11.Tomorrow Never Dies
12.You Only Live Twice
13.For Your Eyes Only
14.The World Is Not Enough
15.License to Kill
16.Die Another Day
17.Moonraker
18.A View to a Kill
19.The Man With The Golden Gun
20.Octopussy
GF
TB
FRWL
TWINE
LTK
GE
YOLT
DN
TND
TSWLM
DAF
OHMSS
TMWTGG
TLD
LALD
DAD
FYEO
OP
AVTAK
MR
As you can tell Roger Moore is my least favorite Bond. I don't completly dislike him I just found his Bond movies to be a little light for my taste. I didn't care for his fight scenes either.
1. TLD
2. OHMSS
3. LTK
4. FYEO
5. FRWL
The Next Best(these move around a little):
6. GF
7. OP
8. GE
9. TSWLM
10. DN
The One's I Won't Skip Thanksgiving Dinner At Granny's Just to Watch on Spike's Next Bondathon:
11. TB
12. TWINE
13. LALD
14. TMWTGG
15. MR
The One's I Won't Switch Away From Whatever's on the History Channel Just Because It's a Bondathon on Spike:
16. YOLT
17. TND
18. DAF
19. AVTAK
20. DAD
If I had to rate NSNA, I'd put it somewhere between 11-15. Even though it's an obvious ripoff of TB, Sean looked like he was actually having fun being Bond again, and Klaus Maria Brandauer played a great lunatic villain. Throw in Barbara Carrera as Fatima and Max von Sydow as Blofeld, and it's a serviceable Bond movie. The one area where TB has it beat hands down, however, is Claudine Auger over Kim Basinger. That's no contest.
top ten are essential to the Bond legacy
1. From Russia with Love
2. The Spy Who Loved Me.
3. Goldfinger
4. OHMSS
5. Dr, No
6. Thunderball
7. Goldeneye
8. Live and Let Die
9. Moonraker
10. You Only Live Twice
the next 5 are all decent...although id say there is a big gap here between 12 and 13. Octopussy was the last classic Bond film
11. Octopussy
12. For your eyes only
13. Licence to Kill
14. The World is Not Enough
15. The Living Daylights
these are enjoyable in their own right
16. Diamonds are Forever
17. Tomorrow Never Dies
18. The Man with the GoldenGun
these are the at the bottom of the barrell
19. Die Another Day
20. A View to a Kill
1. GE 2. MR 3. OP 4. TMWTGG 5. TSWLM 6. TND 7. TWINE 8.DN 9. GF 10. AVTAK
The top 5:
1. The Spy Who Loved Me
2. Thunderball
3. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
4. Goldfinger
5. The Living Daylights
The slightly behind 5:
6. From Russia With Love
7. The World Is Not Enough
8. Dr. No
9. For Your Eyes Only
10. GoldenEye
The still very good 5:
11. Licence To Kill
12. Octopussy
13. You Only Live Twice
14. Tomorrow Never Dies
15. Moonraker (would rank much higher without the space scenes)
The bottom 5:
16. Diamonds Are Forever
17. The Man With The Golden Gun
18. A View To A Kill
19. Die Another Day
20. Live And Let Die (only because of the voodoo and tarot scenes)
But I love them all! When I zap through the programs and there's a Bond movie on, I get hooked. No matter which one.
Dr. No
From Russia With Love
The Living Daylights
License To Kill
The Spy Who Loved Me
Very good films
Thunderball
For Your Eyes Only
Goldeneye
On Her Majesty Secrect Service
The World Is Not Enough
Good films
Octopussy
Tomorrow Never Dies
Goldfinger
Diamond Are For Ever
The Man With The Golden Gun
Bottom 5 Fine films
You Only Live Twice
Moonraker
Live and Let Die
Die Another Day
A View To A Kill
There are no bad Bond films to me. Some are better than others, just as simple as that.
2.Goldfinger
3.On Her Majesty's Secret Service
4.The World Is Not Enough
5.GoldenEye
6.The Living Daylights
7.Thunderball
8.Die Another Day
9.The Spy Who Loved Me
10.Dr.No
11.Tomorrow Never Dies
12.Licence To Kill
13.For Your Eyes Only
14.Octopussy
15.Live And Let Die
16.You Only Live Twice
17.Moonraker
18.Diamonds Are Forever
19.The Man With The Golden Gun
20.A View To A Kill
I love all of the Bond films, however I would argue the top 4 are some of the best movies of all time.
The Spy Who Loved Me
For Your Eyes Only
The Living Daylights
Very Good:
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
A View To A Kill
Octopussy
Moonraker
Good:
Licence To Kill
Tomorrow Never Dies
The World is Not Enough
Dr. No
Never Say Never Again
Thunderball
Goldfinger
From Russia with Love
Average:
Diamonds Are Forever
The Man With The Golden Gun
You Only Live Twice
Below average:
Live And Let Die
Goldeneye
The absolute bottom:
Die Another Day
This is my first posting on the site. As you can see I'm not much of a Brosnan fan so I'll be interested to see what Daniel Craig can bring to the role. I wasn't too enamoured with the choice until I saw footage his press conference which has made me more open minded.
1. Diamonds Are Forever
2. Licence To Kill
3. Goldfinger
4. From Russia With Love
5. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
6. You Only Live Twice
7. Man WithThe Golden Gun
8. Live And Let Die
9. Living Daylights
10. Spy Who Loved Me
11. Dr No
12. View To A Kill
13. World Is Not Enough
14. For Your Eyes Only
15. Thunderball
16. Tomorrow Never Dies
17. Die Another Day
18. Goldeneye
19. Octopussy
20. Moonraker
2. Goldeneye - Great acting, loved Natalya, great stunts
3. On Her Majesty's Secret Service - in depth look at Bond's character, Tracy, "sensitive Bond"
4. A View to a Kill - Though most hate it, I love this film, Jenny Flex, the theme song, Zorin
5. For Your Eyes Only - It was in Greece, Locque was freakin ugly though had to turn away a lot from the TV
6. From Russia with Love - It had many exotic locations, Klebb was crazy, loved her shoes
7. The Spy Who Loved Me - Naomi's helicopter chase, Barbara Bach in general, Stromberg was weak but Jaws made up for it
8. You Only Live Twice - Helga was hot, Pleasance's appearance as Blofeld, great stunts
9. Octopussy - The Acrostar Plane, Gobinda's death, it was pretty cool
10. Live and Let Die - Somewhat silly, silly villains but Samedi saved it for me, I liked Rosie and it got me obsessed with Tarot for a week
11. The World is Not Enough - Elektra was a good villain, Renard wasn't, they killed Valentin, Christmas sucked
12. Thunderball - Two words: Fiona Volpe. Also, pretty good movie.
13. Dr. No - It was so boring, I had to turn it off 30 minutes into it
14. The Living Daylights - It got slow in a lot of parts, Necros was really lame
15. Tomorrow Never Dies - I don't know what it is, I just don't like this movie
16. Diamonds are Forever - Stupid, everyone was stupid
17. The Man with the Golden Gun - Goodnight should have died the second she was introduced, the plot, Scaramanga saved it a little but is overrated
18. License to Kill - Boring, odd, stupid, villains have the IQ of 3 and Dalton is at his worst.
19. Moonraker - Mind-numbingly annoying, ridiculous in many ways, Drax always looked dubbed and the orchid speech scared me when I was little
20. Die Another Day - Death to Jinx, Miranda should have lived and been the Bond girl/Jinx killer, recycled every movie, Madonna, no real plot, crappy special effects, score didn't fit the film, "Kill him! Quietly!", the "Vanish", Zao's face
And whoever disses Goldeneye or AVTAK better run...
Dr No
From Russia with love
Goldfinger
On her majesty's secret service
For your eyes only
The living daylight
Licence to kill
Goldeneye
The silliest Bonds Roger Moore made are the worst, with perhaps Moonraker at the bottom.
With all its faults DAD was far better than most of the movies Moore made.
1.) GF
2.) DN
3.) OHMSS
4.) FRWL
5.) TLD
6.) TB
7.) TND
8.) GE
9.) LTK
10.) DAF
11.) FYEO
12.) OP
13.) DAD
14.) YOLT
15.) SWLM
16.) MWGG
17.) TWINE
18.) MR
19.) LALD
20.) AVTAK
21.) NSNA
22.) CR
My list changes every few years as I re-evaluate and grow.
Like picking your favourite children and I love them all in their way.
2. Goldfinger
3. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
4. Living Daylights
5. Thunderball
6. Dr No
7. Goldeneye
8. Licence to Kill
9. You Only Live Twice
10. For Your Eyes Only
11. The World is Not Enough
12. Diamonds are Forever
13. Live and Let Die
14. Tomorrow Never Dies
15. The Spy Who Loved Me
16. The Man with the Golden Gun
17. Octopussy
18. A View to a Kill
19. Moonraker
20. Die Another Day
Honourable mention: Never Say Never Again
998 Casino Royale with David Niven
999th Casino Royal with Daniel Craig!
2. From Russia With Love
3. Goldeneye
4. The Spy Who Loved Me
5. The Living Daylights
6. The Man With The Golden Gun
7. For Your Eyes Only
8. Octopussy
9. Tomorrow Never Dies
10. You Only Live Twice
11. Dr No
12. Moonraker
13. Live and Let Die
14. Goldfinger
15. Die Another Day
16. A View To A Kill
17. Diamonds Are Forever
18. Thunderball
19. Licence To Kill
20. The World Is Not Enough
8. TMwtGG 9. AVtaK 10. TSWLM 11. SF 12. LtK 13. TND 14. YOLT
15. NTtD 16. MR 17. LaLD 18. GF 19. SP 20. DN 21. TB
22. TWiNE 23. DAD 24. QoS 25. DaF
Fresh, great acting, superb setpieces, fine pacing
2 The Spy Who Loved Me
The best example of the cinematic Bond, with all the Bondian elements perfectly in balance
3 For Your Eyes Only
Moore playing it straight, and does a great job
4 The World is Not Enough
Real drama, and Brosnan's best performance
5 Goldfinger
Classic Bond, Classic Connery
6 Dr. No
Just a very good film, that hasn't dated
7 On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
Tough, sharply plotted, and emotional
8 License to Kill
Dalton unleashed, brave departure
9 Tomorrow Never Dies
Bond by numbers
10 Live and Let Die
Great change of pace
11 The Living Daylights
An intelligent Spy thriller
12 Die Another Day
Popcorn Bond
13 Thunderball
OK, but running out of ideas
14 You Only Live Twice
Uninspired
15 Octopussy
Can't find it's tone
16 From Russia With Love
Kinda boring
17 The Man With the Golden Gun
Enjoyable Pap
18 A View to a Kill
Lacking story and execution
19 Moonraker
Bond does not belong in space
20 Diamonds Are Forever
No-one wants to be there
2. Dr. No (Barebones Bond. I like the simplicity and grittiness. This is where it all begins. Is very close to being #1. Best line: "You had your six")
3. Goldfinger (the movie that best defines him. Great story and female co-stars)
4. The Spy Who Loved Me (along with FRWL, the most romantic of the Bond films. I liked Bach's character. Moore is well suited for this one. Great music that really holds the movie together. Best theme song of the series)
5. Goldeneye (I like the '90's makeover and gritty settings. The Russian locations are very impressive. Judi Dench as M is a great foil for Bond, and their conflicts make for some of the film's most memorable moments. Great female stars and villains. A strong storyline. Electronic music score is a bit weird and somewhat distracting. Yet it seems appropriate for this stark post-Cold War setting. It seems like most of it was written with Timothy Dalton in mind, but it's bleak setting balances well with Pierce Brosnan's charm and charisma)
6. For Your Eyes Only (another one well-suited for Moore. Weakest music soundtrack of the series. Bill Conti should have stuck with the Rocky movies)
7. Thunderball (One of the first ones I ever saw as a kid, back when ABC was the only network airing Bond films. Always loved the gadgets. Good story and characters.)
8. You Only Live Twice (Hey, at least it's got Connery! Like the Asian locales)
9. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (Lazenby's a bland Bond, and seeing Bond in a kilt was a little weird. Still a good flick. Diana Rigg is always great. Why isn't this on TV more?)
10. Die Another Day (Yeah, I liked it. So? The first half of the movie is very good. Liked the idea of Bond in a North Korean prison. Falls apart toward the end. CGI a bit over the top. The invisible car didn't bother me, but the surfing and snowboarding did. Wish the vendetta angle was played up better (hell, I'd be mad if I spent a year being tortured in a North Korean prison!). Yet, it's still a decent popcorn flick. Not sure why everyone hates it)
11. Tomorrow Never Dies (Great action, good villain. Like the Vietnam setting. Good charasmatic bad guy (greedy megalomaniac businessmen make good villains) Story weakens somewhat weak toward the end, though)
12. License To Kill (I like Timothy Dalton in this, though he is a bit too dark and serious. Liked the rogue agent on vendetta angle. Female leads are very good. Bad guys are menacing as opposed to comical. The Wayne Newton televangelist character is awful and distracts. What hurts this movie is that it seems like just another action flick)
13. The Living Daylights (an otherwise good movie spoiled by lame villains. There is no one strong 'bad guy', only a few weak ones, and that hurts the film. Dalton's good, but way too brooding)
14. Diamonds Are Forever (hey, I liked this one. Some cheesy elements, but for some reason many of them work)
15. Octopussy (Has some flaws, but it's not bad. Moore balances the humor element well here, particularly in the street fight in India, which was among the funniest scene ever in a Bond film)
16. Live And Let Die (the 'blaxploitation Bond'. The New Orleans setting is pretty cool, but the plot is a bit weak. Liked the villains)
17. The World Is Not Enough (Sophie Marceau is great and complex. Denise Richards is terrible and not believable as a nuclear physicist. First half of the movie is good with lots of action. Liked the PTS. However, plot was too complicated and messy, though I liked the twist with Electra King's character)
18. The Man With The Golden Gun (Good villains, terrible female lead. Forgettable movie could have been better but turned into a mess)
19. A View To A Kill (Good villains, terrible female lead. Am I repeating myself here? Forgettable movie that had no chance whatsoever. Christopher Walken and Grace Jones were the only good things in this lame 007 outing. Moore was right to hang it up after this one)
20. Moonraker (Bond in space? Ugh! Laser guns and effects are cheesy. Looks like a bad Austin Powers flick. A really lame film, Bond or not. By far, the worst of all the official James Bond films. Makes AVTAK look like Casablanca)
Never Say Never Again would rank between 14 and 15. Didn't like the cheesy 'video game challenge' competition between Bond and Largo, but Connery was great in this movie and did well playing up the humor angle of an aging Bond. Great cast, especially Barbara Carrera. Music score is forgettable and very dated. Nonetheless, the movie is basically a rehash of "Thunderball". Sure glad "Warhead 2000" or the other 10 remakes of "Thunderball" that Sony had planned never came to fruition. Kevin McClory is one greedy *******.
2. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
3. The Living Daylights
4. Goldfinger
5. For Your Eyes Only
6. Octopussy
7. License to Kill
8. Tomorrow Never Dies
9. From Russia With Love
10. Dr. No
11. Moonraker
12. A View to a Kill
13. The World is not Enough
14. The Spy Who Loved Me
15. Diamonds Are Forever
16. The Man With the Golden Gun
17. You Only Live Twice
18. Die Another Day
19. Live and Let Die
20. Thunderball
But this changes almost always.
2) The World Is Not Enough
3) Goldfinger
4) Moonraker
5) Octopussy
6) From Russia With Love
7) The Living Daylights
8) Thunderball
9) For Your Eyes Only
10) On Her Majesty's Secret Service
11) Dr. No
12) Goldeneye
13) A View To A Kill
14) The Man With The Golden Gun
15) You Only Live Twice
16) Live and Let Die
17) Tomorrow Never Dies
18) Diamonds Are Forever
19) Licence to Kill
20) Die Another Day
I agree with you in the sense of liking all of them. I can watch them over and over and don't consider one of them "dreadful" - and I hope it stays that way...
2-OHMSS
3-Moonraker
4-Octopussy
5-Thunderball
6-Goldfinger
7-The World is not enough
8-From Russia with Love
9-Goldeneye
10-You only live twice
11-The Spy who loved me
12-Dr.No
13-A View to a kill
14-Live and let die
15-The Man with the Golden Gun
16-The Living Daylights
17-Diamonds are forever
18-Die another Day
19-Licensed zo kill
20-Tormorrow never dies
1. FRWL: the story is sick, cool action
2. The living daylights: I like TD whats wrong with that
3. Goldeneye: story and action rocked its all Downhill for PB from there
4. Man with the golden gun: who dosent like fun houses
5. OHMSS: just beacuse he onily did one does not make it bad
6. Licence to kill
7. Goldfinger
8. FYEO
9. YOLT
10. Tomarrow never dies
11. Thunderball: my dad saw this in theators
12. Dr. NO: yes it is the first but nothing special
13. Octopussy
14. The spy who loved me
15. Dimonds are forever
16. TWINE
17. Moonraker
18. Live and let die
19. AVTAK: just never liked it that much
20. Die another day: you cant deny they went overboard.
i would give expinations for all but im lazy
Ps. sory for my bad spelling