Dr No (1962)
Jul 15, 2001James Bond Film
The first of the James Bond films. While the formula of the series is not quite established yet, this is a slick exciting work that did a number of groundbreaking things and created some iconic images
Ian Fleming
Goldfinger (1964)
Mar 17, 2001James Bond Film
The third of the James Bond films and the point where everything that has been defined as the formula of the series - the gadgets, the villains, the henchmen, the cars, the world domination plots - falls into place perfectly
Thunderball (1965)
Jul 16, 2001James Bond Film
The fourth James Bond film and crippled by the misfortune of coming just after Goldfinger, which defined the formula and became the peak of the series. By contrast, this is stuck with having to make everything bigger and more spectacular
Casino Royale (1967)
Aug 7, 2001James Bond Spoof
During the James Bond craze of the 1960s, the only Ian Fleming novel not owned by Albert R. Broccoli was turned into a giant farce. The film has five directors, a host of stars (including three playing Bond) and is an incoherent mess
You Only Live Twice (1967)
Dec 2, 2001James Bond Film
The fifth James Bond film takes the series to Japan. New director Lewis Gilbert is determined to outdo what has come before in terms of the spectacular, especially WITH the construction of the massive volcano set
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
Sep 7, 2000Fantastical Flying Car/Musical
Adaptation of a children's book by James Bond creator Ian Fleming concerning a magical flying car. This is clearly trying to be another Mary Poppins and has been mounted as a lavish musical
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)
Oct 28, 2001James Bond Film
The sixth James Bond film where Sean Connery was replaced by Australian model George Lazenby who had never acted before. Lazenby is a disliked Bond but that tends does stand in the way of the fact that this is a fine character-driven Bond film with some of the best action sequences of the series
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
Jan 1, 2002James Bond Film
The seventh James Bond film where Sean Connery was inveigled back to the role with a heft salary increase. However, the result is the worst of all the Connery Bonds with an incoherent plot and uneven action scenes
Live and Let Die (1973)
Jul 30, 2001James Bond vs Voodoo
The eighth James Bond film and Roger Moore's debut in the role. This is one of the most variant Bond films also incorporating Blaxploitation and voodoo elements
The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
Jun 28, 2002James Bond Film
Ninth and weakest of the James Bond films. Ian Fleming created a great nemesis in the assassin Scaramanga and the film casts it with Christopher Lee - only to fail to write the role interesting enough for Lee to fill
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Jul 16, 2000James Bond Film
The tenth of the James Bond films. This determines to be spectacular in terms of international locales, effects and sets but was also the point where the Roger Moore Bond films became cartoonish spectacles
Moonraker (1979)
Jun 10, 2002James Bond in Space
The eleventh James Bond film and one that sees that series trying to compete with the success of Star Wars and taking Roger Moore into orbit. One of the most spectacular productions of the series, it is also killed by a cartoonish unserious tone
Never Say Never Again (1983)
Aug 25, 2002James Bond Film
Rogue James Bond film made outside the regular series due to a complicated copyright battle. Sean Connery was inveigled back the role and this has some standout casting that is a welcome relief from the unserious Roger Moore films
Octopussy (1983)
Jul 15, 2000James Bond Film
The thirteenth James Bond film. the fifth for Roger Moore. While the preceding entry had tried to trim back the cartoonish excesses of the Moore era, it is back to business as usual here
A View to a Kill (1985)
Jul 15, 2000James Bond Film
The final outing as James Bond for a visibly aging Roger Moore, the fourteenth Bond film all told. One of the more anonymous among the giant unserious cartoon shows the Moore Bond films became