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2. Dr. No (1962)
3. Casino Royale (2006)
4. From Russia With Love (1963)
5. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
6. For Your Eyes Only (1981)
7. Skyfall (2012)
8. GoldenEye (1995)
9. Thunderball (1965)
10. You Only Live Twice (1967)
11. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
12. Moonraker (1979)
13. Quantum Of Solace (2008)
14. The World Is Not Enough (1999)
15. The Living Daylights (1987)
16. The Man With The Golden Gun (1974)
17. SPECTRE (2015)
18. Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
19. Octopussy (1981)
20. License To Kill (1989)
21. A View To A Kill (1985)
22. Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
23. Die Another Day (2002)
24. Live And Let Die (1973)
And I'd rank Never Say Never Again just after Tomorrow Never Dies.
1. From Russia With Love
2. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
3. Casino Royale
4. The Spy Who Loved Me
5. GoldenEye
6. Dr No
7. The Living Daylights
8. For Your Eyes Only
9. Thunderball
10. Goldfinger
11. Licence To Kill
12. Octopussy
13. Skyfall
14. Live and Let Die
15. A View To A Kill
16. You Only Live Twice
17. Tomorrow Never Dies
18. Moonraker
19. The World Is Not Enough
20. The Man With The Golden Gun
21. Quantum of Solace
22. Diamonds Are Forever
23. Die Another Day
Thanks for the feedback, though I know it could've been more brutal because some of my rankings differed from the general concensus, like having FYEO higher and LALD lower, not having Dalton's films higher, and having Moonraker higher than "normal". I tried to balance objectivity with personal views. I guess I could say some I ranked higher even though they have weak moments (FYEO's Bibi Dahl, Margaret Thatcher) because the film as a whole works for me. About Moonraker, yes there's the space laser battle, but at least it goes into space (I like sci-fi); Drax works as a villain for me; the global threat; the scene in the centrifuge chamber; and the luscious Holly Goodhead and Corinne Dufour. On the other hand, LALD has never been a fave of mine, even though it has several great scenes and I'll watch it if it's on TV. It's been too long since I've seen License to Kill, so my opinion could rise after watching it again--I did like Dalton...I just think he probably didn't get the best Bond stories to make, and some are very hard to beat. And I've seen SPECTRE only once, in the theater, so that might move a notch or two higher on my list.
There were some highlights with regard to drama and personal background. Like that little moment in the Mujabe Club when Anya tells Bond he was married. Or when Anya swears to kill Bond after Bond reveals he killed her loved one. Quite tense scenes, but very scarce in amount.
I personally think if "The Spy Who Loved Me" would be copy-pasted and if Bond was made much more simpler and less complicated, then people won't buy it anymore. One last thing, people really criticised the plot from the villain in "SPECTRE". But by jolly, creating an underwater world by destroying the worl with two atomic bombs is way way more ludicrous/ridiculous.
Having said that, my updated ranking:
Masterpieces!!!:
01 --> 9.5/10 --> 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'
02 --> 9.3/10 --> 'From Russia With Love'
03 --> 9.0/10 --> 'Skyfall'
04 --> 8.8/10 --> 'Casino Royale'
05 --> 8.3/10 --> 'Thunderball'
06 --> 8.0/10 --> 'Doctor No'
Good films!:
07 --> 7.7/10 --> 'SPECTRE' (NEW !!)
08 --> 7.4/10 --> 'Octopussy'
09 --> 7.4/10 --> 'For Your Eyes Only'
10 --> 7.3/10 --> 'The Living Daylights'
11 --> 7.1/10 --> 'Goldfinger'
12 --> 7.0/10 --> 'Licence To Kill'
Average films:
13 --> 6.7/10 --> 'The World Is Not Enough'
14 --> 6.5/10 --> 'The Man With The Golden Gun'
15 --> 6.3/10 --> 'Quantum Of Solace'
16 --> 6.1/10 --> 'The Spy Who Loved Me'
17 --> 6.0/10 --> 'Diamonds Are Forever'
18 --> 5.8/10 --> 'Moonraker'
Fun stuff for us Bond fans, but as a standalone film bad and sometimes even stomach-turning!:
19 --> 5.6/10 --> 'Live And Let Die'
20 --> 5.5/10 --> 'Never Say Never Again' (non-EON)
21 --> 4.8/10 --> 'Tomorrow Never Dies'
22 --> 4.5/10 --> 'You Only Live Twice'
23 --> 4.2/10 --> 'GoldenEye'
24 --> 3.4/10 --> 'A View To A Kill'
25 --> 2.8/10 --> 'Die Another Day'
26 --> 1.2/10 --> 'Casino Royale' (non-EON)
Thanks @Thunderfinger ;-). And to be honest, I'm not willing to change my ranking anytime soon. I carefully ranked them, and in many ways I also ranked them as "Best Films" without taking into account the Bond franchise tag. Judging them that way, you actually find that a minority of Bond films are good to very good films. But a bigger majority, as a film, simply is under par.
Matter of opinion. Though looking at the budgets, they are A-movies. But even then quality-wise some come across as B-movies or even C-movies. AVTAK would not have managed it to be a mild box office hit back in 1985 if the Bond tag was removed.
Still, a majority of the Bond films "feel" as cheap B-films. Only Bond films like TMWTGG could get away with a cheesy scored karate fight of two girls destroying a whole army of Hai Fat fighters.....then followed by an even cheesier final 'push' on the head of one of those Hai Fat fighters by.....Roger Moore. If TMWTGG wasn't a Bond film, it would have been an even more disastrous financial flop.
A majority of people would disagree with this statement. A few Bond films can be seen as 'cheap', but not the majority. And the fact you put GE and TSWLM in the 'cheap' category is where your opinion seems ridiculous, as those 2 films are 2 of the most widely popular Bond films in the series, even outside of the Bond fandom.
DAF spent £1.25m just on one actor (probably not counting a % on top) - that's not a low budget movie.
Even LTK where cost cutting measures were put in place still was quite a big spend.
1. Casino Royale
2. Skyfall
3. Goldeneye
4. Goldfinger
5. Spectre
6. From Russia With Love
7. The Spy Who Loved Me
8. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
9. The Living Daylights
10. Quantum of Solace
11. Live and Let Die
12. Dr. No
13. Thunderball (+1)
14. The World is Not Enough (-1)
15. Moonraker
16. Octopussy
17. Tomorrow Never Dies
18. License to Kill
19. You Only Live Twice
20. A View to a Kill
21. For Your Eyes Only (+1)
22. Die Another Day (-1)
23. The Man With the Golden Gun
24. Diamonds are Forever