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This is my first ranking since 2016!
1) Skyfall
2) On Her Majesty's Secret Service
3) From Russia With Love
4) The Spy Who Loved Me
5) For Your Eyes Only
6) Quantum Of Solace
7) Casino Royale 2006
8) Goldeneye
9) The Living Daylights
10) Octopussy
11) Live And Let Die
12) Dr. No
13) Goldfinger
14) You Only Live Twice
15) Moonraker
16) Never Say Never Again
17) A View To A Kill
18) Diamonds Are Forever
19) Thunderball
20) The Man With The Golden Gun
21) Tomorrow Never Dies
22) The World Is Not Enough
23) Licence To Kill
24) Spectre
25) No Time To Die
26) Die Another Day
27) Casino Royale 1967
I'm going to cheat and make a few comments since it's been so long.
Skyfall getting the top spot surprised me, although it had placed as high as #4 in a previous ranking. It really moved me this time around. My extreme disappointment with NTTD was undoubtedly a deciding factor.
Indeed, I go to extremes when it comes to the Craig era. I absolutely love his first three, as you can see, but his last two... well, let's just say they weren't my cup of tea.
Roger Moore is my favorite Bond. I grew up watching his films and I think he's quite underrated these days. Some of his films are much better than their reputations would suggest.
Connery is still objectively the best Bond. He had it all. He is my father's Bond and while I may not place some of his films as traditionally high as other fans, I still have a deep level of respect for them.
I enjoy both Dalton and Brosnan but sometimes the scripts and direction let them down.
Each Bond actor has at least one entry in my top 10, excluding the mess that is CR67, naturally. I like what they all brought to the table, individually. Can you believe there will soon be a new Bond? Are we ready for it?
1. GOLDFINGER
2. NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN
3. THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
4. THUNDEBALL
5. OCTOPUSSY
6. NO TIME TO DIE
7. DR. NO
8. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
9. THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
10. ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
11. CASINO ROYALE 06
12. CLIMAX:CASINO ROYALE 54
13. LIVE AND LET DIE
14. DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
15. MOONRAKER
16. GOLDENEYE
17. LICENCE TO KILL
18. FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
19. SKYFALL
20. QUANTUM OF SOLACE
21. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
22. THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
23. TOMORROW NEVER DIES
24. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
25. A VIEW TO A KILL
26. SPECTRE
27. DIE ANOTHER DAY
28. CASINO ROYALE 67
Time to ruffle some feathers..... :>
Any man that puts Octopussy in their top five can’t be all bad ;)
Interesting ranking @ToTheRight
Good top 10, though NSNA doesn’t rank that highly for me.
2. Licence to Kill
3. The Living Daylights
4. Casino Royale
5. Quantum of Solace
6. Thunderball
7. From Russia with Love
8. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
9. Dr. No
10. Goldfinger
11. For Your Eyes Only
12. No Time to Die
13. Octopussy
14. Live and Let Die
15. The World Is Not Enough
16. Tomorrow Never Dies
17. The Spy Who Loved Me
18. Die Another Day
19. Skyfall
20. Moonraker
21. Diamonds Are Forever
22. A View to a Kill
23. You Only Live Twice
24. The Man with the Golden Gun
25. Spectre
The 'average' reviewer / youtuber tends to rank SF, GF, LTK, GE more highly and OP, QOS, OHMSS lower than MI6c'ers.
CR is universally no 1. SF and not GF tends to be no 2 for average viewers. For MI6 members top spots tend to feature FRWL, OHMSS, TLD.
I will post a list at some point.
2. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
3. The Living Daylights
4. Thunderball
5. Licence To Kill
6. Casino Royale
7. Goldfinger
8. Dr. No
9. For Your Eyes Only
10. Skyfall
11. Octopussy
12. No Time To Die
13. You Only Live Twice
14. Goldeneye
15. Spectre
16. The Spy Who Loved Me
17. Quantum Of Solace
18. Tomorrow Never Dies
19. Live And Let Die
20. Diamonds Are Forever
21. The Man With The Golden Gun
22. The World Is Not Enough
23. Moonraker
24. A View To A Kill
25. Die Another Day
I'm not sure about that trends though.
I'm always watching some YouTube stuffs about Bond, and these films always makes their top 5: CR, GE, TSWLM, GF and FRWL.
SF, along with OHMSS, TB and LTK ends up usually somewhere at Top 10.
Joblo channel, Sean Chandler are some of the examples of videos about Bond that I've watched recently.
I'm sure you've watched Chris Stuckmann's video, those were the exact films that he put in his Top 5.
CR is universally no.1? Well, not me, I'm putting it somewhere near my top 10, maybe #11, but it's not my no.1.
That top 5 looks about right, and you're right about the others. But I'm not just talking about videos - also the comments. There's a guy called Sean Chandler and been through all 1200 comments and added up the lists there too. Yes I have too much time
1. The Living Daylights
2. Licence to Kill
3. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
4. From Russia with Love
5. GoldenEye
6. Thunderball
7. Casino Royale
8. Octopussy
9. Quantum of Solace
10. The Man with the Golden Gun
11. Moonraker
12. Diamonds Are Forever
13. The World Is Not Enough
14. For Your Eyes Only
15. Dr. No
16. The Spy Who Loved Me
17. Goldfinger
18. A View to a Kill
19. Never Say Never Again
20. Spectre
21. You Only Live Twice
22. No Time to Die
23. Die Another Day
24. Tomorrow Never Dies
25. Live and Let Die
26. Casino Royale (1967)
27. Skyfall
Excellent list @GoldenGun. Only surprise for me would be LALD, and can imagine a few eyebrows raised at your last place, but I do understand, its not one of my favourites either and I still claim its Craigs weakest!
2. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
3. THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
4. NO TIME TO DIE
5. OCTOPUSSY
6. THUNDERBALL/NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN
7. ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
8. LIVE AND LET DIE
9. DR NO
10. THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
11. CASINO ROYALE 06
12. LICENCE TO KILL/ CR54
13. TOMORROW NEVER DIES
14. SKYFALL
15. A VIEW TO A KILL
16. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
17. MOONRAKER
18. GOLDENEYE
19. FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
20. DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
21. QUANTUM OF SOLACE
22. THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
23. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
24. SPECTRE
25. DIE ANOTHER DAY/CR67
Haha! They tend to be fixed in my top 10, though.
As tomorrow is Sir Sean's birthday I'll start now.
1. GOLDFINGER
2. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
3. NO TIME TO DIE
4. THUNDERBALL/NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN
5. OCTOPUSSY
6. DR. NO
7. QUANTUM OF SOLACE
8. THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
9. THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
10. CASINO ROYALE 06/ CR 54
11. ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
12. LIVE AND LET DIE
13. FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
14. TOMORROW NEVER DIES
15. LICENCE TO KILL
16. MOONRAKER
17. SKYFALL
18. GOLDENEYE
19. A VIEW TO A KILL
20. SPECTRE
21. DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
22. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
23. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
24. THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
25. DIE ANOTHER DAY/ CR 67
1. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
2. For Your Eyes Only
3. The Spy Who Loved Me
4. Skyfall
5. The World Is Not Enough
6. Licence To Kill
7. From Russia With Love
8. The Living Daylights
9. Dr. No
10. Tomorrow Never Dies
11. Moonraker
12. Quantum of Solace
13. Casino Royale
14. Octopussy
15. Goldfinger
16. Goldeneye
17. Live And Let Die
18. Die Another Day
19. A View To A Kill
20. SPECTRE
21. Thunderball
22. The Man With The Golden Gun
23. You Only Live Twice
24. No Time To Die
25. Diamonds Are Forever
I always had a soft spot for it, Saw it opening weekend in '83. The only Connery Bond made during my lifetime.
1. Casino Royale
2. From Russia With Love
3. The Living Daylights
4. Skyfall
5. Quantum of Solace
6. Dr. No
7. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
8. Goldfinger
9. Goldeneye
10. For Your Eyes Only
11. Tomorrow Never Dies
12. No Time To Die
13. Thunderball
14. Spectre
15. Octopussy
16. License to Kill
17. The Spy Who Loved Me
18. Moonraker
19. You Only Live Twice
20. Man With the Golden Gun
21. Live and Let Die
22. The World Is Not Enough
23. A View to a Kill
24. Die Another Day
25. Diamonds Are Forever
Just using the Agent Under Fire / Nightfire award system again, since I’m a nostalgic fellow.
PLATINUM
1. The Living Daylights (+/-)
2. Licence to Kill (+/-)
GOLD
3. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (+/-)
4. From Russia with Love (+/-)
SILVER
5. Thunderball (+1)
6. The Man with the Golden Gun (+4)
7. Octopussy (+1)
8. Casino Royale (-1)
9. GoldenEye (-4)
BRONZE
10. Quantum of Solace (-1)
11. Dr. No (+4)
12. A View to a Kill (+6)
13. Moonraker (-2)
14. Never Say Never Again (+5)
MISSION COMPLETED
15. For Your Eyes Only (-1)
16. Diamonds Are Forever (-4)
17. You Only Live Twice (+4)
18. The Spy Who Loved Me (-2)
19. The World Is Not Enough (-6)
20. Goldfinger (-3)
21. Spectre (-1)
22. Tomorrow Never Dies (+2)
MISSION FAILED
23. Live and Let Die (+2)
24. No Time to Die (-2)
25. Casino Royale ‘67 (+1)
MISSION ABANDONED
26. Skyfall (+1)
27. Die Another Day (-4)
1. GOLDFINGER
2. THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
3. THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
4. THUNDEBALL
5. OCTOPUSSY
6. NO TIME TO DIE
7. DR. NO
8. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
9. NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN
10. LIVE AND LET DIE
11. CASINO ROYALE 06
12. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
13. ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
14. SKYFALL
15. MOONRAKER
16. TOMORROW NEVER DIES
17. LICENCE TO KILL
18. FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
19. DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
20. QUANTUM OF SOLACE
21. CLIMAX:CASINO ROYALE 54
22. THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
23. GOLDENEYE
24. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
25. A VIEW TO A KILL
26. SPECTRE
27. DIE ANOTHER DAY
28. CASINO ROYALE 67
And despite CR'67 reputation as being a bit of a mess, I still find it more entertaining than DAD!!
Thanks a lot @ToTheRight !
Nice to see TLD remains a favourite of yours. :)
1. Dr No
2. On Her Majestys Secret Service
3. The Living Daylights
4. Thunderball
5. Goldeneye
6. Live And Let Die
7. Goldfinger
8. Octopussy
9. You Only Live Twice
10. From Russia With Love
11. The Spy Who Loved Me
12. Casino Royale
13. The World Is Not Enough
14. For Your Eyes Only
15. Tomorrow Never Dies
16. The Man With The Golden Gun
17. A View To A Kill
18. Moonraker
19. Diamonds Are Forever
20. Die Another Day
21. License To Kill
22. Skyfall
23. Quantum of Solace
24. SPECTRE
25. BOND 25
It really weights heavily on my heart to have to rank the recent films so low, since they were the only films I've been able to view in the theatre in my lifetime, I wish I could say I left those experiences with fond memories. Hopefully I can leave Bond 26 breathing a sigh of relief knowing all is right in the world of Bond once more. :-<
what is ironic is that I did have a brief honeymoon period with SP when it was first released, much to my embarrassment now, (as chronicled somewhere within the deep annuls of this site) I attribute this to my mind being overtaken by the traditional elements and bondian moments they snuck into that film, and the overall grandiose presentation of the thing. But then I was younger back then, and like to think I'm much less susceptible to being carried away on such dalliances these days, as evidenced when I wasn't taken in for a second by Bond 25 on first viewing and left feeling completely deflated, but that's a story for another thread...
but saying that, the Craig era was a catastrophe in slow motion, and once we made it to "the final film" in the arc, we all knew, based on the other films, how it would end. That's what makes it so insulting, as someone who never liked Craigs shtick particularly to begin with (casino royale is well constructed from a directorial viewpoint, but even then I feel they lean into mid-noughties angst too much for my taste, and it kinda dates the film looking back), they never steered out of the tailspin, they just rode it all the way, repeating the same tired plot points about mistrust in mi6, Bond going rogue, familial connections, and so on, each time just became more tedious, they didn't try anything new and then killing off bond to get back at fans for not liking nomi was the final straw.