Ranking the 15 Best James Bond Movies

Starting our best James Bone movies is Never Say Never Again. Bond is older, and when he makes a rookie mistake during a training mission, M believes it’s time for the spy to call it quits. Suspending him from duty, Bond is on the sidelines. That is until SPECTRE agents steal two nuclear missiles from the U.S. and Bond is brought back in as the only agent cunning enough to beat them.

–IMDb score: 6.1

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Fourteenth on our best James Bone movies list is A View to Kill with Roger Moore. Bone has returned from the USSR with a computer chip capable of withstanding a nuclear electromagnetic pulse. He must go investigate the owner, Max Zorin of Zorin Industries. When he realizes Zorin plans to set off an earthquake in the San Andreas, it’s up to Bond to save the day.

–IMDb score: 6.3

Next up for our best James Bone movies is Moonraker, sending Bond into space. A spaceship traveling through the inky blackness is mysteriously hijacked. Bond and a team of agents must head into space and find the culprits. Bond starts with the rocket’s creators at Drax Industries, and later meets up with Dr. Holly Goodhead and the metal-toothed Jaws.

–IMDb score: 6.3

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Yes, you read the title right. Twelfth on our best James Bond movies list is Octop***y. Bond is headed to the circus when a British Agent is killed holding onto a priceless Fabergé egg. Falling into the hands of Kamal Kahn, Bond follows him. Kahn meets up with Russian General Orlov, planning to blow up a nuclear device on a US Air Force Base. Bond must team up with a circus group to stop the threat.

–IMDb score: 6.5

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Eleventh on our list of best James Bond movies is Diamonds Are Forever. Featuring Connery’s sixth appearance as 007, several diamonds have gone missing. It’s up to Bond to find who stole the jewels, leading him to a Las Vegas diamond-smuggling ring. The group plans to target Washington with a laser in space, and Bond must try and defuse the situation.

–IMDb score: 6.5

Live and Let Let Die is tenth on our best James Bond movies list, highlighting Roger Moore’s first appearance as Bond. Several British agents have been killed in New Orleans, and Bond is sent to the bayou to investigate. Finding heroin magnate Mr. Big, Bond teams up with a unique group to stop the evil mastermind’s plans.

–IMDb score: 6.7

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Ninth on our best James Bond movies list is For Your Eyes Only, starring Roger Moore as our favorite agent. After dealing with a person from his past, Bond’s new mission is to find and recover a communication device. Known as an A.T.A.C., the piece went missing after a British spy ship sunk. It’s a race against time, as the Russians try to find the technology first.

–IMDb score: 6.7

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The Man with the Golden Gun falls eighth on our list of best James Bond movies. Sent to investigate the death of a scientist working on a powerful solar cell, Bond gets more than he bargained for. Gaining the attention of the world’s most expensive assassin, Scaramanga, the two will have to cross paths and see who’s victorious in the showdown.

–IMDb score: 6.7

Seventh on our list of best James Bond movies is On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, where George Lazenby takes the helm as the memorable agent. In this film, Bond teams up with Tracy Di Vicenzo to fight against the SPECTRE organization in the Swiss Alps. Ernst Stavro Blofeld is planning on launching germ warfare, with Bond and Di Vicenzo on the way to stop the plot.

–IMDb score: 6.7

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Coming in sixth on our list of best James Bond movies is You Only Live Twice. Set during the height of the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union are moments away from catastrophe. When each country loses one spacecraft, they are quick to blame each other as tensions rise. However, the United Kingdom believes Japan is in on the plot, and sends Bond to unravel the mystery.

–IMDb score: 6.8

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Thunderball is our fifth selection for the best James Bond movies and is also Connery’s fourth appearance as 007. His newest assignment includes recovering two stolen warheads taken by SPECTRE. Heading to the Bahamas, Bond meets Domino and must confront SPECTRE agent Emilio Largo, who’s part of an international extortion scheme.

–IMDb score: 6.9

Ranking fourth on our best James Bone movies list is The Spy Who Loved Me, starring Roger Moore. In the 1977 installment, Bond must figure out how a Royal Navy submarine holding multiple nuclear warheads disappeared while on patrol. Teaming up with Major Anya Amasova, Bond must battle against mastermind Karl Stromberg and his henchman to recover the warheads.

–IMDb score: 7.0

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Rounding out the top three best James Bond movies is Dr. No, the very first film with Bond. Starring Sean Connery, Britain’s top agent is sent on a mission to stop Dr. No. The scientific genius is determined to destroy the U.S. space program, and as time runs short, Bond must travel to Jamaica to confront Dr. No in his island headquarters.

–IMDb score: 7.2

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Coming in second on our best James Bond movies list is From Russia With Love. Bond is back, this time battling against the secret crime organization SPECTRE. His mission? Recover a Russian decoding machine known as “Lektor.” Getting involved with a possible double agent, Bond must use all of his wits to escape with his life.

–IMDb score: 7.3

Last but not least on our best James Bond movies list is Goldfinger. Featuring Connery, the dapper agent is hired by the Bank of England and M16 to investigate gold magnate Auric Goldfinger. Possibly gathering a vast inventory of gold bars, nothing seems awry with Goldfinger until Bond uncovers “Operation Grand Slam.” Unless Bond can stop him, Goldfinger will put the entire Western economy in danger.

–IMDb score: 7.7

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