Eyebrow Cinema Ranks James Bond 

I absolutely love the On her Majesty’s Secret Service Theme song and I think the fact that it’s just an instrumental is a testament to how strong it is. Not talked about enough whatsoever.

I personally prefer "The Living Daylights" to "License To Kill". Not by much, but I find there's more style in TLD and is quite unique compared to other bond films.

Skyfall is easily my favorite. I get the frustration as a meta-commentary, but just as a character piece I really love where the movie takes Bond, maybe because Im such a sucker for "heroes past their prime" stories. The third act in particular is something that really resonates with me after watching it. The tone they set with the location feels so unique to Skyfall in comparison to most other Bond films. The vast Scottish field is so beautiful, but still has a sense of melancholy with the clouded weather and muted color pallette. It reminds me of summers spend in the west side of Norway where sometimes the weather isnt super great, but the landscape still remains so beautiful.

I honestly think Daltons bond movies are underrated and some of the best of the bond series. He adds so much to the character. Great list and another fantastic video, look forward to your next.

The funny thing about Die Another Day is that it has quite a few plot points with Diamonds Are Forever. The conflict diamond laundering, the surgery altering people's appearance and of course the space laser the villain uses for world domination.

Oh I am SO with you on Tomorrow Never Dies. It's got all the classic Bond elements and does them well. It's easily the best Brosnan Bond in my mind.

I love that OHMSS is getting the acclaim it deserves all these years later. It's a masterclass of filmmaking, and to say it's a bad film merely because of Lazenby's performance, (which itself is underrated IMO) is a cop out.

It’s been a real treat to see OHMSS go from being “that weird one with that guy who never played Bond again” to becoming viewed by many as one of the best, if not, the best of them all. I had a special connection to it because I watched the weird cut of the movie that came out on tv. And I loved the bobsled sequence. The movie felt otherworldly and hit differently. And as I started watching the movies again as an adult, it took forever to find out that “the one with that guy who never played Bond again” was THAT movie I loved as a kid.

Can't tell you how refreshing it is to see Skyfall not in someone's top 3 for once; not only that but calling out the film's thematic flaws. Bravo sir!

OHMSS has been my favourite Bond film for at least the last twenty years. It's the one that most grips me emotionally. On some re-watches, it wrecks me. The older you get, the more you've loved and lost, the more it finds you. And yes, the score is sublime. Thank you for this thoughtful ranking, I'd love it even if you hadn't agreed about top Bond.

Spectre's greatest crime was having a long sequence set in a snowy mountainscape and NO SKIING DOWN THE MOUNTAINS.

A really well thought out and heartfelt list.

25: Quantum Of Solace 24: The Man With The Golden Gun 23: A View To A Kill 22: Die Another Day 21: Spectre 20: The Living Daylights 19: Diamonds Are Forever 18: Live And Let Die 17: You Only Live Twice 16: No Time To Die 15: For Your Eyes Only 14: The Word Is Not Enough 13: GoldenEye 12: Tomorrow Never Dies 11: Moonraker 10: Octopussy 9: Licence To Kill 8: Thunderball 7: Dr. No 6: The Spy Who Loved Me 5: Skyfall 4: From Russia With Love 3: Goldfinger 2: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service 1: Casino Royale

I'm a Moonraker apologist. I love how silly it is. It's like Temple of Doom for me. Ridiculous in almost every way. But that's part of why it rules.

Excellent James Bond ranking, I really appreciate "Her Majesty's Secret Service" as number one. To me it is the ultimate James Bond movie as well. Out if all the movies, its the most haunting and non-stop fun!! I seen it at the drive in with my parents when i was a kid....and the part were the hench man gets mulched by the snowblower and thd white snow turns red, gave me nightmares for weeks!! Great job!!

In regards to Skyfall, I never thought it was a direct sequel to Quantum. I always interpreted the movie as happening much later in Bond's life. During the car ride with M, Bond jokingly threatens to launch her out of the vehicle which is a throwback to Goldfinger as an example. The death of Judy Dench's M, I gathered happened much later after Goldeneye and the other films. In Spectre, they tie all the films together, which implies all those events have happened from prior non-Craig Bond films, but in Spectre, it becomes a re-imagining. Also, the film took almost 5 years to come out, and there was a ton of articles being written regarding whether the film was actually going to be made and that perhaps Daniel Craig would be too old to continue the franchise. While I understand the inclusion of a Money-Penny origin story, doesn't quite add up with the timeline... I was willing to look past it in order to have Money-penny back. The general point I'm making, is that Skyfall, I don't believe, was meant to be taking place, directly after Quantum.

Crazily harsh on Skyfall! Bond does achieve a lot in the film, including saving the life of M in the parliamentary sub-committee when he shows Ralph Fiennes why he, Bond, remains relevant. Enjoyed this video though, otherwise. Good work fella.

I'm still of the belief that From Russia With Love is the best, I love that you put it #2 on the list.

You are right about Skyfall, but Spectre is still more worse in my book.

6 Skyfall 5 Goldfinger 4 Dr No 3 From Russia with Love (mainly for the train scene, it’s the best of the Connery films) 2 Casino Royale 1 OHMSS

I've always had a soft spot for the man with the golden gun because I used to watch it all the time as a kid. I can't dare to rewatch for fear of ruining it.

Roger Moore is the reason why the Bond series still exists. Never a true word said on this topic.

I was pointed towards your channel in my comments today. Great content, pleased to meet you! 🍸

This critic of Skyfall is so unfair to me. I think Skyfall is probably the greatest Bond of Craig. And that's because, opposed to your view, I feel the introspection is great. We've never had this movie where we explore, ever so slightly, Bond's past. The mansion scene is truly one of the best action sequence I can think of, it's riveting, it's fun, it has spectacular shots and it ends by M's Death which I didn't see coming. Skyfall does not adress the series flaws, the racism and all that jazz, what it does pretty well is aknowledging the world we live in is moving forward in probably the fastest since the Industrial revolution and Bond's (and all the 00's) usefulness in this new world. M's recital at the Govt' hearing is yet another demonstration that they're still valid, they still deliver results, for the fictional MI-6 and for us, the audience. It's also a redemption story, it follows Casino Royale and Quantum Of Solace's narratives that those have been so taxing to Bond in every way, that it results in him not being on top of his game and thus failing to retrieve the list. It's a story about cutting loose ends, not by Bond itself, but by the surroundings he lives in. M dies, MI-6 HQ's is bombed, his childhood home is no more. Your critique seems to fall in some moments into the contrarian rather than on the essay. In my honest opinion, Skyfall deserves top 5 at the very least. Also, ranking Spectre above Skyfall? Come on. The movie is a reel of gags piled one on the other, with a forgettable Bond girl, a stupid long lost brother story which isn't even canon, with boring action scenes that feels like the bad guys are storm troopers when shooting at bond (with the laboratory explosion, for instance). Even the soundtrack is horrible to listen at (looking at you, lackluster Sam Smith's "Writing on the wall"). Talk about a movie that brings absolutely nothing, make poorly executed callbacks to "From Russia With Love" and others whilst being written by a five years old who still thinks poop jokes are funny. Jeez!

1) Casino Royale 2) On Her Majesty's Secret Service 3) Goldfinger 4) The Spy Who Loved Me 5) From Russia With Love 6) Skyfall 7) Goldeneye 8) Licence to Kill 9) No Time To Die 10) The Living Daylights

1. from russia with love 2. casino royale 3. goldeneye 4. on her majesty's secret service 5. the living daylights 6. thunderball 7. the world is not enough 8. licence to kill 9. for your eyes only 10. dr. no 11. tomorrow never dies 12. the spy who loved me 13. skyfall 14. goldfinger 15. you only live twice 16. no time to die 17. octopussy 18. live and let die 19. moonraker 20. a view to a kill 21. spectre 22. the man with the golden gun 23. die another day 24. quantum of solace 25. diamonds are forever the bottom 5 are the only ones I do not like, in fact, I hate them.

I've watched so many "Bond Rankings" videos I usually end up moving on 5 minutes in, but yours is different. The thoughtfulness and reverence you employ sets your mini-reviews apart, emphasizing obscure, yet important notes others blow over. To me, it's more about the why than where a given film appears on the list, but having said that, we do have surprisingly similar overall rankings. While I don't agree with every point, or that Bond films should necessarily be viewed through the lens of modern popular sensibilities, I commend your keen eye and ability to explain your thoughts in a convincing way! Bravo on your articulation and presentation of your views! Every true Bond fan has an "aberration"...a Bond film that ranks unexpectedly high. Mine is "For Your Eyes Only," which is #2 on my overall list for best overall tone. Cheers!

For context, I don't hate any of these films, and the bottom two are the only ones I don't have a ton of fun watching. Maybe if we got Moore and Dalton each in one film earlier, things might have been improved somewhat. Alas. 24. A View to a Kill 23. Diamonds Are Forever 22. Moonraker 21. Die Another Day 20. The World Is Not Enough 19. Quantum of Solace 18. Live and Let Die 17. The Man with the Golden Gun 16. Octopussy 15. Tomorrow Never Dies 14. Spectre 13. For Your Eyes Only 12. Thunderball 11. You Only Live Twice 10. Licence to Kill 09. Dr. No 08. The Living Daylights 07. Skyfall 06. Goldeneye 05. The Spy Who Loved Me 04. Goldfinger 03. From Russia with Love 02. On Her Majesty's Secret Service 01. Casino Royale

I loved it. Great list. Overall, my choices would be similar, couple of changes but thats a preference thing. I love your Bond outlook. These videos are great. Thank you for your awesome work!

On Her Majesty's Secret Service is my favorite Bond film as well. Back in the 70s ABC ran all the Bond films but this was a lost one. They finally aired it in 1979. A lot of young people like myself thought it was going to be a satire.. It's the only one of It's kind. The only performance by George Lazenby, the only Bond that depicts "The Swingin' 60s (the Bond film that Austin Powers borrows from. Granted Largo in Thunderball chews his pinky nail and Dr. Evil resembles Donald Pleasence in You Only Live Twice but the martini glasses with a British flag superimposed on it, Bond wearing the kilt and frilly laced cravate were so Austin Powers), Bond being depicted as vulnerable and, let's not forget the awesome ski chase with the cool John.Barry music. Back in the 90s there was a British Pop group called The Propellerheads who had a single with Shirley (Goldfinger) Bassey on guest vocals. The next track on the album was a cover of the theme from On Her Majesty's Secret Service.

This was a brilliant review! Really enjoyed it you explained so many feelings I had about the movies but couldn't articulate

Bravo. I haven't even seen all of the Bond films - for me the canon pretty much ends in 1969 - but I find it fascinating that we've both made the same leap in recent years and gone from 'From Russia With Love' being our favorite to 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' being the best. 'From Russia With Love' is without question the best in terms of telling a realistic spy story, but 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' is just so poignant and has so many great elements. I love the opening scene where Bond watches Tracy through a rifle scope. That rings true to me. It also rings true that a guy like Bond would end up marrying the daughter of a wealthy gangster. Gangsters and spies both exist outside of the moral universe of the average citizen, so it feels right. Love the scene where Bond opens the safe. Love the Alps location in general. Love the ski chase. Love it when Tracy appears on ice skates. Love the lovers' temporary shelter in the barn. Love the commando raid on Blofeld's headquarters. Love that Bond falls in love enough to marry the girl for once. Love the montage with Louis Armstrong singing. Just so many great moments. And on an entirely personal level, I love that it's set at Christmas time, because I just happened to be born in December of 1969. I might have ranked 'Dr. No' slightly higher than you did, but mostly because I just love the look of it. You've actually taken the time to consider things like plot, character, pacing, cinematography, performances, etc., so no complaints. Why do I consider the Bond canon to have ended in 1969? For me Bond is a product of the 60s, and the look of the series changed dramatically in the 70s. The Bondian universe in its Platonic ideal, as you put it, is glamorous and full of people who dress well, dress for dinner, and have good manners, even while trying to kill each other. It's a world of bright colors, mostly, perfectly coiffed women, exotic (usually either tropical or snowy) locales. Cinema changed suddenly, along with everything else, seemingly, right around 1969-1970. I have thoroughly enjoyed your video essays on Bond. Well done!

My ranking changes almost daily, right now I'd be: 1. Goldeneye 2. Casino Royale 3. The Spy who loved me 4. Skyfall 5. Goldfinger 6. Licence to Kill 7. Tomorrow never dies 8. You only live twice 9. For your Eyes only 10. On her Majesties Secret Service 11. Moonraker 12. The Living Daylights 13. No Time to Die 14. Octopussy 15. Live and let die 16. From Russia with love 17. The World is not Enough 18. Thunderball 19. Dr No 20. A View to a Kill 21. The Man with the Golden Gun 22. Quantum of Solace 23. Die Another Day 24. Diamonds are forever 25. Spectre

My personal ranking would go 1. Casino Royale 2. From Russia With Love 3. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service 4. Goldfinger 5. For Your Eyes Only 6. Dr. No 7. Skyfall 8. The Spy Who Loved Me 9. Goldeneye 10. The Living Daylights 11. The World Is Not Enough 12. You Only Live Twice 13. License to Kill 14. Live and Let Die 15. The Man With The Golden Gun 16. Quantum of Solace 17. Spectre 18. Tomorrow Never Dies 19. Octopussy 20. Thunderball 21. A View To A Kill 22. Moonraker 23. Die Another Day 24. Diamonds Are Forever

Recently found the channel! Greatly articulated video essays all around!

Thanks a lot mate. I almost 100 % agree with your list. Its so good to see, that young people like you (I guess you are young😃) not always pick the 5 most recent Bond- movies and rate them the top 5 choices. This is by far the best, and most thorough ranking I have ever seen. Good work!!

My list of Favorites read um and weep 1. Thunderball (1965) 2. You Only Live Twice (1967) 3. Diamonds Are Forever (1971) 4. From Russia with Love (1963) 5. Live and Let Die (1973) 6. The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) 7. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) 8. Dr. No (1962) 9. Goldfinger (1964) 10. The World Is Not Enough (1999) 11. Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) 12. License to Kill (1989) 13. A View to a Kill (1985) 14. Octopussy (1983) 15. GoldenEye (1995) 16. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) 17. Moonraker (1979) 18. The Living Daylights (1987) 19. Die Another Day (2002) 20. For Your Eyes Only (1981) 21. Casino Royale (2006) 22. Quantum of Solace (2008) 23. Spectre (2015) 24. Skyfall (2012) 25. Never Say Never Again (1983) - rehash of Thunderball

Agree. On Her Majesty's Secret Service is in my opinion the best Bond film. It is free of the Eon formula and strives to show a human being in in-human circumstances with the temptation of the license to kill and the decisions and outcomes this brings. Genius.

A very solid ranking of the series - the top selections in particular are excellent!

OK, my own take - Roger Moore was and still is my favorite Bond, FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE is still my top favorite Bond movie (it even had my top favorite Bond gadget, the attache case), DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER was actually the first Bond movie I saw during my pre-teen childhood, John Barry is one of my Top Five favorite film composers and Ken Adams one of my Top Five Favorite Production Designers, I actually got a six-pack of Bond movies on VHS as a gift for finishing elementary school, the BMW Z3 Roadster was my longtime dream car after seeing GOLDENEYE in my teens (my brother and I even played GOLDENEYE on Nintendo 64 before seeing the actual movie), and I always defended TOMORROW NEVER DIES even though a lot of people didn't at the time (and it was my introduction to Michelle Yeoh)... whew!

I have always considered Skyfall as an overrated 007 film.

Well done man, as a total non-Bond fan, you made this list entertaining and made me curious about a few of the films.

I'm not saying it's brilliant or anything, but Quantum of Solace has grown on me after recently binge watching the Daniel Craig films back to back.

Thanks for this - really fun to get your take on the whole series. My faves? 1. Casino Royale 2. The Living Daylights (Love Timothy Dalton's Bond) 3. After that it's hard. I loved The Spy Who Loved Me, Thunderball, OHMSS (so agree with you about that soundtrack, and I've been a Diana Rigg fan since her Avenger's days), Goldeneye. Lots of good ones. And, heretically, I really like Never Say Never Again!

25: Never Say Never Again 24: A View to a Kill 23: The Man With the Golden Gun 22: Quantum of Solace 21: Die Another Day 20: Spectre 19: The Living Daylights 18: You Only Live Twice 17: Live and Let Die 16: Diamonds are Forever 15: Octopussy 14: Moonraker 13: Tomorrow Never Dies 12: For Your Eyes Only 11: Licence to Kill 10: Thunderball 9: The World is not Enough 8: Goldeneye 7: The Spy Who Loved Me 6: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service 5: Dr. No 4: From Russia With Love 3: Skyfall 2: Goldfinger 1: Casino Royale P.S: I will update my list when NTTD comes out P.P.S: I disagree, Skyfall is triumphant!

Honestly, Tomorrow Never Dies is one of my all time favs. Love the idea of Elliot Carver as like this mad newspaper guy intentionally creating world war 3 to sell newspapers, a concept that seems less and less far fetched every day. Love Paris; her history with Bond, the pathos of her death and how much it makes you hate Elliot (and as you said the assassin is great). The car escape and the motorcycle chase. I love how both times he hooks up it's not really a straightforward seduction, thought goes into what the women are getting out of it (Paris is fleeing a troubled marriage + Wai Lin is just casually hooking up). And Michelle fucking Yeoh. I love how not only is she every bit as good as Bond as far as spy shit goes, but also how as a character she's basically identical to him, which makes it funny that they both find each other annoying as hell for a long time. Hell yeah. Tomorrow Never Dies. That's the comment.

Moore was my Bond growing up and I think he had gotten unfairly treated. His films were more fun and not taken itself too seriously and as a kid I loved that.

YES. another eyebrow cinema bond video, my day is complete

Her Majesty is flawless!

I'm halfway into this and it is really good stuff. Before this i watched the breakdown of ohmss and the content is good. Keep up the good work my man

I have to respect that each Bond fan will have their own personal list of Band favs but also acknowledge that a diverse fan base means there will always be lots of arguments and disagreements about how the movies should be ranked.

I saw "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" as a young teen (correction), I was 9, and I felt it was absolutely my favourite Bond Film. Also in kindergarten I saw "Thunderball" when it 1st came out.

OHMSS is the absolute and apex pivotal story in the Bond canon. And the story centers on Contessa Tracy De Vicenzo played beautifully by Diana Rigg.

I get Quantum is not liked by many, but to put it completely at the bottom (considering it’s considerable competition) and Spectre above Skyfall (not even the biggest fan of), respectfully, is fucking criminal imho. Spectre is just as guilty of cod meta commentary as Skyfall, so I don’t get the distinction?

Here is my list (from the best to the worst): 1. From Russia With Love 2. Goldfinger 3. Thunderball 4. Skyfall 5. Goldeneye 6. The Living Daylights 7. The Spy Who Loved Me 8. Casino Royale 9. You Only Live Twice 10. No Time To Die 11. On Her Majesty's Secret Service 12. For Your Eyes Only 13. Dr. No 14. Live and Let Die 15. Tomorrow Never Dies 16. Licence To Kill 17. Spectre 18. Moonraker 19. The World Is Not Enough 20. A View To A Kill 21. Never Say Never Again 22. Octopussy 23. Diamonds Are Forever 24. Quantum of Solace 25. The Man With The Golden Gun 26. Die Another Day

It's nice to see OHMSS at the top, that is a great movie.

Such an obvious yawn take on MWTGG and Mary Goodnight. Britt Ekland is funny.

What you said about Die Another Day being endearing in its stupidity is a large part of why I like it. It's definitely the worst of Brosnan's era but there are so many goofy moments that I can't help but have a big, dumb smile on my face while watching it. Hell I'll take it over Quantum or Spectre any day. It's also the first Bond I saw in the theater so the nostalgia is very strong.

Love seeing Majesty’s at its rightful spot at the top of the list, here are my rankings; 27. Never Say Never Again 26. Quantum of Solace 25. Casino Royale (1967) 24. SPECTRE 23. A View To A Kill 22. Die Another Day 21. Diamonds Are Forever 20. The Man With The Golden Gun 19. Casino Royale (1954) 18. Moonraker 17. Tomorrow Never Dies 16. Licence to Kill 15. You Only Live Twice 14. Live and Let Die 13. Octopussy 12. Skyfall 11. Thunderball 10. For Your Eyes Only 9. The World Is Not Enough 8. Dr. No 7. The Spy Who Loved Me 6. The Living Daylights 5. Goldfinger 4. Casino Royale (2006) 3. Goldeneye 2. From Russia With Love 1. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service EDIT; I stupidly put Thunderball twice on the list, fixed that to include Goldfinger! Lot of this is just my personal opinion, but after my most recent run through of the series, this is where I find myself with the films. Love your videos btw!!!

Your analyses are literate and smart. Really fine work.

I never really got into the James Bond cinematic universe but I still really enjoyed your video. Makes me want to check out On her Majesty's Secret Service.

The movies in our top 3 are the same, although I give FRWL the nod for top spot.

I still can't believe some people hate OHMSS, it has everything a Bond movie needs. Great cast, near perfect filmmaking, and that score oh my God!

Yes! Skyfall’s ‘thematic smugness’ - spot.on.

the best ranking blog with superb reasons EVER .......congratulations

Favourite movie: Casino Royale Best Bond: Sean Connery or Daniel Craig (can't decide) Best Girl: Vesper Lynd Best Villain: Ernst Stavro Blofeld

Even though there technically are better entries in the series, I could watch the Roger Moore films, especially For Your Eyes Only and The Spy Who Loved Me, over and over a again. I've never enjoyed the Bond films for their action scenes but rather for their witty and clever dialogue and style. The Craig movies are missing out on that most of the time.

Awesome vid, there is no right or wrong answer when it comes to our boy James

I agree with your video on OHMSS, but Mr. Lazenby has never grown on me. I feel he comes off rather as a cocky college boy than James Bond. His performance has something shallow to it, it seems like ordering Connery on Wish.

10:55 Oh, don't worry, I'm absolutely fine with this. I'm just worried why we haven't gotten to Spectre yet at this point 😅

I love how you bring up truly amazing things in even the weaker films.

Spectre above skyfall? Jesus!

24. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. I don’t care how many people say it’s actually an over looked classic I find Lazenby painfully bad in the role and he makes it unwatchable for me. 23. Die Another Day. This one hurts me to say because as a rule I love Brosnan as Bond and there is so much about this movie that is actually good. Overall I think it’s a case of so close but so far. They had the making of a great gritty revenge spy thriller with Bond being captured, released and then out to find who betrayed him but awful cgi and dialogue that was so poorly written it’s cringeworthy drags the whole effort down. (The invisible car doesn’t bother me after all this is a series of films that gave us a car submarine) 22. A View To A Kill. Moore was just too old looking at this stage. Straight away it made the whole thing just too unbelievable. Along with actual I don’t even know or care, Moore should have bowed out gracefully with Octopussy and the fact he didn’t just shows at this point the producers were out of ideas and afraid to move on. 21. Spectre. Just a forced attempt at trying to tie up all the Craig Bonds together. It doesn’t work and in places is as cringy as Die Another Day. (I still hope they get it right with the new one) Ok the next three are getting harder to sort. All are a bit too campy but still enjoyable for the most part. All have the same weaknesses but are saved by just pure Bond attitude. 20. Diamonds Are Forever. I’m putting this lowest because it’s Connery in what feels more like a Moore Bond so that makes it more disappointing. 19. Moonraker. Despite doing HUGE business at the time has aged about the worst of all the movies. 18. The Man With The Golden Gun. Moore still finding his feet and it shows in this one. They didn’t know what to do with him yet. 17. Thunderball. Just feels a bit bloated and despite being able to appreciate the technical difficulties of the underwater fight at the end it’s just slow and boring. 16. Skyfall. This is lower than I thought this would be when I thought about this because originally I loved it but on repeat viewings it feels a bit forced in the same way Die Another Day did, trying to make Craig the Bond of the old movies which he just isn’t. 15. Licence To Kill. Just doesn’t feel like a Bond movie. You got to feel sorry for Dalton watching Craig get all the laudits for what he tried to do with the character back in the 80’s but timing is everything and even though this isn’t a bad film it’s definitely a movie of it’s time. 14. You only Live Twice. I just find this drags a little in the middle and I still wonder what the hell they were thinking trying to make Connery look Asian??? 13. Quantum of Solace. Despite issues caused by the writers strike I think they mad a great job at just keeping the movie at a pace that makes up for it. 12. The Living Daylights. A nice solid Bond movie. A nice introduction to a new Bond and Dalton did a great job. Pity he didn’t get a few more than he did. 11. The World is not Enough. Where the Brosnan Bonds started to go off the rails. Puns were getting a bit forced but two great villains and Brosnan was as cool as ever. 10. Live and Let Die. Moores first and another great debut. Very different to Connery straight out of the gate but Moore but his own cool on it. Not overly jokey as Moores became. 9. From Russia With Love. Number 2 and just a perfect spy thriller. 8. Octopussy. Or the one Moore should have finished with. He was a bit long in the tooth but it worked here even a couple of bad jokes couldn’t kill it. 7. For Your Eyes Only. Or the down to earth Bond after Moonraker. They had Moores Bond well figured out for this one and it’s almost perfect 6. The Spy Who Loved Me. This is perfect Moore Bond. Just the right side of big without going over the top and Moore at his best. 5. Dr No. where it all started and still stands as brilliant to this day. 4. Tomorrow Never Dies. Brosnan’s best performance as Bond with a story about media manipulation gets more relevant by the day. 3. Casino Royale. It took them decades to get the rights to this story and they made sure they got it right. Another brilliant new Bond introduction. 2. Goldfinger. This is the one that introduced the Bond movie character separating it from the books and making him a cinematic legend. Perfection. 1. Goldeneye. They said Bond was dead. They said he was old fashioned and out of step with modern times. They answered with this, Brosnan taking the best of Moore and Connery and updating the Goldfinger formula and it worked brilliantly.

Whilst there are 5 or 6 that I massively disagree on, this is a really good list with some eloquent and valid arguments. Thumbs up!

I'm a recent subscriber of yours. You have a very similar taste to mine,not only in 007 but also WWE! Anyway our top two is the same for Bond. Apart from that our rankings would differ in places. But the main thing is that you can see the good stuff in all of them and fully explain your decisions. Keep up the great work. 👍

I find it hard to disagree with you on OHMSS. It’s been my No.1 for a long time. I could debate some of the other positioning but it’s not outrageously contentious with me. I do have an issue with Spectre over Skyfall. I take your points, but I can’t get past wasting Christoph Waltz on that take on Blofeld. When I heard that he’d been cast in the role, I thought that they couldn’t possibly have cast better (I mean…Hans Landa was the personification of evil!). And it was such an unforgivable let down. I mean…it’s Blofeld…Bond’s nemesis…

Great video, "You only live twice" is my favourite.

that slide whistle in MWTGG makes my soul cry

I haven’t seen any of the bond films but I still immediately clicked this when I saw it in my feed. I love your more casual videos. Also is it weird that I’m coming out of this video being most interested in the weird James Bond in space movie?

Anyone know the music that plays when he talks about 'On her Majesty's Secret Service'? It sounds beautiful but I can't find it in the list he provided.

My top 5 favorites: Skyfall On Her Majesty’s Secret Service From Russia With Love The Spy Who Loved Me Casino Royale

1. Casino Royale 2. Skyfall 3. On Her Majesty's Secret Service 4. From Russia with Love 5. Licence to Kill 6. The Spy Who Loved Me 7. Goldfinger 8. The Living Daylights 9. GoldenEye 10. Live and Let Die 11. For Your Eyes Only 12. Dr. No 13. A View to a Kill (this is a film that I love for the wrong reasons) 14. The Man with the Golden Gun (the first one I ever seen so I can't hate this one as much as others) 15. Thunderball (a bit overrated as Calvin said in his video but it has grown on me over the years) 16. Tomorrow Never Dies 17. Quantum of Solace 18. Octopussy 19 Spectre (worse than Quantum because at least that film somewhat understood the point of its predecessor to a degree, its mercifully short and I at least understand why characters are making certain choices from scene to scene rather than being dictated by some convoluted plot rather than natural characteristics) 20. The World Is Not Enough 21. Moonraker 22. You Only Live Twice (BEYOND overrated, this is where the spectacle and gadgets really takeover the character development as well as the first one that really doesn't bring anything new in ways the previous 4 Connery films have) 23. Die Another Day 24. Diamonds Are Forever.

This guy didn’t grow up with Roger Moore! He doesn’t get how much Fun View To A kill was! Especially To us from the Bay Area! The music was killer!

Wow keep up the fantastic work.

Long time Bond fan, first of the movies, then more of the Fleming novels after I read them all. What I look for in a bond film is different than others. Having read through all Ian's Bond novels several times, I find that I gravitate toward the films who contain actors that more correctly mirror the book counterparts. Craig is hands down the closest to the book version of bond. He mentioned in several interviews early on that he poured over the novels reading them several times, seeing an opportunity to get back to the real bond, the one that was made famous in print and was always the reason behind the existence of the films in the first place. His movies may not all be the best, but he brought Fleming's bond to life in so many ways. The books were written in the 50's and they didn't have gadgets, or constant quippy one-liners. They were flawed in their portrayal of how to treat women, but as far as Bond's human side being brought to the big screen, Craig nailed it...in Casino Royal, more than Connery or any of the others. Movies thereafter have been catering to the social climate, and they should. We shouldn't idolize such a flawed person as Bond. There will not be another bond that gets closer to Flemings version. You seem to be more captured by good screen writing, and screenplay. OHMSS is a beautiful film in its own right. Dianna Rig was great as was George L. I would put Casino Royal as number one and OHMSS as number two, and Dr. No as number three due simply to how close to the book it follows. The rest are just entertaining films. I would encourage you, even if you hate reading, to go back to those books and read them. Start with Casino Royal. Those books should have always been the true source material for the films and when they began to deviate(long before running out of Fleming books to pilfer storylines from), they died. Casino Royal Resurrected the series and then let it die again with the next movie being a continuation of the plot. Craig most likely put his all into his first as he had the opportunity of making his own Bond and chose to be Fleming's Bond. I wish they had simply gone back to the books for good after that for the material that made Bond famous in the 50's. Those are my thoughts.

My current ranking goes as follows: 24. DAD 23. DAF 22. AVTAK 21. TMWTGG 20. Spectre 19. TND 18. YOLT 17. QOS 16. Thunderball 15. LALD 14. Moonraker 13. TWINE 12. Goldfinger 11. Octopussy 10. Dr. No 9. FRWL 8. FYEO 7. TSWLM 6. Goldeneye 5. Skyfall 4. TLD 3. Casino Royale 2. OHMSS 1. LTK Btw, Quantum used to be pretty low on my list, but after my recent rewatch, I gotta say that I really liked it, despite it's many flaws.

Wow, your output has been crazy prolific lately. A 30 minute video followed by a 40 minute long vid. Amazing

1. From Russia with Love 2. Licence to Kill 3. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service 4. Skyfall 5. For Your Eyes Only 6. Goldfinger 7. Casino Royale 8. The Spy Who Loved Me 9. Goldeneye 10. Dr. No 11. The Living Daylights 12. Thunderball 13. Spectre 14. You Only Live Twice 15. Octopussy 16. The World Is Not Enough 17. Live and Let Die 18. Diamonds Are Forever 19. The Man with the Golden Gun 20. Tomorrow Never Dies 21. A View to a Kill 22. Moonraker 23. Quantum of Solace 24. Die Another Day For what it's worth, choosing between those top three for the #1 spot is really hard because I love all of them equally for different reasons, but I'll put FRWL up there just because it came first and really set the tone for the whole series and yes, I'm one of those people that loved Skyfall. Sue me.

Not long into this video I started to feel this list had some nad film rankings, but in the end your top 3 are my top 3, though 2nd & 3rd are switched round. Great video

That Goldfinger barn scene with Bond and Pussy Galore does not bother me at all. Sure, times have changed since then and if a scene like that showed up in this modern day era, Bond would have been in prison for it. Honor Blackman (may she Rest In Peace) has always been proud of her and Sean Connery’s work on that scene for how playful it was for the times and she enjoyed the chemistry she had with Sean Connery in that scene.

My Top 10: 1 Diamonds are forever 2 The man with the golden gun 3 On her majesty‘s secret service 4 You only live twice 5 Goldeneye 6 From Russia with love 7 The living daylights 8 For your eyes only 9 The spy who loved me 10 Goldfinger Probably the only person in the world with that top 2.

Probably my favorite ranking video I’ve seen! Great job! Here’s mine: 4/4 Bond films: 1. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service 2. From Russia With Love 3. Dr No 4. Goldfinger 5. Casino Royale 6. Thunderball 7. Licence To Kill 8. The Spy Who Loved Me 9. GoldenEye 10. The Living Daylights 11. SkyFall 3.5/4 12. For Your Eyes Only 13. You Only Live Twice 3/4 14. Live And Let Die 15. Octopussy 16. Tomorrow Never Dies 2.5/4 17. Moonraker 18. The Man With The Golden Gun 19. The World Is Not Enough 20. Quantum Of Solace 2/4 21. A View To A Kill 22. Diamonds Are Forever 23. No Time To Die 24. Die Another Day 1.5/4 25. Spectre

Thank you. Although I'd seen all the movies many times, I hadn't seen every Bond in a cinema till I caught O.H.M.S.S. on IMAX at Sheffield Cineworld, the 50th anniversary restoration. Wow. That ending; the silence. The lack of end credits. For me, it's always been the best of the series (for all the reasons you stated in your previous video - it always stood out because of Diana Rigg/Tracie) and nice to.finally have someone publicly agree. The biggest mistake Broccoli ever made was not giving George another payday.

Very good list!

You might be the only person to rank Spectre over Skyfall

You're my guy! You're list almost totally matches mine. "The spy who loved me" is a bit higher on my list because it is one of my favourites but On her Majesty's secret Service" is also in my top 3 of all the Bond-Movies. Thank you for your list!

The World is Not Enough contains the single funniest moment in Bond history-whereas the whistle car flip is silly, in this, during the boat chase, you hear the sound of skidding tires when a boat does a sharp turn...hilarious

Here is the correct order best to worst: 1. Casino Royale 2. From Russia with Love 3. Goldfinger 4. Goldeneye 5. Skyfall 6. Die Another Day 7. Quantum of Solace 8. You Only Live Twice 9. The Spy Who Loved Me 10. The Living Daylights 11. Live and Let Die 12. Tomorrow Never Dies 13. Diamonds are Forever 14. The Man with the Golden Gun 15. For Your Eyes Only 16. License to Kill 17. Spectre 18. Moonraker 19. Dr. No 20. Thunderball 21. Octopussy 22. The World is Not Enough 23. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service 24. A View to a Kill

it's an excellent point about the apparent thematic (time) jump to Skyfall. I had never considered it that way.

I don't fully agree with that list, but still gotta admit you're creating the best video essays on James Bond movies.