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List of James Bond Movies In Order

December 12, 2021 All Posts, Movies
List of James Bond Movies In Order

James Bond is a fictional character created by novelist Ian Fleming in 1953. A British secret agent working for MI6 under the codename 007, he has been portrayed on film by actors Sean Connery, David Niven, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig in twenty-seven productions. All but two films were made by Eon Productions, which now holds the adaptation rights to all of Fleming’s Bond novels.

01. Dr. No (1962) | 7.2/10 IMDb

Release date: October 6, 1962 (United Kingdom)
Director: Terence Young
Featured song: James Bond Theme
Box office: $59.5 million USD
Adapted from: Dr. No
Screenplay by: Richard Maibaum; Johanna Harwood; Berkely Mather

Storyline

James Bond 007 is Britain’s top agent, and is on an exciting mission, to solve the mysterious murder of a fellow agent. The task sends him to Jamaica, where he joins forces with Quarrel and a loyal C.I.A. Agent, Felix Leiter. While dodging tarantulas, “fire breathing dragons”, and a trio of assassins, known as “the three blind mice”. Bond meets up with the beautiful Honey Ryder and goes face to face with the evil Dr. No.—simon_hrdng

02. From Russia with Love (1963) | 7.4/10 IMDb

Release date: October 10, 1963 (United Kingdom)
Director: Terence Young
Featured song: From Russia With Love
Adapted from: From Russia, with Love
Box office: $79 million USD
Screenplay by: Richard Maibaum

Storyline

James Bond 007 is on the search for a Russian decoding machine, known as “Lektor”. Bond needs to find this machine, before the evil S.P.E.C.T.R.E. organization discovers it. While being romantically linked with Russian girl, Tatiana Romanova, Bond sneaks his way around Istanbul, while each S.P.E.C.T.R.E. Agent tries to pick him off, including the over powering Donald “Red” Grant and ex K.G.B. Agent Rosa Klebb, who knows all of the tricks in the book, and even possesses an incredible poison tipped shoe.—simon_hrdng

03. Goldfinger (1964) | 7.7/10 IMDb

Release date: September 17, 1964 (United Kingdom)
Director: Guy Hamilton
Featured song: Goldfinger
Box office: $125 million USD
Adapted from: Goldfinger
Screenplay by: Richard Maibaum; Paul Dehn

Storyline

James Bond (Sir Sean Connery) is back and his next mission takes him to Fort Knox, where Auric Goldfinger (Gert Fröbe) and his henchman are planning to raid Fort Knox and obliterate the world economy. To save the world once again, Bond will need to become friends with Goldfinger, dodge killer hats, and avoid Goldfinger’s personal pilot, the sexy Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman). She might not have feelings for Bond, but will 007 help her change her mind?—simon_hrdng

04. Thunderball (1965) | 7.5/10 IMDb

Release date: December 29, 1965 (United Kingdom)
Director: Terence Young
Featured song: Thunderball
Story by: Kevin McClory; Jack Whittingham; Ian Fleming
Box office: $141.2 million USD
Adapted from: Thunderball

Storyline

James Bond continues on his fourth mission, with his aim to recover 2 stolen warheads. They’ve been taken by the SPECTRE organisation, and the world’s held hostage as Bond heads to Nassau, Bahamas. Here, he meets Domino and is forced into a thrilling confrontation with SPECTRE agent Emil Largo on-board his boat, the Disco Volante.—simon_hrdng

05. You Only Live Twice (1967) | 6.8/10 IMDb

Release date: June 13, 1967 (United Kingdom)
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Featured song: You Only Live Twice
Box office: $111.6 million USD
Adapted from: You Only Live Twice
Screenplay: Roald Dahl, Harold Jack Bloom

Storyline

During the height of the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union lose one spacecraft each after they are both seemingly swallowed whole by a second unidentified spacecraft. The two superpowers are quick to blame one another for the disappearances, causing tensions to skyrocket. The United Kingdom has an alternate theory regarding the disappearances however, a theory involving Japan, and sends their number one spy, James Bond, to investigate there. With the help of the Japanese Secret Service, he uncovers a plot far more sinister than anyone could have ever imagined.—goddangwatir

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06. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969) | 6.7/10 IMDb

Release date: December 18, 1969 (United Kingdom)
Director: Peter R. Hunt
Featured song: We Have All the Time in the World
Adapted from: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
Cinematography: Michael Reed
Box office: $82 million USD
Nominations: Golden Globe Award for Best New Star of the Year – Actor, Satellite Award for Best Classic DVD

Storyline

George Lazenby steps into the role of James Bond and is sent on his first mission. For help with Marc-Ange Draco (Gabriele Ferzetti), he must become very close friends with his daughter, Teresa “Tracy” (Dame Diana Rigg), and heads off to hunt down Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Telly Savalas) one more time. This takes him to Switzerland, where he must pose as Sir Hilary Bray to find out the secret plan of Blofeld. The facility is covered with Blofeld’s guards, as well as his henchwoman, Irma Bunt (Ilse Steppat). What does Blofeld have in mind this time? Can Bond keep up this act for much longer? Are any Bond Girls safe?—simon

07. Diamonds Are Forever (1971) | 6.6/10 IMDb

Release date: December 30, 1971 (United Kingdom)
Director: Guy Hamilton
Featured song: Diamonds Are Forever
Adapted from: Diamonds Are Forever
Screenplay by: Richard Maibaum; Tom Mankiewicz
Box office: $116 million USD

Storyline

James Bond’s mission is to find out who has been smuggling diamonds, which are not re-appearing. He adopts another identity in the form of Peter Franks. He joins up with Tiffany Case, and acts as if he is smuggling the diamonds, but everyone is hungry for these diamonds. He also has to avoid Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd, the dangerous couple who do not leave anyone in their way. Ernst Stavro Blofeld isn’t out of the question. He may have changed his looks, but is he linked with the heist? And if he is, can Bond finally defeat his ultimate enemy.—simon

08. Live and Let Die (1973) | 6.8/10 IMDb

Release date: June 27, 1973 (USA)
Director: Guy Hamilton
Featured song: Live and Let Die
Adapted from: Live and Let Die
Box office: $161.8 million USD
Production company: Eon Productions

Storyline

Several British agents have been murdered and James Bond is sent to New Orleans, to investigate these mysterious deaths. Mr. Big comes to his knowledge, who is self-producing heroin. Along his journeys he meets Tee Hee who has a claw for a hand, Baron Samedi the voodoo master and Solitaire a tarot card reader. Bond must travel to New Orleans, and deep into the Bayou.—simon

09. The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) | 6.7/10 IMDb

Release date: December 20, 1974 (USA)
Director: Guy Hamilton
Featured song: The Man with the Golden Gun
Adapted from: The Man with the Golden Gun: A James Bond Novel
Budget: $7 million
Box office: $97.6 million USD
Produced by: Harry Saltzman; Albert R. Broccoli

Storyline

Scaramanga is a hitman who charges one million dollars per job. He becomes linked to the death of a scientist working on a powerful solar cell, and James Bond is called in to investigate. As he tracks down Scaramanga, he realizes that he is highly respected by the killer, but will this prove to be an advantage in the final showdown?—Graeme Roy gsr@cbmamiga.demon.co.uk

10. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) | 7.1/10 IMDb

Release date: July 13, 1977 (USA)
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Featured song: Nobody Does It Better
Box office: $185.4 million USD
Adapted from: The Spy Who Loved Me
Screenplay by: Christopher Wood; Richard Maibaum

Storyline

James Bond is back again and his new mission is to find out how a Royal Navy Polaris submarine holding sixteen nuclear warheads simply disappeared while on patrol. Bond joins Major Anya Amasova and takes on a a web-handed mastermind, known as Karl Stromberg, as well as his henchman Jaws, who has a mouthful of metal teeth. Bond must track down the location of the missing submarine before the warheads are fired.—simon

11. Moonraker (1979) | 6.3/10 IMDb

Release date: June 26, 1979 (United Kingdom)
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Featured song: Moonraker
Adapted from: Moonraker
Box office: $210.3 million USD

Storyline

James Bond is back for another mission and this time, he is blasting off into space. A spaceship travelling through space is mysteriously hijacked and Bond must work quickly to find out who was behind it all. He starts with the rockets creators, Drax Industries and the man behind the organization, Hugo Drax. On his journey he ends up meeting Dr. Holly Goodhead and encounters the metal-toothed Jaws once again.—simon

12. For Your Eyes Only (1981) | 6.7/10 IMDb

Initial release: June 24, 1981
Director: John Glen
Featured song: For Your Eyes Only
Box office: $195.3 million USD
Production company: Eon Productions
Adapted from: For Your Eyes Only, James, Live and Let Die

Storyline

After disposing of a familiar looking face, Bond is sent to recover a communication device, known as an A.T.A.C., which went down with a British spy ship as it sunk. Bond must hurry though, as the Russians are also out for this device. On his travels, he also meets Melina Havelock, whose parents were brutally murdered. Bond also encounters Aristotle Kristatos and Milos Colombo. Each of them are accusing the other of having links with with the Russians. Bond must team up with Melina, solve who the true ally is, and find the A.T.A.C. before it’s too late.—simon

13. Octopussy (1983) | 6.5/10 IMDb

Release date: June 6, 1983 (United Kingdom)
Director: John Glen
Featured song: All Time High
Adapted from: Octopussy and The Living Daylights
Box office: $187.5 million USD

Storyline

James Bond’s next mission sends him to the circus. A British Agent was murdered and found holding onto a priceless Fabergé egg. Kamal Kahn buys the egg at an auction, but Bond becomes suspicious when Kahn meets up with Russian General Orlov. Bond soon finds out that Kahn’s and Orlov’s plan is to blow-up a nuclear device on a U.S. Air Force Base. Bond teams up with a circus group, which are headed by the beautiful Octopussy, who is also close friend of Kahn.—simon

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14. A View to a Kill (1985) | 6.3/10 IMDb

Release date: May 24, 1985 (USA)
Director: John Glen
Featured song: A View to a Kill
Adapted from: For Your Eyes Only, James
Box office: $152.4 million USD
Production companies: Eon Productions; United Artists

Storyline

James Bond has one more mission. Bond returns from his travels in the U.S.S.R. with a computer chip. This chip is capable of withstanding a nuclear electromagnetic pulse that would otherwise destroy a normal chip. The chip was created by Zorin Industries, and Bond heads off to investigate its owner, Max Zorin. Zorin may only seem like an innocent man, but is really planning to set off an earthquake in San Andreas, which will wipe out all of Silicon Valley. As well as Zorin, Bond must also tackle May Day and equally menacing companion of Zorin, while dragging Stacy Sutton along for the ride.—simon

15. The Living Daylights (1987) | 6.7/10 IMDb

Release date: June 27, 1987 (United Kingdom)
Director: John Glen
Featured song: The Living Daylights
Adapted from: Octopussy and The Living Daylights
Box office: $191.2 million USD
Production companies: Eon Productions; United Artists

Storyline

James Bond 007’s mission is to firstly, organise the defection of a top Soviet general. When the general is re-captured, Bond heads off to find why an ally of General Koskov was sent to murder him. Bond’s mission continues to take him to Afghanistan, where he must confront an arms dealer known as Brad Whitaker. Everything eventually reveals its self to Bond.—simon

16. Licence to Kill (1989) | 6.6/10 IMDb

Release date: June 13, 1989 (United Kingdom)
Director: John Glen
Featured song: Licence to Kill
Box office: $156.1 million USD
Adapted from: For Your Eyes Only, James
Written by: Michael G. Wilson; Richard Maibaum

Storyline

James Bond is on possibly his most brutal mission yet. Bond’s good friend, Felix Leiter, is left near death, by drug baron Franz Sanchez. Bond sets off on the hunt for Sanchez, but not everyone is happy. MI6 does not feel Sanchez is their problem and strips Bond of his license to kill making Bond more dangerous than ever. Bond gains the aid of one of Leiter’s friends, known as Pam Bouvier and sneaks his way into the drug factories, which Sanchez owns. Will Bond be able to keep his identity secret, or will Sanchez see Bond’s true intentions?—simon

17. GoldenEye (1995) | 7.2/10 IMDb

Release date: November 13, 1995 (USA)
Director: Martin Campbell
Story by: Michael France
Box office: $352.1 million USD
Music by: Éric Serra
Screenplay by: Jeffrey Caine; Bruce Feirstein

Storyline

When a deadly satellite weapon system falls into the wrong hands, only Agent James Bond 007 (Pierce Brosnan) can save the world from certain disaster. Armed with his licence to kill, Bond races to Russia in search of the stolen access codes for “GoldenEye”, an awesome space weapon that can fire a devastating electromagnetic pulse toward Earth. But 007 is up against an enemy who anticipates his every move: a mastermind motivated by years of simmering hatred. Bond also squares off against Xenia Onatopp (Famke Janssen), an assassin who uses pleasure as her ultimate weapon.—Robert Lynch docrlynch@yahoo.com

18. Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) | 6.5/10 IMDb

Release date: December 9, 1997 (United Kingdom)
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Featured song: Tomorrow Never Dies
Box office: $333 million USD
Written by: Bruce Feirstein
Based on: James Bond; by Ian Fleming

Storyline

Agent James Bond 007 (Pierce Brosnan) is on a mission which includes a media tycoon, his former lover and a Chinese Agent. Elliot Carver (Jonathan Pryce) wants to complete his global media empire, but in order for this to work, he must achieve broadcasting rights in China. Carver wants to start up World War III by starting a confrontation over British and Chinese waters. Bond gains the help of Wai Lin (Michelle Yeoh) on his quest to stop him, but how will Bond feel when he meets up with his former lover, Paris (Teri Hatcher), who is now Carver’s wife.—simon

19. The World Is Not Enough (1999)| 6.5/10 IMDb

Release date: November 8, 1999 (USA)
Director: Michael Apted
Featured song: The World Is Not Enough
Box office: $361.8 million USD

Storyline

James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) is back. An oil tycoon is murdered in MI6, and Bond is sent to protect his daughter. Renard (Robert Carlyle), who has a bullet lodged in his brain from a previous Agent, is secretly planning the destruction of a pipeline. Bond gains a hand from research scientist Dr. Christmas Jones (Denise Richards), who witnesses the action which happens when Bond meets up with Renard, but Bond becomes suspicious about Elektra King (Sophie Marceau), especially when Bond’s boss, M (Dame Judi Dench) goes missing. Bond must work quickly to prevent Renard from destroying Europe.—simon

20. Die Another Day (2002)| 6.1/10 IMDb

Release date: November 20, 2002 (United Kingdom)
Director: Lee Tamahori
Featured song: Die Another Day
Box office: $431.9 million USD
Based on: James Bond; by Ian Fleming
Written by: Neal Purvis; Robert Wade

Storyline

Pierce Brosnan gives one last mission as James Bond 007. Starting off in North Korea, Bond is betrayed and captured. Fourteen months later, Bond is set free, but traded for Zao (Rick Yune) who was captured by MI6. When back in his world, Bond sets off to track down Zao. Bond gets caught up in yet another scheme which sends him to millionaire Gustav Graves (Toby Stephens). Another MI6 Agent known as Miranda Frost (Rosamund Pike) is also posing as a friend of Graves. Bond is invited to a presentation held by Graves about a satellite found in space which can project a huge laser beam. Bond must stop this madman with a fellow American Agent, known as Jinx Johnson (Halle Berry). While Bond tries to stop Graves and Zao, will he finally reveal who betrayed him?—simon

21. Casino Royale (2006)| 8.0/10 IMDb

Release date: November 16, 2006 (United Kingdom)
Director: Martin Campbell
Music by: David Arnold
Adapted from: Casino Royale
Box office: $616.5 million USD
Screenplay by: Neal Purvis; Robert Wade; Paul Haggis

Storyline

James Bond (Daniel Craig) goes on his first mission as a 00. Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen) is a banker to the world’s terrorists. He is participating in a poker game at Montenegro, where he must win back his money, in order to stay safe amongst the terrorist market. The boss of MI6, known simply as “M” (Dame Judi Dench) sends Bond, along with Vesper Lynd Eva Green) to attend this game and prevent Le Chiffre from winning. Bond, using help from Felix Leiter (Jeffrey Wright), Rene Mathis (Giancarlo Giannini), and having Vesper pose as his partner, enters the most important poker game in his already dangerous career. But if Bond defeats Le Chiffre, will he and Vesper Lynd remain safe?—simon

22. Quantum of Solace (2008)| 6.6/10 IMDb

Release date: October 31, 2008 (United Kingdom)
Director: Marc Forster
Featured song: Another Way to Die
Box office: $589.6 million USD
Cinematography: Roberto Schaefer
Adapted from: Octopussy and The Living Daylights, For Your Eyes Only

Storyline

Is there solace in revenge? James Bond (Daniel Craig) and M (Dame Judi Dench) sniff a shadowy international network of power and corruption reaping billions. As Bond pursues the agents of an assassination attempt on M, all roads lead to Dominic Greene (Mathieu Amalric), a world-renowned developer of green technology. Greene, a nasty piece of work, is intent on securing a barren area of Bolivia in exchange for helping a strongman stage a coup there. The C.I.A. looks the other way, and only Bond, with help from a retired spy and a mysterious beauty, stands in Greene’s way. M wonders if she can trust Bond, or if vengeance possesses him. Can anyone drawn to Bond live to tell the tale?—jhailey@hotmail.com

23. Skyfall (2012)| 7.8/10 IMDb

Release date: October 26, 2012 (United Kingdom)
Director: Sam Mendes
Box office: $1.109 billion USD
Music by: Thomas Newman
Budget: $150–200 million
Cinematography: Roger Deakins

Storyline

When James Bond’s (Daniel Craig’s) latest assignment goes gravely wrong and Agents around the world are exposed, MI6 is attacked, forcing (M Dame Judi Dench) to relocate the agency. These events cause her authority and position to be challenged by Gareth Mallory (Ralph Fiennes), the new Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee. With MI6 now compromised from both inside and out, M is left with one ally she can trust: Bond. 007 takes to the shadows, aided only by field agent, Miss Eve Moneypenny (Naomie Harris), following a trail to the mysterious Tiago Rodriguez, a.k.a. Raoul Silva (Javier Bardem), whose lethal and hidden motives have yet to reveal themselves.—JoaoBond

24. Spectre (2015) | 6.8/10 IMDb

Release date: October 26, 2015 (United Kingdom)
Director: Sam Mendes
Story by: John Logan; Neal Purvis; Robert Wade
Box office: $880.7 million USD
Produced by: Michael G. Wilson; Barbara Broccoli

Storyline

A cryptic message from the past sends James Bond (Daniel Craig) on a rogue mission to Mexico City and eventually Rome, where he meets Lucia Sciarra (Monica Belluci), the beautiful and forbidden widow of an infamous criminal. Bond infiltrates a secret meeting and uncovers the existence of the sinister organisation known as S.P.E.C.T.R.E. Meanwhile, back in London, Max Denbigh (Andrew Scott), the new head of the Centre of National Security, questions Bond’s actions and challenges the relevance of MI6, led by M (Ralph Fiennes). Bond covertly enlists Miss Eve Moneypenny (Naomie Harris) and Q (Ben Whishaw) to help him seek out Dr. Madeleine Swann (Léa Seydoux), the daughter of his old nemesis Mr. White (Jesper Christensen), who may hold the clue to untangling the web of S.P.E.C.T.R.E. As the daughter of the assassin, she understands Bond in a way most others cannot. As Bond ventures towards the heart of S.P.E.C.T.R.E., he learns a chilling connection between him and the enemy he seeks.

25. No Time to Die (2021) | 7.4/10 IMDb

Release date: September 30, 2021 (United Kingdom)
Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga
Box office: $730 million USD

Storyline

Bond has left active service and is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica. His peace is short-lived when his old friend Felix Leiter from the CIA turns up asking for help. The mission to rescue a kidnapped scientist turns out to be far more treacherous than expected, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology.—Universal Pictures
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