Bond movies, ranked

1. For Your Eyes Only – the first one I ever saw and still my favorite

2. The Spy Who Loved Me – the second one I ever saw and the one that cemented Roger Moore as my favorite Bond

3. Skyfall – best looking Bond movie by far, and the best theme song

4. From Russia With Love – Bond at his best, stealing a device from the Russians (see also: For Your Eyes Only)

5. Casino Royale – a little slow in spots but the best debut from a Bond actor

6. Goldfinger – It’s a classic but I think it’s a little overrated (seriously, Bond doesn’t do anything but be Goldfinger’s prisoner the whole movie. He doesn’t even shut down the bomb at the end).

7. Dr. No – the one that started it all

8. Tomorrow Never Dies – not a fan favorite but I like it

9. Goldeneye – did I mention Famke Janssen? She alone puts this one in the top 10

10. Live and Let Die – Roger Moore’s first effort, with a young Jane Seymour and a blaxploitation villain named Mr. Big

11. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service – the worst Bond actor but still a pretty good movie

12. No Time To Die – too long and too dark, but it will be hard to top Daniel Craig

13. The Living Daylights – thankfully the one-woman Bond thing didn’t last

14. Spectre – not sure Spectre needed a backstory

15. You Only Live Twice – Sean Connery in yellowface as a Japanese ninja. Why not?

16. Thunderball – aside from the overly long underwater fight sequence at the end, I can’t remember anything about this one

17. Octopussy – Roger Moore in clown makeup. Some of you might say that’s fitting.

18. License To Kill – the most violent Bond film

19. Quantum of Solace – if I wanted to watch a Bourne movie, I’d watch a Bourne movie

20. The Man With The Golden Gun – when the heavy is Tattoo from Fantasy Island, you have a bad Bond movie

21. The World Is Not Enough – Denise Richards as a nuclear physicist named Christmas Jones. Oy.

22. A View To A Kill – Roger Moore’s last one, about two movies too late. But at least it has Christopher Walken.

23. Die Another Day – Invisible car? Check. A hotel made of ice? Got it. North Korean villain with a reconstructed WASP face? You bet. A heavy with a diamond-encrusted face? Absolutely. Even I can’t suspend disbelief enough for this one.

24. Moonraker – Bond in space!

25. Diamonds Are Forever – the campiest Bond movie. Sean Connery did it for the money and totally phoned in his performance, and it shows.