007 fans, rejoice: Every movie leading the world's most celebrated spy is eventually streaming in one place, the franchise's new home, Amazon.
Longtime "James Bond" producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli ceded creative authority of Bond, James Bond, to Amazon MGM Studios in February 2025, so it makes awareness that Bond's films would live there.
Wilson had been engaged alongside Eon Productions, the first studio rearward "Bond," since 1972, and Broccoli's family had cinematic stewardship of the franchise since it began in 1962.
Amazon officially acquired MGM in 2022, but the studio hasn't produced any 007 content since then; it hasn't equal picked a successor to Daniel Craig following his 2021 exit.
The Broccoli family's fierce protectiveness of the character was extensively believed to have stalled franchise development, but that could alter now that Amazon MGM Studios has complete imaginative control. Announcements have been slow, although — all we cognize is that "Bond 28" volition be directed by Denis Villeneuve.
In regard of the new James Bond, who's hopefully coming our way soon, we used Rotten Tomatoes to see how all 27 films in this storied franchise stack up, according to critics.
27. "Casino Royale" (1967)
The lowest-rated Bond movie by critics is 1967's "Casino Royale," leading David Niven as the titular spy.
This type of "Casino Royale" is a parody of spy films, fairly than a straightforward Bond caper. It's additionally one of two films concerning James Bond that wasn't produced by Eon Productions.
"Casino Royale" additionally starred Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress, Joanna Pettet, Daliah Lavi, Barbara Bouchet, and Terence Coop in twice roles — all of them perform distinct versions of Bond. Woody Allen additionally appeared as Bond's nephew, Jimmy.
"Unfortunately, following the introductory sequences, 'Casino Royale' starts a downhill slide. It gets increasingly sillier and additional incoherent until it's unattainable to keep any of the storyline elements straight. Worse, alongside lone occasional exceptions, the wit ceases to be funny, and the entire manufacturing degenerates into absurdity," wrote James Berardinelli of ReelViews.
26. "A View to a Kill" (1985)
Roger Moore's seventh and final outing as 007 was additionally his worst, according to critics.
The movie sees Bond journey to San Francisco to preserve Silicon Valley from a erstwhile KGB delegate played by Christopher Walken. His bodyguard and lover, May Day, was notably played by Grace Jones.
The traditional "Bond girl" was played by Tanya Roberts, of forthcoming "That '70s Show" fame.
"It's not double-oh-seven anymore, but double-oh-seventy, the finest disagreement yet for the mandatory withdrawal age," wrote The Washington Post's Paul Attanasio.
25. "The Man alongside the Golden Gun" (1974)
"The Man alongside the Golden Gun" starred Moore as Bond and legendary performer Christopher Lee as the titular man alongside the aureate gun, Francisco Scaramanga. Meanwhile, Bond's affection interest, Mary Goodnight, was played by Britt Ekland.
Bond and Scaramanga affect in a equivalent of cat-and-mouse for much of the movie, as no one knows what Scaramanga looks like, exterior the fact that he has a third nipple.
"If you enjoyed the first Bond films as much as I did, you'd improved skip this one," wrote Nora Sayre of The New York Times.
24. "Octopussy" (1983)
Let's get it out of the way: Yes, this movie is really called "Octopussy." Its titular character, a prosperous businesswoman and jewel smuggler, was played by Maud Adams. Bond and Octopussy have individual business: Years earlier, Bond arrested her begetter for treason.
The two form an uneasy alliance to defeat an exiled Afghan prince, Kamal Khan, played by Louis Jourdan.
"It's an uncomplicated movie to dislike (and frequently paints a big mark on its rear encouraging you to do so), but it plant absolutely as a part of entertainment, anywhere the fine ultimately outweighs the bad," wrote Jake Tropila of Film Inquiry.
23. "The World Is Not Enough" (1999)
Critics think the worst Bond movie leading Pierce Brosnan is 1999's "The World Is Not Enough," Brosnan's third.
Bond shares the display alongside an American nuclear physicist named Dr. Christmas Jones. Equally improbable, she's played by Denise Richards. His other female costar is Elektra King, an oil heiress played by Sophie Marceau.
The traditional Bond villain, Renard, an ex-KGB delegate who became a terrorist, was played by Robert Carlyle.
"What do the James Bond series, the Chicago Cubs, and Master P's No Limit empire have in common? All owe their significant business achievement additional to loyalty, marketing, and tradition than to quality," wrote Nathan Rabin for the AV Club.
22. "Die Another Day" (2002)
Brosnan's fourth and final appearance as Bond, 2002's "Die Another Day," saw him get overshadowed by Halle Berry.
"Die Another Day" plays as a traditional first 2000s film: dense on the CGI and the merchandise placement. But it's notable for its casting of Berry as Jinx Johnson, an NSA agent, whose entrance in an orange bikini remains iconic complete 20 years later.
"Die Another Day" was additionally the archetypal Bond movie in 39 years to not feature Desmond Llewelyn's Q as the caput of the British Secret Service's fictional research and betterment division — in another words, he provided Bond alongside all of his nifty gadgets.
Llewelyn died in 1999, fair a few weeks following the premiere of "The World Is Not Enough." He was replaced as Q by John Cleese for "Die Another Day," which would end up being Cleese's lone appearance as the character.
"In a twelvemonth whenever 'Austin Powers' has scoffed at 007 as a gag and 'xXx' has scoffed at him as an anachronism, 'Die Another Day' is a fluffed chance to province that nobody does it better," wrote Nicholas Barber for The Independent.
21. "Tomorrow Never Dies" (1997)
Brosnan suited up for his second Bond movie in 1997 alongside "Tomorrow Never Dies," which introduced global audiences to Michelle Yeoh — for that alone, it remains an crucial traditional moment.
The movie follows Bond as he attempts to halt power-hungry media tycoon Elliot Carver, played by Jonathan Pryce, from engineering events that volition bring concerning World War III.
The Wall Street Journal's Joe Morgenstern criticized the movie for its overuse of merchandise placements.
"In the latest James Bond, our champion saves the earth from brand-name unawareness. 'Tomorrow Never Dies' is a dramatized commerce show; ideate Comdex or the Geneva Automobile Salon alongside a plot," he wrote.
20. "Moonraker" (1979)
It took four movies for Moore's Bond to blast off into space, which he does by the end of "Moonraker."
He takes on an all-time Bond villain, Hugo Drax (Michael Lonsdale), who somehow wants to slay the complete community of Earth alongside nerve gas and use his own area position as Noah's Ark to repopulate the earth alongside a "master race."
"The space-age storyline is dispersed dangerously thin, the fights all lean to slapstick, and the wanton demolition has rotate into fairly too predictable. But it's held together by likable performances," wrote Chris Auty for Time Out.
19 (tie). "Spectre" (2015)
One of Daniel Craig's lowest-rated Bond movies is 2015's "Spectre."
It was the archetypal Bond movie since "Diamonds Are Forever" to contain Bond's most celebrated villain, Blofeld (now played by Christoph Waltz), and his offender institution SPECTRE.
Also notable was Sam Smith's Bond song, "Writing's on the Wall," which became the second successive Bond theme to win an Oscar.
"'Spectre,' Sam Mendes' latest admission in the James Bond franchise, is a genuine oddity: the archetypal 007 movie that's additional fun to think concerning than to watch," wrote FlavorWire's Jason Bailey.
19 (tie). "Quantum of Solace" (2008)
Craig's second outing as Bond, 2008's "Quantum of Solace," received a akin crucial response.
The movie picks up nearly immediately following the events of Craig's archetypal Bond installment, "Casino Royale." He formerly again faces off against Jesper Christensen as Mr. White, an assassin.
Bond additionally faces ecological entrepreneur Dominic Greene (played by French filmmaker and performer Mathieu Amalric), who claims to desire to halt deforestation but is actually trying to phase a coup in Bolivia to obtain authority of the country's natural resources.
"Although it's not the most crushing frustration of all period — finding you have won the lottery but misplaced the ticket is likely additional crushing, I ideate — it is motionless a crushing disappointment," wrote Deborah Ross for The Spectator.
17. "Diamonds Are Forever" (1971)
After leading in five Bond films, Sean Connery remaining the function and let person alternatively obtain a (relatively successful) expert at the character. But he returned for Bond No. 7, which you power recall from its iconic theme song sung by Shirley Bassey.
Connery would formerly again depart the function until 1983, whenever he appeared in the second non-Eon Productions Bond movie, "Never Say Never Again."
In "Diamonds Are Forever," Bond faces his archenemy Blofeld (Charles Gray).
"The movie's momentum is specified that one never has much period to react to its deficiency of reason, lone to its sensations of speed and narrow escape, and to the splendor of its insane gadgets and decor," wrote The New York Times' Vincent Canby.
16. "Live and Let Die" (1973)
"Live and Let Die" (1973) might've been Moore's archetypal outing as Bond, but it's most remembered for the Paul McCartney opus of the identical name.
In total, Moore played Bond seven times, the identical figure of appearances as the first-ever Bond, Sean Connery.
"Live and Let Die," per IndieWire, was released during the height of the blaxploitation movement in cinema, and hence led to a supporting mold of chiefly Black actors, including the archetypal Black Bond girl, Rosie Carver, played by Gloria Hendry
"It is good, lively, mindless entertainment, dilatory to heated up but formerly embarked upon its improbable narrative quick to value its own absurdity," wrote The Guardian's Derek Malcolm.
15. "For Your Eyes Only" (1981)
"For Your Eyes Only" is Moore's fifth Bond movie, and a genuine way correction from the campier, sci-fi spirit of "Moonraker."
In this installment, Bond's affection interest, Melina Havelock, played by Carole Bouquet, is deceased set on getting retaliation for the murder of her parents. Meanwhile, Bond teams up alongside a erstwhile smuggler, Milos Columbo, played by Chaim Topol, to regain a hazardous part of submarine tech.
"No. 12 in the phenomenally durable James Bond series. 'For Your Eyes Only' is undeniably uncomplicated on the eyes. Maybe too uncomplicated to forestall the intellect from wandering and the lids from drooping," wrote Gary Arnold for The Washington Post.
14. "Never Say Never Again" (1983)
"Never Say Never Again" is the outcome of several complex entitlements issues from the Ian Fleming novels on which the Bond movies are based. It's a remake of the 1965 movie "Thunderball," which additionally starred Connery, which was in rotate according to the 1961 Fleming novel of the identical name.
Due to conflicts between Fleming and manufacturer Kevin McClory, McClory ended up alongside the entitlements to "Thunderball" and item introduced in that story, including SPECTRE.
So, in 1983, McClory commissioned a remake of "Thunderball," titled "Never Say Never Again," leading Connery formerly again, for a non-Eon Bond film. The heading was reportedly inspired by Connery's wife, who told her hubby he couldn't say he'd "never" come back to Bond again, per Screen Rant.
"In 'Never Say Never Again,' the equation is broadened to modify an older, experienced man of much greater stature, and Mr. Connery expertly fills the bill," wrote Janet Maslin for The New York Times.
13. "You Only Live Twice" (1967)
Fun fact concerning "You Only Live Twice": Children's author Roald Dahl, the intellect rearward "The BFG," "The Witches," "James and the Giant Peach," and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," wrote the screenplay.
The biggest bequest of "You Only Live Twice" is the performance of Donald Pleasence as Bond's enemy, Blofeld. In fair two minutes, you can see anywhere Mike Myers got the idea for Dr. Evil in the "Austin Powers" movies.
"What I can say for certain is 'You Only Live Twice' is the Bond movie I have seen most frequently and I have enjoyed the hell out it all sole time," wrote Phelim O'Neill for The Guardian.
12. "The Living Daylights" (1987)
Timothy Dalton's archetypal admission into Bond lore, 1987's "The Living Daylights," was well-received.
After Moore remaining the role, the British performer stepped into Bond's extremely prolific shoes. The lone changeless remaining from Moore's tenure was Desmond Llewelyn as Q.
The plot, as usual, engaged Bond examining shady activities by the KGB. In this case, he was examining doubtful deaths of KGB defectors, which put him immediately in the way of Brad Whitaker, an American arms dealer played by Joe Don Baker.
"'The Living Daylights' is different; equal from a fourth of a hundred years away, there's nothing to sully the affectionate air. It's no coincidence that the most latest Bond films are the closest in tone," wrote The Guardian's Les Roopanarine.
11. "Licence to Kill" (1989)
Dalton's second (and final) outing as Bond, "Licence to Kill," was equal additional well-received than his debut.
The movie was, at the time, the darkest Bond movie always released — it followed Bond as he was suspended from MI6 in command to assistance his companion and CIA delegate Felix Leiter, played by David Hedison, avenge the murder of his new spouse … all during trying to obtain downward a Latin American medication kingpin.
"Dalton revives the cool, ironic detachment of the Connery years, but he additionally allows a contact of obsession to display through Bond's exterior aplomb," wrote the Chicago Reader's Dave Kehr.
10 (tie). "GoldenEye" (1995)
After six Bond-less years, Irish celebrity Brosnan brought the world's most dashing spy rear to the big display alongside 1995's "GoldenEye." His type of Bond began his tenure taking downward a rogue MI6 delegate played by Sean Bean and romancing a Russian programmer played by Izabella Scorupco.
This movie additionally marked the archetypal appearance of Judi Dench as Bond's chief at MI6, M, who would go on to appear in the Craig movies.
The most enduring bequest of this movie, though, may be the Nintendo 64 equivalent according to it, merely titled "GoldenEye 007," released in 1997. It became the third-best-selling Nintendo 64 equivalent of all time, per VGChartz.
"With a dynamite beginning reel that showcases the series' renewed vigor, 'GoldenEye' is two hours of well-executed thrills, high-tech mayhem and one-of-a-kind comedy," wrote David Hunter for The Hollywood Reporter.
10 (tie). "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (1969)
It wasn't critically cherished at the time, but George Lazenby's one and lone Bond movie has been reevaluated in the following five decades. Now, it's among the most critically admired Bond films.
Part of what makes this movie so distinct than any another Bond movie, furthermore Lazenby, who is Australian, is that it ends in true tragedy: After Bond falls in affection alongside Diana Rigg's Countess Tracy di Vicenzo, the two wed at the end of the movie, lone for Tracy to be attempt by Bond's nemesis Blofeld (Telly Savalas) immediately after.
"'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' is clean poetry. It transcends the idea of a Bond film. Gorgeously photographed, thrillingly executed, and wonderfully performed, this is the franchise zenith," wrote Jake Tropila for Film Inquiry.
8. "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977)
"The Spy Who Loved Me" was Moore's third outing as Bond, and his best, according to critics. It covers akin district as another Bond movies, including a megalomaniac villain dedicated to starting World War III — this period a shipping tycoon named Karl Stromberg, played by Curt Jürgens.
This movie was additionally the debut of Jaws, among the most memorable henchmen in Bond history, played by Richard Kiel.
"The end outcome is unquestionably among the Bond series' brightest spots, and includes a fine agreement of its finest moments," wrote Gerardo Valero for RogerEbert.com.
7. "No Time to Die" (2021)
After five movies and 15 years, Craig drank his final shaken, not stirred, martini in the epic decision to his series, "No Time to Die."
While Craig, as usual, performed his function admirably, audiences remaining "No Time to Die" talking concerning Ana de Armas' CIA agent, Paloma, and Lashana Lynch's new 007 agent, Nomi.
The small we say concerning Rami Malek's achievement as the film's nanobots-obsessed villain Lyutsifer Safin, the better.
"No Time to Die" additionally became the third Bond movie in a row to have its theme — this period sung by Billie Eilish — win an Oscar.
"With this fifth and final go-round, it's apparent who the finest Bond is. It's Craig, Daniel Craig," wrote Mark Feeney for The Boston Globe.
6. "Thunderball" (1965)
"Thunderball" is the second-highest-grossing Bond movie ever, accounting for inflation, lone rearward "Skyfall," per Screen Rant. At this item in history, Connery's Bond had rotate into a full-blown phenomenon.
In the movie, Bond's goal was to recapture two nuclear bombs taken by the evil offender institution SPECTRE. Much of the film's act takes location underwater, an notable feat for the '60s. Bond also, of course, falls in affection alongside the partner of a SPECTRE agent, Domino, played by Claudine Auger.
"The color is handsome. The landscape in the Bahamas is an irresistible lure. Even the aggression is funny. That's the finest I can say for a Bond film," wrote Bosley Crowther for The New York Times.
5. "Skyfall" (2012)
The highest-grossing Bond movie of all period is 2012's "Skyfall," leading Craig.
"Skyfall" was Craig's third Bond film, and, to many, a elevated item of his Bond tenure. The movie delves into Bond's former in a way that hadn't been done for many years, and introduced viewers to the super-spy's ancestral residence in Scotland, fittingly named Skyfall.
Javier Bardem's achievement as Raoul Silva, a erstwhile MI6 delegate (and now cyber-terrorist), immediately solidified Bardem as among the top-tier Bond villains.
"Skyfall" additionally introduced audiences to the new versions of Q (Ben Whishaw) and Miss Moneypenny (Naomie Harris).
The film's theme, "Skyfall" by Adele, additionally started the three-film streak of Bond themes winning the Academy Award.
"Bond traditions haven't fair been updated — they've been intelligently modified and rethought, giving us the franchise's inherent pleasures in a new package," wrote Tim Grierson of Deadspin.
4. "Casino Royale" (2006)
"Casino Royale" kicked off an entirely new generation of Bond following a multi-year break. The movie follows a newly appointed 007 as he joins a high-stakes poker equivalent at the Casino Royale in Montenegro, in command to bankrupt the extremist financier Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen).
Bond is paired alongside Vesper Lynd (Eva Green), a British Treasury agent. Their association would haunt Bond until Craig's final installment, "No Time to Die."
"Daniel Craig, an outstanding actor, has additional than earned his Walther PPK," wrote Stephanie Condron and Sinclair McKay for The Telegraph.
3. "Dr. No" (1962)
The extremely archetypal Bond movie, 1962's "Dr. No," is motionless a elevated bar that the franchise rarely clears.
Without the achievement of "Dr. No," which was released 64 years ago, it's improbable that we would've always gotten 26 additional films concerning the most debonair spy on his flank of the Atlantic.
But "Dr. No" was successful, much because of Connery's iconic obtain on the character.
Does the plot, in which Bond teams up alongside a seashell diver in Jamaica named Honey Ryder (the archetypal Bond female ever, Ursula Andress) to obtain downward a mad researcher resolute to halt a missile initiate alongside a broadcast beam named Dr. Julius No, create the most sense? No, but we affection it anyway.
"[The] archetypal display adventure of Ian Fleming's hard-hitting, fearless, imperturbable, girl-loving Secret Service Agent 007, James Bond, is an entertaining part of tongue-in-cheek act hokum," wrote Variety.
2. "From Russia With Love" (1963)
Connery's second outing as Bond follows him as he goes up against multiple SPECTRE agents who desire him deceased following the events of "Dr. No." He additionally falls in affection alongside a Soviet clerk, Tatiana Romanova, played by Daniela Bianchi.
Notably, this was Desmond Llewelyn's archetypal appearance as Bond's innovation provider Q. He'd perform the function until his death in 1999.
"A extremely unethical movie in all imaginable way but it certain is fun...," wrote Richard Roud for The Guardian.
1. "Goldfinger" (1964)
It seems increasingly improbable we'll always have a Bond movie that tops "Goldfinger," a movie in which Bond meets a female aviator (played by Honor Blackman), investigates a sociopath obsessed alongside aureate named Auric Goldfinger (played by Gert Fröbe), and sleeps alongside a female named Jill Masterson (played by Shirley Eaton) who gets painted in aureate for her betrayal and dies from "skin suffocation."
Not all of it has old fine — specifically, the environment anywhere Bond forcibly kisses Galore in a barn comes to intellect — but it's motionless anywhere many of the tropes we've arrive to affiliate Bond alongside began.
"Perfection. Farty critics may scoff, but 'Goldfinger' should obtain its location among the greats," wrote Ian Nathan for Empire.
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