Best James Bond Movies In Order May 2026
11. The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) – Half-bad, half-genius. Christopher Lee as Scaramanga (third nipple, golden gun, funhouse duel). The sole reason to watch.
10. For Your Eyes Only (1981) – Moore gets serious again. Climbing a Greek cliff, the 2CV chase, and a poignant ending at his wife’s grave. The most realistic Moore film. best james bond movies in order
3. Casino Royale (2006) – Rebooted Bond as brutal, vulnerable, and lovestruck. The parkour chase and torture scene reinvented 21st-century masculinity. The sole reason to watch
, watch in this order instead of release: Casino Royale → From Russia with Love → Goldfinger → On Her Majesty’s Secret Service → The Spy Who Loved Me → Licence to Kill → GoldenEye → Skyfall Climbing a Greek cliff, the 2CV chase, and
12. No Time to Die (2021) – Flawed but ballsy. Bond dies. Malek’s villain is weak, but the Cuba sequence and Ana de Armas’s cameo are electric.
8. You Only Live Twice (1967) – Ridiculous? Yes. But ninjas, a volcano lair, and Little Nellie the autogyro. Connery’s last great performance (until he returned tired).
9. Skyfall (2012) – Mendes turned Bond into a daddy-issue drama. The London underground horse chase and Scottish manor siege are stunning. Silva’s homoerotic menace is unmatched.
