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James Bond 007: 'shaken, not stirred'

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1342

7.2

Dr. No (1962)

(1962) James Bond's investigation of a missing colleague in Jamaica leads him to the island of the mysterious Dr. No and a scheme to end the US space program. Based on Ian Fleming's Dr. No.

Prelude's rating:

1148

7.1

7.4

From Russia with Love (1963)

(1963) James Bond willingly falls into an assassination ploy involving a naive Russian beauty in order to retrieve a Soviet encryption device stolen by SPECTRE. Based on Ian Fleming's From Russia With Love.

Prelude's rating:

1535

7.4

7.7

Goldfinger (1964)

(1964) Investigating a gold magnate's gold smuggling, James Bond uncovers a plot to contaminate the Fort Knox gold reserve. Based on Ian Fleming's Goldfinger.

787

6.6

6.9

Thunderball (1965)

(1965) James Bond heads to The Bahamas to recover two nuclear warheads stolen by SPECTRE agent Emilio Largo in an international extortion scheme.

825

6.8

6.9

You Only Live Twice (1967)

(1967) Agent 007 and the Japanese secret service ninja force must find and stop the true culprit of a series of spacejackings before nuclear war is provoked.

Prelude's rating:

642

6.6

6.7

On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)

(1969) James Bond woos a mob boss's daughter and goes undercover to uncover the true reason for Blofeld's allergy research in the Swiss Alps.

Prelude's rating:

872

6.4

6.5

Diamonds Are Forever (1971)

(1971) A diamond smuggling investigation leads James Bond to Las Vegas, where he uncovers an extortion plot headed by his nemesis, Ernst Stavro Blofeld.

Prelude's rating:

737

6.7

6.8

Live and Let Die (1973)

(1973) Bond is sent to stop a diabolically brilliant heroin magnate armed with a complex organization and a reliable psychic tarot card reader.

Prelude's rating:

776

6.6

6.7

The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)

(1974) Bond is led to believe that he is targeted by the world's most expensive assassin and must hunt him down to stop him.

Prelude's rating:

748

6.9

The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

(1977) James Bond investigates the hijacking of British and Russian submarines carrying nuclear warheads with the help of a KGB agent whose lover he killed.

Prelude's rating:

690

6.3

Moonraker (1979)

(1979) James Bond investigates the mid-air theft of a space shuttle and discovers a plot to commit global genocide.

Prelude's rating:

644

6.6

6.7

For Your Eyes Only (1981)

(1981) Agent 007 is assigned to hunt for a lost British encryption device and prevent it from falling into enemy hands.

Prelude's rating:

703

5.9

6.2

Never Say Never Again (1983)

(1983) A SPECTRE agent has stolen two American nuclear warheads, and James Bond must find their targets before they are detonated.

776

6.4

6.6

Octopussy (1983)

(1983) A fake Fabergé egg and a fellow agent's death leads James Bond to uncovering an international jewel smuggling operation, headed by the mysterious Octopussy, being used to disguise a nuclear attack on NATO forces.

Prelude's rating:

719

6.1

6.3

A View to a Kill (1985)

(1985) An investigation of a horse-racing scam leads 007 to a mad industrialist who plans to create a worldwide microchip monopoly by destroying California's Silicon Valley.

Prelude's rating:

612

6.5

6.7

The Living Daylights (1987)

(1987) James Bond is living on the edge to stop an evil arms dealer from starting another world war. Bond crosses all seven continents in order to stop the evil Whitaker and General Koskov.

746

6.5

6.7

Licence to Kill (1989)

(1989) James Bond leaves Her Majesty's Secret Service to stop an evil drug lord and avenge his best friend, Felix Leiter.

2033

6.9

7.2

GoldenEye (1995)

(1995) James Bond teams up with the lone survivor of a destroyed Russian research center to stop the hijacking of a nuclear space weapon by a fellow agent believed to be dead.

Prelude's rating:

1684

6.1

6.5

Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

(1997) James Bond heads to stop a media mogul's plan to induce war between China and the UK in order to obtain exclusive global media coverage.

Prelude's rating:

1704

6.4

The World Is Not Enough

(1999) James Bond uncovers a nuclear plot when he protects an oil heiress from her former kidnapper, an international terrorist who can't feel pain.

Prelude's rating:

2196

5.7

6.1

Die Another Day (2002)

(2002) James Bond is sent to investigate the connection between a North Korean terrorist and a diamond mogul who is funding the development of an international space weapon.

Prelude's rating:

4111

7.4

Casino Royale (2006)

(2006) James Bond must stop Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorist organizations, from winning a high-stakes poker tournament at Casino Royale in Montenegro.

Prelude's rating:

2302

6.3

6.6

Quantum of Solace (2008)

(2008) Seeking revenge for the death of his love, secret agent James Bond sets out to stop an environmentalist from taking control of a country's water supply.

Prelude's rating:

1963

7.5

7.8

Skyfall (2012)

(2010 or 2011) The 23rd official Bond entry is rumored to be based on Ian Fleming's short story '007 in New York'.

List of all James Bond films, in order of film release date (the James Bond books follow a different chronological order).

There are only 21 'official' Bond films, with Bond 22 still in pre-development stages.

I chose to include 'Never Say Never' which is a remake based on 'Thunderball', starring Sean Connery, after the new Bond, Roger Moore, already made a few films. 'Never Say Never' is not officially considered part of the James Bond series, but deserves to be on this list regardless.

I didn't include the original 'Casino Royale' in the 60s as it was more of a spy-spoof film and not related to the Bond film franchise.

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