# Rank your favourite Bond films **URL:** \ **Category:** Films\ **Created:** [June 18, 2017, 2:08pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/rank-your-favourite-bond-films/72 "2017-06-18T14:08:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![freemo](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/85e7bf/32.png) [@freemo](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/freemo)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 12:24pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/rank-your-favourite-bond-films/72/21 "2017-08-18T12:24:10Z")
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY is near the bottom for me too. Drab and unspectacular, it’s the first Bond film that just isn’t _special_. ---
**Author:** ![David\_M](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/user_avatar/quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/david_m/32/508_2.png) [@David\_M](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/David_M)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 12:35pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/rank-your-favourite-bond-films/72/22 "2017-08-18T12:35:15Z")
I can see the dissatisfaction with the villains. In general, Roger’s entries are remembered for their over-the-top, no-holds-barred approach, and that applies to the scenery-chewing, mustache-twirling villains as surely as the outlandish stunts and plots. FYEO not only has a more earth-bound plot, it also has villains who could fit as easily into a TV cop show as a Bond film. And while it’s cool to see Roger deal with “down and dirty” perils like the cliff climb and the keelhauling as opposed to, say, playing Luke Skywalker in a space shuttle, the trade-off is that the stakes in FYEO seem penny-ante for a guy who’s saved the world twice over, and fought baddies who make Hitler look unambitious. I distinctly remember a friend of mine in high school, a casual Bond fan at best, coming out of FYEO disgusted with the low-key ending. After two films that ended in spectacular army-vs-army battle scenes, this one wrapped up with Bond throwing a typewriter (sic) onto a rock. I have to confess to being underwhelmed myself. That said, I think FYEO had some of the best stunt work in the series, even it did end up constantly reminding us that Roger Moore was getting too old to believably have done any of it. ---
**Author:** ![PPK\_30](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/ed8c4c/32.png) [@PPK\_30](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/PPK_30)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 12:51pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/rank-your-favourite-bond-films/72/23 "2017-08-18T12:51:25Z")
@freemo @Trevelyan006 No, I’m sorry, I am going to have to step in and defend FYEO. It ticks a lot of boxes for me. I think the ski chase is an absolute cracker, and Conti’s accompanying sound track to it is fantastic. Roger is also quite cold in this one- kicking Locque off the cliff is one of my all time favourite Bond moments. Columbo is charming as hell and that scene where Countess Lisl is mown down is savage. Yes, the climax is very understated and non-spectacular but as a film, overall, it’s one of Rog’s best. The Spy Who Loved Me From Russia with Love Casino Royale The Living Daylights Live and Let Die You Only Live Twice Skyfall Goldfinger For Your Eyes Only Licence to Kill Octopussy Goldeneye OHMSS Tomorrow Never Dies Spectre Moonraker Dr No A View to a Kill The Man with the Golden Gun Thunderball The World is not Enough Quantum of Solace Die Another Day Diamonds are Forever ---
**Author:** ![freemo](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/85e7bf/32.png) [@freemo](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/freemo)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 1:02pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/rank-your-favourite-bond-films/72/24 "2017-08-18T13:02:33Z")
True, but the issue I think is not just the “stakes”, but the presentation. Compare what FOR YOUR EYES ONLY makes of the ATAC device with what FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE makes of the obstensibly similar Lektor decoder. The Lektor decoder is a prize, a challenge. It represents thrill, adventure, danger, sex. The ATAC device is some office equipment. That’s where FOR YOUR EYES ONLY falls down. Stunts are good though, especially the rock climbing. ---
**Author:** ![David\_M](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/user_avatar/quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/david_m/32/508_2.png) [@David\_M](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/David_M)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 1:11pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/rank-your-favourite-bond-films/72/25 "2017-08-18T13:11:43Z")
I love FYEO for what it is; an awesome change-of-pace for the Roger era. But I don’t know I’d love that era as much if all of them were in the FYEO mold. Personally, it works better for me if I think of it not so much as a low-key Bond film, but rather as the Mother-of-All “Saint” episodes. ---
**Author:** ![secretagentfan](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/user_avatar/quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/secretagentfan/32/504_2.png) [@secretagentfan](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/secretagentfan)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 1:19pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/rank-your-favourite-bond-films/72/26 "2017-08-18T13:19:44Z")
My first Bond film was TSWLM, and quickly afterwards I saw MR - so I was groomed by two over the top Bond adventures. Therefore, when I saw FYEO, I was flabbergasted by its down-to-earthness. But still, I was majorly entertained! I simply loved the film because of Sir Roger, the stunts, the colorful locations, the general feeling of realness to the proceedings. Granted, during my last re-watch sessions two years ago FYEO fell many places in my ranking because I felt it was slow and the underwater scenes dragged. But this is, I believe, due to the fact that my viewing habits have changed. I am accustomed, as we all are, to much faster cutting and pacing, so everything that was special back then when FYEO was first released, now seems a bit lacking. But the film definitely lingers in my memory for all its great qualities and scenes, and in the end it all comes down to Sir Roger´s splendid performance holding everything together. In that regard FYEO can never fall down to the last place in my ranking. ---
**Author:** ![PPK\_30](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/ed8c4c/32.png) [@PPK\_30](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/PPK_30)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 1:27pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/rank-your-favourite-bond-films/72/27 "2017-08-18T13:27:07Z")
@freemo As you can see from my list, FRWL is one of my favourites so I can see what you’re saying in regard to the mcguffin in each film. I think the rock climbing scene is very tense and extremely well-paced. @David_M I wouldn’t want a whole era of FYEO-esque films, but it’s a refreshing interlude in the Moore era of films, before the return to ridiculousness (albeit a lot of fun) in Octopussy. @secretagentfan I don’t think the underwater scenes are too bad, since there is little of them. Nothing compared to, say, Thunderball’s, which ruin the film for me. ---
**Author:** ![sharpshooter](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/user_avatar/quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/sharpshooter/32/503_2.png) [@sharpshooter](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/sharpshooter)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 1:54pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/rank-your-favourite-bond-films/72/28 "2017-08-18T13:54:31Z")
> [@freemo](#): > > FOR YOUR EYES ONLY is near the bottom for me too. Drab and unspectacular, it’s the first Bond film that just isn’t special. I don’t hate FYEO, but it’s also not what I look for in a Roger Moore Bond film. ---
**Author:** ![Trevelyan006](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/user_avatar/quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/trevelyan006/32/517_2.png) [@Trevelyan006](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Trevelyan006)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2017, 11:28pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/rank-your-favourite-bond-films/72/29 "2017-08-21T23:28:53Z")
> [@sharpshooter](#): > > I don’t hate FYEO, but it’s also not what I look for in a Roger Moore Bond film. My sentiments exactly. ---
**Author:** ![jchendricks](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/7ab992/32.png) [@jchendricks](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/jchendricks)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 1:31am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/rank-your-favourite-bond-films/72/30 "2017-08-23T01:31:11Z")
> [@Trevelyan006](#): > > @Dustin: I guess it never really clicked for me as a Roger Moore era Bond film. You put Timothy Dalton in it, and then we’re talking. Otherwise, I just felt like it was pretty out of place. I was thinking about this the other day. I read that Dalton turned down the role after Moonraker because hr didn’t like the direction of the series. Can you imagine how different the 80s Bond movies would’ve been with Dalton in them? FYEO would be a much better movie and AVTAK would be remembered more for Walken and Grace Jones that for a much-too-old Moore. ---
**Author:** ![Yellow-Pinky](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/user_avatar/quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/yellow-pinky/32/582_2.png) [@Yellow-Pinky](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Yellow-Pinky)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 4:23pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/rank-your-favourite-bond-films/72/31 "2017-08-23T16:23:55Z")
The list as of today… 1. ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE 2. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE 3. CASINO ROYALE 4. LICENCE TO KILL 5. THUNDERBALL 6. SKYFALL 7. THE SPY WHO LOVED ME 8. DR. NO 9. LIVE AND LET DIE 10. QUANTUM OF SOLACE 11. THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS 12. FOR YOUR EYES ONLY 13. GOLDFINGER 14. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE 15. GOLDENEYE 16. SPECTRE 17. MOONRAKER 18. OCTOPUSSY 19. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN 20. DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER 21. THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH 22. TOMORROW NEVER DIES 23. A VIEW TO A KILL 24. DIE ANOTHER DAY ---
**Author:** ![Double-OhAgent](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Double-OhAgent](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Double-OhAgent)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2017, 8:03am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/rank-your-favourite-bond-films/72/32 "2017-08-30T08:03:41Z")
Another Brosnan fan here, but it’s a Dalton film that gets my top spot 1. Licence To Kill 2. Octopussy 3. For Your Eyes Only 4. GoldenEye 5. The Living Daylights 6. Tomorrow Never Dies 7. Casino Royale 8. The Spy Who Loved Me 9. Goldfinger 10. SPECTRE 11. Diamonds Are Forever 12. Live And Let Die 13. Thunderball 14. Die Another Day 15. From Russia With Love 16. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service 17. Skyfall 18. The World Is Not Enough 19. You Only Live Twice 20. Moonraker 21. Quantum Of Solace 22. A View To A Kill 23. Never Say Never Again 24. The Man With The Golden Gun 25. Dr. No ---
**Author:** ![PPK\_30](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/ed8c4c/32.png) [@PPK\_30](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/PPK_30)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2017, 8:20am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/rank-your-favourite-bond-films/72/33 "2017-08-30T08:20:54Z")
[Dr.No](http://Dr.No) lower than TMWTGG?? Oooh! Reasons please @Double-OhAgent ---
**Author:** ![secretagentfan](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/user_avatar/quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/secretagentfan/32/504_2.png) [@secretagentfan](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/secretagentfan)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2017, 9:39am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/rank-your-favourite-bond-films/72/34 "2017-08-30T09:39:59Z")
Lower than every other Bond film! ---
**Author:** ![Orion](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/user_avatar/quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/orion/32/1276_2.png) [@Orion](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Orion)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2017, 10:51am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/rank-your-favourite-bond-films/72/35 "2017-08-30T10:51:13Z")
This took me a shockingly long time to think as only number 1 was firm - and that’s because of its many links with my non-Bond interests. 1. Casino Royale 2. Licence to Kill 3. Skyfall 4. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service 5. Goldfinger 6. Goldeneye 7. From Russia With Love 8. Spectre 9. Live and Let Die 10. Quantum of Solace 11. Dr No 12. A View To A Kill 13. The Spy Who Loved Me 14. Thunderball 15. The Man With The Golden Gun 16. The World is Not Enough 17. Diamonds Are Forever 18. For Your Eyes Only 19. The Living Daylights 20. Tomorrow Never Dies 21. Octopussy 22. Die Another Day 23. You Only Live Twice I tried to do this list based purely on the strengths of each film rather than being negative with it so it’s weird that a Connery came last and I actually really enjoy YOLT, but I’m always put off by Connery’s Bond, Blofeld and Lewis Gilbert as director have much stronger examples in the series, but it’s a shame as YOLT has some fantastic pieces - one of Connerys best Bond girls in Aki and John Barry’s magnificent score leap to mind. ---
**Author:** ![Double-OhAgent](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Double-OhAgent](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Double-OhAgent)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2017, 2:27pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/rank-your-favourite-bond-films/72/36 "2017-08-30T14:27:27Z")
First off, I like and enjoy all the Bond films. And if we’re talking quality of the film, I will readily grant that Dr. No is better than a number of others–especially the three I have slated just above them. As a result, I did struggle with possibly slotting it two to three slots higher. But ultimately I left it at number 25 (and I admit I feel a little guilty about that). However, I find that I tend to really like the originality and amazingness of the stunts in the Bond movies and my bottom four films fall short of the others in that regard. Dr. No has virtually no stunts–certainly no major stunts. It’s also a little less exotic than others. And while I can appreciate the film’s importance in Bond history, and am glad we have it, I just struggle to keep it from the bottom. ---
**Author:** ![David\_M](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/user_avatar/quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/david_m/32/508_2.png) [@David\_M](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/David_M)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2017, 4:06pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/rank-your-favourite-bond-films/72/37 "2017-08-30T16:06:42Z")
Okay, so you’re a stunt fan. That explains it. I couldn’t figure out how someone could have LTK in 1st place and OP right behind it, when they couldn’t be much different, tonally. ---
**Author:** ![Marcin](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/user_avatar/quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/marcin/32/546_2.png) [@Marcin](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Marcin)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2017, 6:14pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/rank-your-favourite-bond-films/72/38 "2017-08-30T18:14:32Z")
Another fan of Pierce Brosnan here, by the way. I’ve tried to make that list, but it’s harder than one might think. It’s easier to rate a movie than compare it to other. So I checked ratings on my web page and it goes more or less like this (on a scale of one to five, alphabetic order): **Rated 5** Casino Royale (it’s my number one, alphabetically or not) Dr. No On Her Majesty’s Secret Service The Living Daylights The World is Not Enough (that’s right!) **Rated 4,5** For Your Eyes Only **Rated 4** From Russia With Love GoldenEye Goldfinger Licence to Kill Live and Let Die Octopussy Quantum of Solace SPECTRE The Man With the Golden Gun (I admit the rating is probably a bit too high on this one) The Spy Who Loved Me **Rated 3,5** A View To a Kill Thunderball Tomorrow Never Dies **Rated 2,5** Die Another Day **Rated 2** Diamonds are Forever Moonraker Skyfall (yes, I know something’s probably wrong with me, but it irks me terribly) **Rated 1,5** You Only Live Twice Now let me explain myself. On my website each scale rating is explained. Five basicly means “movie of the decade”. There can be only one such movie. Unfortunately, no Roger Moore film and no film from the 70s was rated 5. ---
**Author:** ![Double-OhAgent](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Double-OhAgent](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Double-OhAgent)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2017, 7:53am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/rank-your-favourite-bond-films/72/39 "2017-08-31T07:53:21Z")
I like plots too but I find the amazing stuntwork in Bond films add a little extra to the proceedings. Licence To Kill and Octopussy may be tonally different, but I like the plots of both and they both feature my favorite villains in the series in Franz Sanchez (#1) and Kamal Khan (#2). They also have two of my top eight-ranked henchmen in Gobinda and Dario and LTK also has my favorite Bond girl in Pam Bouvier. One film is a solid, revenge thriller and the other is a fun, entertaining spectacle and I love them both. 😄 ---
**Author:** ![freemo](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/85e7bf/32.png) [@freemo](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/freemo)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2017, 9:46am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/rank-your-favourite-bond-films/72/40 "2017-08-31T09:46:10Z")
The 80s were the peak era for stunts. Your list ranks the quality and quantity of action set pieces pretty well. [Previous page](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/rank-your-favourite-bond-films/72.md?page=1) [Next page](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/rank-your-favourite-bond-films/72.md?page=3)