10 Best James Bond Movies Ranked by Tomatometer

You know his name. You got his number. Since 1962, James Bond has been the spy whose reputation precedes him: As an international man of mystery, as the guru of gadgets and espionage thrills, and as the agent who never encountered a boundary – country, or personal space – he couldn’t sneak across.

The Ian Fleming adaptations started with a bang: Dr. No remains among the best-reviewed of 007’s movies, bringing forth that first legendary era of Sean Connery suited up as the debonair rogue that women crave and men aspire to be in vain. Case in point: 1967’s Casino Royale had no less than six James Bonds within its spooferifous walls, none holding a candle to the Con’. The non-comic caper is the worst-reviewed James Bond movie and was produced outside of franchise gatekeepers Eon.

As celebrated was Connery’s reign was – the late actor’s films occupy three of the top five slots on this list – the sun sets on every empire, and thus was ushered in the age of the Lazenby. A mild administration for George, yes, with only 1969’s On Her Majesty’s Secret Service released, though Certified Fresh.

Then it became time to move over for Roger Moore, who offered a lightly winking and intelligent Bond for those burned-out ’70s times. Three of his movies are Rotten, three are Fresh, and one is Certified Fresh. Not bad, and he even traveled into space.

In 1981, Connery came back for non-Eon Bond Never Say Never Again, just as HQ was hiring Timothy Dalton for the job. Dalton’s Bond: Cool and menacing, and his films The Living Daylights and License to Kill are praised by modern fans for their dark, grittier take on the spy game. It’s something Daniel Craig would pick up on in the future, but with a bigger budget and fewer a-ha theme songs.

Pierce Brosnan brought back the sophisticated sex appeal, as the best Bond in the not-so-greatest movies. GoldenEye was intoxicating Certified Fresh fun, while the three that followed are all Rotten.

After Austin Powers took the piss out of the franchise for a decade, Eon turned to resurrecting James Bond as the brooding, brutish hulk we have today. Casino Royale was a return to form, Daniel Craig’s sneer and occasional smile calibrated to the modern cynical viewer. Skyfall was likewise Certified Fresh, but there was not so much critical love for in-betweener Quantum of Solace and the most-recent Spectre of 2015.

Six years passed until No Time To Die, the longest wait between Bond movies. At 15 years, Craig holds the record for the longest uninterrupted on-screen ownership of Bond, but Connery spread his appearances as Bond across 21 years. Now, we’re reaching into the classified files for every James Bond movie ever ranked by Tomatometer!

[captainsamdacool]

I love how the top 3 is all sean connery, he deserves it!!! The legend himself

[Lukas_Neumann]

Golden Eye and Goldfinger are by far my favorite movies

[nicktroisi]

Sean Connery’s best film might’ve been Goldfinger but his best performance was in Thunderball

[josephrubizeldamianleanos]

My Personal Ranking of 007 movies
1- On Her Majesty's Service Secret
2- Casino Royale
3- Goldfinger
4- From Russia with Love
5- Skyfall
6- The Spy Who Loved Me
7- Dr. No
8- No Time to Die
9- Thunderball
10- Lincence to Kill
11- GoldenEye
12- Only For Your Eyes
13- The Living Daylights
14- Only You Live Twice
15- Octopussy
16- Live and Let Die
17- Tomorrow Never Dies
18- Spectre
19- Moonraker
20- The World is not Enough
21- Quantum of Solace
22- Diamonds are Forever
23- The Man with the Goldeb Gun
24- A View to a Kill
25- Die Another Day

[chrislaverick]

Honestly, rotten tomatoes holds absolutely zero ground or value, it is simply a garbage rating system

[robertb]

How the fuck did No Time To Die make this list?😂

[jamesphilipson]

RT isn't a good place to get an idea of how good a film is. They call stuff wayyyy out at times. I find imdb to be the best - more votes and from regular movie enthusiasts

[JoaoGuilherme-orcf]

The only thing I would change is From Russia With Love for For Your Eyes Only or The Living Daylights.

[suchikamukherjee]

Tomorrow Never Dies%100 tha world is not enough %100

[WM-whhm]

I’m surprised any was above 80. Don’t get me wrong I’m a big bond fan but nah none of them are truly beyond 80

[isaacsrandomvideos]

My top favourite’s are on her majesties secret service, you only live twice, live and let die, diamonds are forever and the spy who loved me.
I love em all really the 90s ones are decent, not as good as the first 2 decades.

[linkvagar]

No Time To Die has no business being rated higher than either of the Dalton movies.

[jacobunderwood]

Replace Thunderball with Licence to Kill, and you’d have my 10 best

[JeffreyGillespie]

Skyfall was excellent but Dr. No is still my favorite.

[rickjames]

They’re all great movies. I’d argue licence to kill should be in here, and that goldeneye definitely should be top 5. I don’t think Dr. No is a top tier. I find myself watching it a lot when I’m feeling Connery, but I do agree goldfinger probably is the best bond movie of all time if we’re talking watchability for people who may not have ever seen one. My personal opinion, being partial to Roger Moore and his comedic (if a bit cheesy) take on the character, my personal favorite is For Your Eyes Only, and it’s not even close.

[VikashRaj-mswg]

Goldfinger legendary with Legend Sean Connery

[praveensharma]

Who did this ranking... Observation power is not upto the mark

[Grandmaster_Dragonborn]

On Her Majesty's Secret Service is so underrated, its slickly directed, has a fantastic musical score, good acting including George Lazenby, and has emotional highs a lot of Bond films lack.

[fantasticdavidson]

Her mastery’s secret service should not have made this list and golden eye is easily a top 3 for me not a 10

[MrInternetFriends]

No time to die shouldn’t even be close to this list. Personally it was a terrible way to end this series.