9 Best James Bond Movies of All Time

By Vlad Zakh · February 4, 2026

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Six decades of Ian Fleming’s suave secret agent have produced some of cinema’s most enduring spectacle. Casino Royale has a newly promoted agent taking on a terror financier at the poker table, Skyfall has an aging agent protecting his agency from a vengeful former operative, and No Time to Die brings a retired agent back for a rescue. GoldenEye, The Spy Who Loved Me, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, Goldfinger, From Russia with Love and Dr. No round out the nine.

No Time to Die (2021) 01

No Time to Die (2021)

TMDB ★ 7.3

James Bond's final mission pulls him out of retirement one last time.

Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga · 2h 43m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

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Skyfall (2012) 02

Skyfall (2012)

IMDb ★ 7.8 RT 92% Metacritic 81

Bond's loyalty to M is tested as a former agent returns for personal revenge.

Directed by Sam Mendes · 2h 23m · Rated PG-13

Won 2 Oscars69 wins & 125 nominations

Where to watch

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Casino Royale (2006) 03

Casino Royale (2006)

IMDb ★ 8.0 RT 94% Metacritic 80

A newly minted 007 takes on a financier of global terrorism in a high-stakes poker game.

Directed by Martin Campbell · 2h 24m · Rated PG-13

Won 1 BAFTA Award28 wins & 44 nominations total

Where to watch

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GoldenEye (1995) 04

GoldenEye (1995)

TMDB ★ 7.2

James Bond confronts a former agent turned rogue after the fall of the Soviet Union.

Directed by Martin Campbell · 2h 10m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

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The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) 05

The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

TMDB ★ 7.1

A British and a Soviet agent must reluctantly team up to stop a megalomaniac from starting nuclear war.

Directed by Lewis Gilbert · 2h 05m · Rated PG

Where to watch

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On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) 06

On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)

TMDB ★ 6.9

A secret agent falls in love while pursuing his greatest nemesis's latest biological threat.

Directed by Peter R. Hunt · 2h 22m · Rated PG

Where to watch

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Goldfinger (1964) 07

Goldfinger (1964)

TMDB ★ 7.7

Bond investigates a gold magnate's plot to irradiate the entire US gold reserve at Fort Knox.

Directed by Guy Hamilton · 1h 50m · Rated PG

Where to watch

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From Russia with Love (1963) 08

From Russia with Love (1963)

TMDB ★ 7.4

Bond is lured into a Soviet honey-trap operation built around stealing a decoding device.

Directed by Terence Young · 1h 55m · Rated PG

Where to watch

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Dr. No (1962) 09

Dr. No (1962)

TMDB ★ 7.2

The first Bond film sends 007 to Jamaica to investigate a disrupted rocket-launch programme.

Directed by Terence Young · 1h 50m · Rated PG

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Plex · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.