10 Best James Bond Movies, Ranked by IMDb: How Will Villeneuve’s Future Movie Fit in?

Years after Barbara Broccoli’s clashes with Amazon over Bondiana creative rights and several months after the latter’s win, a highly anticipated 26th James Bond movie is coming at the helm of Dune’s director Denis Villeneuve.

With the news being confirmed by numerous outlets several days ago, Bondiana’s next instalment might be getting to a completely new level with Villeneuve’s unique artistic vision, though it will likely take a while before we’ll see James Bond back on the big screen.

Until then, however, the franchise’s fans can get a bit nostalgic with Bondiana’s previous films — here we pick the top-10 of those, according to their IMDb scores.

10. ‘Spectre’ (2015)

• 6.8/10 on IMDb

The fourth James Bond movie to star Daniel Craig, Spectre follows the famous spy as he tries to uncover the truth behind a sinister organisation known as Spectre.

In the meantime, Bond also faces a personal fight when a mysterious figure with a direct connection to his life reappears.

As a whole, the movie is an exciting watch due to its mixture of Bond’s personal and professional troubles that intertwine even more dramatically as the plot goes further.

9. ‘Thunderball’ (1965)

• 6.9/10 on IMDb

Starring Sean Connery as the leading character, Thunderball offers an exotic storyline to the entire franchise, seeing James Bond set out to the Bahamas to track down the members of the terrorist group known as SPECTRE and prevent a nuclear catastrophe.

Apart from that, Bond is yet to meet an even more menacing figure, Emilio Largo.

8. ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’ (1977)

• 7.0/10 on IMDb

In The Spy Who Loved Me, James Bond, portrayed by Roger Moore, teams up with a Soviet agent, Anya Amasova, as they both try to stop a megalomaniac from destroying the entire world and building an underwater civilization instead.

Eventually, the two find themselves in Egypt where they have to confront the steel-toothed henchman with an intimidating nickname Jaws.

7. ‘Dr. No’ (1962)

• 7.2/10 on IMDb

Bondiana’s first ever chapter, Dr. No stars Sean Connery and follows James Bond’s trip to Jamaica where he investigates the murder of a British agent.

Ultimately, Bond’s discoveries lead him to a confrontation with a mysterious Dr. No who sabotages American space launches from a hidden island.

6. ‘GoldenEye’ (1995)

• 7.2/10 on IMDb

Featuring Pierce Brosnan’s debut as James Bond, GoldenEye witnesses the spy going after Alec Trevelyan, a former MI6 agent-turned-traitor who plans to use a satellite weapon for destroying London.

In the meantime, Bond is joined by tough and loyal colleague Natalya Simonova as the two are facing new threats in the post-Cold War world.

5. ‘From Russia with Love’ (1963)

• 7.3/10 on IMDb

Also starring Sean Connery, From Russia with Love follows James Bond’s attempts to bring SPECTRE to justice after the group lures him into a trap, using a beautiful Russian clerk as bait.

At the same time, Bond’s journey to Istanbul also promises a couple of new threats to deal with.

4. ‘No Time to Die’ (2021)

• 7.3/10 on IMDb

Serving as an emotional farewell to Daniel Craig’s James Bond, No Time to Die sees the character getting out of retirement to fight the last villain, Safin, who plans a massive destruction with the use of a deadly nanobot.

When dark secrets from Bond’s past are unraveled, he has to make his last sacrifice to save those he loves.

3. ‘Goldfinger’ (1964)

• 7.7/10 on IMDb

In Goldfinger, Sean Connery’s James Bond tries to track down the gold-obsessed Auric Goldfinger who plans to drop a dirty bomb inside Fort Knox and thus destabilise the whole world’s economy.

2. ‘Skyfall’ (2012)

• 7.8/10 on IMDb

Starring Daniel Craig, Skyfall follows James Bond as he seeks ways to catch the cyber-terrorist Silva after the latter exposes MI6’s dark secrets.

The story also delves into Bond’s own past and childhood, gradually showing how exactly he got to be who he is.

1. ‘Casino Royale’ (2006)

• 8.0/10 on IMDb

Bondiana’s best-rated chapter and the first movie to feature Daniel Craig as James Bond, Casino Royale sees the character getting his first ever mission as 007, now determined to defeat the terrorist financier Le Chiffre in an intense poker game at Casino Royale.