James Bond Movies Tier List: All 25 007 Films Ranked (2026)

The Complete James Bond Tier List

Sixty years. Six Bonds. Twenty-five official Eon films. Ranking the James Bond franchise is the longest-running argument in cinema, and every era has loyalists who'll die on a hill for their guy. Here's our take, split into classic S/A/B/C/D tiers. Disagree? You should, and you can settle it yourself with Shortlist.

Each film below also says where to watch it in the US, checked October 7, 2026 (JustWatch). Rights move, so those lines disappear rather than guess once that check is over three weeks old.

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Our top 5, head-to-head. Tap the one you prefer and we will build your order, then show you where you disagree with us.

Goldfinger1964

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Casino Royale2006

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James Bond Actors, Ranked

The eternal Bond debate. Each actor brings something different, and the "best" Bond depends entirely on what you value:

1. Sean Connery: The original, the template. Goldfinger, From Russia with Love, Dr. No.
2. Daniel Craig: The reinvention. Casino Royale and Skyfall are masterworks.
3. Roger Moore: The longest-serving Bond. Camper, lighter, more comic-book.
4. Pierce Brosnan: The 90s revival. GoldenEye is iconic; the others are inconsistent.
5. Timothy Dalton: The serious Bond before serious was cool. Underrated.
6. George Lazenby: One film, but it's a quietly great one.

How to Build Your Own James Bond Tier List

The card above builds one: five films, a few taps, no scoring. Now scale that up: there are 25 Bond films, most of them land as a 3 or a 4 on any star scale, and that is exactly the ranking a rating system cannot produce.

Head-to-head can. In Shortlist you put every 007 film in one list, tap through the matchups two at a time, and end up with an order that actually separates Connery from Craig from Moore, plus a share link for the argument that inevitably follows.

You can read more about the comparison-based approach in our movie tier list guide.

Two different things get scored around this page. The S to D tiers above are editorial, and S means a film that held up rather than one that reviewed well on opening weekend. The score you see in the app is a different number: it is built from the head-to-head comparisons you make, scaled to 0 to 10, not from critic averages. How Shortlist scores work sets out the whole method.

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James Bond Movies in Order (1962-2021)

Watching the entire 007 franchise in release order is a 60-hour project, but the chronology is part of the appeal. Each Bond actor handles the role differently, and the films themselves are time capsules of Cold War paranoia, 70s decadence, 80s excess, and 21st-century reinvention.

• Connery era (1962-1971): Dr. No, From Russia with Love, Goldfinger, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice, Diamonds Are Forever
• Lazenby (1969): On Her Majesty's Secret Service
• Moore era (1973-1985): Live and Let Die, The Man with the Golden Gun, The Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker, For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy, A View to a Kill
• Dalton era (1987-1989): The Living Daylights, Licence to Kill
• Brosnan era (1995-2002): GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough, Die Another Day
• Craig era (2006-2021): Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace, Skyfall, Spectre, No Time to Die

Note: Never Say Never Again (1983) and the 1967 Casino Royale parody are not part of the official Eon canon, so they're not in this ranking.

Best James Bond Movie of All Time

Critical rankings consistently put Goldfinger (1964), Casino Royale (2006), and Skyfall (2012) at #1. Goldfinger is the cultural template: every Bond movie is in conversation with it. Casino Royale is the most acclaimed reboot in franchise history. Skyfall is the most cinematically ambitious Bond ever made and the only one to gross over a billion dollars.

Worst James Bond Movie of All Time

The bottom of every Bond ranking is usually Die Another Day (2002), A View to a Kill (1985), or Moonraker (1979). Die Another Day is the consensus low: invisible cars, CGI parasailing, and a pre-credits torture sequence the franchise never recovered from until Craig.

The Next James Bond

As of October 2026 the role of 007 is still uncast, five years after Daniel Craig's exit in No Time to Die. Amazon MGM Studios took creative control of the franchise in 2025, filming on the 26th Bond film is expected in 2027, and producer Amy Pascal has called the end of 2026 a good bet for naming the new Bond.

Who directs it is already settled: Denis Villeneuve, from a script by Steven Knight, with Pascal and David Heyman producing. Whoever takes the role on inherits one of the most loaded movie franchises ever, and a tier list waiting to be re-debated.

James Bond Tier List FAQ

How many James Bond movies are there?

There are 25 official Eon Productions James Bond films from Dr. No (1962) to No Time to Die (2021). Two unofficial films exist outside the main canon (the 1967 Casino Royale parody and 1983's Never Say Never Again).

Who is the best James Bond actor?

The two-way tie is almost always Sean Connery vs. Daniel Craig. Connery created the role; Craig reinvented it. Polls flip between them every few years. Roger Moore, Pierce Brosnan, and Timothy Dalton are the next tier.

What order should I watch James Bond movies?

Release order. The franchise is best appreciated as a 60-year time capsule, with each Bond actor having their own arc. The Craig films are the only ones that benefit from in-order viewing because they're a single continuous story.

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