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What this page is
All 25 official EON Productions Bond films, in release order, with the actor, director, Rotten Tomatoes score, and a one-line note on each film's tone. Bond has been running since 1962, a seventh actor is being cast for Bond 26, and the best way to prepare is to know what you are working with. Wikipedia spreads this across a 15-column table mixed with budgets and awards. This page strips it to the essentials and groups them by actor era so the shape of the franchise is clear.

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Era 1: Sean Connery and George Lazenby (1962 to 1971)
Seven films in nine years. Connery defined the template: tight plots, Cold War stakes, dry wit. George Lazenby stepped in for one entry and delivered the franchise's most romantic and most underrated film. When Connery returned for Diamonds Are Forever he was already visibly tired of the role.

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[icon:STAR] 1. Dr. No | 1962 · Connery · T. Young · 95% · The lean Cold War original. Jamaica, a nuclear reactor, and almost
[icon:STAR] 2. From Russia with Love | 1963 · Connery · T. Young · 95% · The best spy thriller of the run. Chess, Istanbul, and a SPECTRE t
[icon:STAR] 3. Goldfinger | 1964 · Connery · G. Hamilton · 99% · The film that fixed the formula: a car, a gadget, a megalomania
[icon:STAR] 4. Thunderball | 1965 · Connery · T. Young · 86% · Bigger and wetter. Nassau, an underwater battle, and the DB5 again
[icon:STAR] 5. You Only Live Twice | 1967 · Connery · L. Gilbert · 73% · Japan, a volcano lair, and the first real hint of franchise fati
[icon:STAR] 6. On Her Majesty's Secret Service | 1969 · Lazenby · P. Hunt · 82% · The one Bond falls in love with. Lazenby surprised everyone, includ
[icon:STAR] 7. Diamonds Are Forever | 1971 · Connery · G. Hamilton · 65% · Las Vegas camp, a satellite laser, and a Bond who has clearly m

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Era 2: Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan (1973 to 2002)
Roger Moore played Bond for seven films over twelve years, longer than any other actor, and leaned into comedy and spectacle over grit. Timothy Dalton's two darker entries were commercially weaker but critically respected. Pierce Brosnan revived the franchise after a six-year gap with GoldenEye, then watched the formula curdle under three increasingly hollow sequels.

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[icon:STAR] 8. Live and Let Die | 1973 · Moore · G. Hamilton · 67% · New Orleans, Harlem, Voodoo, a speedboat chase. Moore's confident
[icon:STAR] 9. The Man with the Golden Gun | 1974 · Moore · G. Hamilton · 40% · A duel with Scaramanga. Lightweight and the franchise's lowest ea
[icon:STAR] 10. The Spy Who Loved Me | 1977 · Moore · L. Gilbert · 79% · Lotus submarine car. The best Moore entry: big, fun, well-made.
[icon:STAR] 11. Moonraker | 1979 · Moore · L. Gilbert · 60% · Bond in space. Peak absurdism, chasing the Star Wars audience.
[icon:STAR] 12. For Your Eyes Only | 1981 · Moore · J. Glen · 72% · A deliberate step back to realism. Greece and a crossbow. Underrated.
[icon:STAR] 13. Octopussy | 1983 · Moore · J. Glen · 40% · India and a circus. Moore in a clown suit. The series at low ebb.
[icon:STAR] 14. A View to a Kill | 1985 · Moore · J. Glen · 37% · San Francisco and a microchip plan. Christopher Walken villain. Moore
[icon:STAR] 15. The Living Daylights | 1987 · Dalton · J. Glen · 72% · Prague and Afghanistan. Dalton plays Bond straight, darker than Moor
[icon:STAR] 16. Licence to Kill | 1989 · Dalton · J. Glen · 77% · A rogue Bond hunts a drugs cartel. Grittier than anything since Laze
[icon:STAR] 17. GoldenEye | 1995 · Brosnan · M. Campbell · 81% · Six-year gap, Cold War over, Bond reinvented. The best Brosnan 
[icon:STAR] 18. Tomorrow Never Dies | 1997 · Brosnan · R. Spottiswoode · 57% · A media baron starts a war. Glossy and fun, then quickly fo
[icon:STAR] 19. The World Is Not Enough | 1999 · Brosnan · M. Apted · 51% · Baku oil pipeline. Sophie Marceau the best thing in it.
[icon:STAR] 20. Die Another Day | 2002 · Brosnan · L. Tamahori · 55% · North Korea, an ice palace, an invisible car. CGI killed the fr

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Era 3: Daniel Craig (2006 to 2021)
Casino Royale was a deliberate reset: no gadgets, no quips, a Bond who bleeds. The Craig era is the most internally consistent run since the Connery films. Skyfall remains the highest-grossing Bond film ever made at 1.1 billion dollars. No Time to Die closed the era with a proper ending rather than a handoff.

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[icon:STAR] 21. Casino Royale | 2006 · Craig · M. Campbell · 94% · The best Bond film since Goldfinger. Poker, betrayal, no gadgets.
[icon:STAR] 22. Quantum of Solace | 2008 · Craig · M. Forster · 65% · A direct sequel, Bond grieving. Short, choppy, underrated by most.
[icon:STAR] 23. Skyfall | 2012 · Craig · S. Mendes · 92% · 50th anniversary, Roger Deakins lens, Bardem villain. Crossed 1 bil
[icon:STAR] 24. Spectre | 2015 · Craig · S. Mendes · 63% · Blofeld and a forced backstory. Gorgeous cinematography, slack scri
[icon:STAR] 25. No Time to Die | 2021 · Craig · C. Fukunaga · 83% · A proper ending. Craig's farewell closes the arc Casino Royale op

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Bond 26: what comes next
Denis Villeneuve (Dune, Arrival) is directing. Steven Knight wrote the script. No actor has been publicly announced as of October 2026, though producer Amy Pascal said a casting announcement is expected before the end of 2026. Filming is planned for 2027. Bond 26 will be a clean reboot with no connection to the Craig era. Release is likely 2028 or 2029.

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Rotten Tomatoes scores are the critic consensus as of October 2026 and shift over time as more reviews are added. The two non-EON films, the 1967 Casino Royale spoof and Never Say Never Again (1983), are not listed here. Both sit below 70 percent.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_James_Bond_films
Wikipedia: complete Bond filmography with budgets, box office and awards

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https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/James-Bond
The Numbers: full box office data for every Bond film