![All 25 Bond Films: The Essential Reference](https://cdn.slatesource.com/3/5/c/35c292df-2afb-4c8a-82a8-92dff8d84ee3.webp) # All 25 Bond Films: The Essential Reference - [Made in Slatesource](https://slatesource.com/@steph/all-25-bond-films-the-essential-reference) - By [Steph](https://slatesource.com/@steph) - Created on Oct 7, 2026 ## 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. ![](https://cdn.slatesource.com/3/5/c/35c292df-2afb-4c8a-82a8-92dff8d84ee3.webp) The Aston Martin DB5 (PRX 587B) used in Goldfinger and Thunderball, Geneva 2016. \\ ## 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. 1\. Dr. No 1962 · Connery · T. Young · 95% · The lean Cold War original. Jamaica, a nuclear reactor, and almost 2\. From Russia with Love 1963 · Connery · T. Young · 95% · The best spy thriller of the run. Chess, Istanbul, and a SPECTRE t 3\. Goldfinger 1964 · Connery · G. Hamilton · 99% · The film that fixed the formula: a car, a gadget, a megalomania 4\. Thunderball 1965 · Connery · T. Young · 86% · Bigger and wetter. Nassau, an underwater battle, and the DB5 again 5\. You Only Live Twice 1967 · Connery · L. Gilbert · 73% · Japan, a volcano lair, and the first real hint of franchise fati 6\. On Her Majesty's Secret Service 1969 · Lazenby · P. Hunt · 82% · The one Bond falls in love with. Lazenby surprised everyone, includ 7\. Diamonds Are Forever 1971 · Connery · G. Hamilton · 65% · Las Vegas camp, a satellite laser, and a Bond who has clearly m ## 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. 8\. Live and Let Die 1973 · Moore · G. Hamilton · 67% · New Orleans, Harlem, Voodoo, a speedboat chase. Moore's confident 9\. The Man with the Golden Gun 1974 · Moore · G. Hamilton · 40% · A duel with Scaramanga. Lightweight and the franchise's lowest ea 10\. The Spy Who Loved Me 1977 · Moore · L. Gilbert · 79% · Lotus submarine car. The best Moore entry: big, fun, well-made. 11\. Moonraker 1979 · Moore · L. Gilbert · 60% · Bond in space. Peak absurdism, chasing the Star Wars audience. 12\. For Your Eyes Only 1981 · Moore · J. Glen · 72% · A deliberate step back to realism. Greece and a crossbow. Underrated. 13\. Octopussy 1983 · Moore · J. Glen · 40% · India and a circus. Moore in a clown suit. The series at low ebb. 14\. A View to a Kill 1985 · Moore · J. Glen · 37% · San Francisco and a microchip plan. Christopher Walken villain. Moore 15\. The Living Daylights 1987 · Dalton · J. Glen · 72% · Prague and Afghanistan. Dalton plays Bond straight, darker than Moor 16\. Licence to Kill 1989 · Dalton · J. Glen · 77% · A rogue Bond hunts a drugs cartel. Grittier than anything since Laze 17\. GoldenEye 1995 · Brosnan · M. Campbell · 81% · Six-year gap, Cold War over, Bond reinvented. The best Brosnan 18\. Tomorrow Never Dies 1997 · Brosnan · R. Spottiswoode · 57% · A media baron starts a war. Glossy and fun, then quickly fo 19\. The World Is Not Enough 1999 · Brosnan · M. Apted · 51% · Baku oil pipeline. Sophie Marceau the best thing in it. 20\. Die Another Day 2002 · Brosnan · L. Tamahori · 55% · North Korea, an ice palace, an invisible car. CGI killed the fr ## 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. 21\. Casino Royale 2006 · Craig · M. Campbell · 94% · The best Bond film since Goldfinger. Poker, betrayal, no gadgets. 22\. Quantum of Solace 2008 · Craig · M. Forster · 65% · A direct sequel, Bond grieving. Short, choppy, underrated by most. 23\. Skyfall 2012 · Craig · S. Mendes · 92% · 50th anniversary, Roger Deakins lens, Bardem villain. Crossed 1 bil 24\. Spectre 2015 · Craig · S. Mendes · 63% · Blofeld and a forced backstory. Gorgeous cinematography, slack scri 25\. No Time to Die 2021 · Craig · C. Fukunaga · 83% · A proper ending. Craig's farewell closes the arc Casino Royale op ## 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. 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. [Wikipedia: complete Bond filmography with budgets, box office and awards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_James_Bond_films?utm_source=slatesource) [The Numbers: full box office data for every Bond film](https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/James-Bond?utm_source=slatesource)