I haven't done an update of my James Bond rankings in several years and with the release of No Time to Die in 2021 I need to get these categories down on paper. Starting this year I began showing the kids all the James Bond movies, watching them from the very beginning with Dr. No and we have gone through the first 19 films so far. I expect we will finish all 25 in early 2024. After watching all the films again I haven't really thought about shuffling these categories again, but this is how I felt about each of the films, music, characters, pre-title sequences, etc. since watching No Time to Die a few times.
Films
25. A View to a Kill
24. The Man with the Golden Gun
23. Diamonds are Forever
22. Moonraker
21. Die Another Day
20. Octopussy
19. Quantum of Solace
18. For Your Eyes Only
17. Spectre
16. Tomorrow Never Dies
15. Thunderball
14. The Spy Who Loved Me
13. You Only Live Twice
12. No Time to Die
11. The World is not Enough
10. Licence to Kill
9. Live and Let Die
8. Dr. No
7. Goldeneye
6. The Living Daylights
5. Skyfall
4. Goldfinger
3. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
2. Casino Royale
1. From Russia with Love
Theme Songs
25. Moonraker
24. All Time High (from Octopussy)
23. Licence to Kill
22. For Your Eyes Only
21. Die Another Day
20. Diamonds are Forever
19. Another Way to Die (from Quantum of Solace)
18. Writing’s on the Wall (from Spectre)
17. The Man with the Golden Gun
16. No Time to Die
15. A View to a Kill
14. The Living Daylights
13. Thunderball
12. Tomorrow Never Dies
11. From Russia with Love
10. You Know My Name (from Casino Royale)
9. You Only Live Twice
8. The World is not Enough
7. Skyfall
6. Live and Let Die
5. Goldfinger
4. Goldeneye
3. Nobody Does it Better (from The Spy Who Loved Me)
2. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1. James Bond Theme (from Dr. No)
Soundtracks
25. Goldeneye
24. The
Man with the Golden Gun
23. Spectre
22. Die
Another Day
21. No
Time to Die
20. For
Your Eyes Only
19. Licence
to Kill
18. Diamonds
are Forever
17. Dr.
No
16. Casino
Royale
15. Moonraker
14. Octopussy
13. A
View to a Kill
12. You Only Live Twice
11. The World is not Enough
10. The Spy Who Loved Me
9. Tomorrow Never Dies
8. Quantum of Solace
7. The Living Daylights
6. Goldfinger
5. Live and Let Die
4. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
3. Skyfall
2. Thunderball
1. From Russia with Love
Girls - Beauty
25. Pussy Galore (from Goldfinger)
24. Melina Havelock (from For Your Eyes Only)
23. Domino Derval (from Thunderball)
22. Pam Bouvier (from Licence to Kill)
21. Kissy Suzuki (from You Only Live Twice)
20. Dr. Holly Goodhead (from Moonraker)
19. Natalya Simonova (from Goldeneye)
18. Mary Goodnight (from The Man with the Golden Gun)
17. Wai Lin (from Tomorrow
Never Dies)
16. Dr. Madeleine Swann (from No Time to Die)
15. Dr. Madeleine Swann (from Spectre)
14. Vesper Lynd (from Casino Royale)
13. Anya Amasova (from The Spy Who Loved Me)
12. Tiffany Case (from Diamonds are Forever)
11. Kara Milovy (from The Living Daylights)
10. Dr. Christmas Jones (from The World is not Enough)
9. Camille Montes Rivera (from Quantum of Solace)
8. Octopussy (from Octopussy)
7. Jinx (from Die Another Day)
6. Tracy Di Vicenzo (from On Her Majesty's Secret Service)
5. Severine (from Skyfall)
4. Stacey Sutton (from A View to a Kill)
3. Honey Rider (from Dr. No)
2. Solitaire (from Live and Let Die)
1. Tatiana Romanova (from From Russia with Love)
Girls - Character
25. Stacey Sutton (from A View to a Kill)
24. Dr. Christmas Jones (from The World is not Enough)
23. Tiffany Case (from Diamonds are Forever)
22. Jinx (from Die Another Day)
21. Mary Goodnight (from The Man with the Golden Gun)
20. Kissy Suzuki (from You Only Live Twice)
19. Severine (from Skyfall)
18. Melina Havelock (from For Your Eyes Only)
17. Dr. Holly Goodhead (from Moonraker)
16. Domino Derval (from Thunderball)
15. Kara Milovy (from The Living Daylights)
14. Camille Montes Rivera (from Quantum of Solace)
13. Natalya Simonova (from Goldeneye)
12. Wai Lin (from Tomorrow Never Dies)
11. Solitaire (from Live and Let Die)
10. Anya Amasova (from The Spy Who Loved Me)
9. Octopussy (from Octopussy)
8. Pam Bouvier (from Licence to Kill)
7. Tatiana Romanova (from From Russia with Love)
6. Honey Rider (from Dr. No)
5. Pussy Galore (from Goldfinger)
4. Dr. Madeleine Swann (from Spectre)
3. Dr. Madeleine Swann (from No Time to Die)
2. Vesper Lynd (from Casino Royale)
1. Tracy Di Vicenzo (from On Her Majesty's Secret Service)
Girls - Overall
25. Melina Havelock (from For Your Eyes Only)
24. Kissy Suzuki (from You
Only Live Twice)
23. Domino Derval (from Thunderball)
22. Mary Goodnight (from The
Man with the Golden Gun)
21. Dr. Holly Goodhead (from Moonraker)
20. Tiffany Case (from Diamonds are Forever)
19. Dr. Christmas Jones (from The World is not Enough)
18. Natalya Simonova (from Goldeneye)
17. Stacey Sutton (from A View to a Kill)
16. Pam Bouvier (from Licence to Kill)
15. Jinx (from Die Another Day)
14. Pussy Galore (from Goldfinger)
13. Wai Lin (from Tomorrow Never Dies)
12. Kara Milovy (from The
Living Daylights)
11. Severine (from Skyfall)
10. Camille Montes Rivera (from Quantum of Solace)
9. Anya Amasova (from The
Spy Who Loved Me)
8. Dr. Madeleine Swann (from Spectre)
7. Dr. Madeleine Swann (from No Time to Die)
6. Octopussy (from Octopussy)
5. Vesper Lynd (from Casino Royale)
4. Solitaire (from Live and Let Die)
3. Honey Rider (from Dr.
No)
2. Tatiana Romanova (from From
Russia with Love)
1. Tracy Di Vicenzo (from On Her Majesty's Secret Service)
Girls – Films’ Most Attractive
Dr. No – Honey
Rider
From Russia with Love – Tatiana Romanova
Goldfinger –
Jill Masterson
Thunderball –
Fiona Volpe
You Only Live Twice – Kissy Suzuki
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service – Tracy Di Vicenzo
Diamonds are Forever – Tiffany Case
Live and Let Die
– Solitaire
The Man with the Golden Gun – Mary Goodnight
The Spy Who Loved Me – Anya Amasova
Moonraker –
Manuela
For Your Eyes Only – Bibi Dahl
Octopussy –
Octopussy
A View to a Kill
– Jenny Flex
The Living Daylights – Kara Milovy
Licence to Kill
– Lupe Lamora
Goldeneye –
Xenia Onatopp
Tomorrow Never Dies – Professor Inga Bergstrom
The World is not Enough – Elektra King
Die Another Day
– Miranda Frost
Casino Royale
– Solange Dimitrios
Quantum of Solace – Camille Montes Rivera
Skyfall –
Severine
Spectre –
Estrella
No Time to Die – Paloma
Villains
25. Brad Whitaker (from The Living Daylights)
24. Ernst Stavro Blofeld (from Diamonds are Forever)
23. Aris Kristatos (from For Your Eyes Only)
22. Gustav Graves (from Die Another Day)
21. Kamal Khan (from Octopussy)
20. Lyutsifer Safin (from No Time to Die)
19. Karl Stromberg (from The Spy Who Loved Me)
18. Elliot Carver (from Tomorrow Never Dies)
17. Max Zorin (from A View to a Kill)
16. Dominic Greene (from Quantum of Solace)
15. Franz Oberhauser (from Spectre)
14. Dr. Kananga (from Live and Let Die)
13. Rosa Klebb (from From Russia with Love)
12. Emilio Largo (from Thunderball)
11. Ernst Stavro Blofeld (from You Only Live Twice)
10. Elektra King (The World is not Enough)
9. Franz Sanchez (from Licence to Kill)
8. Le Chiffre (from Casino Royale)
7. Rauol Silva (from Skyfall)
6. Alec Trevelyan (from Goldeneye)
5. Francisco Scaramanga (from The Man with the Golden Gun)
4. Dr. Julius No (from Dr. No)
3. Hugo Drax (from Moonraker)
2. Ernst Stavro Blofeld (from On Her Majesty's Secret Service)
1. Auric Goldfinger (from Goldfinger)
Villain Deaths
25. Ernst Stavro Blofeld (from Diamonds are Forever)
24. Franz Oberhauser (from Spectre)
23. Ernst Stavro Blofeld (from
You Only Live Twice)
22. Ernst Stavro Blofeld (from
On Her Majesty's Secret Service)
21. Gustav Graves (from Die
Another Day)
20. Karl Stromberg (from The
Spy Who Loved Me)
19. Kamal Khan (from Octopussy)
18. Brad Whitaker (from The Living Daylights)
17. Francisco Scaramanga (from The Man with the Golden Gun)
16. Aris Kristatos (from For Your Eyes Only)
15. Rauol Silva (from Skyfall)
14. Auric Goldfinger (from Goldfinger)
13. Elliot Carver (from Tomorrow
Never Dies)
12. Lyutsifer Safin (from No Time to Die)
11. Dr. Kananga (from Live
and Let Die)
10. Hugo Drax (from Moonraker)
9. Rosa Klebb (from From
Russia with Love)
8. Dr. Julius No (from Dr.
No)
7. Le Chiffre (from Casino
Royale)
6. Emilio Largo (from Thunderball)
5. Dominic Greene (from Quantum of Solace)
4. Alec Trevelyan (from Goldeneye)
3. Franz Sanchez (from Licence
to Kill)
2. Elektra King (The World is not Enough)
1. Max Zorin (from A View to a Kill)
Henchmen
25. Professor Dent (from Dr. No)
24. Elvis (from Quantum of Solace)
23. Gobinda (from Octopussy)
22. Alex Dimitrios (from Casino Royale)
21. Primo (Cyclops) (from No Time to Die)
20. Emile Leopold Locque (from For Your Eyes Only)
19. Jaws (from Moonraker)
18. Helga Brandt (from You Only Live Twice)
17. Patrice (from Skyfall)
16. Stamper (from Tomorrow Never Dies)
15. Necros (from The Living Daylights)
14. Nick Nack (from The Man with the Golden Gun)
13. Zao (from Die Another Day)
12. Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd (from Diamonds are Forever)
11. Mayday (from A View to a Kill)
10. Renard (from The World is not Enough)
9. Irma Bunt (from On Her Majesty's Secret Service)
8. Dario (from Licence to Kill)
7. Mr. Hinx (from Spectre)
6. Tee-Hee (from Live and Let Die)
5. Xenia Onatopp (from Goldeneye)
4. Jaws (from The Spy Who Loved Me)
3. Fiona Volpe (from Thunderball)
2. Donald "Red" Grant (from From Russia with Love)
1. Oddjob (from Goldfinger)
Allies
25. Sheikh Hosein (from The Spy Who Loved Me)
24. Estrella (from Spectre)
23. Felix Leiter (from Diamonds are Forever)
22. Felix Leiter (from Goldfinger)
21. Saunders (from The Living Daylights)
20. Jack Wade (from Tomorrow Never Dies)
19. Lieutenant Hip (from The Man with the Golden Gun)
18. Luigi Ferrara (from For Your Eyes Only)
17. Felix Leiter (from Live and Let Die)
16. Manuela (from Moonraker)
15. Kincade (from Skyfall)
14. Vijay (from Octopussy)
13. Sir Godfrey Tibbett (from A View to a Kill)
12. Raoul (from Die Another Day)
11. Rene Mathis (from Quantum of Solace)
10. Jack Wade (from Goldeneye)
9. Felix Leiter (from Thunderball)
8. Nomi (from No Time to Die)
7. Q (from Licence to Kill)
6. Quarrel (from Dr. No)
5. Marc-Ange Draco (from On Her Majesty’s Secret Service)
4. Tiger Tanaka (from You Only Live Twice)
3. Valentin Dimitrovich
Zukovsky (from The World is not Enough)
2. Rene Mathis (from Casino Royale)
1. Kerim Bey (from From Russia with Love)
Title Sequences
25. Licence to Kill
24. Moonraker
23. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
22. Octopussy
21. The Living Daylights
20. The Man with the Golden Gun
19. Quantum of Solace
18. You Only Live Twice
17. Spectre
16. Diamonds are Forever
15. Skyfall
14. No Time to Die
13. Dr. No
12. Tomorrow Never Dies
11. A View to a Kill
10. Die Another Day
9. Goldfinger
8. Goldeneye
7. For Your Eyes Only
6. The World is not Enough
5. Casino Royale
4. Live and Let Die
3. The Spy Who Loved Me
2. From Russia with Love
1. Thunderball
Pre-title Sequence
25. Dr. No (none)
24. Live and Let Die
23. For Your Eyes Only
22. Diamonds are Forever
21. The Man with the Golden Gun
20. You Only Live Twice
19. A View to a Kill
18. Licence to Kill
17. Moonraker
16. Die Another Day
15. Octopussy
14. Skyfall
13. Tomorrow Never Dies
12. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
11. No Time to Die
10. Casino Royale
9. From Russia with Love
8. Thunderball
7. The World is not Enough
6. Quantum of Solace
5. Goldfinger
4. Goldeneye
3. The Spy Who Loved Me
2. The Living Daylights
1. Spectre
Gun Barrel
Sequence
25. Goldeneye
24. Quantum
of Solace
23. Die
Another Day
22. Octopussy
21. From
Russia with Love
20. Moonraker
19. Goldfinger
18. The
Spy who Loved Me
17. Spectre
16. Skyfall
15. Licence
to Kill
14. The
Man with the Golden Gun
13. A
View to a Kill
12. Diamonds
are Forever
11. Tomorrow
Never Dies
10. For
Your Eyes Only
9. You
Only Live Twice
8. No
Time to Die
7. Casino
Royale
6. The
World is not Enough
5. The
Living Daylights
4. Live
and Let Die
3. Thunderball
2. Dr.
No
1. On
Her Majesty’s Secret Service
Favorite
Scene
Dr. No –
dinner with Dr. No
From Russia with Love – train fight
Goldfinger –
laser torture
Thunderball – jet
pack escape
You Only Live Twice – meeting Blofeld
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service – ski escape from Piz Gloria
Diamonds are Forever – Las Vegas car chase
Live and Let Die
– bus chase
The Man with the Golden Gun – bridge jump
The Spy Who Loved Me – ski jump
Moonraker – fight
with Chang in glass museum
For Your Eyes Only – Bond climbing St. Cyrios
Octopussy – Mischka
and Grischka chase 009
A View to a Kill
– Golden Gate Bridge fight
The Living Daylights – Gibraltar exercise
Licence to Kill
– skiing behind airplane
Goldeneye –
tank chase
Tomorrow Never Dies – skyscraper banner jump
The World is not Enough – boat chase on the Thames
Die Another Day
– sword fight
Casino Royale
– free-running chase
Quantum of Solace – pre-title car chase
Skyfall –
Patrice gunfight in Shanghai
Spectre – pre-title
longshot and helicopter battle
No Time to Die
– Bond tells Madeleine she has “all the time in the world.”
Actors
6. George Lazenby
5. Roger Moore
4. Pierce Brosnan
3. Timothy Dalton
2. Daniel Craig
1. Sean Connery
Ian Fleming Novels
14. Diamonds are Forever
13. Live and Let Die
12. You Only Live Twice
11. The Spy Who Loved Me
10. The Man with the Golden Gun
9. Octopussy and The Living
Daylights
8. Thunderball
7. Moonraker
6. Dr. No
5. Goldfinger
4. For Your Eyes Only
3. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
2. From Russia, with Love
1. Casino Royale
John Gardner Novels
14. The Man from Barbarossa
13. Death is Forever
12. For Special Services
11. Win, Lose, or Die
10. Brokenclaw
9. Scorpius
8. Cold Fall
7. License Renewed
6. Seafire
5. Role of Honor
4. Nobody Lives Forever
3. Never Send Flowers
2. Icebreaker
1. No Deals, Mr. Bond
Raymond Benson Novels
6. Never Dream of Dying
5. DoubleShot
4. The Man with the Red Tattoo
3. High Time to Kill
2. The Facts of Death
1. Zero Minus Ten
Anthony Horowitz Novels
3. With
a Mind to Kill
2. Forever
and a Day
1. Trigger
Mortis
One-Off Continuation Novels
5. Double or Nothing – Kim Sherwood
4. Solo – William Boyd
3. Devil May Cry – Sebastian Faulks
2. Carte Blanche – Jeffery Deaver
1. Colonel Sun – Kingsley Amis