Die Another Day (2002)

Die Another Day (2002)

[4] Pierce Brosnan's James Bond swan song is by far his least satisfying entry in the series. Die Another Day opens with Bond being captured by North Korean terrorists. Once he's traded for another spy, M (Judi Dench) takes him…
The World is Not Enough (1999)

The World is Not Enough (1999)

[7] Pierce Brosnan's third Bond film is on par with his previous two. In The World is Not Enough, Bond is protecting an oil baroness (Braveheart's Sophie Marceau) from a terrorist (Trainspotting's Robert Carlyle) who's about to come into possession…
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

[7] Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All At Once) joins Pierce Brosnan for his second turn as James Bond. In Tomorrow Never Dies, they both play secret agents trying to stop a nefarious media mogul (Jonathan Pryce) from tricking China and…
GoldenEye (1995)

GoldenEye (1995)

[6] Pierce Brosnan (TV's Remington Steele) makes his debut as James Bond in GoldenEye, the first Bond film after a then-record 6 year gap. He finds himself battling a former fellow MI6 agent (Sean Bean) who has teamed up with…
Notes on a Scandal (2006)

Notes on a Scandal (2006)

[7] Judi Dench plays a cranky old teacher who befriends a new, younger teacher played by Cate Blanchett. Blanchett quickly confides in the older woman and thinks she's made a new friend. But Dench's aims are more sinister than that.…
The Shipping News (2001)

The Shipping News (2001)

[6] Kevin Spacey stars in this Lasse Hallström film based on the Annie Proulx novel about a widower who moves with his young daughter to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to start a new life. Judi Dench plays Spacey's aunt who…
Iris (2001)

Iris (2001)

[6] Judi Dench and Jim Broadbent star in this true but tragic love story about lovers of 40 years who are torn apart by Alzheimer's Disease. Dench is portraying novelist Iris Murdoch, a lover of language who begins losing her…
Skyfall (2012)

Skyfall (2012)

[8] It's so refreshing to watch heroes and villains who are over the age of 40. Skyfall repeatedly suggests that sometimes older is better, and I couldn't agree more. Daniel Craig's third turn as James Bond is at least as…
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)

[6] Director John Madden (Shakespeare in Love) takes us once more to the Marigold well, reuniting all the original cast members and throwing Richard Gere into the mix. Gere plays a mysterious American who may or may not be a…
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012)

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012)

[7] John Madden, the director of Shakespeare in Love, serves up an adaptation of Debora Moggach's novel about an eclectic group of aging Brits who manage to turn their lives around for the better at a rundown hotel in India.…