The Dark Past (1948)

The Dark Past (1948)

[4] William Holden and Lee J. Cobb, who previously co-starred in Golden Boy, headline this snoozy bit of Freudian psychological propaganda. Holden plays an escaped convict who kills the warden before leading his getaway gang to a rural home where…
A View to a Kill (1985)

A View to a Kill (1985)

[8] A psychotic businessman (Christopher Walken) plans to plunge Silicon Valley into the ocean to create a worldwide microchip monopoly for himself in Roger Moore's final outing as James Bond. A View to Kill is more aggressively paced than other Bond…
Octopussy (1983)

Octopussy (1983)

[7] Roger Moore is getting long in the tooth as James Bond, but Octopussy handily bests the last two entries in the franchise, and satisfies on many levels. This time around, Bond is trying to uncover a global jewel-smuggling operation…
For Your Eyes Only (1981)

For Your Eyes Only (1981)

[5] Roger Moore returns for his fifth outing as James Bond. After the silliness of Moonraker, For Your Eyes Only makes an effort to dial down the franchise's more comic-book qualities. After an unceremonious pre-title demise of long-time supervillain Blofeld,…
Moonraker (1979)

Moonraker (1979)

[5] Heavily influenced by the success of Star Wars a few years prior, James Bond (Roger Moore) blasts into outer space to foil a bad guy's scheme to eradicate all human life on Earth. While Moonraker made a lot of…
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

[6] James Bond (Roger Moore) is paired with a Russian agent (Barbara Bach) to stop a mad man (Curd Jurgens) from firing stolen nuclear missiles across the world. Along the way, the two agents fall in love. But when Bach's…
The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)

The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)

[6] The stakes are lower than usual and the action in short supply, but Roger Moore's second outing as James Bond makes up for it in character. This time around, Bond has been targeted by a mysterious, reclusive assassin named…
Live and Let Die (1973)

Live and Let Die (1973)

[6] Roger Moore makes his debut as James Bond in Live and Let Die, a weird blend of voodoo magic and blaxploitation that stands apart from any other entry in the Bond oeuvre. The script by Tom Mankiewicz has Bond…
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)

[9] George Lazenby makes his one and only appearance as 007 in this underappreciated installment of the series. Lazenby was a model with little-to-no acting experience trying to take over a role that Sean Connery made iconic. With that said, the…
You Only Live Twice (1967)

You Only Live Twice (1967)

[7] James Bond (Sean Connery) travels to Japan for the fifth film in the franchise. Someone is capturing both Russian and American space vessels in attempt to start a war between the two superpowers. Bond works with the Japanese Secret…