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Sean Connery Era

  • Dr. No (EON 01)
    • We kick off the series with James Bond taking on a nefarious Asian crime boss on a beautiful tropical island, setting in stone so many tropes that the series would perpetuate throughout the years.
  • From Russia with Love (EON 02)
    • A lackluster follow up that somehow became more popular than it deserved, Bond once again faces off against the machinations of SPECTRE.
  • Goldfinger (EON 03)
    • The best of the Connery era, this largely stand-alone film pits Bond against a foe worthy of his talents, Auric Goldfinger.
  • Thunderball (EON 04)
    • Dull and dreary, but attractively filmed, Bond has to go to Jamaica for a vacation... I mean, to stop a nuclear threat against the U.S.
  • You Only Live Twice (EON 05)
    • When SPECTRE starts stealing space ships out of the sky, all to provoke World War III, Bond is forced to intervene in an adventure that is about as awkward and racist as anything in the series yet.

George Lazenby Era

  • On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (EON 06)
    • Bond returns with a new face, a new lady love, and a fun time to be had. If only the villain were as interesting as the hero this time around.
  • Diamonds Are Forever (EON 07)
    • The original Bond returns (for a paycheck), as Sean Connery trots out his tired old shtick for one last go as the world's most famous secret agent.

Roger Moore Era

  • Live and Let Die (EON 08)
    • It's yet another new Bond as Roger Moore slots himself into a terrible, frankly quite racist, film for his first outing. Ugh.
  • The Man with the Golden Gun (EON 09)
    • James Bond is back, and he's taking on his greatest villain yet: Christopher Lee.
  • The Spy Who Loved Me (EON 10)
    • Bond gets paried up with a Russian agent to find two missing submarines in this luke-waarm rehash of the basic story of On Her Majesty's Secret Service, just without any of the spark.
  • Moonraker (EON 11)
    • And now Bond is going into space because every film apparently had to be a Star War in this dreadful sci-fi "epic" that jumps all the sharks it can, all at once.
  • For Your Eyes Only (EON 12)
    • The British secret agent (that everyone knows) has to find a missing submarine detection system in this blandly inoffensive follow-up to the series.
  • Octopussy (EON 13)
    • Dissent in the Soviet Ranks leads Bond on a chase to stop a nuclear weapon from blowing up a... circus?
  • A View to a Kill (EON 14)
    • Moore returns one last time for an adventure in America, saving Silicon Valley from Christopher Walken's charismatic villain.

Timothy Dalton Era

  • The Living Daylights (EON 15)
    • And now we have a new Bond, played by Timothy Dalton, taking on Soviet smugglers, while the audience tries to decide if this is the same Bond or a new guy taking over the codename.
  • Licence to Kill (EON 16)
    • Bond takes on drug dealers in an amusing not post-Cold War film that feels very post-Cold War.

Pierce Brosnan Era

  • GoldenEye (EON 17)
    • And we're already onto a new Bond with Pierce Brosnan stepping into the role and doing a pretty solid job in the process.
  • Tomorrow Never Dies (EON 18)
    • Bond has to deal with an insane media mogul and some sick kung fu in this decent, but pretty silly, follow up.
  • The World is Not Enough (EON 19)
    • An evil mastermind has stolen a nuclear bomb and plans to unleash carnage just because in this third Brosnan outing.
  • Die Another Day (EON 20)
    • Brosnan returns one last time for easily the dumbest, and worst, film in the series, hands down.

Daniel Craig Era

  • Casino Royale (EON 21)
    • We get another new Bond, and with him a whole new reboot of the series, and the series suddenly roars to life (finally).
  • Quantum of Solace (EON 22)
    • Bond is distraught and looking to cause maximum damage as he goes hunting for the people behind Vesper's death in this solid follow up.
  • Skyfall (EON 23)
    • It's Bond against a rouge former agent as the new series starts to retread old plotlines.
  • Spectre (EON 24)
    • You know what this series needed? More of what didn't work so long ago. So let's enjoy a return of Blofeld in this pretty awful fourth film.
  • No Time to Die (EON 25)
    • Daniel Craig returns one last time to usher his era of Bond out with solid action but an otherwise muddled finale.

Other Adaptations

  • "Casino Royale" (1954)
    • The earliest adpatation of James Bond comes in a first season episode of Climax!, and it works, if you give grace for it being a TV episode.
  • Casino Royale (1967)
    • It's a tale of several Bonds as SMERSH it out for cash, power, and blood and they're desperate to make sure Bond doesn't get in the way this time. Sadly, the film is hardly up to its high concept ideas.
  • Never Say Never Again (1983)
    • Sean Connery returns to his biggest role, again, in this decent (if rather pointless) remake of Thunderball.
  • James Bond Jr. (1991)
    • A nephew we'd never heard of before takes over the Bond name in this one season series of teenage spy adventures.

Official Video Games

  • James Bond 007 (1984 SG1000 Game)
    • The first official game in the franchise, this title loosely adapts four missions from the series to pretty decent effect.
  • A View to a Kill (1985 Domark Game)
    • This game, released for various consoles, tries to do a lot with this James Bond premise. A bit too much.
  • James Bond 007: A View to a Kill (1985 Mindscape Game)
    • This text adventure gives you the events of the movie of the same name and, well, that it. Just that.
  • James Bond 007: Goldfinger (1986 Mindscape Game)
    • A semi-sequel to Mindscape's previous effort, this adaptation of Goldfinger is full of puzzles, but quickly bears little resemblance to the source material.
  • The Living Daylights: The Game (1987 PC Game)
    • James sets off on a globe-trotting mission to take out Whitaker in this mind-numbingly dull shooter.
  • Live and Let Die (1988 PC Game)
    • James gets on a boat and goes for a bit of a drive in this sea-based action shooter from Domark.
  • 007: License to Kill (1989 PC Game)
    • Domark tries again, this time with a topdown shooter with a lot of play modes... and yet the final result still feels a little shallow.
  • The Spy Who Loved Me (1990 PC Game)
    • The yearly releases of Domark games continues with yet another adaptation that becomes yet another vertical shooter.
  • Operation Stealth (1990 PC Game)
    • This point and click adventure was rebranded into a Bond adventure in the U.S., which makes sense as it's a decent little Bond-style story.
  • James Bond Jr. (1992 NES Game)
    • With cartoon license in hand, publisher THQ and developer Eurocom unleash an okay-ish exploration-lite platformer.
  • James Bond Jr. (1992 SNES Game)
    • Gray Matter teamed with THQ to unleash this absolutely dreadful platform shooter on the SNES.

Unofficial Video Games

  • Shaken but Not Stirred (1982 ZX Spectrum Game)
    • The first (unofficial) game to feature the legendary secret agent does a good job of setting up a series of puzzles but a bad job at getting across the ambiance.
  • Sly Spy (1989 Arcade Game)
    • This arcade title is about as close as we'd get to seeing Bond in an arcade beat-em-up... just without the license.

Austin Powers

  • Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
    • A parody of the James Bond series, this first film sets up our new 1960s British agent as a fish-out-of-water as he's pulled out of time to battle his old nemesis in the 1990s.
  • Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
    • Austin returns for another stab at taking down Dr. Evil, but this time back in the past via the magic of time travel.
  • Austin Powers in Goldmember
    • Austin is back for a third (and so far final) time, but the adventure is starting to feel all too familiar, and very, very shallow indeed.

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