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We track the peaks and valleys of 007's onscreen life through all 21 previous official films, from ''Dr. No'' to ''Casino Royale.'' James Bond movies are its own category in espionage movies and here they are listed in order of ranking. http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20159002_20159106_20237777_1,00.html

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Rank   Name Release Directed by Genre(s) Actor(s)
  1. 1
    1999
    Michael Apted
    Thriller, Action, Action/Adventure
    Pierce Brosnan, Nina Muschallik, Robert Carlyle, David Calder, Serena Scott Thomas, Sophie Marceau, Desmond Llewelyn, Denise Richards, Ulrich Thomsen, Robbie Coltrane, Michael Kitchen, Judi Dench, Samantha Bond, John Cleese, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Goldie, Colin Salmon More
  2. 2
    1984
    Jud Taylor
    Drama, Television movie, Crime Fiction, Courtroom Drama
    Penny Fuller, Denzel Washington, Jacqueline Brookes, Kristin Vigard, James Farentino, Don Murray, Donald Moffat, Millie Perkins, Ari Meyers More
  3. 3
    1983
    John Glen
    Thriller, Action, Adventure, Action/Adventure, Crime Fiction, Spy
    Walter Gotell, David Meyer, Albert Moses, Kristina Wayborn, Steven Berkoff, Louis Jourdan, Geoffrey Keen, Tina Hudson, Anthony Meyer, Robert Brown, Michaela Clavell, Vijay Amritraj, Douglas Wilmer, Roger Moore, Lois Maxwell, Maud Adams, Desmond Llewelyn, Kabir Bedi, Andy Bradford More
  4. 4
    1974
    Guy Hamilton
    Thriller, Action, Adventure
    Yuen Qiu, Bernard Lee, Hervé Villechaize, Desmond Llewelyn, Marne Maitland, Roger Moore, Soon-Tek Oh, Christopher Lee, Clifton James, Richard Loo, Maud Adams, Marc Lawrence, James Cossins, Lois Maxwell, Britt Ekland, Carmen du Sautoy, Yao Lin Chen More
  5. 5
    1987
    John Glen
    Thriller, Action, Action/Adventure, War, Concert film, Spy
    Nadim Sawalha, Timothy Dalton, Desmond Llewelyn, Walter Gotell, John Rhys-Davies, Geoffrey Keen, Art Malik, Andreas Wisniewski, Jeroen Krabbé, John Terry, Robert Brown, Belle Avery, Caroline Bliss, Maryam d'Abo, Virginia Hey, Joe Don Baker, Julie T. Wallace, Thomas Wheatley More
  6. 6
    1985
    John Glen
    Thriller, Action, Action/Adventure, Spy
    Fiona Fullerton, Tanya Roberts, Patrick Macnee, Carole Ashby, Walter Gotell, Grace Jones, Dolph Lundgren, Alison Doody, Roger Moore, Willoughby Gray, Sian Adey-Jones, Patrick Bauchau, Christopher Walken, Robert Brown, Lois Maxwell, Dominique Risbourg, Mary Stavin, Papillon Soo Soo, David Yip, Maud Adams, Desmond Llewelyn More
  7. 7
    1997
    Roger Spottiswoode
    Thriller, Action, Action/Adventure, Crime Fiction
    Pierce Brosnan, Ricky Jay, Michelle Yeoh, Judi Dench, Samantha Bond, Terence Rigby, Hugh Bonneville, Cecilie Thomsen, Philip Kwok, Götz Otto, Geoffrey Palmer, Desmond Llewelyn, Daphne Deckers, Joe Don Baker, Colin Salmon, Jonathan Pryce, Teri Hatcher, Julian Fellowes, Vincent Schiavelli, David Ashton More
  8. 8
    1979
    Lewis Gilbert
    Thriller, Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Action/Adventure
    Corinne Clery, Leila Shenna, Douglas Lambert, Walter Gotell, Emily Bolton, Toshiro Suga, Geoffrey Keen, Roger Moore, Lois Maxwell, Lois Chiles, Jean-Pierre Castaldi, Bernard Lee, Michael Lonsdale, Alfie Bass, Desmond Llewelyn, Anne Lonnberg, Richard Kiel, Blanche Ravalec, Mike Marshall, Brian Keith, Irka Bochenko More
  9. 9
    2002
    Lee Tamahori
    Thriller, Action, Adventure
    Pierce Brosnan, Rick Yune, Rachel Grant, Toby Stephens, Halle Berry, Kenneth Tsang, Judi Dench, Will Yun Lee, Rosamund Pike, Colin Salmon, Emilio Echevarría, John Cleese, Michael Madsen, Mikhail Gorevoy, Lawrence Makoare, Samantha Bond, Madonna More
  10. 10
    1971
    Guy Hamilton
    Thriller, Science Fiction, Action, Action/Adventure, Spy
    Bruce Cabot, Sean Connery, Charles Gray, Lana Wood, Valerie Perrine, Bruce Glover, Lola Larson, Jimmy Dean, Norman Burton, Joseph Furst, Bernard Lee, Trina Parks, Denise Perrier, Leonard Barr, Lois Maxwell, Putter Smith, Jill St. John, Desmond Llewelyn More
  11. 11
    1981
    John Glen
    Thriller, Action, Action/Adventure, Spy
    Jill Bennett, Cassandra Harris, Michael Gothard, Charles Dance, Walter Gotell, Julian Glover, Desmond Llewelyn, Jack Hedley, Roger Moore, James Villiers, Sheena Easton, Janet Brown, Carole Bouquet, John Moreno, Paul Angelis, Lois Maxwell, Lynn-Holly Johnson, Chaim Topol, John Wyman, Geoffrey Keen, Toby Robins More
  12. 12
    1977
    Lewis Gilbert
    Thriller, Action, Action/Adventure, Spy
    Olga Bisera, Roger Moore, Walter Gotell, Lois Maxwell, Barbara Bach, Valerie Leon, Eva Rueber-Staier, Robert Brown, Albert Moses, Bob Simmons, Marilyn Galsworthy, Bernard Lee, Sue Vanner, Michael Billington, Curd Jürgens, Vernon Dobtcheff, Richard Kiel, Caroline Munro, Edward de Souza, Milton Reid, Desmond Llewelyn, Geoffrey Keen, George Baker More
  13. 13
    1963
    Terence Young
    Thriller, Action, Action/Adventure, Spy
    Vladek Sheybal, Aliza Gur, Walter Gotell, Lois Maxwell, Bob Simmons, Eunice Gayson, Lotte Lenya, Nadja Regin, Daniela Bianchi, Bernard Lee, Sean Connery, Desmond Llewelyn, Martine Beswick, Robert Shaw, Francis de Wolff, Pedro Armendáriz, Anthony Dawson More
  14. 14
    1995
    Martin Campbell
    Thriller, Action, Action/Adventure, Spy
    Pierce Brosnan, Gottfried John, Alan Cumming, Tchéky Karyo, Robbie Coltrane, Samantha Bond, Sean Bean, Simon Kunz, Judi Dench, Michael Kitchen, Michelle Arthur, Izabella Scorupco, Minnie Driver, Desmond Llewelyn, Joe Don Baker, Billy J. Mitchell, Serena Gordon, Famke Janssen More
  15. 15
    1962
    Terence Young
    Thriller, Action, Adventure, Action/Adventure
    Anthony Dawson, Bob Simmons, John Kitzmiller, Antonio Margheriti, Eunice Gayson, Peter Burton, Nikki van der Zyl, Bernard Lee, Diana Coupland, Sean Connery, Jack Lord, Lois Maxwell, Ursula Andress, Joseph Wiseman, Zena Marshall More
  16. 16
    1969
    Peter R. Hunt
    Thriller, Action, Action/Adventure
    George Baker, Diana Rigg, George Lazenby, Ilse Steppat, Gabriele Ferzetti, Desmond Llewelyn, Telly Savalas, Angela Scoular, Zaheera, Bernard Lee, Virginia North, Catherine Schell, Lois Maxwell, Bernard Horsfall, Joanna Lumley More
  17. 17
    1967
    Joseph McGrath, John Huston, Ken Hughes, Robert Parrish, Richard Talmadge, Val Guest More
    Comedy, Action, Action/Adventure, Parody, Satire, Spy
    Ursula Andress, Peter Sellers, Orson Welles, Charles Boyer, Charles Murray, Daliah Lavi, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Anjelica Huston, Kurt Kasznar, David Niven, Peter O'Toole, Woody Allen, John Huston, Ronnie Corbett, David Prowse, Joanna Pettet, George Raft, Jacqueline Bisset, Deborah Kerr, Barbara Bouchet, Bernard Cribbins, Terence Cooper, William Holden, Derek Nimmo, Geoffrey Bayldon More
  18. 18
    1965
    Terence Young
    Thriller, Action, Action/Adventure, Spy
    Martine Beswick, Luciana Paluzzi, Guy Doleman, Maryse Guy Mitsouko, Claudine Auger, Anthony Dawson, Bob Simmons, Adolfo Celi, Jack Gwillim, Sean Connery, Rik Van Nutter, Molly Peters, Bernard Lee, Desmond Llewelyn, Lois Maxwell, Roland Culver, Earl Cameron, Paul Stassino, Rose Alba, Philip Locke, Suzy Kendall More
  19. 19
    1973
    Guy Hamilton
    Thriller, Action, Adventure, Action/Adventure, Crime Fiction, Blaxploitation More
    Julius Harris, Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell, Roger Moore, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Seymour, Gloria Hendry, Madeline Smith, David Hedison, Clifton James, Geoffrey Holder More
  20. 20
    1967
    Lewis Gilbert
    Thriller, Action, Action/Adventure, Spy
    Tsai Chin, Desmond Llewelyn, Burt Kwouk, Jeanne Roland, Mie Hama, Donald Pleasence, Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell, Charles Gray, Tetsuro Tamba, Sean Connery, Akiko Wakabayashi, Karin Dor, Bill Nagy, David Toguri, Teru Shimada More
  21. 21
    1964
    Guy Hamilton
    Thriller, Action, Action/Adventure, Crime Fiction
    Shirley Eaton, Nadja Regin, Tania Mallet, Bob Simmons, Cec Linder, Sean Connery, Les Tremayne, Burt Kwouk, Margaret Nolan, Bernard Lee, Harold Sakata, Gert Fröbe, Desmond Llewelyn, Lois Maxwell, Honor Blackman, Bill Nagy, Austin Willis, Garry Marshall More

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  1. mike b
    EW.com's James Bond: Ranking 21 films at 6/21/2010 11:12 AM
    octop***y number 3 Probably the worst Roger Moore Bond film next to View to a Kill
  2. mike b
    EW.com's James Bond: Ranking 21 films at 6/21/2010 11:10 AM
    Who wrote this list? Goldfinger 21st World is not Enough 1st There has to be a mistake.
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