Which would be your ESSENTIAL (00)7 Bond films?

Brosnan_fanBrosnan_fan Sydney, AustraliaPosts: 521MI6 Agent
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OK if you were only allowed to have 7 Bond films - just 7, no more and no less - which would you choose?

I would go for:

DN - the original espionage thriller.

TB - the first big-budget outing, and a spectacular one to boot.

OHMSS - the most unusual one of the lot, and yet very good at that.

TSWLM - the Bond film with "everything". The attractive Bond girl, gadgets and equipment, wonderful title song, opulent sets and larger-than-life villains.

OP - well, it IS my favourite Bond ever, so naturally I must include it. :D

TLD - the outstanding action, complex plot and great performance by Dalton makes this a must-have.

GE - though I think TWINE is Brosnan's best, this one wins me over because its extremely fun to watch. -{
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  • Charmed & DangerousCharmed & Dangerous Posts: 7,358MI6 Agent
    Good one, Brosnan fan! Quite tricky as it's easier to pick one or two... But my choice pretty much hits my top films...

    Goldfinger
    Thunderball
    OHMSS
    TSWLM
    Goldeneye
    Casino Royale
    Skyfall

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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I'd go with my top five ;

    OHMSS, CR, LTK, GF, SF and add. DN. & FYEO.
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  • BodieBodie Posts: 211MI6 Agent
    FRWL - the best of the 'espionage' movies.
    GF - the flagship of the fleet. The movie that sent Bond through the stratosphere and set the template for decades to come.
    OHMSS - the movie which best captures the world of JB as set out in the novels
    TSWLM - for sheer OTT entertainment
    TLD - after years of the RM comedies Bond returns as a ruthless assassin
    GE - Brosnan nails the part from the first scene. Pure entertainment
    CR - perfect updating of the novel and the perfect Bond for a changed world
  • David SchofieldDavid Schofield EnglandPosts: 1,528MI6 Agent
    The "cinematic Fleming adaptations" - DN, FRWL, GF, TB, OHMSS
    The Fleming pastiche - LTK
    The post modern Fleming - CR
  • FiremassFiremass AlaskaPosts: 1,910MI6 Agent
    If I had to chose RIGHT NOW the only 7 Bond films for the rest of my life they would be:

    1. Dr No
    2. Goldfinger
    3. The Spy Who Loved Me
    4. Moonraker
    5. Octopussy
    6. A View to a Kill
    7. Goldeneye
    My current 10 favorite:

    1. GE 2. MR 3. OP 4. TMWTGG 5. TSWLM 6. TND 7. TWINE 8.DN 9. GF 10. AVTAK
  • Mr MalloryMr Mallory North by northwestPosts: 632MI6 Agent
    Qos
    CR
    SF
    LTK
    GE
    OHMSS
    FRWL
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  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,924MI6 Agent
    Goldfinger
    On Her Majesties Secret Service
    The Spy Who Loved Me
    For Your Eyes Only
    The Living Daylights
    License To Kill
    Goldeneye
    1.On Her Majesties Secret Service 2.The Living Daylights 3.license To Kill 4.The Spy Who Loved Me 5.Goldfinger
  • BIG TAMBIG TAM Wrexham, North Wales, UK.Posts: 773MI6 Agent
    1. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    2. From Russia With Love
    3. Goldfinger
    4. Thunderball
    5. Dr. No
    6. Skyfall
    7. Casino Royale
  • DEFIANT 74205DEFIANT 74205 Perth, AustraliaPosts: 1,881MI6 Agent
    I think this is another way of asking which is your favourite 7 Bond films.

    I'll stick with the top 7 on my list, thanks. I'll probably miss Goldeneye and For Your Eyes Only but not as much as I'd miss one of my top 7 films if I wasn't allowed to have them (say, for instance, I had to leave the house in a fire and could only grab 7 DVDs ....)
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,764MI6 Agent
    FRWL - Classic, true to Fleming and with a train journey. The cold war thriller.
    GF - The gold standard
    OHMSS - Lazenby's only Bond. Fleming's story is very strong.
    LTK - Bond got dangerous agin
    GE - Brosnan's best
    CR - The reboot started with perhaps the strongest entry in the series.
    SF - Just very good.
  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    DN - The start of an outstanding series
    GF - It all comes together
    YOLT - More entertaining than it has a right to be
    OHMSS - A Fleming novel come to life
    TLD - Bond means business
    CR - A strong re-ignition of the series with a Bond to be feared
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    That's only six BL, you left out AVTAK. :))
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  • Brosnan_fanBrosnan_fan Sydney, AustraliaPosts: 521MI6 Agent
    ^That's six, BL. Which would be No. 7? :D
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  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    That's only six BL, you left out AVTAK. :))

    Sorry about my lack of counting prowess! I actually had FRWL in my first draft because I consider it to be a classic spy thriller. Nice try on tricking me into including the dud we know as A View To A Kill, though. :))
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  • JuraquagmireJuraquagmire CanadaPosts: 49MI6 Agent
    Licence to Kill
    The Spy Who Loved Me
    Goldfinger
    The Living Daylights
    For Your Eyes Only
    Skyfall
    A View to a Kill

    I really want add DAF, YOLT and NSNA to this list, but others best out of them.
    Dalton is the Bond! Lazenby is the other fella.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Nice to see some love for AVTAK. :D
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • NeverSayDieNeverSayDie Posts: 495MI6 Agent
    Goldeneye
    Casino Roayle (2006)
    Moonraker
    SkyFall
    The Man With The Golden Gun
    Goldfinger
    Licence to Kill
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  • FiremassFiremass AlaskaPosts: 1,910MI6 Agent
    DEFIANT 74205 wrote:
    I think this is another way of asking which is your favourite 7 Bond films.

    Sort of. Except one might choose differently to get a more well-rounded selection. For example if your top 7 is all Roger Moore films, you may want to include 1 Connery just for variety sake. :))
    My current 10 favorite:

    1. GE 2. MR 3. OP 4. TMWTGG 5. TSWLM 6. TND 7. TWINE 8.DN 9. GF 10. AVTAK
  • DelicatessenInSteelDelicatessenInSteel Posts: 181MI6 Agent
    At this point the only Bond films I would own physically.....
    YOLT, OHMSS, LALD, MR, FYEO, OP, LTK
    1.MoonRaker 2.OHMSS 3.LALD 4.OP 5.FYEO 6.DR. NO 7.YOLT 8.LTK 9.CR 10.AVTAK
  • FiremassFiremass AlaskaPosts: 1,910MI6 Agent
    edited April 2014
    If I was an MGM executive tasked with released a 7-disc Essential 007 Boxset to hit retail stores:

    001. Goldfinger
    002. OHMSS
    003. The Spy Who Loved Me
    004. The Living Daylights
    005. Goldeneye
    006. Casino Royale

    Not sure about the 7th… Either Dr. No or FRWL. One of the Bond actors is going to get 2 films…might as well be Connery.
    My current 10 favorite:

    1. GE 2. MR 3. OP 4. TMWTGG 5. TSWLM 6. TND 7. TWINE 8.DN 9. GF 10. AVTAK
  • KabraxalKabraxal Posts: 104MI6 Agent
    My first 6 are pretty obvious :p

    The Living Daylights
    Goldeneye
    Quantum of Solace
    Casino Royale
    Licence to Kill
    The Man with the Golden Gun

    I think my seventh would be Thunderball. It hits all the multi movie Bonds and my favourites for each actor. I would be happy with these just these 7, though missing a few of the Moore and Brosnan films I'll admit.
    Top Ten Bond - 10:Goldfinger 9:Thunderball 8:The Spy who Loved Me 7:For Your Eyes Only 6: Casino Royale 5:The Man with the Golden Gun 4:Quantum of Solace 3:Licence to Kill 2:Goldeneye 1:The Living Daylights
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    My 2 'lonely island' movies would be OHMSS and FYEO

    Then I'd choose TSWLM because it was my first 007 movie that I have seen in the cinema and it's still a spectacular movie with Moore in top form and Barbara Bach plus the Lotus.
    Then YOLT, TMWTGG and Thunderball because of the pure eyecandiness in large parts.
    Then CR because it's such a mordern masterpiece with little flaws (armor talk - yuck)

    And because sometimes I need something cheap and sentimental and see the main guy shed a tear now and then, TLD :D
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.
    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • SilentSpySilentSpy Private Exotic AreaPosts: 765MI6 Agent
    Clever topic. Only 7 essential Bond movies. Maybe you can look at it as the best. When I started to get the DVDs I got the best movie from each actor. But this I take it as the only ones you can own. Which would suck. But I would cheat and take all the soundtracks. My essential list:

    Dr. No
    Thunderball
    You Only Live Twice
    Never Say Never Again
    The Spy Who Loved Me
    The Living Daylights
    Licence to Kill
    "Better late than never."
  • Brosnan_fanBrosnan_fan Sydney, AustraliaPosts: 521MI6 Agent
    Bondtoys wrote:
    My 2 'lonely island' movies would be OHMSS and FYEO

    Then I'd choose TSWLM because it was my first 007 movie that I have seen in the cinema and it's still a spectacular movie with Moore in top form and Barbara Bach plus the Lotus.
    Then YOLT, TMWTGG and Thunderball because of the pure eyecandiness in large parts.
    Then CR because it's such a mordern masterpiece with little flaws (armor talk - yuck)

    And because sometimes I need something cheap and sentimental and see the main guy shed a tear now and then, TLD :D

    Hmmmm.... I count 8 in that selection; I wonder which one you would choose to leave off?? :v :)) :p
    "Well, he certainly left with his tails between his legs."
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    TLD does not count as a Bond movie really.

    It's more like Sharukh-Khan Bollywood to me :D - minus the dancing :))
    So 7 Bonds and one Non-Bond - my post was correct :p
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.
    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • Charmed & DangerousCharmed & Dangerous Posts: 7,358MI6 Agent
    NeverSayDie wrote:
    Casino Roayle (2006)

    NSD, I love the way you qualified it as the 2006 version just in case anyone thought you meant the 1968 version... :)) :))
    "How was your lamb?" "Skewered. One sympathises."
  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    SilentSpy wrote:
    Clever topic. Only 7 essential Bond movies. Maybe you can look at it as the best. When I started to get the DVDs I got the best movie from each actor. But this I take it as the only ones you can own. Which would suck. But I would cheat and take all the soundtracks. My essential list:

    Dr. No
    Thunderball
    You Only Live Twice
    Never Say Never Again
    The Spy Who Loved Me
    The Living Daylights
    Licence to Kill

    Never Say Never Again? Big Connery fan, huh? (And there's certainly nothing wrong with that!)
    "Felix Leiter, a brother from Langley."
  • Gassy ManGassy Man USAPosts: 2,972MI6 Agent
    All the official Connerys plus OHMSS.
  • GoldenEye85GoldenEye85 Posts: 278MI6 Agent
    Alright if I had to choose my seven essential Bond movies and that was ALL I could take, I would choose:

    1. GoldenEye - The first 007 movie I ever saw, and is just an all around great movie.

    2. The World is Not Enough - Great villains, superb story. How could I not take it?

    3. The Man With the Golden Gun - 007 squaring off against the world's number 1 assassin with a weapon comprised out of a gold pen, gold cigarette lighter and case? Yes, please!

    4. Live and Let Die - James Bond in Voo Doo Land, what more need to be said?

    5. Skyfall - Just one of the best entries in the series. It HAS to be included!

    6. A View to A Kill - If no one else will show any love to Roger Moore's final outing as James Bond, then I will.

    Uh-oh there is only one spot left, who will it go to? Will it be Goldfinger? Will it be another from Roger Moore? Perhaps one of Timothy Dalton's two choices? No it will be.....

    7. Casino Royale - A reboot that I did not care for that much when I first watched it, but as I did more and more it grew on me. Now it is in my top five list at least.


    But let's say you had a back up list of honorable mentions? What would they be? 7 again, no more or less. Mine are:

    1. Die Another Day - A fine end to Pierce Brosnan's 007.

    2. License to Kill - Not a bad 80s action movie with a little 007 sprinkled in.

    3. Moonraker - Another from Moore that really gets no love. I will be that one again!

    4. Diamonds Are Forever - Sean Connery's final official outing as James Bond, not a bad movie either.

    5. Goldfinger - What list could be without this one? What is left to be said?

    6. Tomorrow Never Dies - Bond against a media mogul? nifty idea.

    7. Quantum of Solace - I had to pick a seventh film. :D
    1, GE 2, CR 3, SF 4, TWINE 5, Spectre 6, TMWTGG 7, DAD 8, LALD 9, AVTAK 10, LTK 11, Octopussy 12, Moonraker 13, TLD 14, GF 15, QOS 16, Tomorrow 17, FYEO 18. TSWLM Not seen much: Dr. No, Russia, Thunderball, Twice, Majesty.

    1: Brosnan 2: Craig 3: Moore 4: Dalton 5: Connery and 6: Lazenby
  • JayCobb1045JayCobb1045 Posts: 79MI6 Agent
    I've been breaking my brain (fairly easy to do) trying to decide whether "essential" films differs from my favorite seven. While I still noodle that over, my top seven currently are:

    Goldfinger
    Dr. No
    Casino Royale
    Goldeneye
    The Living Daylights
    For Your Eyes Only
    The Spy Who Loved Me
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