I know what you're thinking, please God no, not another James Bond movie ranking, I would rather be tortured by Le Chiffre. I'm well aware over the past couple of weeks the world wide web has been flooded with these types of articles. So why am I doing another one, you might ask? Well you cheeky bastard, this one is different of course. Unlike the other list you might have viewed, these aren't my personal rankings of Bond films as I would position them. Instead, I devised a quintessential grading system that will make you think it came straight from Q branch.

The system is broken down into eight different categories to equal fifty points. Multiply that by two, and you have your final score. This obviously is the only way to settle the globe-trotting question of what is the best Bond film.

**Eon Canon Only**

Plot | 10

Villains | 7.5

Opening scene / score | 7.5

Use of gadgets | 5

Vehicles | 5

Bond girls | 5

Locations | 5

Chase scenes | 5

Even though this list doesn't match up exactly with my personal one, it's pretty close. So kick back, mix up a martini (shaken not stirred), and be prepared to be so upset you want to fling a metal brimmed bowler hat at me. Actually, disagreeing in the comment section below will suffice.

Cheers to the best James Bond movie ranking on the internet! - Elliot Carver

Plot 5.25 | 10

Villains 7.00 | 7.5

Opening scene | score 5.25 | 7.5

Use of gadgets 3.00 | 5

Vehicles 3.00 | 5

Bond girls 2.00 | 5

Locations 3.75 | 5

Chase scenes 3.50 | 5

     32.75 | 50

(24) A View to a Kill  (1985)

Score: 65.50%

Dir. John Glen

32.75 / 50 |  IMDB 6.3 | RT 38%

After recovering a microchip from the body of a deceased colleague in Russia, British secret agent James Bond (Roger Moore) discovers that the technology has the potential for sinister applications. Investigating further, Bond is led to Max Zorin (Christopher Walken), the head of Zorin Industries. Soon Agent 007 faces off against the villainous Zorin and his tough Amazonian bodyguard, May Day (Grace Jones), who are scheming to cause massive destruction that will eliminate the competition.

Classified Trivia: Roger Moore turned 57 during filming, making him the oldest actor to play Bond. Sean Connery was 52 when he did Never Say Never Again (1983)

Plot 6.50 | 10

Villains 6.25 | 7.5

Opening scene | score 7.25 | 7.5

Use of gadgets 2.25 | 5

Vehicles 2.75 | 5

Bond girls 2.50 | 5

Locations 3.50 | 5

Chase scenes 2.75 | 5

     33.75 | 50

(22) Octopussy (1983)

Score: 66.50%

Dir. John Glen

33.75 / 50 | IMDB  6.5  | RT 42%

James Bond is assigned to solve the murder of agent 009, killed in East Germany clutching a fake Fabergé egg. The trail leads to India, where an enigmatic woman operates a smuggling ring under the cover of a traveling circus. However, her real motives prove to be far more sinister, and Bond uncovers a plot to blow up a US Air Force base in West Germany.

Classified Trivia: The Blue-ringed octopus is highly venomous. It produces Tetrodotoxin, which it uses in self-defense. Tetrodotoxin is also found in pufferfish. One milligram of the toxin can kill a person, and there is no known antidote.

(20) Diamonds are Forever (1971)

Score: 72%

Dir. Guy Hamilton

36 / 50 | IMDB 6.6 | RT 64%

James Bond, equipped with an armory of hi-tech gadgets, infiltrates a Las Vegas diamond-smuggling ring in a bid to foil a plot to target Washington with a laser in space. However, as 007 prepares to tackle the evil Blofeld, the mastermind who threatens to destabilize the world, he is captivated by the delicious Tiffany Case - but is she really a double agent?

Classified Trivia: Reportedly, the final scene Sir Sean Connery filmed as Bond (at least in the official film franchise) was the one in which an unconscious Bond is loaded into a coffin at the funeral home. So, Connery's last day of playing James Bond for EON Productions was Friday, August 13, 1971.

Plot 5.50 | 10

Villains 7.00 | 7.5

Opening scene | score 6.75 | 7.5

Use of gadgets 3.00 | 5

Vehicles 3.75 | 5

Bond girls 2.50 | 5

Locations 3.75 | 5

Chase scenes 3.75 | 5

       36 | 50

(18) Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

Score: 74%

Dir. Roger Spottiswoode

37 / 50 | IMDB 6.5 | RT 56%

Media mogul Elliot Carver (Jonathan Pryce) wants his news empire to reach every country on the globe, but the Chinese government will not allow him to broadcast there. Carver doesn't take no for an answer and plans to use his media empire to fuel flames of war between the Western world and China. Thankfully, James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) is on to the insane news tycoon and travels to China to stop him with the help of Chinese secret agent Wai Lin (Michelle Yeoh).

Classified Trivia: For the fight scene in the bicycle shop, the producers had to call in Jackie Chan's stunt team because none of the stuntmen wanted to do the scene with Michelle Yeoh due to her full contact stunt fighting style, which she perfected in Hong Kong action films.

Plot 6.00 | 10

Villains 5.00 | 7.5

Opening scene | score 6.75 | 7.5

Use of gadgets 4.00 | 5

Vehicles 3.75 | 5

Bond girls 4.25 | 5

Locations 3.00 | 5

Chase scenes 4.25 | 5

      37 | 50

(16) License to Kill (1989)

Score: 76% 

Dir. John Glen

38 / 50 | IMDB 6.6 | RT 77%

James Bond adventure in which 007 relinquishes his license to kill, disobeys his orders, and goes on a mission of revenge when his best friend's wife is killed by a drug baron. A beautiful CIA pilot flies him to Sanchez's South American headquarters where disguised as a hitman, Bond is hired by the villainous drug dealer.

Classified Trivia: The scene where Bond resigns from the MI6 was shot at Ernest Hemingway's house in Key West. That's why when M (Robert Brown) informs 007 that his license to kill is revoked, he replies, "I guess this is a farewell to arms," a nod to one of Hemingway's most famous novels.

Plot 7.75 | 10

Villains 6.75 | 7.5

Opening scene | score 7.00 | 7.5

Use of gadgets 2.75 | 5

Vehicles 3.00 | 5

Bond girls 3.25 | 5

Locations 3.00 | 5

Chase scenes 4.50 | 5 

       38 | 50

Plot 7.75 | 10

Villains 5.75 | 7.5

Opening scene | score 7.25 | 7.5

Use of gadgets 2.25 | 5

Vehicles 4.00 | 5

Bond girls 3.75 | 5

Locations 4.25 | 5

Chase scenes 3.75 | 5

    38.75 | 50
       

(14) No Time to Die (2021)

Score: 77.50 % 

Dir. Cary Joji Fukunaga

38.75 / 50 | IMDB 7.6 | RT 84%

James Bond is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica after leaving active service. However, his peace is short-lived as his old CIA friend, Felix Leiter, shows up and asks for help. The mission to rescue a kidnapped scientist turns out to be far more treacherous than expected, leading Bond on the trail of a mysterious villain who's armed with dangerous new technology.

Classified Trivia: First James Bond movie to feature all the characters of Q, Felix Leiter, Miss Moneypenny, and M since License to Kill (1989), which is an interval of about thirty-one years.

Plot 6.75 | 10

Villains | Lair 5.25 | 7.5*

Opening scene | score 7.00 | 7.5

Use of gadgets 4.25 | 5

Vehicles 4.00 | 5

Bond girls 4.50 | 5

Locations 4.25 | 5

Chase scenes 3.75 | 5

     39.75 | 50

(12) You Only Live Twice (1967)

Score: 79.50%

Dir. Lewis Gilbert 

39.75 / 50 | IMBD 6.9 | RT 73%

During the Cold War, American and Russian spacecraft go missing, leaving each superpower believing the other is to blame. As the world teeters on the brink of nuclear war, British intelligence learns that one of the crafts has landed in the Sea of Japan. After faking his own death, secret agent James Bond (Sean Connery) is sent to investigate. In Japan, he's aided by Tiger Tanaka (Tetsuro Tamba) and the beautiful Aki (Akiko Wakabayashi), who helps him uncover a sinister global conspiracy.

Classified Trivia: The henchman Bond fights in Osato's office was played by Samoan pro wrestler "The High Chief" Peter Fanene Maivia, grandfather of "The Rock" Dwayne Johnson.

Plot 7.75 | 10

Villains 6.25 | 7.5

Opening scene | score 5.50 | 7.5

Use of gadgets 3.00 | 5

Vehicles 4.00 | 5

Bond girls 4.75 | 5

Locations 4.00 | 5

Chase scenes 5.00 | 5

     40.25 | 50

(10) For Your Eyes Only (1981)

Score: 80.50%

Dir. John Glen

40.25 / 50 | IMDB 6.7 | RT 73%

British agent James Bond is dispatched to recover a strategic communications device before it finds its way into the hands of the Russians. When the secret device that controls Britain's Polaris submarines goes missing after the spy ship carrying it sinks, 007 joins forces with a vengeful woman and a wealthy hero of the Greek resistance movement to find the equipment.

Classified Trivia: To enter the identigraph booth, Q enters five digits of a seven-digit code. Those five digits were the first five notes to the chorus of "Nobody Does It Better", the theme to The Spy Who Loved Me (1977). James Bond responds by entering the final two notes.

Plot 7.50 | 10

Villains 6.75 | 7.5 

Opening scene | score 7.00 | 7.5

Use of gadgets 4.00 | 5

Vehicles 5.00 | 5

Bond girls 4.00 | 5

Locations 2.75 | 5

Chase scenes 4.00 | 5

       41 | 50

(8) The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

Score: 82%

Dir. Lewis Gilbert

41 / 50 | IMDB 7.1 | RT 80%

Plot 8.25 | 10

Villains 6.25 | 7.5

Opening scene | score 7.25 | 7.5

Use of gadgets 4.00 | 5

Vehicles 3.50 | 5

Bond girls 4.00 | 5

Locations 4.50 | 5

Chase scenes 3.75 | 5

      41.50 | 50

Plot 9.00 | 10

Villains 5.50 | 7.5

Opening scene | score 6.75 | 7.5

Use of gadgets 4.25 | 5

Vehicles 4.25 | 5

Bond girls 3.50 | 5

Locations 4.75 | 5

      42 | 50 

(6) The Living Daylights  (1987)

Score: 84%

Dir. John Glen

42 / 50 | IMDB 6.7 | RT 75%

British secret agent James Bond (Timothy Dalton) helps KGB officer Georgi Koskov (Jeroen Krabbé) defect during a symphony performance. During his debriefing, Koskov reveals that a policy of assassinating defectors has been instated by new KGB head Leonid Pushkin (John Rhys-Davies).

Classified Trivia: This was the last James Bond film to use an original Ian Fleming title until Casino Royale (2006), a gap of almost twenty years.

Plot 8.50 | 10

Villains 7.00 | 7.5

Opening scene | score 7.25 | 7.5

Use of gadgets 3.75 | 5

Vehicles 4.25 | 5

Bond girls 3.00 | 5

Locations 3.75 | 5

Chase scenes 5.00 | 5

      42.50 | 50

Plot 9.25 | 10

Villains | Lair 7.25 | 7.5

Opening scene | score 7.00 | 7.5

Gadgets 5.00 | 5

Vehicles 2.50 | 5

Bond girl 3.50 | 5

Locations 5.00 | 5

Chase scenes 4.00 | 5

     43.50 | 50

(4) From Russia with Love (1963)

Score: 87%

Dr. Terrance Young

43.50 / 50 | IMDB 7.4 | RT 95%

Agent 007 (Sean Connery) is back in the second installment of the James Bond series, this time battling a secret crime organization known as SPECTRE. Russians Rosa Klebb (Lotte Lenya) and Kronsteen are out to snatch a decoding device known as the Lektor, using the ravishing Tatiana (Daniela Bianchi) to lure Bond into helping them. Bond willingly travels to meet Tatiana in Istanbul, where he must rely on his wits to escape with his life in a series of deadly encounters with the enemy.

Classified Trivia: The moves in Kronsteen's chess game are from the game between Boris Spassky and David Bronstein at the U.S.S.R. Championship in Leningrad in 1960.

Plot 9.75 | 10

Villains 7.50 | 7.5

Opening scene | score 7.50 | 7.5

Use of gadgets 3.00 | 5

Vehicles 4.50 | 5

Bond girls 4.00 | 5

Locations 3.75 | 5

Chase scenes 4.00 | 5

       44 | 50

Plot 9.50 | 10

Villains 7.50 | 7.5

Opening scene | score 6.50 | 7.5

Use of gadgets 4.75 | 5

Vehicles 5.00 | 5

Bond girls 3.25 | 5

Locations 4.00 | 5

Chase scenes 4.00 | 5

     44.50 | 50 

(2) Goldfinger (1964)

Score: 89%

Dir. Guy Hamilton

44.50 / 50 | IMBD 7.7 | RT 99%

The powerful tycoon Auric Goldfinger has initiated Operation Grand Slam, a cataclysmic scheme to raid Fort Knox and obliterate the world economy. James Bond, armed with his specially equipped Aston Martin, must stop the plan by overcoming several outrageous adversaries.

Classified Trivia: First appearance of a laser beam in a 007 movie. In the original script, the scene had a spinning buzzsaw (as in the novel) until it was decided that such an image had become commonplace and unoriginal.