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No Time to DieNo Time to Die (2021) Recommended
Dir. Cary Joji Fukunaga
Feat. Daniel Craig, Rami Malek, Léa Seydoux
Another bombastic Bond film marking Daniel Craig's fifth and last outing as the British Secret Service agent, directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga (TRUE…
Spies in DisguiseSpies in Disguise (2019)
Dir. Nick Bruno, Troy Quane
Entertaining animated adventure with Will Smith voicing a secret agent who is accidentally turned into a pigeon, leaving his nerdy tech officer (Tom…
Mission: Impossible - FalloutMission: Impossible - Fallout (Mission Impossible 6) (2018) Recommended
Dir. Christopher McQuarrie
Feat. Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Ving Rhames
Tom Cruise reprises his role as Ethan Hunt in this highly regarded sixth installment of the film franchise. The stakes are higher than ever with…
Man from U.N.C.L.E., TheMan from U.N.C.L.E., The (The Man From Uncle) (2015)
Dir. Guy Ritchie
Feat. Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander
Guy Ritchie's remake of the cult TV series is a stylish tale of Cold War espionage with a CIA agent and a KGB operative participating in a joint…
Mission: Impossible - Rogue NationMission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (Mission Impossible 5) (2015)
Dir. Christopher McQuarrie
Feat. Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson, Jeremy Renner
Tom Cruise and team return to take on their most impossible mission yet, eradicating the Syndicate – a rogue organization as highly skilled as…
Kingsman: The Secret ServiceKingsman: The Secret Service (2014) Recommended
Dir. Matthew Vaughn
Feat. Colin Firth, Taron Egerton, Samuel L. Jackson
Good–natured, violent spoof in which gentleman spy Colin Firth recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the ultra–competitive…
Bourne Legacy, TheBourne Legacy, The (2012)
Dir. Tony Gilroy
Feat. Jeremy Renner, Edward Norton, Rachel Weisz
Jeremy Renner plays a fellow estranged assassin to Matt Damon's unstoppable rogue agent in this brisk addition to the Bourne franchise, directed by…
Mission: Impossible - Ghost ProtocolMission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (Mission Impossible 4) (2012)
Dir. Brad Bird
Feat. Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg
Back–to–basics third sequel sees an evergreen Tom Cruise go rogue to clear IMF's name while in pursuit of a fugitive terrorist with…
SkyfallSkyfall (2012) Aro Favourite
Dir. Sam Mendes
Feat. Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Judi Dench
Bond’s 50th anniversary outing is his most spectacular and serious yet, with 007 drawn back to London, and eventually his Scottish homeland, in…
Quantum Of SolaceQuantum Of Solace (2008)
Dir. Marc Forster
Feat. Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Olga Kurylenko
Number 22 in the enduring Bond series is an action–heavy adventure with Daniel Craig returning as the man with the gun on a revenge mission to…
Bourne Ultimatum, TheBourne Ultimatum, The (2007) Recommended
Dir. Paul Greengrass
Feat. Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, Édgar Ramírez
Quality white–knuckle thrills–and–spills flick concludes the Bourne trilogy – and our super–spook hero’s (Damon)…
Casino RoyaleCasino Royale (2006) Aro Favourite
Dir. Martin Campbell
Feat. Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Eva Green
The James Bond franchise finds a new face, goes back to the very beginning, and rediscovers its mojo, with new Bond Daniel Craig and Kiwi dir. Martin…
Mission: Impossible 3Mission: Impossible 3 (2006)
Dir. J.J. Abrams
Feat. Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Keri Russell
Propulsive and hyper–violent third outing for Tom Cruise as US superagent Ethan Hunt, here on a globe–jetting mission to foil a vile…
Bourne Identity, TheBourne Identity, The (2002)
Dir. Doug Liman
Feat. Matt Damon, Franke Potente, Chris Cooper
A stylish transcription of the Robert Ludlum thriller, with amnesiac CIA super–agent Matt Damon scrambling to survive as he’s hunted…
Mission: Impossible 2Mission: Impossible 2 (2000)
Dir. John Woo
Feat. Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Thandiwe Newton
Submerging all traces of the original series, Tom Cruise returns as Ethan Hunt, whose mission it is to keep a deadly synthetic virus out of the hands…
Mission: ImpossibleMission: Impossible (1996)
Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Tom Cruise
Hollywood refit of the '60s cult TV show with classic stylings and theme–tune thankfully intact. Precisely executed action sequences redeem a…
MoonrakerMoonraker (1979) Recommended
Dir. Lewis Gilbert
Feat. Roger Moore, Richard Kiel, Lois Chiles
Roger Moore as Bond pursues a megalomaniac billionaire into outer space in one of the more outlandish entries of the series. Memorable scenes…
Man with the Golden Gun, TheMan with the Golden Gun, The (1974)
Dir. Guy Hamilton
Feat. Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland
Moore's second film as Bond finds him in Southeast Asia battling for possession of a deadly weapon. There's a price on his head and the world's…
Live and Let DieLive and Let Die (1973) Recommended
Dir. Guy Hamilton
Feat. Roger Moore, Jane Seymour, Yaphet Kotto
Roger Moore succeeds Sean Connery in the role of 007, with exotic elements "borrowed" from the blaxploitation craze of the time. The superagent…
Diamonds Are ForeverDiamonds Are Forever (1971)
Dir. Guy Hamilton
Feat. Sean Connery, Jill St. John, Charles Gray
A slightly jaded Sean Connery returns as Agent 007, on the trail of a powerful diamond smuggling syndicate. Bond is joined by Tiffany Case as he…
On Her Majesty's Secret ServiceOn Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) Recommended
Dir. Peter R. Hunt
Feat. George Lazenby, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas
Unique among Bonds not only for the one–off casting of George Lazenby but also the greater sensitivity given to his character (007 falls in…
You Only Live TwiceYou Only Live Twice (1967) Recommended
Dir. Lewis Gilbert
Feat. Sean Connery, Donald Pleasence, Tetsuro Tamba
The fifth Bond film starring Sean Connery as the agent supreme. A space flight is hijacked by sinister crime organisation Spectre, bringing the world…
ThunderballThunderball (1965) Recommended
Dir. Terence Young
Feat. Sean Connery, Adolfo Celi, Claudine Auger
Connery's Bond goes below the call of duty to the shark–infested depths of the ocean to battle crime organisation Spectre headed by a…
GoldfingerGoldfinger (1964) Aro Favourite
Dir. Guy Hamilton
Feat. Sean Connery, Gert Frobe, Honor Blackman
The third Bond film, and the first to really fire the public's imagination. Connery develops his charismatic appeal as he fights the evil genius…
From Russia with LoveFrom Russia with Love (1963) Recommended
Dir. Terence Young
Feat. Sean Connery, Pedro Armendariz, Lotte Lenya
Connery deals to the Russians in a race to seize the Soviet Lektor decoding machine. Featuring one of the longest chase scenes of the series, as well…
Dr. NoDr. No (1962) Recommended
Dir. Terence Young
Feat. Sean Connery, Joseph Wiseman, Ursula Andress
First James Bond film has a wet behind the ears but dashing Sean Connery investigating strange occurrences in Jamaica, where he encounters…

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