In No Time to Die, Daniel Craig takes one last shot at playing James Bond.
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No Time to Die is the final movie to star Daniel Craig as 007, and it's a huge box office hit. It's an "epic, explosive and emotional swan song," says Richard Trenholm in CNET's No Time to Die review, "that throws everything it has against the wall for a genuinely unique entry in the series." So let's see where this newest superspy adventure falls in the list of best and worst Bond movies of all time.
Across a total of 27 movies and six decades, the Bond franchise has provided us with countless thrills and more than a few groans, and your personal favorite may depend a lot on when you started watching, and who was starring -- the '70s with Roger Moore? The '90s with Pierce Brosnan? Not everyone's been watching since the early '60s when the 007 series got going, but those Sean Connery outings have largely held strong in the court of public opinion. Whatever: It's always fun to look back, seeing how Eon Productions made the superspy an emblem of the times, an avatar of style and a man of many gadgets.
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If you don't know where to start with the Bond films, be sure to check out our recommendations and full rundown on big-screen Bond. Or you can check out these James Bond movie rankings below, from worst to best. It's based on an aggregate of movie reviews, specific to when the movies came out, as compiled by CNET sister site Metacritic. The list accounts for every theatrical 007 release, not just the 25 from Eon Productions but also two non-canonical entries: the 1967 version of Casino Royale, a trippy turn with multiple actors playing Bond (David Niven chief among them), and 1983's Never Say Never Again, featuring Connery in his second comeback.
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It doesn't, however, include the 1954 version of Casino Royale, a 50-minute TV playhouse production that introduced Ian Fleming's hero to the world as "Jimmy" Bond, an American secret agent. You can find that on YouTube, if you're curious.
Otherwise, we've got the whole roster of actors who've played Bond in the official franchise -- besides Connery and Craig, that's Moore, Brosnan, Timothy Dalton and George Lazenby.