Dr No (1962)
Jul 15, 2001James Bond Film
The first of the James Bond films. While the formula of the series is not quite established yet, this is a slick exciting work that did a number of groundbreaking things
Bernard Lee
Vengeance (1962)
May 3, 2001Evil Disembodied Brain
The third film version of Curt Siodmak's novel Donovan's Brain, this abandons much of the book. Not a terribly interesting effort, mostly noted as the directorial debut of Anglo-horror regular Freddie Francis
Goldfinger (1964)
Mar 17, 2001James Bond Film
The third of the James Bond films and the point where everything that has been defined as the formula of the series - the gadgets, the villains, the henchmen, the cars, the world domination plots - falls into place perfectly
Dr Terror’s House of Horrors (1965)
Feb 15, 2000Horror Anthology
The first of Amicus’s horror anthologies. The stories are rehashes of five popular horror tropes, all united by Peter Cushing as the title doctor telling the fortunes of five passengers on a train carriage
Thunderball (1965)
Jul 16, 2001James Bond Film
The fourth James Bond film and crippled by the misfortune of coming just after Goldfinger, which defined the formula and became the peak of the series. By contrast, this is stuck with having to make everything bigger and more spectacular
OK Connery (1967)
May 13, 2025Spy Movie
With the success of the James Bond films in the 1960s, someone had the idea of casting Sean Connery’s younger brother Neil in a spy film
You Only Live Twice (1967)
Dec 2, 2001James Bond Film
The fifth James Bond film takes the series to Japan. New director Lewis Gilbert is determined to outdo what has come before in terms of the spectacular, especially WITH the construction of the massive volcano set
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)
Oct 28, 2001James Bond Film
The sixth James Bond film where Sean Connery was replaced by Australian model George Lazenby who had never acted before. Lazenby is a disliked Bond but that tends does stand in the way of the fact that this is a fine character-driven Bond film with some of the best action sequences of the series
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
Jan 1, 2002James Bond Film
The seventh James Bond film where Sean Connery was inveigled back to the role with a heft salary increase. However, the result is the worst of all the Connery Bonds with an incoherent plot and uneven action scenes
Live and Let Die (1973)
Jul 30, 2001James Bond vs Voodoo
The eighth James Bond film and Roger Moore's debut in the role. This is one of the most variant Bond films also incorporating Blaxploitation and voodoo elements
The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
Jun 28, 2002James Bond Film
Ninth and probably the weakest of the James Bond films. Ian Fleming created a great nemesis for Bond in the assassin Scaramanga and the film casts it with Christopher Lee - only to fail to write the role in interesting enough ways for Lee to fill it
Percy’s Progress (1974)
Feb 26, 2007Last Fertile Man on Earth Comedy
Sequel to the British sex comedy Percy about the world's first penis transplant in which the central character is now the last fertile man on Earth
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)
Dec 1, 2014Hammer Frankenstein Film
Hammer's seventh and final Frankenstein film and the last great film that the studio would make. Everyone is back on top form – Peter Cushing at his icily arrogant best and director Terence Fisher delivering a stirring show
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Jul 16, 2000James Bond Film
The tenth of the James Bond films, the third for Roger Moore. This determines to be spectacular in terms of international locales, effects and sets. It was also the point where the Moore Bond films started to become giant cartoon spectacles of the absurd
Moonraker (1979)
Jun 10, 2002James Bond in Space
The eleventh James Bond film and one that sees that series trying to compete with the success of Star Wars and taking Roger Moore into orbit. One of the most spectacular productions of the series, it is also killed by a cartoonish unserious tone