Bond-by-Year Challenge: 10s Blitz

[A] Dr. No | First official Bond film. Jamaica beaches, a tarantula scare, and Ursula Andress’s seashell entrance setting the franchise’s cool swagger from day one.

[D] From Russia With Love | Introduced Q’s gadgets and SPECTRE’s chess moves. Istanbul alleys, gypsy camp, and that brutal Orient Express rumble with Red Grant—still a franchise high-water mark.

[C] Goldfinger | Aston Martin DB5 debuts. Fort Knox plot, Oddjob’s deadly hat, and Shirley Bassey’s belter that practically glued ‘gold’ to Bond’s brand forever.

[B] Thunderball | Underwater warfare spectacle. Jetpack cold open, stolen nukes, and oceanic harpoon chaos made it the highest‑grossing Connery era entry worldwide.

[D] You Only Live Twice | Blofeld face revealed. Ninja assault on a hollowed‑out volcano, Little Nellie buzzing the skies, and a Cinemascope postcard tour of 1960s Japan.

[A] On Her Majesty's Secret Service | Lazenby’s sole outing. Alpine thrills, Piz Gloria lab, and Bond’s marriage to Tracy—an emotional finale the series echoed decades later.

[C] Diamonds Are Forever | Connery returns for Vegas neon, moon‑buggy antics, and Bambi‑and‑Thumper. Camp tone, but a massive hit closing his classic run.

[B] Live and Let Die | Roger Moore arrives with voodoo vibes, crocodile‑hop escape, and bayou speedboats. Paul McCartney and Wings supplied a theme that still shakes arenas.

[C] The Man with the Golden Gun | Scaramanga’s funhouse duel, solar ‘Solex’ MacGuffin, and that corkscrew car jump. Thai islets later boomed as ‘James Bond Island’ tourism.

[B] The Spy Who Loved Me | Lotus that turns submarine. Steel‑toothed Jaws debuts. Carly Simon sings while submarines vanish and a supertanker swallows nuclear subs whole.

[A] Moonraker | Space‑age detour after Star Wars mania. Drax’s orbital plan, Rio cable car fight, and Jaws unexpectedly catching feelings mid‑mission.

[D] For Your Eyes Only | Back to grounded espionage after Moonraker. Ski chases in Cortina, the keel‑haul stunt, and that rock‑climb to St Cyril’s monastery.

[C] Octopussy | Fabergé egg switcheroo, West‑German circus infiltration, and Bond in a clown suit defusing a nuke—tone swings, but set‑pieces are inventive.

[A] A View to a Kill | Moore’s Bond bows out. Golden Gate finale, microchip plot, and Duran Duran’s chart‑topping theme kept 007 wired into 1985 pop.

[D] The Living Daylights | Dalton’s harder‑edged debut. Cello‑case sled, Afghan mujahideen alliance, and a tone shift closer to Fleming’s colder spy.

[B] Licence to Kill | Bond goes rogue to nail Sanchez. Leiter maimed, tanker stunts go wild, and ‘Licence’ uses British spelling on posters and prints.

[B] GoldenEye | Brosnan refreshes the brand. Tank rampage through St. Petersburg, killer N64 game tie‑in, and Xenia’s lethal leg‑locks entering meme history.

[A] Tomorrow Never Dies | A media mogul manufactures war. Motorcycle roof chase in Saigon and a stealth boat finale—very 1997 about headline‑engineering power.

[D] The World Is Not Enough | Thames speedboat pre‑titles, Elektra’s twisty villainy, and an injured Bond pushing through a pipeline set‑piece. Title comes from Bond family motto.

[C] Die Another Day | 40th‑anniversary big swing. Hover‑surfing CGI, an invisible Aston, and a brutal sword duel in a London club. Excess turned cult curiosity.

[B] Casino Royale | Craig’s brutal reset. Parkour chase in Madagascar, black‑and‑white opener, and poker in Montenegro with Vesper reshaping 007’s heart and myth.

[A] Quantum of Solace | Direct sequel energy. Opera house surveillance at ‘Tosca’, eco‑villainy, and the most compact runtime of the Craig era.

[C] Skyfall | 50th‑anniversary triumph. Silva’s cyber‑terror theatrics, Scotland’s moors, and an Aston reunion. Adele’s theme ate radio for months.

[D] Spectre | Day‑of‑the‑Dead tracking shot, Rome night chase, and Blofeld’s return stitching Craig’s arc into one long conspiracy thread.

[D] No Time to Die | Final Craig chapter. Nanobot bioweapon, Matera stair‑fight marathon, and a goodbye that actually dares to change Bond canon.