Once in your lifetime, you must have read a James Bond novel or read about him somewhere. But today I’ll be telling you movies based on him in the sequence. Yes, it is right you have to watch the movies in sequence. Most of the 007 films offer episodic that require little knowledge of the previous movies to enjoy.

Ian Fleming published his first James Bond novel in 1953. The movie adaptation started rolling out nine years later when DR No came out in 1962

Dr. No (1962)

The first Bond film is not an origin story, but rather arrives with Bond already fully formed. Dr. No introduces many James Bond mainstays like M, the head of the British Secret Service, M’s secretary Miss Moneypenny, and CIA Agent Felix Leiter, a recurring Bond ally.

Goldfinger (1964) 

Next in the row is Goldfinger. It is the first Bond’s film to have a theme song played over the opening credits. James Bond is assigned to investigate one of the wealthiest men in the world, Auric Goldfinger, who is suspected of smuggling England’s gold reserves.

Thunderball (1965)

The dashing James Bond, is sent to recover the warheads from the heart of Largo’s lair in the Bahamas, facing underwater attacks from sharks. The film was a critical and commercial success.

Live and Let Die (1973)

Live and Let Die is the eighth film in the James Bond film series, and the first to star Roger Moore as Bond. The storyline involves a Harlem drug lord known as Mr. Big who plans to distribute two tons of heroin for free. It is set in African-American cultural centres . It was also the first James Bond film featuring an African-American Bond girl romantically involved with 007.

The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)

Bond tries to track down a secret device that can weaponize solar power while avoiding a megalomaniacal assassin named Scaramanga who has a golden bullet with Bond’s name on it.

For Your Eyes Only (1981)

For Your Eyes Only stands above the rest with a frantic chase on a biathlon course and some ice-hockey action to boot! Meanwhile, an unnamed villain clearly intended to be Blofeld is unceremoniously killed by Bond in a humiliating fashion during the pre-title sequence.

Octopussy (1983)

Octopussy kicks off with the death of 009 before turning into a story about stolen treasure involving a beautiful jewel smuggler and a villainous prince.

A View to a Kill (1985)

A microchip James Bond recovers from the body of 003 in Siberia is a copy of one that is impervious to the magnetic pulse of a nuclear blast.

License to Kill (1989)

After his long-time friend and ally Felix Leiter is mutilated and left for dead by an evil drug lord named Sanchez, Bond goes rogue to take down Sanchez’s entire operation from within.

GoldenEye( 1995) 

GoldenEye smartly tackled treatment of women issues. Incidentally, this is also the first Bond film not based on a Fleming novel.

Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

Michelle Yeoh also appears as a Chinese spy who teams up with Bond to prevent their nations from going to war.

The World is Not Enough (1999)

Bond is assigned to protect the daughter of an ex-KGB agent who literally cannot feel pain

Die Another Die (2002)

Die Another Day features a car that turns invisible, gene-therapy technology that completely changes a person’s face.

Casino Royale (2006)

Casino Royale was helmed by GoldenEye director Martin Campbell. An origin story that opens with Bond earning his license to kill and ends with Bond.

Quantum of Solace (2008)

Quantum of Solace is a direct sequel to Casino Royale, which is a rarity in the Bond franchise. Bond avenges the death of his lover Vesper Lynd at the end of the previous film and investigates a SPECTRE organization named Quantum.

Skyfall (2012)

Skyfall borrows a few elements from GoldenEye and The Dark Knight to create what is, the most successful James Bond movie of all time.

Spectre (2015)

With the decades-spanning legal battles now behind them, SPECTRE was secretly behind all the evil deeds of the previous three films. Bond also faces troubling revelations about his relationship to Blofeld, which makes their rivalry all the more personal.

No Time to Die (2021)

The Spectre connections don’t end there, Léa Seydoux reprises her role as Madeleine Swann, Bond’s love interest from Spectre, who proves to be an enduring presence in his life.

See here you got all covered. Have a binge worthy time with the best of the mystery and detective stories.