10 Best James Bond Movies Of All Time

7. Goldfinger

Goldfinger is iconic, yes, but the best Bond film ever, as so many would have you think? Not quite. It's the point where the series wilfully forges ahead into a realm of silliness, leaving any subtlety behind for a taste of excess.

But oh, what excess. This is the movie where the obligatory expendable Bond girl suffers death by paint, where the villain is so obsessed with gold he intends to nuke Fort Knox in order to increase the value of his own supply, where the henchman crushes golf balls and wears a hat that doubles as a throwing weapon, and where the female love interest is literally named Pussy Galore.

The budget appears noticeably limited in places (the Fort Knox-set finale that should appear much grander than it does), but elsewhere the film is well-orchestrated and almost gleefully tongue-in-cheek, and it's so packed with iconic moments that the entire film feels like a touchstone for every Bond movie made since. Sean Connery, too, is in fine fettle, electrocuting goons and ejecting supervillains from aeroplanes as though he hasn't got a care in the world.