10 Most Unexpectedly Depressing Movies

Generally speaking, nobody expects major risk-taking from a James Bond movie, and certainly not the first entry starring a new Bond actor. They just need to deliver the basic, solid goods while winning the fanbase over, right?

But On Her Majesty's Secret Service did the furthest thing from rest on its laurels, no matter what your own take on George Lazenby's divisive performance as 007 might be.

This is a film that begins with Bond saving his eventual love interest, Countess Tracy di Vicenzo (Diana Rigg), from committing suicide, leading us to believe that the pair will surely ride off into the (temporary) sunset together.

And indeed, the film ends with James and Tracy marrying in Portugal, but as they pull over their car for a moment, Blofeld (Telly Savalas) and Irma Bunt (Ilse Steppat) carry out a drive-by-shooting, hitting Tracy in the head and killing her instantly.

In what's surely the single most mournful moment in the entire Bond franchise - yes, even beyond Bond's own demise in No Time to Die - we're forced to watch as he cradles Tracy's corpse and denies her death, telling himself, "We have all the time in the world."

And like that, an escapist spy thrill-ride transitioned into a shockingly contemplative meditation on mortality in its final moments. Incredible.