Not All James Bonds Are Created Equal

Between 1953 & 1966, Ian Fleming wrote several books and short stories detailing the adventures of one MI6 agent, Royal Naval Reserve Commander James Bond. In 1962, James Bond was immortalized in the visage of one Sean Connery in the movie Dr. No.

I've read Casino Royale, Fleming's first 007 novel, and enjoyed it thoroughly. With the recent announcement of the 24th MGM James Bond film, SPECTRE, I was curious what the world thought the best Bond film was.. and the worst.

To keep things simple, I used the ratings at IMDB.com.

First off, though, how do we rank the actors that played 007? I averaged the IMDB ratings of the movies to come up with this:

James Bond actors, rated by average rating of movies per IMDB:

#5 Pierce Brosnan, average score 6.5
#4 Roger Moore, average score 6.7
#3 George Lazenby, one film, 6.8
#2 Sean Connery, average score 7.2
#1 Daniel Craig, average score 7.5

I still think Connery is the penultimate cinema Bond.

Now, ranking the movies, from lowest rated to highest, with my personal ranking on the right (consider same score tied):

Die Another Day Brosnan 6.1 21 Moonraker Moore 6.2 23 A View to a Kill Moore 6.3 19 Tomorrow Never Dies Brosnan 6.4 18 The World is Not Enough Brosnan 6.4 15 Octopussy Moore 6.6 16 Licence to Kill Dalton 6.6 22 The Living Daylights Dalton 6.7 13 Quantum of Solace Craig 6.7 20 Diamonds Are Forever Connery 6.7 17 Live and Let Die Moore 6.8 14 The Man with the Golden Gun Moore 6.8 12 For Your Eyes Only Moore 6.8 11 On Her Majesty's Secret Service Lazenby 6.8 10 You Only Live Twice Connery 6.9 9 Thunderball Connery 7.0 5 The Spy Who Loved Me Moore 7.1 8 Goldeneye Brosnan 7.2 7 Dr. No Connery 7.3 6 From Russia with Love Connery 7.5 2 Skyfall Craig 7.8 4 Goldfinger Connery 7.8 3 Casino Royale Craig 8.0 1