The best Bond movies depend on your preferences and criteria, but you can use sources like Rotten Tomatoes, box office gross, fan polls, or streaming platforms to compare and select them. Here are some examples of how to rank the best movies in the James Bond franchise, a series of spy films featuring the fictional British agent 007, based on different metrics and sources:

• Rotten Tomatoes Score: The best James Bond movie by this measure is Goldfinger (1964), with 99%, followed by From Russia with Love (1963), with 97%, and Skyfall (2012), with 92%. The worst James Bond movie by this measure is A View to a Kill (1985), with 40%. ¹¹
• Box Office Gross: The best James Bond movie by this measure is Skyfall (2012), with $304.4 million domestically and $1.1 billion worldwide, followed by Thunderball (1965), with $141.2 million domestically and $848.1 million worldwide, and Goldfinger (1964), with $124.9 million domestically and $912.3 million worldwide. The worst James Bond movie by this measure is Licence to Kill (1989), with $34.7 million domestically and $156.2 million worldwide. ^{8 9}
• Fan Polls: The best James Bond movie by this measure is Casino Royale (2006), which has won several fan polls over the years, including those by IMDb, Empire Magazine, and Radio Times. The worst James Bond movie by this measure is Die Another Day (2002), which has often ranked at the bottom of fan polls, despite being the highest-grossing film of Pierce Brosnan's era. ^{5 6 7}
• Streaming Platforms: The best James Bond movie by this measure depends on your streaming preferences and subscriptions, but some of the platforms where you can find 007 films and the titles they offer are Paramount+, HBO Max, MGM Plus, and Amazon Prime Video. ^{1 2 3 4}