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The James Bond Movies: Story & Timeline

Ian Lancaster Fleming (1908–1964), a British intelligence officer turned author, created the iconic James Bond spy series that inspired the celebrated film franchise. His twelve novels and two short story collections introduced readers to the suave MI6 agent 007, blending espionage, adventure, and sophisticated style. The James Bond movies are based on Fleming’s literary works, though filmmakers often took creative liberties, altering plots, characters, and settings to adapt his stories for the screen and keep the franchise fresh over decades. While some films such as “Dr. No,” “From Russia with Love,” and “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” stay relatively faithful to Fleming’s narratives, others diverge significantly, introducing new storylines and villains. Despite these adaptations, Fleming’s books remain the blueprint for much of the cinematic Bond universe, providing the rich foundation from which the enduring spy saga grew

1. Dr. No (1962)
James Bond (Sean Connery) investigates mysterious deaths in Jamaica, uncovering Dr. No’s (Joseph Wiseman) plan to sabotage US rocket launches using a radioactive device. With the help of Honey Ryder (Ursula Andress), Bond navigates deadly traps to foil the plot.

2. From Russia with Love (1963)
Bond (Sean Connery) is tasked with retrieving a Soviet encryption device, facing off against SPECTRE agents Rosa Klebb (Lotte Lenya) and killer Red Grant, while forming an uneasy alliance with Tatiana Romanova (Daniela Bianchi). The mission spans from Istanbul to Venice in a world of espionage and deception.

3. Goldfinger (1964)
Bond (Sean Connery) takes on gold magnate Auric Goldfinger (Gert Frobe), who plans to contaminate Fort Knox’s gold to boost his own wealth. Fellow agent Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman) aids Bond as he uses gadgets and cunning to stop the scheme.

4. Thunderball (1965)
In the Bahamas, Bond (Sean Connery) pursues SPECTRE’s Emilio Largo (Adolfo Celi) after nuclear warheads are stolen. Domino (Claudine Auger) provides key assistance in this underwater espionage thriller.

5. You Only Live Twice (1967)
Bond (Sean Connery) travels to Japan to halt Blofeld’s (Donald Pleasence) plan of triggering global war by hijacking spacecraft launches. With ally Kissy Suzuki (Mie Hama), Bond infiltrates a deadly volcano lair.

6. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)
Bond (George Lazenby) by chance falls in love with Tracy Draco (Diana Rigg) while racing to stop Blofeld’s (Telly Savalas) biological warfare plot from a Swiss clinic, blending romance and espionage.

7. Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
Bond (Sean Connery) investigates diamond smuggling that leads to Blofeld’s (Charles Gray) sinister satellite weapon plot. Tiffany Case (Jill St. John) becomes a key ally in this globe-trotting adventure.

8. Live and Let Die (1973)
Bond (Roger Moore) faces Caribbean drug lord Kananga/Mr. Big (Yaphet Kotto), mixing voodoo and crime with the support of Solitaire (Jane Seymour).

9. The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
Bond (Roger Moore) hunts the assassin Francisco Scaramanga (Christopher Lee), who wields a deadly golden gun. Mary Goodnight (Britt Ekland) assists in thwarting his deadly plans.

10. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Bond (Roger Moore) partners with Soviet agent Anya Amasova (Barbara Bach) to prevent nuclear war orchestrated by Karl Stromberg (Curt Jürgens) from his undersea fortress.

11. Moonraker (1979)
Bond (Roger Moore) investigates a space shuttle magnate Hugo Drax (Michael Lonsdale), discovering a plan to exterminate humanity from orbit. Bond teams with Dr. Holly Goodhead (Lois Chiles).

12. For Your Eyes Only (1981)
Bond (Roger Moore) retrieves a lost communications system for a nuclear sub while combating villain Aristotle Kristatos (Julian Glover) and is aided by Melina Havelock (Carole Bouquet).

13. Octopussy (1983)
Bond (Roger Moore) allies with Octopussy (Maud Adams) to stop nuclear weapons smuggling, encountering Soviet General Orlov (Steven Berkoff) amid circus and espionage drama.

14. A View to a Kill (1985)
Bond (Roger Moore) faces industrialist Max Zorin (Christopher Walken) who plans to destroy Silicon Valley. Stacey Sutton (Tanya Roberts) plays a crucial part in stopping this catastrophic scheme.

15. The Living Daylights (1987)
Bond (Timothy Dalton) helps a defecting Soviet general, Georgi Koskov (Jeroen Krabbé), and fights arms dealer Brad Whitaker (Joe Don Baker) in this tense Cold War thriller.

16. Licence to Kill (1989)
Bond (Timothy Dalton) turns rogue to avenge his friend Felix Leiter (David Hedison) by taking on drug lord Franz Sanchez (Robert Davi) in a gritty and darker story.

17. GoldenEye (1995)
Bond (Pierce Brosnan) faces treachery from former MI6 agent Alec Trevelyan (Sean Bean), who unleashes the deadly GoldenEye satellite weapon. Natalya Simonova (Izabella Scorupco) assists him.

18. Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
Bond (Pierce Brosnan) battles media mogul Elliot Carver (Jonathan Pryce), who manipulates the news to start a global war. Wai Lin (Michelle Yeoh) joins Bond in this action-packed story.

19. The World Is Not Enough (1999)
Bond (Pierce Brosnan) protects oil heiress Elektra King (Sophie Marceau) against terrorist Renard (Robert Carlyle) amid schemes involving energy pipelines and betrayal.

20. Die Another Day (2002)
Bond (Pierce Brosnan) infiltrates North Korea to stop diamond magnate Gustav Graves (Toby Stephens), with the help of NSA agent Jinx (Halle Berry) in this gadget-filled finale.

21. Casino Royale (2006)
Bond (Daniel Craig) earns his 00 status after defeating financier Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen) in a high-stakes poker game. Vesper Lynd (Eva Green) is his crucial emotional counterpart in this gritty reboot.

22. Quantum of Solace (2008)
Bond (Daniel Craig) seeks revenge for Vesper’s death, uncovering Dominic Greene’s (Mathieu Amalric) scheme to control global water supplies, with support from Camille Montes (Olga Kurylenko).

23. Skyfall (2012)
Bond (Daniel Craig) protects M (Judi Dench) from the vengeful cyberterrorist Silva (Javier Bardem), confronting his own past in a deep and personal story.

24. Spectre (2015)
Bond (Daniel Craig) uncovers the sinister Spectre organization, led by Franz Oberhauser/Blofeld (Christoph Waltz), as he reunites with love Madeleine Swann (Léa Seydoux).

25. No Time to Die (2021)
Bond (Daniel Craig) comes out of retirement to stop Safin (Rami Malek), who wields a deadly bioweapon. Bond faces ultimate sacrifices with help from returning allies.

All 25 Films Of The James Bond Movie Franchise Coming To Prime!

The Complete James Bond Franchise Arrives on Prime Video October 1, 2025

Starting October 1, 2025, Prime Video will stream all 25 official James Bond films from EON Productions, offering fans an unmatched chance to experience the full cinematic legacy of 007 in one place. From Sean Connery’s suave, groundbreaking debut to Daniel Craig’s intense and complex portrayal, the collection spans over six decades of espionage, thrilling action, iconic villains, and globe-trotting adventure. Featuring celebrated performances from Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, and others, this blockbuster library marks a must-see event for longtime fans and new viewers alike. The complete Bond saga blends sophistication, humor, high-tech gadgets, and pulse-pounding excitement, now easily accessible on Prime Video.

Ian Lancaster Fleming (1908–1964), a British intelligence officer turned author, created the iconic James Bond spy series that inspired the celebrated film franchise. His twelve novels and two short story collections introduced readers to the suave MI6 agent 007, blending espionage, adventure, and sophisticated style. The James Bond movies are based on Fleming’s literary works, though filmmakers often took creative liberties, altering plots, characters, and settings to adapt his stories for the screen and keep the franchise fresh over decades. While some films such as “Dr. No,” “From Russia with Love,” and “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” stay relatively faithful to Fleming’s narratives, others diverge significantly, introducing new storylines and villains. Despite these adaptations, Fleming’s books remain the blueprint for much of the cinematic Bond universe, providing the rich foundation from which the enduring spy saga grew

1. Dr. No (1962)
James Bond (Sean Connery) investigates mysterious deaths in Jamaica, uncovering Dr. No’s (Joseph Wiseman) plan to sabotage US rocket launches using a radioactive device. With the help of Honey Ryder (Ursula Andress), Bond navigates deadly traps to foil the plot.

2. From Russia with Love (1963)
Bond (Sean Connery) is tasked with retrieving a Soviet encryption device, facing off against SPECTRE agents Rosa Klebb (Lotte Lenya) and killer Red Grant, while forming an uneasy alliance with Tatiana Romanova (Daniela Bianchi). The mission spans from Istanbul to Venice in a world of espionage and deception.

3. Goldfinger (1964)
Bond (Sean Connery) takes on gold magnate Auric Goldfinger (Gert Frobe), who plans to contaminate Fort Knox’s gold to boost his own wealth. Fellow agent Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman) aids Bond as he uses gadgets and cunning to stop the scheme.

4. Thunderball (1965)
In the Bahamas, Bond (Sean Connery) pursues SPECTRE’s Emilio Largo (Adolfo Celi) after nuclear warheads are stolen. Domino (Claudine Auger) provides key assistance in this underwater espionage thriller.

5. You Only Live Twice (1967)
Bond (Sean Connery) travels to Japan to halt Blofeld’s (Donald Pleasence) plan of triggering global war by hijacking spacecraft launches. With ally Kissy Suzuki (Mie Hama), Bond infiltrates a deadly volcano lair.

6. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)
Bond (George Lazenby) by chance falls in love with Tracy Draco (Diana Rigg) while racing to stop Blofeld’s (Telly Savalas) biological warfare plot from a Swiss clinic, blending romance and espionage.

7. Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
Bond (Sean Connery) investigates diamond smuggling that leads to Blofeld’s (Charles Gray) sinister satellite weapon plot. Tiffany Case (Jill St. John) becomes a key ally in this globe-trotting adventure.

8. Live and Let Die (1973)
Bond (Roger Moore) faces Caribbean drug lord Kananga/Mr. Big (Yaphet Kotto), mixing voodoo and crime with the support of Solitaire (Jane Seymour).

9. The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
Bond (Roger Moore) hunts the assassin Francisco Scaramanga (Christopher Lee), who wields a deadly golden gun. Mary Goodnight (Britt Ekland) assists in thwarting his deadly plans.

10. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Bond (Roger Moore) partners with Soviet agent Anya Amasova (Barbara Bach) to prevent nuclear war orchestrated by Karl Stromberg (Curt Jürgens) from his undersea fortress.

11. Moonraker (1979)
Bond (Roger Moore) investigates a space shuttle magnate Hugo Drax (Michael Lonsdale), discovering a plan to exterminate humanity from orbit. Bond teams with Dr. Holly Goodhead (Lois Chiles).

12. For Your Eyes Only (1981)
Bond (Roger Moore) retrieves a lost communications system for a nuclear sub while combating villain Aristotle Kristatos (Julian Glover) and is aided by Melina Havelock (Carole Bouquet).

13. Octopussy (1983)
Bond (Roger Moore) allies with Octopussy (Maud Adams) to stop nuclear weapons smuggling, encountering Soviet General Orlov (Steven Berkoff) amid circus and espionage drama.

14. A View to a Kill (1985)
Bond (Roger Moore) faces industrialist Max Zorin (Christopher Walken) who plans to destroy Silicon Valley. Stacey Sutton (Tanya Roberts) plays a crucial part in stopping this catastrophic scheme.

15. The Living Daylights (1987)
Bond (Timothy Dalton) helps a defecting Soviet general, Georgi Koskov (Jeroen Krabbé), and fights arms dealer Brad Whitaker (Joe Don Baker) in this tense Cold War thriller.

16. Licence to Kill (1989)
Bond (Timothy Dalton) turns rogue to avenge his friend Felix Leiter (David Hedison) by taking on drug lord Franz Sanchez (Robert Davi) in a gritty and darker story.

17. GoldenEye (1995)
Bond (Pierce Brosnan) faces treachery from former MI6 agent Alec Trevelyan (Sean Bean), who unleashes the deadly GoldenEye satellite weapon. Natalya Simonova (Izabella Scorupco) assists him.

18. Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
Bond (Pierce Brosnan) battles media mogul Elliot Carver (Jonathan Pryce), who manipulates the news to start a global war. Wai Lin (Michelle Yeoh) joins Bond in this action-packed story.

19. The World Is Not Enough (1999)
Bond (Pierce Brosnan) protects oil heiress Elektra King (Sophie Marceau) against terrorist Renard (Robert Carlyle) amid schemes involving energy pipelines and betrayal.

20. Die Another Day (2002)
Bond (Pierce Brosnan) infiltrates North Korea to stop diamond magnate Gustav Graves (Toby Stephens), with the help of NSA agent Jinx (Halle Berry) in this gadget-filled finale.

21. Casino Royale (2006)
Bond (Daniel Craig) earns his 00 status after defeating financier Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen) in a high-stakes poker game. Vesper Lynd (Eva Green) is his crucial emotional counterpart in this gritty reboot.

22. Quantum of Solace (2008)
Bond (Daniel Craig) seeks revenge for Vesper’s death, uncovering Dominic Greene’s (Mathieu Amalric) scheme to control global water supplies, with support from Camille Montes (Olga Kurylenko).

23. Skyfall (2012)
Bond (Daniel Craig) protects M (Judi Dench) from the vengeful cyberterrorist Silva (Javier Bardem), confronting his own past in a deep and personal story.

24. Spectre (2015)
Bond (Daniel Craig) uncovers the sinister Spectre organization, led by Franz Oberhauser/Blofeld (Christoph Waltz), as he reunites with love Madeleine Swann (Léa Seydoux).

25. No Time to Die (2021)
Bond (Daniel Craig) comes out of retirement to stop Safin (Rami Malek), who wields a deadly bioweapon. Bond faces ultimate sacrifices with help from returning allies.

 

STREAMING ON AMAZON PRIME VIDEO STARTING OCTOBER 1, 2025!

Operation Mincemeat

2021   Netflix

Rated:  PG-13

Length:  2 hr  8min

Drama ~ Thriller ~ War

Directed by:  John Madden

Starring:  Colin Firth, Kelly Macdonald, Matthew Macfadyen, Penelope Wilton, Johnny Flynn and Jason Isaacs.

“We’re going to play a humiliating trick on Hitler.”

The Book:

Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory by Ben Macintyre – April 5, 2011.

                      NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER                            NOW A NETFLIX FILM STARRING COLIN FIRTH    

The “brilliant and almost absurdly entertaining” (Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker) true story of the most successful—and certainly the strangest—deception carried out in World War II, from the acclaimed author of The Spy and the Traitor.

Near the end of World War II, two British naval officers came up with a brilliant and slightly mad scheme to mislead the Nazi armies about where the Allies would attack southern Europe. To carry out the plan, they would have to rely on the most unlikely of secret agents: a dead man. Ben Macintyre’s dazzling, critically acclaimed bestseller chronicles the extraordinary story of what happened after British officials planted this dead body—outfitted in a British military uniform with a briefcase containing false intelligence documents—in Nazi territory, and how this secret mission fooled Hitler into changing military positioning, paving the way for the Allies’ drive to victory.

The Movie (Warner Brothers UK Website):

Operation Mincemeat

It’s 1943. The Allies are determined to break Hitler’s grip on occupied Europe, and plan to launch an all-out assault on Sicily; but they face an impossible challenge – how to protect the invasion force from potential annihilation.  It falls to two remarkable intelligence officers, Ewen Montagu (Colin Firth) and Charles Cholmondeley (Matthew Macfadyen) to dream the most inspired and improbable disinformation strategy of the war – centered on the most unlikely of secret agents: a dead man. Operation Mincemeat is the extraordinary and true story of an idea that hoped to turn the tide for the Allies – taking impossibly high risks, defying logic,  and testing the nerves of its creators to breaking point.

The Review:

I have seen this movie a few times and just watched it again. It is a remarkable story, hard to believe that MI5 and British Intelligence concocted this plan and set it into motion. And better yet, that the plan worked, fooled Hitler and changed the course of the war. It is very similar to The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare, the story and the movie. The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare was based on MI5’s Operation Postmaster which occurred in January 1942. Operation Mincemeat occurred in April 1943. Both British Intelligence Operations that were highly successful in spite of all the odds. I find it completely fascinating how deceptions in special operations were carried out in WWII that ultimately helped defeat Hitler and The Nazi regime.

I wondered how many Operations there were like Postmaster and Mincemeat. Wikipedia has the answer….a lot. Here is the link if you’re interested: OPERATIONS. So just to wrap up Operation Mincemeat: They took a dead body from the city morgue with no apparent family ties and fabricated a background story on him. His service in the military, his social life, family, a girlfriend (they used a photo from one of the secretaries involved in the operation to stick in his pocket). They dressed him up in a Major’s uniform, loaded his briefcase with false attack plans and used a submarine to sneak in off the coast of Spain. They then dropped his body in the water close to shore so someone would find him on the shore and take him to the Nazis.

Ian Fleming, played by Johnny Flynn in this movie, is another interesting look at the role he played in British Intelligence’s role in WWII. Ian Fleming also appears in The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare and was involved in that Operation behind the scenes. In both movies you can see him constantly at his typewriter writing on his fiction work. He would later write the James Bond series of Books that later became a very popular worldwide Movie Franchise. He created 007 and you can see in the movies where he got the influences for his characters. They were inspired by the real men and women doing the dirty work of the covert operations in WWII. Fascinating stuff.

I think it’s a great story and a great movie, well done by the Netflix folks. Colin Firth, Matthew Macfayden and Jason Issacs all did great jobs in this. Simon Russell Beale was a very believable Churchill and I really liked Kelly Macdonald as Jean Leslie. I remember her from Boardwalk Empire, I’m a fan of that series. This is a good war movie without much of the violence and bloodshed, more of a secret agent spy covert operation movie.

Yes, this is a good one, you should watch it.

Two Thumbs Up!