 | Dr. No
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $2.74 The first official Bond film and the first with Sean Connery, the film doesn't have a lot of action or plot, but it has probably the hottest Bond girl (Ursula Andress as Honey Ryder), the coolest Bond, a slithery villain (the title character), and of course the introduction of various Bond staples ("Bond. James Bond.").
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 | From Russia With Love
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $5.96 The second Connery film is regarded as the best next to its follow-up, GOLDFINGER. It has a brutal train fight between Bond and the brutish Red Grant (Robert Shaw), beautiful locations, fast cars, and the girls aint half bad either (they're no Grace Jones, but we'll survive, ah ho ho).
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 | Goldfinger
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $5.32 This is the best Bond film in my opinion, as it has it all: Connery as Bond, Gert Frobe as the maniacal title character, Harold Sakata as equally menacing Oddjob, and of course, Honor Blackman as, snicker, Pussy, um... Pussy... Galore. <Uproarious laughter>
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 | Diamonds Are Forever
Buy used from: $18.99 Connery's last official foray as Bond, the film is rather ridiculous (gay hitmen, faked deaths, names like Plenty O'Toole, but hey, that's standard), but it still has the best Bond, one of the best villains (Blofeld, this time played just fine by Charles Gray), and again, GAY HITMEN. Nice.
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 | Live and Let Die - 2-Disc Ultimate Edition
Buy used from: $12.50 A controversial choice, I admit, but this is just one of my favorites in terms of entertainment value. Roger Moore does well in his first time as Bond, staying smooth despite his outlandish surroundings. Is it often silly? Beyond often. But it has a great theme song (you know, the Paul McCartney one) and is just fun.
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 | For Your Eyes Only
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $3.59 A darker Bond is seen here, as is a coherent plot and a foray into simpler action. Yeah, it starts out pretty stupid (some bald dude in a wheelchair with a cat is dropped into a smoke stack or something... who was THAT, I wonder), but it stays consistently gripping after. Plus, it's my mom's favorite.
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 | The Spy Who Loved Me
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $4.39 All right, I'm going to be starting to go out of order now. This was pre-EYES, and also pre-DISASTER, er, MOONRAKER, and it introduces the awesome villain Jaws (Richard Kiel, aka Adam Sandler's monstrous ex-boss in HAPPY GILMORE) and has some great action ranging from skiing to underwater cars.
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 | GoldenEye
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $4.88 I skipped the Dalton period (neither of his forays were particularly bad or good... well, one had Wayne Newton, so make your own assumptions) and went to Mr. Brosnan's, and his first is definitely in the top 5. Hot action, hot women, HOT! I'm sweating.
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 | Tomorrow Never Dies
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $4.58 Brosnan's second film has a ridiculous plot, but at least it isn't close to his next two (a lot of ice and hot women playing nuclear scientists kind of stuff going on), and Teri Hatcher and Jonathan Pryce are delicious as the hot Paris and crazy Elliot Carver. That's right, DELICIOUS. And it has one of the better openings as well.
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 | Casino Royale (2-Disc Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $5.49 / Used from: $2.72 Just like Batman, Bond needed to get back to his dark roots, and Daniel Craig was the right man for the job. Not your pretty-boy Bond, this guy didn't give a damn if his martini was shaken and not stirred, he just wanted a damn martini, and make it QUICK. If you can make a movie about a card game a 2 and a half hour thrill ride, you did something right.
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