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James Bond 007: For Your Eyes Only (1981)
James Bond 007: For Your Eyes Only (1981)

As restrained as Roger Moore Bond films get.

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James Bond 007: Moonraker (1979)
James Bond 007: Moonraker (1979)

This maligned Roger Moore Bond film is equal parts silly and exciting.

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James Bond 007: The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
James Bond 007: The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)

Never capitalizes on Christopher Lee's great villain.

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James Bond 007: Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
James Bond 007: Diamonds Are Forever (1971)

James Bond's miscalculated introduction to the 1970s.

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James Bond 007: You Only Live Twice (1967)
James Bond 007: You Only Live Twice (1967)

The most average of the first five Bond films.

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James Bond 007: From Russia with Love (1963)
James Bond 007: From Russia with Love (1963)

Sharp and bare, structurally and psychologically.

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