James Bond - Watch Order: Sean Connery Era

1962 - 19716 Films11h 42m3.9 Average

Sean Connery's legendary portrayal that established the cinematic Bond template, combining suave sophistication with deadly efficiency. These films feature the classic Ken Adam production design, John Barry's iconic scores, and the wonderful balance of action, humor, and style that defined 1960s Bond.

While largely episodic, these films established key characters like Q and Moneypenny, and showcase Bond at his most effortlessly cool. Diamonds Are Forever serves as Connery's official farewell to the role, although he eventually returned one last time in the unofficial Never Say Never Again (listed in the Release Order).

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Dr. No

19621h 50m4
Director: Terence Young
Cast: Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Joseph Wiseman, Jack Lord, Anthony Dawson

Agent 007 battles mysterious Dr. No, a scientific genius bent on destroying the U.S. space program. As the countdown to disaster begins, Bond must go to Jamaica, where he encounters beautiful Honey Ryder, to confront a megalomaniacal villain in his massive island headquarters.

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From Russia with Love

19631h 55m4.1
Director: Terence Young
Cast: Sean Connery, Daniela Bianchi, Pedro Armendáriz, Robert Shaw, Lotte Lenya

Agent 007 is back in the second installment of the James Bond series, this time battling a secret crime organization known as SPECTRE. Russians Rosa Klebb and Kronsteen are out to snatch a decoding device known as the Lektor, using the ravishing Tatiana to lure Bond into helping them. Bond willingly travels to meet Tatiana in Istanbul, where he must rely on his wits to escape with his life in a series of deadly encounters with the enemy.

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Goldfinger

19641h 50m4.3
Director: Guy Hamilton
Cast: Sean Connery, Gert Fröbe, Honor Blackman, Harold Sakata, Shirley Eaton

Special agent 007 comes face to face with one of the most notorious villains of all time, and now he must outwit and outgun the powerful tycoon to prevent him from cashing in on a devious scheme to raid Fort Knox -- and obliterate the world's economy.

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Thunderball

19652h 10m3.8
Director: Terence Young
Cast: Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Adolfo Celi, Luciana Paluzzi, Rik Van Nutter

A criminal organization has obtained two nuclear bombs and are asking for a 100 million pound ransom in the form of diamonds in seven days or they will use the weapons. The secret service sends James Bond to the Bahamas to once again save the world.

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You Only Live Twice

19671h 57m3.7
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: Sean Connery, Akiko Wakabayashi, Mie Hama, Tetsuro Tamba, Teru Shimada

A mysterious spacecraft captures Russian and American space capsules and brings the two superpowers to the brink of war. James Bond investigates the case in Japan and comes face to face with his archenemy Blofeld.

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Diamonds Are Forever

19712h3.5
Director: Guy Hamilton
Cast: Sean Connery, Jill St. John, Charles Gray, Lana Wood, Jimmy Dean

Diamonds are stolen only to be sold again in the international market. James Bond infiltrates a smuggling mission to find out who's guilty. The mission takes him to Las Vegas where Bond meets his archenemy Blofeld.

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