Every Pierce Brosnan Bond movie - RANKED

With every new generation comes a new actor playing James Bond, and for a particular generation, the best incarnation of the character was played by Pierce Brosnan.

Following Licence to Kill in 1989, Timothy Dalton was poised to reprise the role of 007 in the next instalment. However, due to delays behind the scenes with numerous writers, directors and producers coming and going, Michael G. Wilson insisted that Dalton return for a number of movies in the 1990s.

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Dalton disagreed with this assessment and officially resigned as Bond in 1994, opening the door for Brosnan.

Interestingly, Brosnan was in the running to replace Roger Moore but could not be cast due to his commitments on television series, Remington Steele.

The Irishman would go on to make four Bond movies, but doesn't look back on his time as 007 too fondly.

“I felt I was caught in a time warp between Roger (Moore) and Sean (Connery),” he told The Telegraph back in 2014.

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“It was a very hard one to grasp the meaning of, for me. The violence was never real, the brute force of the man was never palpable. It was quite tame, and the characterisation didn’t have a follow-through of reality, it was surface. But then that might have had to do with my own insecurities in playing him as well.” 

When asked if he has ever rewatched his own Bond movies, he replied:

“I have no desire to watch myself as James Bond. ‘Cause it’s just never good enough. It’s a horrible feeling.”

Within our MovieMeter community, there are naturally various James Bond movies that have received hugely positive responses. By subscribing to become a member of the MovieMeter community HERE, you can rate all of your favourite movies - and some of your least favourite ones.

According to our community, the best Bond movie featuring Brosnan is 1995's GoldenEye, which also inspired quite possibly the greatest video game of all time for the Nintendo 64.

Die Another Day is (obviously) Brosnan's worst, with Tomorrow Never Dies and The World is Not Enough sandwiched in between.

Best Pierce Brosnan Bond film

1. GoldenEye

3.45 (2540)

GoldenEye (1995)

The Cold War is over, but the Russian mafia is rampant and wants to take control of the world. Fortunately, there is secret agent 007 to put a stop to that. Bond and Natalya must take out the world-dangerous weapon Goldeneye.

Directed by: Martin Campbell
Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean and Famke Janssen

2. Tomorrow Never Dies

3.06 (2027)

Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

Someone is pitting the world's powers against each other and only James Bond can stop this. When a British naval ship is mysteriously sunk, the earth seems to be headed for World War III until James Bond tracks down the criminal genius Elliot Carver, a powerful media baron whose craft is to criminally manipulate earth-shattering events. created. After pleading with Carver's wife, the sexy Paris, for help, Bond comes into contact with a Chinese secret service agent. Wai Lin who has quite a few deadly abilities. He joins her in some explosive action and breathtaking chases in an attempt to keep Carver away from his latest news story: war between China and Britain.

Directed by: Roger Spottiswoode
Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Jonathan Pryce and Michelle Yeoh

3. The World Is Not Enough

3.05 (2057)

The World Is Not Enough (1999)

Sir Robert King is a rich man, as he owns oil fields in Azerbaijan, and is working on a new project: the construction of a new oil artery to the west. However, he is murdered during a visit to M at MI6 headquarters in London. James Bond tries to warn Sir King but he is too late. During this attempt he is shot at by a lady unknown to him. With the help of M, James finds out that this mysterious lady is employed by Renard, a ruthless terrorist. Sir King's daughter, Elektra, determined to complete the new pipeline, her father's life's work, turns out to have been kidnapped by Renard once. However, Sir King, partly on M's advice, never paid the ransom. M and James believe that Elektra's life is in danger and M sends James, armed with Q's latest gadgets, to Azerbaijan to protect Elektra and find out who killed her father.

Directed by: Michael Apted
Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Sophie Marceau and Robert Carlyle

4. Die Another Day

2.88 (2718)

Die Another Day (2002)

During a mission in North Korea, James Bond is betrayed. After escaping, he travels from Hong Kong to Cuba and back to London with a mission to expose the traitor and prevent a war. The chase eventually leads him to a palace located in Iceland. Bond discovers a new hi-tech weapon with unprecedented powers.

Directed by: Lee Tamahori
Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry and Toby Stephens