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Top 5 James Bond Movies with the Most Epic Fights, Ranked

Top 5 James Bond Movies with the Most Epic Fights, Ranked
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These are also some of the most realistic combat sequences.

James Bond movies are loved for their level of action. Gunfights, explosions, and unusual weapons, these films have it all. But some of the twenty-six Bond movies have better fight sequences. Here are five of them.

5. From Russia with Love (1963, 7.3 on IMDb)

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Starring Sean Connery as James Bond, the movie follows the character as he attempts to obtain a Soviet cryptographic device in Istanbul, only to be trapped by SPECTRE, who want to avenge the death of one of their agents killed by 007. In the movie, Bond has to fight Red Grant one-on-one on the train while the villain holds the agent at gunpoint. The fight scene may not be as epic as the others, but it is very realistic.

4. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969, 6.7 on IMDb)

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Starring George Lazenby as Mr. Bond (the actor's first and only appearance as 007), the film follows the popular spy on a new adventure as his old enemy, Ernst Stavro Blofeld, works on a virus that could wipe out all of humanity. When the villain kidnaps Bond's new romantic interest, Contessa Teresa di Vicenzo, the fan-favorite agent sets out to rescue her from a guarded secret laboratory in the Alps. And the assault on the facility is one of the best fight scenes in any Bond film.

3. No Time to Die (2021, 7.3 on IMDb)

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The latest James Bond film had many epic battles, but honorable mention goes to perhaps the most emotional and consequential sequence in the series. After finally locating the headquarters of the criminal syndicate producing a nano-weapon capable of targeting and killing specific groups of people, 007 stormed the building with a group of loyal agents and eliminated the villains while being injected with the technological weapon that could kill his family if he ever approached them again. To make a long story short, Bond sacrificed himself, dying in an epic explosion of the facility.

2. Casino Royale (2006, 8.0 on IMDb)

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In Casino Royale, the first Bond film starring Daniel Craig, 007 pursues an international terrorist, Le Chiffre, to get to his clients. In Montenegro, the two characters face off in a poker duel that Bond wins. After some turmoil, a happy ending seems to be in the offing as Bond travels to Venice with his new girlfriend and partner, Vesper Lynd, only to have her kidnapped. To rescue his new love, 007 epically sinks a historic Venetian villa while shooting down several gunmen, but the attempt to save Vesper goes awry and she drowns in the canal along with the building.

1. GoldenEye (1995, 7.2 on IMDb)

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Portrayed by Pierce Brosnan, James Bond travels to Russia to fight a group of terrorists who have gained control of the titular state-of-the-art weapon, capable of destroying every computer in the world. As it turns out, 007's brother-in-arms, Alec Trevelyan, has betrayed MI6 and is working with the villains, leaving Bond to fight them all. An epic battle ensues on top of a giant antenna-like building, with characters chasing and shooting at each other, culminating in a massive explosion.