Goldfinger established the cheeky tone essential to the Bond franchise, making it a true blockbuster series. The controversial character name "Pussy Galore" in Goldfinger sparked a censorship stir. The Bond franchise's inclusion of objectionable content began with Goldfinger, paving the way for more explicit themes.

The James Bond movie that really solidified the idea of 007 and the franchise's tropes also happens to be the one with the highest Rotten Tomatoes score.

The Tomatometer is often the go-to benchmark for assessing film quality, and it has made its decisions: according to its metrics, only two horror and two sci-fi films have achieved perfection. In a twist,

Show-stopping stunts have long been as important to the James Bond movie formula as gadgets, villains, and the appropriate amount of workday martinis. While the early Connery movies didn’t emphasize such stunts quite as much as future installments did,