Ian Fleming's James Bond

Ian Fleming's James Bond is a series of spy films based upon the novels of Ian Fleming, based on British superspy secret agent James Bond. There are 12 main films in total and 2 spin-offs.

Overview
James Bond is an agent of the British Secret Service, MI6, known by his codename 007. Bond often finds himself wrapped up in deadly plots for world domination or destruction.

Ian Fleming's James Bond at Casino Royale - James Bond is sent to the ficticious Casino Royale to bankrupt the villainous Le Chiffre; Le Chiffre is in fact a financer of SMERSH, a Soviet organization. Bond takes on Le Chiffre in a high-stakes game of baccarat with the help of Vesper Lynd,an agent of Her Majesty's Treasury. Le Chiffre kidnaps Bond, planning to torture him to retrieve the winnings, but suddenly a SMERSH hitman bursts into the room and shoots him dead. Later, Bond and Vesper holiday together, but she panics after she notices a strange man shadowing them, and then commits suicide. Bond finds her note, which explains how she was a secret double-agent of SMERSH; her previous boyfriend was an RAF operative who was kidnapped and she was forced to work for them. However, when she recognized a SMERSH agent following them, she realised that in spite of Le Chiffre's death, she could never be free to love Bond. Bond, however, renounces her as a traitor, informing MI6 that "The job is done and the bitch is dead."

Ian Fleming's James Bond in Live and Let Die - Bond is sent to the US to investigate 'Mr. Big,' a SMERSH agent and voodoo master who is smuggling ancient gold coins, planning to use them to finance SMERSH. Big ultimately captures Bond and his own girlfriend, Solitaire, who has run off with Bond. Big prepares to kill them by dragging them behind his boat, but they are saved when he strikes a mine and is blown up. Big falls into the water and tries to escape, but is attacked and eaten by ocean predators.

Ian Fleming's James Bond and Moonraker - M, Bond's superior, invites Bond to his usual night club, Blades, to stop an industrialist named Hugo Drax from cheating at bridge. However, he accidentally stumbles upon Drax (who is a former Nazi) and his plan to jeoparadize Britain's first nuclear missile project, by firing the rocket known as the Moonraker, at London. Bond teams up with Special Branch agent Gala Brand to battle Drax. Drax ultimately escapes in his submarine but Bond alters the rocket's coordinates, which then crashes into Drax's submarine and kills him.

Ian Fleming's James Bond in Diamonds are Forever - Bond investigates a diamond smuggling operation involving the Spangled Mob; an infamous group of American gangsters led by brothers Seraffimo Spang and Jack Spang. After killing Seraffimo in a train crash, Bond embarks to Sierra Leone, where he hunts down and eventually kills Jack Spang.

Ian Fleming's James Bond From Russia, with Love - SMERSH decides to finally eliminate James Bond by killing him on board the Orient Express and embarassing MI6 in the process. However, when Bond is confronted by their assassin Red Grant on board the train, he outsmarts him and kills him. Later, he is confronted by Rosa Klebb, a high-ranking SMERSH member and nearly killed before Klebb is arrested.

Ian Fleming's James Bond vs Dr. No - An MI6 agent in Jamaica goes missing so Bond is sent to investigate. He finds that the agent had been investigating the owner of a guano mine; reclusive scientist Dr. Julius No. Bond visits No's base, Crab Key, where he encounters Honey Ryder. They are then captured by No's men, and learn that No has been sabotaging US missile launches. Bond escapes and overloads a guano machine, burying Dr. No.

Ian Fleming's James Bond vs Goldfinger - Bond is sent to America to investigate a gold smuggler named Auric Goldfinger, who formly worked for SMERSH before it's collapse. He then learns that the villain plans to raid Fort Knox. Bond alerts authorities, foiling the plot, and later strangles Goldfinger himself to death.

Ian Fleming's James Bond in Thunderball - SPECTRE, a terrorist organiation independent of SMERSH, steals two nuclear warheads and use them to blackmail the UN. Bond is sent to the Bahamas to investigate SPECTRE agent Emilio Largo and seduces his mistress, Domino Vitali. Bond locates the bombs and fights off Largo's men. As Largo is about to kill Bond, he is shot from behind by Domino.

Ian Fleming's James Bond, The Spy Who Loved Me - Vivienne Mitchell is a young woman alone at a motel when two thugs arrive with orders to kill her and burn the motel down so that the owner, Mr. Sangunetti, can claim insurance money. However, James Bond just happens to be passing following his defeat of SPECTRE and protects her, killing the two men. Sangunetti is later arrested.

Ian Fleming's James Bond On Her Majesty's Secret Service - Bond gets a new lead on the case of locating Blofeld, SPECTRE's leader. He arrives at his clinic in the Swiss Alps and uncovers his plot to blackmail the UK with a deadly virus. Bond attacks his base and destroys it. Meanwhile, Bond falls in love with the daughter of mob boss Marc Ange Draco. He marries her, but she is gunned down by Blofeld in revenge on their wedding day.

Ian Fleming's James Bond in You Only Live Twice - A depressed Bond goes to Japan, to kill a man who is making money off of suicides. The villain is revealed to be none other than Blofeld, and Bond finally avenges his wife by strangling him to death. Afterwards, Blofeld's castle explodes, giving Bond amnesia. The film ends with Bond going to Russia to find out more about his identity.

Ian Fleming's James Bond vs The Man with the Golden Gun - Bond returns to London, having been brainwashed, with a mission to kill M. After he fails, he is brought back to his senses and sent to eliminate Francisco Scaramanga, a deadly assassin, known for his golden gun. After a long hunt, Bond and Scaramanga engage in a shootout in a swamp, which ends with Bond shooting Scaramanga to death but not before he himself is fatally shot.