Great start to the series

The first Bond film is a classic thriller which set up all the revolutionary parameters that have long since become clichéd; the sexy girl, the suave secret agent, the megalomaniacal, physically-deformed villain, the high-tech secret base, all that stuff.

What makes this among the best of the series, though, is its low-key atmosphere; without the bigger budgets of the following installments, it creates an intimate, more immediate sense of danger, and eschews big, bombastic set-pieces for a gripping adventure laced with intrigue.