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Watching every single James Bond movie is a rite of passage. There's very little inter-film continuity that would necessitate binging all 25, but the challenge of reliving 007's entire canon without skipping a single chapter is part of the appeal. As Alan Partridge once said when asked to cut a "less important" movie from his own Bond marathon, "Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa! Which are the less important Bond films, Lynn? I’ve got to hear this."
Partridge made that comment in 2002. Since then, the Bondathon challenge has grown by an additional five films. The upcoming Bond 26, however, will mark the first release without direct involvement from the Broccoli family and Eon. As such, No Time to Die could be considered the end of one era, and Bond 26 the start of a whole new marathon.
How Long To Watch Every James Bond Movie Back-To-Back
Sean Connery as James Bond in Goldfinger
From Sean Connery's Dr. No to Daniel Craig's No Time to Die, it would take 53 hours and 25 minutes to watch every James Bond movie. In other terms, that's 2 days, 5 hours, 25 minutes, so certainly a marathon that needs to be planned with regular breaks factored in.
The longest James Bond movie by quite some distance is No Time to Die, clocking in 163 minutes - a long way in front of the next meatiest, Spectre at 148 minutes. Somewhat surprisingly, the shortest James Bond movie also hails from Daniel Craig's era, with Quantum of Solace lasting a scant 106 minutes. The notoriously turbulent production behind Craig's sophomore effort perhaps played a role in that brevity.
The Length Of James Bond Movies Reveals A Clear Trend
Daniel Craig looking serious as James Bond in No Time To Die
The length of modern movies is a common complaint, especially with bumper-length superhero efforts taking up so much real estate. Research actually suggests movie length hasn't changed all that much since the 1960s, especially when looking at the most popular releases of each year (Dr Randal S. Olson). That's not necessarily the case for 007, which shows a clear increase since 1962. The average runtimes of each Bond actor are as follows:
Bond Actor
Average Runtime
Sean Connery
116 minutes
George Lazenby
142 minutes (one movie)
Roger Moore
126 minutes
Timothy Dalton
132 minutes
Pierce Brosnan
127 minutes
Daniel Craig
140 minutes
Broadly, James Bond's missions have become longer with each era. Lazenby's lone movie, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, is something of an outlier, while Daniel Craig's 140 minutes is somewhat deceptive because Quantum of Solace drags the number down. Not counting that movie, Craig's average movie length would actually be a whopping 149 minutes.
The pattern is indicative of how James Bond's tone has evolved over the years. Tighter plots and faster pacing made for brisk, thrilling spy capers during the Connery years, but in Daniel Craig's era, each movie (Quantum of Solace aside) aims for an epic sense of scale and an intricate conspiracy that requires more minutes to unpack.
Sources: Randal S. Olson
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Dr. No
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No Time to Die
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Fleming: The Man Who Would be Bond
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