The Style: Powder blue playsuit. Big look

The Car: Sunbeam Alpine

The Gadget: Bond’s signature weapon: the Walther PPK

The One-Liner: “Bond, James Bond.” The original and still best delivery

5. Casino Royale (2006)

Bond was in dire need of a reboot, so Daniel Craig’s debut, based on Fleming’s first novel, was grittier and more realistic, shaking (but never stirring) the Bond formula. It begins with a blistering action sequence – a punch-up atop a 100ft crane – and it’s gripping to the end, with Bond entering a high-stakes poker game to bankrupt Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen), moneyman to the terrorists, and falling in love with Vesper Lynd (Eva Green).

The Style: A three-piece Brioni blue pinstripe suit

The Car: Aston Martin DBS

The Gadget: A defibrillator in the glove compartment. Just in case you get poisoned

The One-Liner: When asked if he wants his vodka Martini shaken or stirred. “Do I look like I give a damn?”

4. From Russia With Love (1963)

Bond slips into league (and bed, naturally) with a Russian defector and must keep a decoding machine out of the hands of SPECTRE. Connery looks flawless and there’s nerve-shredding tension as he fights nails-hard henchman Red Grant (Robert Shaw) on a train. This is more a straight-up espionage thriller than a Bond-style adventure, but it’s still a slick, sexy piece of filmmaking almost 60 years later.

The Style: Grey glen-check suit with a trilby hat

The Car: Bentley Mark IV

The Gadget: An attaché briefcase containing a folding rifle, knife, and a gas bomb

The One-Liner: “Well, I’ve just been reviewing an old case,” he says, sleeping with his previous target

3. Licence to Kill (1989)

Dalton teased a darker side in The Living Daylights but goes full Fleming for this swearier, more violent take. After parachuting into pal Felix Leiter’s wedding for best man duties (OK, Bond might he darker, but he’s still a massive show off), Felix has his legs fed to a shark by drug baron Sanchez (Robert Davi). Bond goes rogue for a revenge mission. LTK was too dark for fans at the time, but it’s a shame that Dalton didn’t make more Bonds.