Michael Crider
It’s the holiday season, so that means it’s time to watch…sixty years of British spy flicks. Okay, so 007 isn’t exactly festive material, but if you’ve been meaning to catch up on the expansive selection of movies, you can do so now without paying a penny. 20 (out of 25) James Bond movies are now streaming, on YouTube, NBC’s Peacock, and Pluto.
There’s no such thing as a free lunch, or indeed, a free dated spy thriller, so the movies are all ad-supported. (You might be able to skip the ads if you have YouTube Premium or Peacock Premium.) YouTube and Pluto TV have everything between Dr. No and The World is Not Enough (1999), with a surprisingly curtailed offering on Peacock. You’ll have to subscribe to something or rent individual movies to get the more recent films.
- Dr. No – YouTube, Pluto TV
- From Russia with Love – YouTube, Peacock, Pluto TV
- Goldfinger – YouTube, Peacock, Pluto TV
- Thunderball – YouTube, Peacock, Pluto TV
- You Only Live Twice – YouTube, Peacock, Pluto TV
- On Her Majesty’s Secret Service – YouTube, Pluto TV
- Diamonds Are Forever – YouTube, Peacock, Pluto TV
- Live and Let Die – YouTube, Pluto TV
- The Man with the Golden Gun – YouTube, Peacock, Pluto TV
- The Spy Who Loved Me – YouTube, Pluto TV
- Moonraker – YouTube, Pluto TV
- For Your Eyes Only – YouTube, Pluto TV
- Octopussy – YouTube, Peacock, Pluto TV
- Never Say Never Again – YouTube, Pluto TV
- A View to a Kill – YouTube, Pluto TV
- The Living Daylights – YouTube, Pluto TV
- Licence to Kill – YouTube, Peacock, Pluto TV
- GoldenEye – YouTube, Peacock, Pluto TV
- Tomorrow Never Dies – YouTube, Peacock, Pluto TV
- The World Is Not Enough – YouTube, Peacock, Pluto TV
The more recent films aren’t included, but you can watch two of them if you subscribe to Peacock Premium, and a few more are on other services.
- Die Another Day – None (streams on Showtime)
- Casino Royale – None (streams on Peacock Premium, Prime Video, Hulu)
- Quantum of Solace – None (streams on Peacock Premium, Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video)
- Skyfall – None
- Spectre – None
There’s also Casino Royale, a 1954 made-for-TV adaptation of the same story as the 2006 movie. It was made eight years before the start of the “official” Bond movie series, and stars American actor Barry Nelson. This isn’t considered a true Bond film, despite being the first video depiction of the character from Ian Flemming’s novels. You can watch it on YouTube (it’s only 50 minutes long) if you want to check out this odd bit of spy movie history.
Source: The Verge
