Licence to Kill
Released: June 13, 1989Runtime: 133 min
After capturing the notorious drug lord Franz Sanchez, Bond's close friend and former CIA agent Felix Leiter is left for dead and his wife is murdered. Bond goes rogue and seeks vengeance on those responsible, as he infiltrates Sanchez's organization from the inside.
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1962
From Russia with Love
1963
Goldfinger
1964
Thunderball
1965
You Only Live Twice
1967
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1969
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1971
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1973
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1974
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1977
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1979
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1981
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1983
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1985
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1987
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1995
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1997
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1999
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2012
Spectre
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No Time to Die
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