From Russia With Love

From Russia With Love (1963)

  • 96% of critics liked it
    (46 reviews)

  • 79% of users liked it
    (85,714 ratings)

From Russia With Love, the second in the series of James Bond films, is the film that solidifies all the Bond film elements into a formula -- the action sequences are intensified and lend greater tension to the proceedings; John Barry's inimitable score makes its first appearance; and Sean Connery… More

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PG, 2 hr. 5 min.
Directed By
Terence Young
Genres
Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, Classics
In Theaters
Apr 8, 1964 Wide
On DVD
Mar 28, 2006
United Artists

Critic Reviews

  • , TIME Magazine

    Sophisticated? Well, not really. But fast, smart, shrewdly directed and capably performed.

  • Variety Staff, Variety

    From Russia with Love is a preposterous, skillful slab of hardhitting, sexy hokum.

  • Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader

    For my money, still the best Bond, with a screwball plotline that keeps the locales changing and the surprises coming.

  • Bosley Crowther, New York Times

    007 is very much with us again, and anyone who hasn't yet got to know him is urged to do so right away!

  • James Berardinelli, ReelViews

    Standing at the pinnacle of the series, From Russia with Love shows how good a Bond film can be when all the ingredients mesh.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Alexander D


    In comparison to the first film (DR. NO), this second 007 film was a huge jump. In fact, as I was watching DR. NO, I kept wondering if it was every going to get more interesting, as well as why Albert R. Broccoli decided to continue the series (and why a surprising number of… More

  • Lewis C


    From Russia with Love is old school Bond fun. Villains carefully explaining their future plans instead of killing Bond while they can, and subsequently allowing him to escape and foil their plots? Check! Hot women, both friend and foe, ready to leap into bed with the super spy?… More

  • Ross C


    A rare Bond film that has lots of action without ever getting too silly.

  • AJ V


    I liked this Bond movie a bit better than the first, it's a little less confusing story wise, but I'm still not a big fan of the series.

  • Mike S


    There's something quite special about movies from the 1960's. Especially the James Bond ones, which are always a delight to the eyes. Even if they aren't as exciting action-wise as today's 007 features, they do offer something that's always worth returning to:… More

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