After a brief hiatus, Bond returned to the big screen with (1969), starring George Lazenby as Bond. Although Lazenby only played Bond once, his performance remains one of the most underrated in the franchise.

– Bond is assigned to protect an oil heiress from her former kidnapper, an international terrorist who cannot feel physical pain.

: The darkest entry of the classic era. After his close friend Felix Leiter is brutally attacked, Bond goes rogue, stripping away his MI6 status to launch a personal vendetta against a powerful South American drug cartel. The Pierce Brosnan Era (1995–2002)