Dr. No
Agent 007 battles mysterious Dr. No, a scientific genius bent on destroying the U.S. space program. As the countdown to disaster begins, Bond must go to Jamaica, where he encounters beautiful Honey Ryder, to confront a megalomaniacal villain in his massive island headquarters.
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Director
Terence Young
Writer
Ian Fleming, Richard Maibaum, Johanna Harwood, Berkely Mather
Studio
EON Productions
Release
1962-10-07
Runtime
1h 50m
Genres
Adventure, Action, Thriller
Cast & Characters
James Bond
Sean Connery
Honey Ryder
Ursula Andress
Dr. No
Joseph Wiseman
Felix Leiter
Jack Lord
Professor R. J. Dent
Anthony Dawson
Miss Taro
Zena Marshall
Quarrel
John Kitzmiller
Sylvia Trench
Eunice Gayson
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Critical Assessment
Dr. No holds 7.2/10 on IMDb (197K votes), 95% on Rotten Tomatoes, with a 82% audience score.
Critics and audiences are broadly aligned on this one.
Ratings as of August 3, 2026
AI Verdict
AI-generatedDr. No's 7.2 IMDb average and 95% Rotten Tomatoes score place it solidly mid-pack in the 60-plus-year Bond franchise.
Fan & Critic Buzz
The public reaction was generally positive, with some considering "Dr. No" an important film in the Bond franchise's success. A few reviewers acknowledged its modest beginnings, noting that it managed to establish a successful series despite initial doubts about its potential. The film's protagonist and tone were praised for being suave and debonair.
Reviews
An extraordinary manifesto for not just the longest-running film series to date, but for an entire genre. People often forget just how important in the grand scheme of things a first film is, and how it was so requisite that Sean Connery had to be just right, the Bond girls, the…
talisencrw · 9/10The Americans are fools. I offered my services, they refused. So did the East. Now they can both pay for their mistake. Dr. No is directed by Terence Young and co-adapted to screenplay by Richard Maibaum, Johanna Harwood & Berkely Mather from the novel of the same name written by…
John Chard · 8/10_**Say YES to “Dr. No”**_ After an MI6 chief & his secretary are murdered in Jamaica, agent 007 (Sean Connery) is sent to investigate. He teams-up with a boatman (John Kitzmiller) with focus on a mysterious nearby island owned by a shady German-Chinese mogul (Joseph Wiseman). Jac…
Wuchak · 8/10It's the one that started it all isn't it? So of course there is that faction that says that Dr. No is the all time best 007 movie ever made... because credit I guess. I still like the From Russia with Love v Goldfinger debate. But what you have in Dr. No is the true, pompous, wo…
GenerationofSwine · 10/10Dr. No finds Sean Connery as a heroic spy named Bond. James Bond 007 to his comrades. While this is in the stage of Bond movies being spy movies, there is a hint of the extravagant classic films that follow. We don't quite get too many exotic locales, but we get a hint of them, a…
drystyx · 6/10This first cinema outing for James Bond is actually quite lucky it managed to spawn any sequels at all... Sean Connery is suave and debonair as the British Secret Agent dispatched to Jamaica to investigate a mysterious murder with potentially far more serious repercussions. Ursul…
CinemaSerf · 7/10Dr. No is one of the most iconic and best Bond films. If it wasn't for this we wouldn't have Goldfinger or The Spy Who Loved Me or Casino Royale or GoldenEye, this film needs more love and appreciation.
tmdb93836550 · 8/10Good first entry in the long-running franchise featuring fun action and an amazing suave performance from Sean Connery, to go along with the stunning beauty of Ursula Andress in that iconic swimsuit. I hadn't seen this one in many years and still is so entertaining even if the ti…
JPV852 · 8/10
