Dr. No (1962)

British agent James Bond (Sean Connery) is sent to the Caribbean to find out what happened to their man in Jamaica. What he uncovers is a diabolical plot by the villainous Dr. No (Joseph Wiseman) for nothing less than world domination. Based on the novel by Ian Fleming and directed by Terence Young (WAIT UNTIL DARK). The debut of Ian Fleming's James Bond on film and who would have guessed this modest spy caper would spawn a global franchise. The most remarkable thing about the film is how lean and economical it is with far less padding and bloat than many of the later Bonds, a perfect exercise in simplicity. Director Terence Young keeps the narrative straight forward and places Bond front and center and he's a cool one. After a brutal killing, the first of the Bond girls (Ursula Andress) asks, "Why?" to which he coolly and without remorse replies, "Because it was necessary". Then, of course, there's Sean Connery who with one line ("Bond, James Bond") makes one of the most iconic entrances in film history and sails into screen immortality and the rest as they say ... is history. With Jack Lord, Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell, Anthony Dawson, Zena Marshall and Eunice Gayson.