A View to a Kill
“Has James Bond finally met his match?”
A newly-developed microchip designed by Zorin Industries for the British Government that can survive the electromagnetic radiation caused by a nuclear explosion has landed in the hands of the KGB. James Bond must find out how and why. His suspicions soon lead him to big industry leader Max Zorin who forms a plan to destroy his only competition in Silicon Valley by triggering a massive earthquake in the San Francisco Bay.
How A View to a Kill compares
Every figure below is calculated across the whole of James Bond, not taken from this film’s own record.
- #23 of 26
- Rank in the series by rating
- 2 years
- Wait since the previous film
- 2%
- Share of the series audience
A View to a Kill (1985) ranks 23rd of the 26 rated films in the James Bond series, at 6.3/10 on TMDB against a series average of 6.6/10.
It arrived 2 years after Never Say Never Again (1983).
Its 2,270 TMDB ratings are 2% of the 114,993 cast across the series.
Computed by Movies in Order from The Movie Database (TMDB) collection data for James Bond, comparing all 26 released films in the series. Last recalculated September 2026.
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A View to a Kill is film 15 of 26. See the complete watch order.
- 1Dr. No
- 2From Russia with Love
- 3Goldfinger
- 4Thunderball
- 5You Only Live Twice
- 6On Her Majesty's Secret Service
- 7Diamonds Are Forever
- 8Live and Let Die
- 9The Man with the Golden Gun
- 10The Spy Who Loved Me
- 11Moonraker
- 12For Your Eyes Only
- 13Octopussy
- 14Never Say Never Again
- 16The Living Daylights
- 17Licence to Kill
- 18GoldenEye
- 19Tomorrow Never Dies
- 20The World Is Not Enough
- 21Die Another Day
- 22Casino Royale
- 23Quantum of Solace
- 24Skyfall
- 25Spectre
- 26No Time to Die