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For Your Eyes Only

“No one comes close to James Bond, 007.”

19812h 8m★ 6.5

A British spy ship has sunk and on board was a hi-tech encryption device. James Bond is sent to find the device that holds British launching instructions before the enemy Soviets get to it first.

IMDB
Share:
6.5/10
Rating
2,151
Votes
$28.0M
Budget
$195.3M
Revenue

In the Series

How For Your Eyes Only compares

Every figure below is calculated across the whole of James Bond, not taken from this film’s own record.

#14 of 26
Rank in the series by rating

For Your Eyes Only (1981) ranks 14th of the 26 rated films in the James Bond series, at 6.5/10 on TMDB against a series average of 6.6/10.

2 years
Wait since the previous film

It arrived 2 years after Moonraker (1979).

2%
Share of the series audience

Its 2,151 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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