You Only Live Twice
“...and "twice" is the only way to live!”
A mysterious spacecraft captures Russian and American space capsules and brings the two superpowers to the brink of war. James Bond investigates the case in Japan and comes face to face with his archenemy Blofeld.
How You Only Live Twice compares
Every figure below is calculated across the whole of James Bond, not taken from this film’s own record.
- #10 of 26
- Rank in the series by rating
- 2 years
- Wait since the previous film
- 2%
- Share of the series audience
You Only Live Twice (1967) ranks 10th of the 26 rated films in the James Bond series, at 6.6/10 on TMDB against a series average of 6.6/10.
It arrived 2 years after Thunderball (1965).
Its 2,558 TMDB ratings are 2% of the 114,967 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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You Only Live Twice is film 5 of 26. See the complete watch order.
- 1Dr. No
- 2From Russia with Love
- 3Goldfinger
- 4Thunderball
- 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
- 15A View to a Kill
- 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