Popularity
2,223
Up 498 this week

Thunderball (1965)

Approved  |   |  Action, Adventure, Thriller  |  22 December 1965 (USA)
7.0
Your rating:
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 -/10 X  
Ratings: 7.0/10 from 75,521 users  
Reviews: 266 user | 121 critic

James Bond heads to The Bahamas to recover two nuclear warheads stolen by SPECTRE agent Emilio Largo in an international extortion scheme.

Director:

Writers:

(screenplay), (screenplay), 4 more credits »
Watch Trailer
0Check in
0Share...

Watch Now

From $9.99 on Amazon Video

ON DISC

10 Bond Trivia Facts

Count down 10 things only real James Bond fans know about James Bond.

Watch now

User Lists

Related lists from IMDb users

a list of 22 titles
created 09 Oct 2011
 
a list of 23 titles
created 19 Oct 2011
 
a list of 24 titles
created 29 Jun 2013
 
a list of 24 titles
created 19 Oct 2013
 
a list of 25 titles
created 31 Jan 2014
 

Related Items

Search for "Thunderball" on Amazon.com

Connect with IMDb


Share this Rating

Title: Thunderball (1965)

Thunderball (1965) on IMDb 7/10

Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below.

Take The Quiz!

Test your knowledge of Thunderball.

User Polls

Won 1 Oscar. Another 3 wins & 5 nominations. See more awards »

Videos

Photos

Learn more

People who liked this also liked... 

Action | Adventure | Thriller
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.9/10 X  

Agent 007 and the Japanese secret service ninja force must find and stop the true culprit of a series of spacejackings before nuclear war is provoked.

Director: Lewis Gilbert
Stars: Sean Connery, Akiko Wakabayashi, Mie Hama
Goldfinger (1964)
Action | Adventure | Thriller
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.8/10 X  

Investigating a gold magnate's smuggling, James Bond uncovers a plot to contaminate the Fort Knox gold reserve.

Director: Guy Hamilton
Stars: Sean Connery, Gert Fröbe, Honor Blackman
Action | Adventure | Thriller
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.5/10 X  

James Bond willingly falls into an assassination ploy involving a naive Russian beauty in order to retrieve a Soviet encryption device that was stolen by SPECTRE.

Director: Terence Young
Stars: Sean Connery, Robert Shaw, Lotte Lenya
Certificate: GP Action | Adventure | Thriller
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.7/10 X  

A diamond smuggling investigation leads James Bond to Las Vegas, where he uncovers an extortion plot headed by his nemesis, Ernst Stavro Blofeld.

Director: Guy Hamilton
Stars: Sean Connery, Jill St. John, Charles Gray
Dr. No (1962)
Action | Adventure | Thriller
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.3/10 X  

A resourceful British government agent seeks answers in a case involving the disappearance of a colleague and the disruption of the American space program.

Director: Terence Young
Stars: Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Bernard Lee
Certificate: M Action | Adventure | Thriller
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.8/10 X  

James Bond woos a mob boss's daughter and goes undercover to uncover the true reason for Blofeld's allergy research in the Swiss Alps that involves beautiful women from around the world.

Director: Peter R. Hunt
Stars: George Lazenby, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas
Action | Adventure | Thriller
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.8/10 X  

007 is sent to stop a diabolically brilliant heroin magnate armed with a complex organization and a reliable psychic tarot card reader.

Director: Guy Hamilton
Stars: Roger Moore, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Seymour
Action | Adventure | Thriller
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.8/10 X  

James Bond is led to believe that he is targeted by the world's most expensive assassin while he attempts to recover sensitive solar cell technology that is being sold to the highest bidder.

Director: Guy Hamilton
Stars: Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland
Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.1/10 X  

James Bond investigates the hijacking of British and Russian submarines carrying nuclear warheads with the help of a KGB agent whose lover he killed.

Director: Lewis Gilbert
Stars: Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Curd Jürgens
Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.8/10 X  

Agent 007 is assigned to hunt for a lost British encryption device and prevent it from falling into enemy hands.

Director: John Glen
Stars: Roger Moore, Carole Bouquet, Topol
Octopussy (1983)
Action | Adventure | Thriller
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.6/10 X  

A fake Fabergé egg and a fellow agent's death lead James Bond to uncover an international jewel-smuggling operation, headed by the mysterious Octopussy, being used to disguise a nuclear attack on N.A.T.O. forces.

Director: John Glen
Stars: Roger Moore, Maud Adams, Louis Jourdan
Moonraker (1979)
Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.3/10 X  

James Bond investigates the mid-air theft of a space shuttle and discovers a plot to commit global genocide.

Director: Lewis Gilbert
Stars: Roger Moore, Lois Chiles, Michael Lonsdale
Edit

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
...
...
...
...
Rik Van Nutter ...
...
Molly Peters ...
...
...
'M'
...
'Q'
...
Roland Culver ...
...
Paul Stassino ...
Rose Alba ...
Edit

Storyline

James Bond continues on his fourth mission, with his aim to recover two stolen warheads. They have been taken by the evil SPECTRE organization. The world is held hostage and Bond heads to Nassau. Here, he meets the beautiful Domino and is forced into a thrilling confrontation with SPECTRE agent Emilio Largo, on board his boat, the Disco Volante. Will 007 prevent the killing of millions of innocent victims? Written by simon_hrdng

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Taglines:

VIVA JAMES BOND (French) See more »


Certificate:

Approved | See all certifications »

Parents Guide:

 »
Edit

Details

Official Sites:

Country:

Language:

|

Release Date:

22 December 1965 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

Operación Trueno  »

Box Office

Budget:

$9,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$63,600,000 (USA)
 »

Company Credits

Production Co:

 »
Show detailed on  »

Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

(Westrex Recording System)

Color:

(Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
See  »
Edit

Did You Know?

Trivia

The underwater bomb sled used in the film where the atomic bombs are deployed later ended up in the possession of screenwriter Kevin McClory after the real-life prop was used on promotional tours after the film's release. McClory stored the prop on his villa in the Bahamas where it decayed until he sold the property in the early 1990s - the prop was subsequently destroyed when the villa was redeveloped into a hotel resort. See more »

Goofs

When Largo smacks the man with his towel in the face, you hear the sound that he slapped him with his open hand. Which isn't possible while holding the towel in the same hand. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Madame LaPorte: The coffin - it has your initials: J.B.
Bond: At the moment, rather him than me.
Madame LaPorte: At least you've been saved the effort of removing him. Colonel Bouvar passed away in his sleep, so they tell me.
Bond: Mm...
Madame LaPorte: You sound disappointed you did not kill him yourself.
Bond: I am. Jacques Bouvar murdered two of my colleagues.
See more »

Connections

Referenced in ReBoot: Daemon Rising (2001) See more »

Soundtracks

Thunderball
Written by John Barry
Lyrics by Don Black
Sung by Tom Jones
See more »

Frequently Asked Questions

See more (Spoiler Alert!) »

User Reviews

 
For entertainment this achieves the highest of any other Bond movie.
14 June 2007 | by (Penang, Malaysia / Chicago, USA) – See all my reviews

Connery is back, better and more buff than ever, as super agent James Bond 007, this time seeing him on a mission in the Bahamas to prevent a nuclear catastrophe from happening. The cinematography is beautiful, as the Bond Girl Claudine Auger, who looks smoking hot in her bikini.

For the acting, Connery is always there to take the spotlight. He zigs and zags his way around friends and foe in order to succeed. He is still the charming, witty, and deadly secret agent we have come to know him for. The villain is also good here, because not only he has one of the most diabolical plans ever, he also looks diabolical (an eye patch).

The action here is non-stop, especially the underwater scenes. Some call these scenes overlong, thus causing the length of the film to be 2 hours and 10 minutes, quite long, but to me, it's just breathless and pulse-pounding. Also, the beginning of the film will want you begging for more Connery. Most of the action sequences rely on the team's special effects, but it's no problem, since the special effects are damn good for a 1965 movie, even by today's standard. Which is why it deserved to win the Oscar for Best Visual Effects.

Crew also reigns here. Producers Brocolli and Saltzman return once again, as well as Terence Young, director of the first two Bond films. This was his final James Bond film before he went on to direct Audrey Hepburn in her Oscar-nominated performance in the 1967 thriller Wait After Dark. It shows that you have a class filmmaker at the helm. John Barry gives us a beautiful and fast-paced score that mounts up the tension every time.

Overall, probably the most entertaining Bond ever.

7.73/10

Delton


14 of 24 people found this review helpful.  Was this review helpful to you?

Message Boards

Recent Posts
The best Connery Bond Movie? mclaughlinconnor338
Thunderball or Never Say Never Again? domester82
87:14 Too funny! headrushn
Blofeld's Voice andy_1976
Did anyone else get bored with the underwater bits? bowmanblue
2 Questions Jabba_The_Timelord
Discuss Thunderball (1965) on the IMDb message boards »

Contribute to This Page