#28 FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE (1963, dir by Terence Young, UK) A James Bond movie might seem strange pickings for "greatest movie of all time". But like THE WIZARD OF OZ, I humbly propose that here we see the template for the "action-adventure odyssey" movie that has full expression in the Indiana Jones movies (LAST CRUSADE re-works FROM RUSSIA down to the rats in the catacombs, speed boat chase, car chase with aerial bombs, Sean Connery casting), etc. FROM RUSSIA is the perfect Bond movie.
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