Movies like Casino Royale (2006)
The best movies like Casino Royale (2006) are Dr. No (1962), Goldfinger (1964) and Spectre (2015). If Casino Royale hooked you with its adventure and action, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedMission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)7.5/10 from 5,516 votes
- NewestThe Amateur (2025)Released 2025
Dr. No (1962)
Agent 007 battles mysterious Dr. No, a scientific genius bent on destroying the U.S. space program. As the countdown to disaster begins, Bond must go to Jamaica, where he encounters beautiful Honey Ryder, to confront a megalomaniacal villain in his massive island headquarters.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGoldfinger (1964)
Special agent 007 comes face to face with one of the most notorious villains of all time, and now he must outwit and outgun the powerful tycoon to prevent him from cashing in on a devious scheme to raid Fort Knox -- and obliterate the world's economy.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSpectre (2015)
A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLive and Let Die (1973)
James Bond must investigate a mysterious murder case of a British agent in New Orleans. Soon he finds himself up against a gangster boss named Mr. Big.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNever Say Never Again (1983)
James Bond returns as the secret agent 007 to battle the evil organization SPECTRE. Bond must defeat Largo, who has stolen two atomic warheads for nuclear blackmail. But Bond has an ally in Largo's girlfriend, the willowy Domino, who falls for Bond and seeks revenge.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe World Is Not Enough (1999)
Greed, revenge, world dominance and high-tech terrorism – it's all in a day's work for Bond, who's on a mission to protect a beautiful oil heiress from a notorious terrorist. In a race against time that culminates in a dramatic submarine showdown, Bond works to defuse the international power struggle that has the world's oil supply hanging in the balance.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFrom Russia with Love (1963)
Agent 007 is back in the second installment of the James Bond series, this time battling a secret crime organization known as SPECTRE. Russians Rosa Klebb and Kronsteen are out to snatch a decoding device known as the Lektor, using the ravishing Tatiana to lure Bond into helping them. Bond willingly travels to meet Tatiana in Istanbul, where he must rely on his wits to escape with his life in a series of deadly encounters with the enemy.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
Cool government operative James Bond searches for a stolen invention that can turn the sun's heat into a destructive weapon. He soon crosses paths with the menacing Francisco Scaramanga, a hitman so skilled he has a seven-figure working fee. Bond then joins forces with the swimsuit-clad Mary Goodnight, and together they track Scaramanga to a Thai tropical isle hideout where the killer-for-hire lures the slick spy into a deadly maze for a final duel.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOctopussy (1983)
James Bond is sent to investigate after a fellow “00” agent is found dead with a priceless Fabergé egg. Bond follows the mystery and uncovers a smuggling scandal and a Russian General who wants to provoke a new World War.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOn Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
With the help of Marc-Ange Draco, head of the Unione Corse crime syndicate, and Draco's troubled daughter Tracy, James Bond tracks his archnemesis, Ernst Stravro Blofeld, to a mountaintop retreat in the Swiss Alps, where he is training an army of beautiful, lethal women.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Saint (1997)
Simon Templar (The Saint), is a thief for hire, whose latest job to steal the secret process for cold fusion puts him at odds with a traitor bent on toppling the Russian government, as well as the woman who holds its secret.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFor Your Eyes Only (1981)
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.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNo Time to Die (2021)
Bond has left active service and is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica. His peace is short-lived when his old friend Felix Leiter from the CIA turns up asking for help. The mission to rescue a kidnapped scientist turns out to be far more treacherous than expected, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisNorth Sea Hijack (1980)
When terrorists take over two oil rigs, and threaten to blow them up if their demands are not met, an eccentric anti-terrorism expert volunteers his unique commando unit to stop them.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJason Bourne (2016)
The most dangerous former operative of the CIA is drawn out of hiding to uncover hidden truths about his past.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMoonraker (1979)
After Drax Industries' Moonraker space shuttle is hijacked, secret agent James Bond is assigned to investigate, traveling to California to meet the company's owner, the mysterious Hugo Drax. With the help of scientist Dr. Holly Goodhead, Bond soon uncovers Drax's nefarious plans for humanity, all the while fending off an old nemesis, Jaws, and venturing to Venice, Rio, the Amazon...and even outer space.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)
Ethan Hunt and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: To track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the world's fate at stake and dark forces from Ethan's past closing in, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan must consider that nothing can matter more than his mission—not even the lives of those he cares about most.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & adventure
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPoker Night (2014)
When a new detective is caught by a vicious psychopath and locked in a basement, he must use the knowledge he learned from some of the best detectives at Poker Night, then match wits against his captor.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & action
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Bourne Identity (2002)
Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank account number, he starts to reconstruct his life, but finds that many people he encounters want him dead. However, Bourne realizes that he has the combat and mental skills of a world-class spy—but who does he work for?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Amateur (2025)
After his life is turned upside down when his wife is killed in a London terrorist attack, a brilliant but introverted CIA decoder takes matters into his own hands when his supervisors refuse to take action.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBattle Royale (2000)
In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller & action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBattle Royale II: Requiem (2003)
It's three years after the events of the original Battle Royale, and Shuya Nanahara is now an internationally-known terrorist determined to bring down the government. His terrorist group, Wild Seven, stages an attack that levels several buildings in Tokyo on Christmas Day, killing 8000 people. In order for the government to study the benefits of "teamwork", the new students work in pairs, with their collars electronically linked so that if one of them is killed, the other dies as well. They must kill Nanahara in three days - or die.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisFalse Flag (2025)
A sidelined CIA Operator wrestles with the decision to execute orders for a false flag terrorist event or defy his own country in order to protect it.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action & thriller
Mad Dog Killer (1977)
Sadistic no-count killer Nanni Vitali and three other equally brutish hoodlums escape from prison. The foul foursome embark on a savage rape, murder, and robbery spree. Vitali even abducts and defiles frightened hapless lass Giuliana Caroli. Meanwhile, rugged police inspector Giulio Santini is determined to bag the despicable Vitali.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisBalearic Caper (1966)
A scepter is stolen, and it's hunted for by various groups of international robbers and spies, for various reasons - in a parody of 007 movies.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both adventure & thriller
Ransom (1996)
When a rich man's son is kidnapped, he cooperates with the police at first but then tries a unique tactic against the criminals.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSecret Agent (1936)
During World War I, a novelist declared dead is recruited by British intelligence and sent to Switzerland under a new identity to assassinate a German spy. Teamed with a fellow agent posing as his wife and an eccentric assassin known as “the General,” the trio close in on their target — until two of them grow ambivalent when their duty to the mission clashes with their consciences.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisYoung and Innocent (1937)
When a young writer is falsely accused of murdering a famous actress, he escapes custody and joins forces with the daughter of a police constable to prove his innocence.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBeavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996)
Slacker duo Beavis and Butt-Head wake to discover their TV has been stolen. Their search for a new one takes them on a clueless adventure across America, during which they manage to accidentally become America's most wanted.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisExorcism Chronicles: The Beginning (2025)
When a demonic uprising threatens to end the world as they know it, a monk and an excommunicated priest join forces to protect a powerful young boy and the next generation of magic. As dark forces close in, the unlikely trio must confront their inner demons.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Casino Royale?
The closest matches to Casino Royale are Dr. No (1962), Goldfinger (1964) and Spectre (2015). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Casino Royale?
Start with Dr. No (1962), the closest match to Casino Royale.
What is the highest-rated movie like Casino Royale?
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023), rated 7.5/10 by 5,516 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Casino Royale?
The Amateur (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Casino Royale?
Yes: Dr. No (1962), Goldfinger (1964) and Spectre (2015).
How are movies similar to Casino Royale chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Casino Royale, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.