Skyfall vs Thunderball

Skyfall has the higher audience score (7.3/10 against 6.7/10 for Thunderball). Thunderball is the shorter watch at 2h 10m compared with 2h 23m. Thunderball is the older of the two (1965 against 2012). Both are action, adventure, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Skyfall posterSkyfall2012 VS Thunderball posterThunderball1965
SkyfallThunderball
Audience score★ 7.3/10★ 6.7/10
Year20121965
Length2h 23m2h 10m
GenresAction, Adventure, ThrillerAction, Adventure, Thriller
Country––
DirectorSam MendesTerence Young
Main castNicholas Woodeson, Ben Whishaw, Rory Kinnear, Ian Bonar, Albert FinneyDesmond Llewelyn, Philip Locke, Sean Connery, Earl Cameron, Adolfo Celi

Synopsis

Skyfall

When Bond's latest assignment goes gravely wrong, agents around the world are exposed and MI6 headquarters is attacked. While M faces challenges to her authority and position from Gareth Mallory, the new Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee, it's up to Bond, aided only by field agent Eve, to locate the mastermind behind the attack.

Thunderball

A criminal organization has obtained two nuclear bombs and are asking for a 100 million pound ransom in the form of diamonds in seven days or they will use the weapons. The secret service sends James Bond to the Bahamas to once again save the world.

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