The series consists of twenty five films produced by Eon Productions featuring the James Bond character, a fictional British Secret Service agent.

These motifs vary from integral plot points, such as the assignment briefing sessions or the attempts to kill Bond, to enhancements of the dramatic narrative, such as music, or aspects of the visual style, such as the title sequences.

All of the Eon Bond films feature the unique gun barrel sequence, created by graphic artist Maurice Binder, which has been called by British media historian James Chapman "the trademark motif of the series".

[3] It was originally filmed in sepia by putting a pinhole camera inside an actual .38 calibre gun barrel, with stunt man Bob Simmons playing the part of Bond.

[23] The main title sequences incorporate visual elements that often reflect each film's theme, often showing silhouettes of nude or provocatively clad women set against swirling images.

"[26] The concept for the titles came from designer Robert Brownjohn, who worked on From Russia with Love and Goldfinger, before he fell out with producer Harry Saltzman and left the series.

[34] Writing for Rolling Stone, Andy Greene says that "James Bond title songs, as a rule, have the name of the movie in the chorus," though he notes that this is not always the case.

[35] On Her Majesty's Secret Service has an entirely instrumental credit sequence, though the film features an alternate theme, "We Have All the Time in the World", sung by Louis Armstrong.

[44] A fantasy sequence in Die Another Day marks the only occasion in the Eon film series in which Moneypenny was actually shown in a romantic embrace with Bond, although this is only in Q-branch's virtual reality machine.

[48] With Lee's illness from stomach cancer in 1980–1981, he was unable to appear in his scenes for For Your Eyes Only; he died on 16 January 1981[49] and, out of respect, no new actor was hired to assume the role for the film.

Instead, the script was re-written so that the character is said to be on leave, letting Chief of Staff Bill Tanner take over the role as acting head of MI6 and briefing Bond alongside the Minister of Defence.

In the films, "Universal Exports" or variations thereof are used,[47] such as the abbreviation "UnivEx" in From Russia with Love,[53] a brass name plate in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, and Bond's helicopter in For Your Eyes Only.

[65][66] For the 2006 Casino Royale reboot and the subsequent instalment, Quantum of Solace, the character of Q was, like Moneypenny, dropped, and although Bond still receives a supply of mission equipment, no technical briefing is shown on screen.

[88] The features of the original DB5, as featured in Goldfinger, included an ejection passenger seat, operated by a pushbutton concealed in the shift lever; a metal pop-up shield in the rear; rotating licence plates; an on-demand oil slick; rotating blades concealed in each wheel hub that could be extended to shred an enemy's tyres; and a tracking device, with a dash-mounted display, that predated the modern GPS tracker.

Bond also shows his taste for aircraft: a gyrocopter—Little Nellie—features in You Only Live Twice,[89] a Cessna 185 Seaplane in Licence to Kill,[90] an Acrostar Jet in Octopussy,[91] the titular Space Shuttle in Moonraker[92] and an Aero L-39 Albatros in Tomorrow Never Dies.

[24] Some allies recur through a number of instalments, such as the Western-friendly KGB chief, General Gogol, Sir Frederick Gray, the Minister of Defence and René Mathis.

[111] Similarly, the revolving restaurant, located atop the Schilthorn near the village of Mürren used in On Her Majesty's Secret Service has retained the name Piz Gloria since filming took place there.

[113] Similarly Bond's anti-heroin mission in Live and Let Die coincided with President Nixon's 1972 declaration of a War on Drugs, whilst GoldenEye played against the backdrop of Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative.

No, Auric Goldfinger and Ernst Stavro Blofeld,[117] fellow scholar Kerstin Jütting has identified a path of development of villains, all of whom adapt to a contemporary zeitgeist:[118] The list ignores the appearance of Rosa Klebb as first villainess already in 1963, portrayed by Lotte Lenya,[119] who also is considered the first LGBT-Character of the series by some.

[120] Many of Bond's adversaries are characterised by an unusual physical deformity; for example, Le Chiffre suffered haemolacria, causing his tear ducts to weep blood.

[121] Not all of the villains have unusual physical traits; Mathieu Amalric's Dominic Greene was depicted without such characteristics, instead being inspired by Tony Blair and Nicolas Sarkozy.

[122] Many of the henchmen employed by the villains may have unique weapons; Oddjob, Auric Goldfinger's enforcer, carries a bowler hat with a razor-sharp blade concealed in the rim,[123] while Xenia Onatopp is known to crush victims to death with her thighs during intercourse.

[124] In addition to these weapons, many of the henchmen are physically different; the over-large Tee Hee had an iron claw,[125] Jaws, an assassin with steel teeth, was played by 2.18-metre (7 ft 2 in) actor Richard Kiel,[116] whilst Renard (the henchman to the main villainess Elektra) survived being shot in the head, which progressively killed off his senses and his ability to feel pain.

Mr. Big was killed when Bond force-fed him a pellet of compressed gas, causing him to inflate and explode[127] whilst Hugo Drax was ejected into outer space.

[132] Bond has fallen in love with only Tracy di Vicenzo in On Her Majesty's Secret Service,[133] Vesper Lynd in Casino Royale, and Dr. Madeleine Swann in Spectre and No Time to Die.

[135] Academic Kimberly A. Neuendorf notes that James Bond promotes stereotypical, sex-typed male attitudes, especially when interacting with women and in doing so demonstrates Western society's patriarchal, individualistic culture.

[139] Other double entendre names included Holly Goodhead from Moonraker, Mary Goodnight and Chew Mee from The Man with the Golden Gun, Honey Ryder from Dr. No, Plenty O'Toole from Diamonds Are Forever, Xenia Onatopp from GoldenEye, and Christmas Jones from The World Is Not Enough.

[146] This was shown in Live and Let Die when he threw the villain, Tee Hee, out of a train, removing his prosthetic arm in the process, Moore commented that he was "Just being disarming, darling".

[152] Philosopher Rafael Holmberg suggested that the vulgarity of Bond's sexual innuendos contradicting with his stoic, gentlemanly position offers a way to understand Lacanian psychoanalysis.

[156] The villain's retreat can be a private island (Dr. No,[161] The Man with the Golden Gun),[162] underwater (The Spy Who Loved Me),[163] mountaintop retreat (On Her Majesty's Secret Service,[164] For Your Eyes Only)[48] volcano (You Only Live Twice),[165] or underground base (Live and Let Die),[166] a ship (Thunderball,[167] Tomorrow Never Dies),[168] an oil rig (Diamonds Are Forever)[169] or even a space station (Moonraker)[170]—among other variations.