 Many online sites also commonly cite "From Russia with Love" as the best Bond film of all time.In his 1986 book, Danny Peary described "From Russia with Love" as "an excellent, surprisingly tough and gritty James Bond film" which is "refreshingly free of the gimmickry that would characterise the later Bond films, and Connery and Bianchi play "real" people.We worry about them and hope their relationship will work out ... Shaw and Lotte Lenya are splendid villains.