From Russia With Love (1963)

As a young man growing up in the middle of the Cold War, I was told that nothing good came from Russia; that in fact we were at war with them.  Yet, I must thank them for saving the James Bond series…well, them and Austin Powers.  Oh my heck, I could not stop laughing, there was a man in a grey suit with a white cat, a lesbian German female commander call Number 3, a dumb man named number 3, and on, and on.

To make a complicated story short, there were spies, counter-intelligence, blond women, and cold war stereotypes. 

From Russia With Love was substantially better than Dr. No, but in reality that is not much of a compliment.  Now bring on Goldmember, I mean Goldfinger.