The 25 Best Sylvester Stallone Movies of All Time

From Cold War title bouts to prison-yard showdowns, this lineup spans knockout blockbusters and the cult favorites that never got their due. Who takes the belt?

1. 1
   Get Carter

   A 2000 remake with Stallone as a Las Vegas enforcer investigating his brother's death.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Rocky

   The 1976 Best Picture-winning original about a Philadelphia underdog boxer who gets a shot at the heavyweight title.
   952pts
3. 3
   First Blood

   The 1982 film that introduced John Rambo, a traumatized Vietnam veteran hunted by a small-town sheriff.
   952pts
4. 4
   Over the Top

   A 1987 drama with Stallone as an arm-wrestling trucker reconnecting with his estranged son.
   800pts
5. 5
   The Expendables 2

   The 2012 sequel reuniting the mercenary team for a revenge mission in Eastern Europe.
   734pts
6. 6
   Lock Up

   A 1989 prison drama starring Stallone as an inmate targeted by a vengeful warden.
   734pts
7. 7
   Cop Land

   A 1997 crime drama with Stallone as a small-town sheriff uncovering corruption among NYPD officers.
   659pts
8. 8
   Rambo

   The 2008 fourth installment sending Rambo into war-torn Burma to rescue missionaries.
   659pts
9. 9
   Assassins

   A 1995 thriller pairing Stallone with Antonio Banderas as rival hitmen on the same target.
   571pts
10. 10
    Rocky III

    The 1982 sequel introducing Clubber Lang, played by Mr. T, as Rocky's fiercest rival.
    571pts
11. 11
    Escape Plan

    A 2013 thriller starring Stallone as a security expert trapped in the ultra-secret prison he helped design.
    571pts
12. 12
    Rocky II

    The 1979 sequel following Rocky's rematch against Apollo Creed.
    571pts
13. 13
    Rambo: First Blood Part II

    The 1985 sequel sending Rambo back to Vietnam to rescue POWs.
    571pts
14. 14
    Tango & Cash

    A 1989 buddy-cop action comedy pairing Stallone with Kurt Russell as framed rival detectives.
    467pts
15. 15
    Cliffhanger

    A 1993 action thriller starring Stallone as a mountain rescuer caught between hijacked cash and Rocky Mountain cliffs.
    467pts
16. 16
    Demolition Man

    A 1993 sci-fi actioner in which a frozen cop is thawed out to stop a villain in a sanitized future Los Angeles.
    467pts
17. 17
    Rambo: Last Blood

    The 2019 final Rambo film with the aging veteran defending his ranch against a cartel.
    467pts
18. 18
    Creed

    The 2015 Rocky spin-off earning Stallone his third Oscar nomination as aging trainer Rocky Balboa.
    343pts
19. 19
    Rocky Balboa

    The 2006 sixth Rocky film bringing the aging boxer back for one final exhibition fight.
    343pts
20. 20
    Rambo III

    The 1988 sequel sending Rambo into Soviet-occupied Afghanistan.
    343pts
21. 21
    Rocky IV

    The 1985 sequel pitting Rocky against Soviet fighter Ivan Drago in a Cold War showdown.
    190pts
22. 22
    The Expendables

    A 2010 ensemble action film Stallone wrote, directed, and starred in as leader of a mercenary crew.
    190pts
23. 23
    Judge Dredd

    A 1995 sci-fi film with Stallone as the helmeted law enforcer of a dystopian megacity.
    190pts
24. 24
    Oscar

    A 1991 farce comedy starring Stallone as a 1930s gangster trying to go straight amid family chaos.
    190pts
25. 25
    Nighthawks

    A 1981 thriller with Stallone as an NYPD cop hunting a European terrorist in Manhattan.
    190pts