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

Get Carter

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

1000pts

2

Rocky

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

952pts

3

First Blood

The 1982 film that introduced John Rambo, a traumatized Vietnam veteran hunted by a small-town sheriff.

952pts

4

Over the Top

A 1987 drama with Stallone as an arm-wrestling trucker reconnecting with his estranged son.

800pts

5

The Expendables 2

The 2012 sequel reuniting the mercenary team for a revenge mission in Eastern Europe.

734pts

6

Lock Up

A 1989 prison drama starring Stallone as an inmate targeted by a vengeful warden.

734pts

7

Cop Land

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

659pts

8

Rambo

The 2008 fourth installment sending Rambo into war-torn Burma to rescue missionaries.

659pts

9

Assassins

A 1995 thriller pairing Stallone with Antonio Banderas as rival hitmen on the same target.

571pts

10

Rocky III

The 1982 sequel introducing Clubber Lang, played by Mr. T, as Rocky's fiercest rival.

571pts

11

Escape Plan

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

571pts

12

Rocky II

The 1979 sequel following Rocky's rematch against Apollo Creed.

571pts

13

Rambo: First Blood Part II

The 1985 sequel sending Rambo back to Vietnam to rescue POWs.

571pts

14

Tango & Cash

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

467pts

15

Cliffhanger

A 1993 action thriller starring Stallone as a mountain rescuer caught between hijacked cash and Rocky Mountain cliffs.

467pts

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

Rambo: Last Blood

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

467pts

18

Creed

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

343pts

19

Rocky Balboa

The 2006 sixth Rocky film bringing the aging boxer back for one final exhibition fight.

343pts

20

Rambo III

The 1988 sequel sending Rambo into Soviet-occupied Afghanistan.

343pts

21

Rocky IV

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

190pts

22

The Expendables

A 2010 ensemble action film Stallone wrote, directed, and starred in as leader of a mercenary crew.

190pts

23

Judge Dredd

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

190pts

24

Oscar

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

190pts

25

Nighthawks

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

190pts