The Best Sylvester Stallone Movies, Ranked
106 credits from 1970 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) comes out on top with a score of 85. The biggest box office hit is Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) with $864M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated Sylvester Stallone Movies
The 12 highest-rated films Sylvester Stallone is credited on. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) leads with 85, followed by Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) at 78. The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings, cultural impact and how well a film holds up.
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#1 Movie Echo Score: Score 85 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 2017 · Action -
#2 Movie Echo Score: Score 78 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 2023 · Action -
#3 Movie Echo Score: Score 75 Creed II 2018 · Action -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 74 The Suicide Squad 2021 · Action -
#5 Movie Echo Score: Score 66 Animal Crackers 2020 · Adventure -
#6 Movie Echo Score: Score 50 Rambo: Last Blood 2019 · Action -
#7 Movie Echo Score: Score 45 Samaritan 2022 · Action -
#8 Movie Echo Score: Score 40 Escape Plan: The Extractors 2019 · Action -
#9 Movie Echo Score: Score 30 Expend4bles 2023 · Action -
#10 Movie Echo Score: Score 21 Armor 2024 · Action -
#11 Movie Echo Score: Score 20 Backtrace 2018 · Drama -
#12 Movie Echo Score: Score 20 Alarum 2025 · Action
Biggest Sylvester Stallone Box Office Hits
Sylvester Stallone's films have made $6.53B worldwide in total. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) is the biggest hit at $864M, ahead of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) ($846M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
- 1 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 2017 · Action $864M $390M dom.
- 2 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 2023 · Action $846M $359M dom.
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The Expendables 2 2012 · Action $315M $85M dom. - 4
Rocky IV 1985 · Drama $300M $128M dom. - 5
Rambo: First Blood Part II 1985 · Action $300M $150M dom. - 6
The Expendables 2010 · Action $274M $103M dom. - 7
Cliffhanger 1993 · Action $255M $84M dom. - 8
The Expendables 3 2014 · Action $215M $39.3M dom. - 9 Creed II 2018 · Action $214M $116M dom.
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Rambo III 1988 · Action $189M $53.7M dom.
The Best Sylvester Stallone Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Sylvester Stallone has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Action leads with 34 films, and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) is the pick of them.
- Action 34 films Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 2017 Movie Echo Score: 85
- Drama 19 films Backtrace 2018 · as Det. Sykes Movie Echo Score: 20
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Comedy 10 films Taxi 3 2003 · as L'espion (caméo non crédité) -
Thriller 3 films Escape Plan 2: Hades 2018 · as Ray Breslin Movie Echo Score: 19 - Adventure 2 films Animal Crackers 2020 · as Bulletman Movie Echo Score: 66
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Family 1 film Animal Crackers 2017 · as Bullet-Man (voice) -
Biography 1 film Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon 2014 -
Sport 1 film Grudge Match 2013 -
Sci-Fi 1 film Judge Dredd 1995 · as Judge Joseph Dredd
The Best Sylvester Stallone Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Sylvester Stallone's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1970s to 2020s.
Most Awarded Sylvester Stallone Movies
Sylvester Stallone's films with wins at the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA and the other ceremonies in the awards database, the most decorated first. Rocky (1976) leads with 4 wins from 21 nominations.
The Latest Sylvester Stallone Movies
The most recent films Sylvester Stallone is credited on, newest first — starting with Alarum (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- Alarum 2025 · Chester
- Armor 2024 · Rook
- Expend4bles 2023 · Barney
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 2023 · Action
- Samaritan 2022 · Joe
- The Suicide Squad 2021 · Action
- Animal Crackers 2020 · Bulletman
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Rallying Cry 2019 · Jasper Reese - Rambo: Last Blood 2019 · John Rambo
- Escape Plan: The Extractors 2019 · Ray Breslin
- Backtrace 2018 · Det. Sykes
- Creed II 2018 · Rocky Balboa
The Best Sylvester Stallone Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Sylvester Stallone films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Sylvester Stallone movie?
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) is the best-rated Sylvester Stallone film, with a Movie Echo Score of 85, ahead of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) (78) and Creed II (2018) (75). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Sylvester Stallone movie?
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) made the most at the box office, with $864M worldwide, followed by Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) with $846M. Together, Sylvester Stallone's films with box office figures have made $6.53B.
Which Sylvester Stallone movie won the most awards?
Rocky (1976) is the most decorated Sylvester Stallone film, with 4 wins from 21 nominations across the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA and the other ceremonies in the awards database.
What is the best Sylvester Stallone action movie?
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) is the best-rated of Sylvester Stallone's action films, with a score of 85. In other genres: Backtrace (drama), Taxi 3 (comedy) and Escape Plan 2: Hades (thriller).
What is the newest Sylvester Stallone movie?
The newest film on Sylvester Stallone's filmography is Alarum (2025), with Sylvester Stallone as Chester.
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