It is not so easy to choose the most interesting films with Stallone, because in his filmography there are dozens of paintings on which more than one generation has grown. Some cult series, such as Rambo and Rocky, are still ongoing. Therefore, it turned out to be difficult to choose, but we were still able.
We present you a complete list of films with Sylvester Stallone in the title role: a rating of the top 10 films with the participation of a talented actor (action, drama and comedy).
10. Creed (2015)
The plot of the sports drama "Creed"Tells of the illegitimate son of Apollo Creed - Adonis, who was raised by Creed's wife, although he is not her own. Tired of work, Adonis decides to quit and do boxing not just for the soul, but professionally, dreaming of becoming a champion like his father. To do this, he goes to Philadelphia to Rocky Balboa - Apollo's best friend and rival. The Italian stallion was left completely alone, having buried Polly, therefore, although reluctantly, he nevertheless agrees to become a guy’s coach.
Filmed by Ryan Kugler in the script of Kugler and Aaron Covington himself, the film received recognition from critics who called him the best in the Rocky series for many years. Not surprisingly, he was selected by the National Film Board as one of the top ten films of 2015.
Stallone was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, which was his first nomination since the original film. He also received the Critics ‘Choice Award for Best Supporting Actor and Golden Globes in the same nomination.
9. Oscar (1991)
In film "Oscar"Starred Sylvester Stallone, Marisa Tomei, Ornella Muti, Tim Curry and Chazz Palminteri, and the main" trick "of the picture - Stallone is trying to play a comedic role. It turned out not perfect, but overall not bad.
In the prologue, gangster Angelo Snaps Provolone (Sylvester Stallone) promises his dying father (Kirk Douglas) that he will give up criminal life and become a law-abiding citizen. A month later, Snaps is getting ready to meet with several prominent bankers, as he hopes to donate a large amount of money and join the board of trustees of the bank, thereby obtaining an honest job, as promised to his father.
Anthony Rossano (Vincent Spano), a young, good-natured accountant, Angelo, arrives at the mansion and tells his boss that he is in love and asks to increase his salary by 250%. Then he says that his chosen one is actually the daughter of the boss. Snaps is furious because he does not want his daughter to marry Anthony, and goes to talk with her daughter Lisa. From this moment the most interesting begins, because Lisa reports about pregnancy, but not from Anthony, but from the driver. It will be difficult for a gangster to understand this situation, but he will cope. With irony and humor.
8. Flight to victory (1981)
This American sports and military drama was directed by John Houston and starred by Sylvester Stallone, Michael Kane and Max von Syudov. Film "Flight to victory"Received great attention after the release, as professional football players Bobby Moore, Osvaldo Ardiles, Kazimierz Deina, Paul Van Himst, Mike Summerby, Hallvar Thoresen, Werner Roth and even the legendary Pele also took part in it. The film also featured many Ipswich Town club members, including John Work, Russell Osman, Lori Sivell, Robin Turner, and Kevin O’Callaghan.
In the story, the Allied prisoner of war football team, coached and led by English captain John Colby (Michael Kane) - a professional football player from West Ham United - agree to play an exhibition match against the Germans. At stake is not only victory, but also life, because the Nazis do not want to disgrace themselves and lose to a handful of prisoners.
7. Tango and Cash (1989)
Lieutenants Raymond Tango and Gabriel Cash are considered the two best cops in Los Angeles. They are almost in every respect the opposite and constantly compete, as both consider themselves the best.
Against their will, they will have to work together when the boss of the drug cartel sets them up, hanging a couple of murders.
«Tango and Cash"- this is the rare case when Stallone plays not so much a tough guy, but an intellectual.
6. Jail (1989)
Frank Leone, an experienced mechanic in Hoboken, New Jersey, is an exemplary prisoner and is near the end of his sentence in Norwood, a maximum security prison. Sometimes he spends time outside the prison in his garage, repairs cars, plays football and rests with his girlfriend Melissa.
One night, when he sleeps in his cell, security guards arrive and forcefully take Leone to a cruel prison with maximum security, which is controlled by the head of Dramgul. Drumgul explains to him that he did this in retaliation for a past incident in which Leone escaped from Dramgul's previous post, Tredmore Prison, and told the press how Drumgul was treating his prisoners. Now the ruthless jailer wants to turn Leone's life into hell in his "jail».
5. Rock climber (1993)
Adventure action movie starred by Rennie Harlin with Sylvester Stallone, John Lithgow, Michael Rooker and Janine Turner in the lead roles. The film follows Gabe (played by Stallone, who co-authored the script), a climber who becomes embroiled in a robbery of a US Treasury plane flying through the Rockies.
The film earned $ 255 million worldwide, although initially in success. "Rock climber"Few believed.
4. Rambo: First Blood (1982)
Seven years after his dismissal, Vietnam War veteran John Rambo Hiking to visit an old friend, but finds out that his friend died of cancer. Rambo continues to travel and wanders into the small town of Hope in Washington, where he is intercepted by the city sheriff Will Thistle, who considers Rambo an undesirable person in "his" city. When John asks for directions to the diner, Thistle drives him out of town and tells him not to return. When Rambo nevertheless returns, the sheriff arrests him on charges of vagrancy, resisting arrest, and carrying knives.
At the station, the cops scoffed at him, evoking memories of the torture he suffered during captivity in Vietnam, so John escapes by beating officers. He hides in the mountains, alone and without supplies, and all the state police hunt for him. However, this small army of Rambo does not scare at all, since he did not shed the first blood.
3. The Destroyer (1993)
Film "Destroyer”Tells the story of two men: an evil criminal authority and a risky policeman. Cryogenically frozen in 1996, they are reanimated in 2032 to find that the bulk of society has changed, and all crimes are apparently eliminated.
There were no murders for many years and the police do not even know how to catch real criminals, so the bandit from the 90s in the new world manages to quickly terrify everyone. Only a policeman from the same time knows how to stop him.
2. Police officers (1997)
American neo-noir police drama talks about corruption and permissiveness in the ranks of officers. Scriptwriter and director James Mangold perfectly showed the danger posed by werewolves in uniform, and lead actor Sylvester Stallone did an excellent job with the image of a man who decided to challenge lawlessness.
Also in "Police officers"Stars such as Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta and Robert De Niro starred.
1. Rocky (1976)
In 1975, world heavyweight boxing champion Apollo Creed announced plans to hold a title fight in Philadelphia to mark the bicentennial of the United States. However, five weeks after the fight, he is informed that his opponent was eliminated due to a hand injury. Creed decides to rectify the situation by giving the local amateur boxer a chance to challenge him.
Creed picks Rocky Balboa, who fights mostly in small gyms and works as a fundraiser for a local money lender. So begins the greatest boxing saga in the history of world cinema.