Got to go with the original as my favorite. But 4 is a very close second.
1. Rocky
2. Rocky 4. (This was an important movie for the time it was released. With the end of the cold war looming, it showed the world we were right and the Russians and communism were on the wrong side of history. It wasnt long after this Reagan made his famous Bradenburg gate speech)
3. Rocky 2
4. Rocky 3
5. Rocky Balboa
6. Creed
7. Rocky 5. (Seriously WTF)
@PedroDePacas:
A lot of people don't remember that Rocky lost in the first movie against Creed, knew he would, but just wanted to go the distance. Deep approach to life.
ROCKY V was horrible, but when you rewatch now, there are some good speeches, and the ending is the best street fight of all time. Rocky breaks every Boxing rule and uses some MMA to take out Tommy Gunn (RIP died of AIDS, also Stallone's son, who played Rocky's son in the movie):
youtu.be/tUVAcSphTqE 4951