Sports movies have produced sequels for a generation, but it’s fair to say that the defining sports saga in cinematic history has taken place in the boxing ring. In fact, it lasted so long that the original hero became a mentor and nearly lost his own life by the end of it. What once started out as a modest boxing drama became a billion-dollar-grossing nine-movie series, spanning five decades, and now it’s available to stream again.
The entire Rocky and Creed movie franchise is now streaming on Paramount+, with all nine installments joining the service on September 1. The collection stretches from 1976’s Rocky through 2023’s Creed III, bringing the complete existing Balboa and Creed saga together on one major streaming platform. The franchise began in the 1970s with the struggling and scrappy Philadelphia boxer Rocky Balboa, who receives an unlikely opportunity to fight the heavyweight champion of the world, Apollo Creed. Five sequels would then follow before Creed shifted the focus to Apollo’s son, Adonis Creed, who turned to his father’s former rival for help becoming a professional boxer. Creed was followed by two more sequels, and allowed Donnie to start his own legacy.
The cast is led by Sylvester Stallone (Rambo) as Rocky Balboa across the six original movies and the first two Creed installments, while Michael B. Jordan (Black Panther) stars as Adonis Creed throughout the Creed trilogy. The wider franchise features Tessa Thompson (Thor: Ragnarok) as Bianca Taylor, Carl Weathers (Predator) as Apollo Creed, Dolph Lundgren (Universal Soldier) as Ivan Drago, Burt Young (Chinatown) as Paulie Pennino, Burgess Meredith (Batman) as Mickey Goldmill, and Phylicia Rashad (The Cosby Show) as Mary Anne Creed.
Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
💊The Matrix
🔥Mad Max
🌧️Blade Runner
🏜️Dune
🚀Star Wars
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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
02
In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
03
What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
04
How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
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Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
06
Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
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Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
08
What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
How Successful Is ‘Rocky’?
It’s beloved, and for a very good reason. The original Rocky remains one of the most acclaimed sports movies ever made, while Creed successfully revived the series almost 40 years later. The latter earned Stallone an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor, and Creed III continued the franchise without Rocky appearing on-screen for the first time.
Commercially, the nine movies have earned around $1.8 billion worldwide combined. The original Rocky was also nominated for 10 Academy Awards and won three, including Best Picture, while Stallone received nominations for both Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay.
All nine Rocky and Creed movies are streaming now on Paramount+.
