How to Watch Rocky and Creed Movies In Order

For decades, Rocky has been an iconic character, perhaps one of the biggest in film history. Now, we can dive in and learn how we can watch the Rocky and Creed movies in order.

The movies follow Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stalone) growing in a low-income family and fighting through the boxing ranks. The original 1976 film had a tiny budget of just over $1 million but earned some $225 million at the box office and received ten nominations for the Academy Awards, winning three of them.

The film was so successful and the franchise grew that seven other movies were made, with an eighth coming in 2022. The Creed movies are both a spin-off and a sequel to the Rocky movies, featuring the younger generation of boxers, such as the son of Apollo Creed,

How to Watch Rocky and Creed Movies in Release Order?

If you want to watch the Rocky and Creed movies in order, you have several ways to go about it - by release date, by the storyline - Rocky and Creed. You can watch the films in the order they were released below.

Rocky (1976)
Rocky II (1979)
Rocky III (1982)
Rocky IV (1985)
Rocky V (1990)
Rocky Balboa (2006)
Creed (2015)
Creed II (2018)

Rocky Storyline

You can watch the movies starring Stallone only, without Creed:

Rocky (1976)
Rocky II (1979)
Rocky III (1982)
Rocky IV (1985)
Rocky V (1990)
Rocky Balboa (2006)

Creed Storyline

You can also go the other way and watch only the movies centering around Apollo Creed and his son:

Rocky (1976)
Rocky II (1979)
Rocky III (1982)
Rocky IV (1985)
Creed (2015)
Creed II (2018)

Where to Watch Rocky and Creed Movies?

If you want to stream the Rocky and Creed movies, a few platforms still feature them all. Here's where you can enjoy them right now:

Rocky (1976) - HBO, HBO Max
Rocky II (1979) - HBO, HBO Max
Rocky III (1982) - HBO, HBO Max
Rocky IV (1985) - HBO, HBO Max
Rocky V (1990) - HBO, HBO Max
Rocky Balboa (2006) - HBO, HBO Max
Creed (2015) - not available to stream
Creed II (2018) - Hulu, Epix, Prime Video, fubo TV

Please keep in mind that these are the platforms featuring the titles at the time of reporting but may change depending on expiring licensing deals.