Rocky & Creed Watch Order (All 9 Films, 2026)

Rocky/Creed · Updated Sep 15, 2026

Nine films across two collections that TMDB still tracks separately, but they're one continuous story — Creed is a direct continuation of the Rocky saga, not a reboot, with Rocky Balboa himself a lead character in Creed and Creed II. Release order is chronological order for the whole nine-film run.

The Rocky saga

1.
Rocky (1976) — TMDB 1366
2.
Rocky II (1979) — TMDB 1367
3.
Rocky III (1982) — TMDB 1371
4.
Rocky IV (1985) — TMDB 1374
5.
Rocky V (1990) — TMDB 1375
6.
Rocky Balboa (2006) — TMDB 1246

The Creed saga

1.
Creed (2015) — TMDB 312221
2.
Creed II (2018) — TMDB 480530
3.
Creed III (2023) — TMDB 677179

Where to start if you only have a weekend

Rocky (1976) and Creed (2015) back-to-back give you the emotional through-line without all nine films — Creed was explicitly built as a legacy sequel that re-explains what you need to know from the original, and skips straight past II–V and Rocky Balboa.

SOURCES

• themoviedb.org (film IDs, cross-checked 2026-09-15 — Rocky Collection + Creed Collection)

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