My order of preference (most appreciated to least) is:

Rocky IV
Rocky II
Rocky III
Rocky

Let’s face it, when Rocky fought Drago, they had jumped the shark so much and moved so far from the original idea of a boxer overcoming personal challenges and beating a much more polished opponent, that it was ridiculous. It almost should have been an animated cartoon because it was like he was fighting a super-hero caricature. Reality was checked at the door…I thought at the time I saw the movie, the only next logical step if they made a next movie would be for him to fight an alien or himself, since he defeated the highest level of opponent possible on our planet. He did end up fighting himself in a way in Rocky V because he trained Tommy Gun.

But all that aside, seeing the things he did when he trained in the barn made me thing anything was possible! And the music was a fantastic marriage to the powerful footage. I recorded the training sequence from the film (not the soundtrack version) with all the noise and grunts and use that when I work out. So his training helped mine!

Rocky IV – cant argue
Rocky II – when Adrianne woke up.. I teared up a lil haha
Rocky Balboa – was great
Rocky I
Rocky III
Rocky V – a sad joke