Rocky released on Amazon Prime Video on Friday, 3 December 1976.
Rocky Balboa is a Philadelphia club fighter who seems to be going nowhere. But when a stroke of fate puts him in the ring with a world heavyweight champion, Rocky knows that it's his one shot at the big time — a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go the distance and come out a winner!
Robert 'Rocky' Balboa
Adrianna 'Adrian' Pennino
Paulie Pennino
Apollo Creed
Mickey Goldmill
George 'Miles' Jergens
Tony Gazzo
Mike
Cast and portraits from TMDB.
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Fathom Entertainment will re-release the 1976 original Rocky in November 2026, with a 4K restoration and a new trailer campaign. The move coincides with the release of I Play Rocky, a fictionalized take on the film’s making.
Sylvester Stallone took to Instagram, proclaiming ‘Rhinestone’ his favorite movie after Rocky and pleading for its streaming debut, as the 1984 Dolly Parton‑Stallone musical remains unavailable in North America.
Peter Farrelly's I Play Rocky, chronicling how Sylvester Stallone forced Hollywood to let him star in his own script, premiered at TIFF to standing ovations and early Oscar talk for lead Anthony Ippolito.
Sylvester Stallone has announced that Bill Conti, who composed the Rocky score, will provide original music for the audiobook edition of his memoir The Steps, out September 29.
