Sylvester Stallone ▲

Apex — Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)

27,150 feet (The Death Zone)

11th highest of 105

An enduring, oft-rewatched summit, edging Rocky IV.

The career, climbed — every film on the shared Everest scale; hover for detail

Filmography — by elevation

	Film	Year	Elevation
	Rambo: First Blood Part II ▲ apex	1985	27,152 ft
	Rocky IV	1985	27,152 ft
	Rambo III	1988	26,669 ft
	Rocky	1976	26,603 ft
	Cliffhanger	1993	25,888 ft
	Rocky II	1979	25,683 ft
	First Blood	1982	25,595 ft
	Rocky III	1982	25,398 ft
	Rocky V	1990	24,411 ft
	Cobra	1986	23,959 ft
	Rocky Balboa	2006	23,903 ft
	The Specialist	1994	23,829 ft
	Daylight	1996	23,805 ft
	Lock Up	1989	23,763 ft
	Over the Top	1987	23,599 ft
	Rambo	2008	23,592 ft
	Judge Dredd	1995	23,569 ft
	Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot	1992	23,550 ft
	Demolition Man	1993	23,542 ft
	Tango & Cash	1989	23,539 ft
	Nighthawks	1981	23,412 ft
	Oscar	1991	23,277 ft
	F.I.S.T.	1978	23,222 ft
	Rambo: Last Blood	2019	23,141 ft
	Escape to Victory	1981	22,990 ft
	Rhinestone	1984	22,861 ft
	The Expendables 2	2012	22,818 ft
	The Expendables	2010	22,803 ft
	Paradise Alley	1978	22,787 ft
	The Expendables 3	2014	22,715 ft
	D-Tox	2002	22,711 ft
	Bullet to the Head	2012	22,610 ft
	Escape Plan	2013	22,597 ft
	Cop Land	1997	22,497 ft
	Avenging Angelo	2002	22,495 ft
	Escape Plan 2: Hades	2018	22,465 ft
	Assassins	1995	22,415 ft
	Driven	2001	22,365 ft
	Escape Plan: The Extractors	2019	22,339 ft
	Reach Me	2014	22,224 ft
	Creed	2015	22,131 ft
	Get Carter	2000	21,909 ft
	Creed II	2018	21,863 ft
	Sly	2023	21,723 ft
	Samaritan	2022	21,691 ft
	The Lords of Flatbush	1974	21,552 ft
	The Party at Kitty and Stud's	1970	21,425 ft
	Grudge Match	2013	21,327 ft
	Backtrace	2018	21,311 ft
	Alarum	2025	21,274 ft
	Armor	2024	21,250 ft
	Shade	2003	21,210 ft
	Death Race 2000	1975	21,115 ft
	Capone	1975	20,973 ft
	Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over	2003	20,716 ft
	Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon	2013	20,684 ft
	The Suicide Squad	2021	20,509 ft
	An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn	1998	20,400 ft
	Kambakkht Ishq	2009	20,391 ft
	Animal Crackers	2018	20,267 ft
	Expend4bles	2023	20,209 ft
	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2	2017	20,199 ft
	Farewell, My Lovely	1975	20,186 ft
	Antz	1998	20,172 ft
	I Am Durán	2019	20,156 ft
	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3	2023	20,152 ft
	Ratchet & Clank	2016	20,150 ft
	Jackie Chan: My Story	1998	20,144 ft
	Bigger Stronger Faster*	2008	20,143 ft
	Zookeeper	2011	20,140 ft
	Jean-Claude Van Damme: Karate King	2023	20,140 ft
	Downhill Racer	1969	20,139 ft
	M*A*S*H	1970	20,139 ft
	Klute	1971	20,139 ft
	Bananas	1971	20,139 ft
	What's Up, Doc?	1972	20,139 ft
	Mandingo	1975	20,139 ft
	The Prisoner of Second Avenue	1975	20,139 ft
	Cannonball	1976	20,139 ft
	Staying Alive	1983	20,139 ft
	Men in Black	1997	20,139 ft
	Taxi 3	2003	20,139 ft
	Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen	2012	20,139 ft
	Milius	2013	20,139 ft
	Breakdown: 1975	2025	20,139 ft