Top Sylvester Stallone Action Movies

Muscular, tough, and often bearded -- that's Sly Stallone. Which of his action roles ranks as the most explosive?

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1 First Blood
If the Vietcong couldn't stop Stallone, how is a small-town sherrif going to fair? Not well. Not well. 1498 2020

2 Rambo: First Blood Part II
In the rare sequel that's just as good as the original, Rambo takes the action to a whole new level. 732 1784

3 Cliffhanger
Stallone plays a mountaineer haunted by a climbing disaster and forced to thwart a villain's plot in the mountains. 555 1697

4 Demolition Man
Sly conquers the future as a tough-as-nails cop unfrozen to fight his criminally insane nemesis (Wesley Snipes). 368 1720

5 Tango & Cash
Action titans Stallone and Kurt Russell are rival cops forced to work together: the inevitable action and hilarity ensue. 322 1652

6 Cobra
Lieutenant Cobra Cobretti is a righteous, violent, take-no-prisoners cop on a mission, a role tailor-made for Stallone. 317 1681

7 Nighthawks
Sly teams with Billy Dee Williams in a classic and unconscionably forgotten eighties buddy-cop movie. 183 1455

8 Assassins
A strangely moral hit man (Stallone) faces off with an equally amoral one (Antonio Banderas). Many gun battles follow. 113 1165

9 The Specialist
Stallone, in the familiar role of an assasin with a conscience, gives audiences what they want: lots of action. 83 1483

10 Judge Dredd
Stallone returns to the future as a badass judge who, when framed for murder, unsurprisingly does not take it lying down. 42 1604