Rocky

1976 120 min Drama

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!

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IMDb 8.1 RT 93 Metacritic 70

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3 wins

1976 BEST PICTURE Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff
1976 DIRECTING John G. Avildsen
1976 FILM EDITING Richard Halsey, Scott Conrad

7 nominations

1976 ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE (Rocky Balboa) Sylvester Stallone
1976 ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (Mickey) Burgess Meredith
1976 ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (Paulie) Burt Young
1976 ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE (Adrian) Talia Shire
1976 MUSIC (Original Song) (Gonna Fly Now) Bill Conti, Carol Connors, Ayn Robbins
1976 SOUND Harry W. Tetrick, William McCaughey, Lyle Burbridge, Bud Alper
1976 WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen--based on factual material or on story material not previously published or produced) Sylvester Stallone