
Movies that feel likeRocky IV (1985)
If you loved Rocky IV, the closest films we have are Girl, Interrupted (1999), Battle Royale (2000) and Million Dollar Baby (2004). All three share Rocky IV's contemplative and melancholy feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Places in the Heart (1984).
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If Rocky IV hit the spot, these will too
Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Rocky (1976) Β· Rocky II (1979) Β· Rocky III (1982) Β· Rocky V (1990) Β· Rocky Balboa (2006)

The same mix in both: stillness, then melancholy
The difference: Takes it somewhere less kinetic than Rocky IV does

The same preoccupation in both: friendship
The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

Both are working the same pair: mortality, transporter



Both keep coming back to the same thing: grief

Both are built on the same subject: mortality

Both lean on stillness more than on drama
The difference: Made in the 2000s, in a different era of the craft


Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

Kinetic action in both cases
The difference: Sits closer to adventure than Rocky IV does

Common ground: friendship
In the mood for more contemplative?
all contemplative movies βThe best-reviewed films that share Rocky IVβs defining feeling.









