The first and possibly best in the series of Rocky movies see's Sylvester Stallone take on the role of Rocky Balboa in a story which takes him on a rags to riches journey when he is given the once in a life time chance to fight against the Heavyweight Champion of the world Apollo Creed played by Carl Weathers.
The movie became an instant hit as many people around the world could associate themselves with the character of Rocky as he fought hard just to get by in life and as an underdog fought seemingly unsermountable challenges.
The movie also kick started the career of Talia Shire who played Adrian and who would eventually become Mrs Balboa. The movie also saw established actor Burgess Meridith play the role of Rocky's trainer for the first three movies before meeting his demise.
Despite featuring several boxing matches the movie has an appeal to most of the family as Rocky faces challenge after challenge throughout the 6 Rocky movies. The way he faces these make the character well loved around the world, across all the age ranges.