"often overlooked as schmaltz". In 2006, the Library of Congress selected Rocky for preservation in the United States National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Accolades The Directors Guild of America awarded Rocky its annual award for best film of the year in 1976, and in 2006, Sylvester Stallone's original screenplay for Rocky was selected for the Writers Guild of America Award as the 78th best screenplay of all time. In June 2008, AFI revealed its "Ten top Ten"—the best ten films in ten "classic" American film genres—after polling over 1,500 people from the creative community. Rocky was acknowledged as the second-best film in the sports genre, after Raging Bull. In 2008, Rocky was chosen by British film magazine Empire as one of The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time. In contrast, in a 2005 poll by Empire, Rocky was No. 9 on their list of "The Top 10 Worst Pictures to Win Best Picture Oscar". In 2015, The Hollywood Reporter polled hundreds of Academy members, asking them to re-vote on past controversial decisions. Academy members indicated that, given a second chance, they would award the 1977 Oscar for Best Picture to All the President's Men instead. Year-end lists Rocky has also appeared on several of the American Film Institute's 100 Years lists. AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (1998) – #78. AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills (2001) – #52 AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions (2002) – Nominated AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes and Villains (2003) Rocky Balboa – #7 Hero. AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs (2004) "Gonna Fly Now" – #58 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes (2005) "Yo, Adrian!" – #80. AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores (2005) – Nominated AFI's 100 Years... 100 Cheers (2006) – #4. AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) (2007) – #57 AFI's 10 Top 10 (2008) – #2 Sports Film Other media Sequels The film's success led to eight sequels, Beginning with Rocky II in 1979. Followed by Rocky III in 1982, Rocky IV in 1985, Rocky V in 1990, Rocky Balboa in 2006, Creed in 2015 and Creed II in 2018. Another sequel, titled Creed III, will be released in 2023; however, Stallone announced in April 2021 that he will not appear in the film. Possible prequel In July 2019, Stallone said in an interview that there have been ongoing discussions about a prequel to the original film based