The Best 'Predator' Movies

Voting Rules
Vote up the best movies in the Predator franchise.

There is no doubt that all these movies are classics or at least memorable but one of them has to be the best of the Predator movies. Will it be the film that started it all back in 1987 or maybe one of the follow-ups in the series such as Predators or The Predator will make it to the top of the list?

If you've ever asked yourself, how many Predator movies are there? Look below to see all the films featuring your favorite extraterrestrial hunter listed with the year they were released so you can watch them chronologically or in order of best to worst.

Your votes will help determine the best movies in the Predator series. Vote up your favorites and vote down the Predator films you didn't like to ensure the right movie makes it to the top of the list.

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  • Predator
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    1
    179 VOTES
    Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger), a soldier of fortune, is hired by the U.S. government to secretly rescue a group of politicians trapped in Guatemala. But when Dutch and his team, which includes weapons expert Blain (Jesse Ventura) and CIA agent George (Carl Weathers), land in Central America, something is gravely wrong. After finding a string of dead bodies, the crew discovers they are being hunted by a brutal creature with superhuman strength and the ability to disappear into its surroundings.
    • Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Jesse Ventura, Elpidia Carrillo, Bill Duke
    • Released: 1987
    • Directed by: John McTiernan
    179 votes

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  • Predator 2
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    2
    149 VOTES
    Los Angeles is enduring a heat wave and a crime wave, so the pressure on police officer Michael Harrigan (Danny Glover) to solve a strange string of murders is mounting. Harrigan thinks the culprit can be found among the warring gangs and drug cartels, but FBI Special Agent Peter Keyes (Gary Busey) knows the horrible truth: Their killer is a fearsome extraterrestrial (Kevin Peter Hall) with keen hunting abilities that include superior night vision and the power to make itself invisible.
    • Actors: Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Rubén Blades, Maria Conchita Alonso, Bill Paxton
    • Released: 1990
    • Directed by: Stephen Hopkins
    149 votes

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  • Prey
    Photo: Prey
    3
    92 VOTES
    In 1719 a skilled Comanche warrior protects her tribe from a highly evolved alien predator that hunts humans for sport.
    • Actors: Amber Midthunder, Dane DiLiegro, Michelle Thrush, Stefany Mathias, Mike Paterson
    • Released: 2022
    • Directed by: Dan Trachtenberg
    92 votes

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  • Predators
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    4
    139 VOTES
    Brought together on a mysterious planet, a mercenary (Adrien Brody) and a group of coldblooded killers now become the prey. A new breed of aliens pursues the ragtag humans through dense jungle. The group must work together to survive, or become the latest trophies of the fearsome intergalactic hunters.
    • Actors: Adrien Brody, Topher Grace, Alice Braga, Walton Goggins, Oleg Taktarov
    • Released: 2010
    • Directed by: Nimród Antal
    139 votes

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  • Alien vs. Predator
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    When the wealthy and ambitious Charles Bishop Weyland (Lance Henriksen) funds an expedition to Antarctica, he hopes to find a mysterious source of heat that has been detected. Led by a tough guide, Alexa Woods (Sanaa Lathan), Weyland and his team uncover a pyramid, but they also find malevolent parasitic aliens. Making matters worse, another extraterrestrial species, known as Predators, arrive to hunt the other aliens, with the humans caught in the middle of the conflict.
    • Actors: Sanaa Lathan, Raoul Bova, Lance Henriksen, Ewen Bremner, Colin Salmon
    • Released: 2004
    • Directed by: Paul W.S. Anderson
    130 votes

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  • 6
    117 VOTES

    The Predator

    From the outer reaches of space to the small-town streets of suburbia, the hunt comes home. The universe's most lethal hunters are stronger, smarter and deadlier than ever before, having genetically upgraded themselves with DNA from other species. When a boy accidentally triggers their return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and an evolutionary biologist can prevent the end of the human race.
    • Actors: Boyd Holbrook, Trevante Rhodes, Jacob Tremblay, Keegan-Michael Key, Olivia Munn
    • Released: 2018
    • Directed by: Shane Black
    117 votes

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