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Predator

1987
Sci-fi, Suspense/Thriller
1h 47m
Dutch (Schwarzenegger) and his elite military unit are recruited to rescue hostages held by guerrillas in the Latin American jungle. But once there, they encounter an enemy more deadly than any on earth! (20th Century Fox)
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Predator

1987
Sci-fi, Suspense/Thriller
1h 47m
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Rated 28 Jul 2009
90
95th
So macho the dvd case had a five o'clock shadow and smelled of cigars.
Rated 30 Jan 2012
96
99th
This movie is so good it spawned two future governors. Edit: This is one of the first movies I ever loved (for years I only knew the edited for tv version) and with each passing year my knowledge of cinema grows. But for every Truffaut movie I watch, every Kurosawa film I see, every Hitchcock masterpiece I catch up on, every innovative indie delight that bends and breaks what movies can do, Predator never seems to lose any of its magic. I love this movie.
Rated 21 Sep 2015
100
99th
The eternal freshness of this perfect popcorn flick owes to its terrific creature design, a larger-than-life cast, intoxicating setting, and a killer score. The relentless incline of the jungle works so well with Silvestri's odd rhythms/textures to maintain a bed of tension. It's perfectly paced from the "arms race" to the mushroom cloud. The alien itself is one of the best movie monsters there are, the kind that mimics our own ugly nature - carnage glorified and demonized at once. Anytime...
Rated 02 Apr 2019
80
84th
Ridiculously entertaining on so many levels. If Commando is the best ARNIE film, this is the BEST Arnie film. Watch it on a big screen, turned up loud, and rejoice.
Rated 04 Aug 2018
90
64th
Probably one of Arnold's best performances and movies. The visual effects make it feel pretty dated but the practical effects were awesome. The movie works because the directing is pretty good, the story is done well, and the acting is good all around. I didn't even care that it was a little cheesy. If you're in the mood for some great action and muscle, and a good story about survival, stick around!
Rated 08 Sep 2008
88
87th
One of the greatest examples of three-act structure and quick character establishment in film. Yes, I said it. Notice how the men who use technology the most die first - Arnie has to literally become one with nature to beat the tech-heavy Predator. And he does it all with only sweat and those ridiculous biceps. Basically the Most Dangerous Game, but with beefy men's men as the prey, instead of Fay Wray. Works for me.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
99
99th
I don't believe a day has gone by since 1987 when I haven't quoted this movie at least once.........yeah, I've been told to stop.
Rated 01 Aug 2009
87
93rd
Arnie, Ventura and Weathers get oiled up and bound off into the jungle with some big guns to destroy massive amounts of vegetation and one of the greatest movie monsters ever created. It's ridiculous 80's cheese, but also one of the finest and most entertaining action films ever made. There are parts of this film that really do look great, and Predator is just a work of monster genius. Finally a word for the Man verses alien ending, which is just mega!
Rated 01 May 2011
90
93rd
'Predator' is bad ass, no nonsense, 80s sci-fi action bonanza with enough testosterone to, if properly distilled, make another Sylvester Stallone. Duke! Weathers! Ventura and ol' painless! Even Shane fucking Black! And also featuring the greatest, most awesome movie monster of all time! And the predator is pretty cool too!
Rated 04 Mar 2007
4
70th
The best Vietnam films I've seen, in order: Apocalypse Now, Aliens, Full Metal Jacket, Predator. I am damn well serious.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
100
99th
An elite unit of commandos is sent into the jungle, but they get much more than they bargained for when they run into a mysterious creature that eliminates them one by one. Major Dutch Schaefer realizes he has to make a stand, and he does it with nothing but guts. The most perfect action movie ever made.
Rated 24 Jun 2008
100
99th
I CAN WATCH THIS MOVIE A MILLION TIMES AND IT NEVER GETS OLD.
Rated 20 Mar 2007
99
99th
"Predator" objectively deserves about an '85', but nostalgia sets in and raises the score. Being my favorite guilty pleasure, the film has an incredible combination of genres - action, suspense, horror and sci-fi, all of which it excels in. The creature design is great, the music terrific, the pacing relentlessly brisk, and the excessive violence and action sequences are truly monumental and still look great today. I think every American man can agree that "Predator" is truly one of the greats.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
89
85th
Other than the Terminator movies, this is probably Arnold at his best. It's slightly more serious than one might expect, and Arnold himself actually seems mortal in it, which is a unique attribute for any of his films. It must also be said that Predator is a sci-fi classic. Really good!
Rated 10 Nov 2008
88
86th
The definitive Arnie flick, in my opinion. It has everything you could want in an action movie: Schwarzenegger, big-ass guns, exotic location, excessive violence, a brutal alien menace, and Jesse Ventura.
Rated 05 Apr 2010
66
47th
Well it's got cult fame status now for sure. Although I find the Predator concept to be pretty cool the acting all throughout this is pretty bad. The action, barring the mini-gun forest mow-down, isn't all that impressive either. Even so it's got a bizarre charm probably due to the variety of the elite squad, the memorable final fight and the camp factor of some of the goofy dialog. In short it's better than it has any right to be making it worth a watch.
Rated 02 Mar 2017
94
97th
One of the greatest action/sci-fi movies ever. Starting off as like "Rambo: First Blood Part II"(1985) and ending up like "Alien"(1979), this film is an 80's classic. Perfectly cast, the story is full of memorable characters and moments. Surprisingly, the film ends up as an alien slasher movie featuring a fantastic creature design that helped create the iconic character of the "Predator" and cemented Arnold Schwarzengger as the greatest action star of the 80s.
Rated 11 Mar 2018
80
78th
Top badass moment? Probably all of it if I'm honest. A dude with cool dreadlocks that wouldn’t look out of place at a ska-punk gig (and probably standing right in front of me given his height), with a built-in atom bomb and VHS quality vision and sound, tries to defeat Earth’s entire supply of testosterone. And fails. By the way, does anyone know what stuff's in that packet that turns you into a sexual tyrannosaurus? I’ve a friend that wants to know. No cats, chainsaws or decapitations.
Rated 01 Oct 2020
70
48th
Battle Of The 80's "MUSCLE STUDS" Seems like a more appropriate title
Rated 06 Aug 2007
70
42nd
Interesting Vietnam War metaphor, with the Predator alien as a twisted vision of the Vietcong. A fun Ahnuld movie with a surprising amount of the cast going on to dabble in politics. Go figure.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
57
39th
Predator simply is what it is. There's lots of gunfire, lots of gore, and lots of Arnold screaming. If that's your cup of tea, here's your film.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
85
82nd
This movie will turn you into a sexual tyrannosaurus.
Rated 22 Jan 2008
90
97th
Dillon! You son of a bitch. Stick around. For a tough assassin (rescue team member, I mean) who aint got time to bleed. And for an ugly motherfucker of a creature that looks like it wants to mate with a literal dickhead. Good times.
Rated 13 Feb 2009
87
90th
Hell yeah. Badass 80's cheese right here. It's a shame McTiernan went on to direct the vomit that is Rollerball.
Rated 12 Oct 2009
80
86th
Pure testosterone on celluloid, from a time when McTiernan was a gifted director, and big muscle men weren't in politics: They just blew shit up, as God intended it.
Rated 10 Jan 2010
86
94th
Arnie appears bizarrely intellectual when Jesse Ventura happens to be in the same movie.
Rated 11 Aug 2012
72
32nd
Get to tha Choppah! Predator holds up well. Hilarious one liners and so many slo-mo explosion jumps. It's funny how good the predator looks compared to the AVP predators of late. The film really came into its own toward the end where it was basically Arnold preparing himself for the final battle. Fun stuff.
Rated 18 Mar 2013
90
95th
Not only the ultimate standard 1980s macho and muscular flick, but also a politically resonant thriller by one of the greatest action auteurs of all time. In a way, this highly quotable feature -- get to the choppa!, if it bleeds, we can kill it, bleed, bastard, stick around -- is an intense examination of invisible fears fought as if they were a nuclear menace. Dutch and the others shoot, but don't kill. In order to destroy evil, McTiernan says, you've go to go primal and wild and primitive.
Rated 31 Dec 2016
75
40th
That flexing handshake at the beginning has to be one of the greatest moments of 80's action-flick history.
Rated 10 Aug 2022
60
32nd
Its story beats are bad, but its men are big and sweaty and they elect to use up all their ammo in an inefficient deforestation effort - what more can you ask for? A great creature design, perhaps? It’s so good that the climax is closeups of its face instead of an action sequence! A simple, campy action flick that nails its approach with the accuracy of a traumatized minigun artilleryman: “Nothing on this earth could have lived.”
Rated 12 Aug 2022
100
98th
The Predator doing the voice duplicator thing with Arnolds voice and just blowing up. "Awwwaaaaaaaauuugraaaahhhhh"
Rated 12 Jul 2007
88
56th
Silly and cheesy. But some great vintage Ahnold-based action. "If it bleeds, we can kill it."
Rated 16 Jul 2007
90
95th
Just rewatched it (2010). It's still highly enjoyable. A 80's classic. Also the DVD extra's behind the scenes is great fun. The testosterone of these guys is exploding from your TV.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
95
98th
Awesome action flick with one of the best ensemble casts of the 80's. It's great how the crack military team shows up to the jungle with tons of high tech, but it doesn't help them at all. In the end it comes down to Arnie flexing his pecs and brawling half naked in the mud with an alien. They just don't make tough guy action films like this any more.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
71
69th
One of the better movies featuring two future governors.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
100
97th
I first gave this a 93, but then revised it to 100 when I realized it was not missing one single element of a great movie.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
83
71st
Hey two governors and Appolo Creed can't be wrong. The predator was a really original movie monster at the time. Really cool premise, war flick turns into horror/action movie. See this movie, even see Predator 2, just skip AVP, please skip AVP.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
84
89th
At one time Arnold made good movies, this is one of his better ones.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
78
78th
I'm a guy, so even though I recognize this movie as crap, I'm still unable to turn away when I see it on cable...
Rated 14 Aug 2007
4
74th
Malick, Kurosawa, Herzog. Aguirre, Apocalypse Now, Black Narcissus... Predator. It fits squarely and legitimately in the pantheon of films which are about the immutable and unstoppable force of nature, and the havoc it wreaks on man's psyche. "The Jungle, it came alive and took him." It may also be construed as a Vietnam parable and is, more plainly, one of the best editions of prime Schwarzenegger, featuring exciting action sequences, a colorful cast of characters, and a few classic one-liners.
Rated 23 Sep 2007
3
61st
Great action flick that gave us an instantly recognizable villain and several inferior sequels. Future governors of America unite to beat the shit out of an alien. Sounds good to me.
Rated 18 Feb 2008
7
68th
*throws a knife into a dudes chest* STICK AROUND!
Rated 09 May 2008
80
72nd
Bunch of guys in the woods; got big muscles, got big guns. Can't go wrong.
Rated 14 Jun 2008
75
86th
very good movie
Rated 21 Jul 2008
89
76th
Cheesy 80's action at it's best. A nonstop thrill-ride featuring the great Schwarzenegger!
Rated 08 Oct 2008
74
66th
I saw it in Spanish and my Spanish isn't that good so I didn't catch everything but I got the main idea: extremely musculated men going in the jungle to kick every living creatures ass, included the jungle itself.
Rated 05 Jan 2009
97
96th
"Bunch of slack-jawed faggots around here. This stuff will make you a god damned sexual Tyrannosaurus, just like me." So awesome!
Rated 15 Jan 2009
80
76th
Some awful dialog and a distracting soundtrack can't stop this movie from being serious fun. Arnold, Ventura, Landham and Duke are all fucking awesome here, and it's always nice to see Carl "Baby, You Got a Stew Goin'" Weathers ("YOU sonofaBITCH!"). The guerilla raid and jungle mow-down are completely ridiculous and way over-the-top, but the mano-a-mano finale is as thrilling as they come. Nothing left to say, except that Landham ran for Kentucky governor and lost -- I find that hilarious.
Rated 26 May 2009
79
81st
The Predator (gay marriage) faces off against two governors, one who submits, the other who stands strong. A brilliant, multilayered metaphor for our times.
Rated 11 Aug 2009
90
94th
Predator, from awesome action/adventure flick turns into awesome sci-fi suspense film. This is clearly one of Arnold's best, not like Terminator 1 or 2, but still one of his finest. Not to mention appearances by 3 people who ran in gubernatorial races.
Rated 13 Nov 2009
95
93rd
Predator is definitely one of the best and most powerful SciFi Action Blockbuster of the 80's. I just can't guess how many times I've watched this Flick, but I never get tired of it.It's more like a stupid Soldier against Mutant Creature Story. The Predator seems to be immortal. And the End give me a chill everytime I watch it. Just awesome!!
Rated 22 Feb 2010
68
72nd
Although Predator spreads its merits rather thinly at times, it has a charm which somehow overcomes its flaws providing an interesting and sometimes mildly thrilling experience. Although the mostly musclebound cast have some difficulty in delivering the often haphazard script the way over the top action scenes seem to come with ease and eventually events gain enough momentum to propel themselves forwards largely unaided. Another inherently flawed but fondly remembered adrenaline fueled bonanza.
Rated 29 Nov 2011
89
69th
You probably already knew this, but what makes Predator so great is the complete turn the movie makes on big 80's action movies where muscular killing machines slice through hundreds of nameless faceless bad guys like melted ice cream, by quickly subverting all the explosions and bombast into a tense unpredictable hunt, where suddenly silence, stealth and cunning are the means of winning. The movie holds up not just as a classic of the time but now as well for making the situation so clever.
Rated 10 Dec 2011
75
65th
Get to da choppa!!!
Rated 24 Mar 2012
90
96th
Probably one of the best action movies ever made...
Rated 13 Jun 2012
30
16th
The lesson of the conclusion of this movie: when hunting another species, don't give your opponent enough time to prepare traps and weapons because you are too busy cleaning and stroking the skulls you have taken as trophies of those you have killed. A mistake I will never make again; thanks, Jim and John.
Rated 28 Aug 2013
91
93rd
Sucks it took me so long to finially watch this movie but glad I did what an awesome movie. (#1230)
Rated 29 Apr 2014
59
12th
The special effects are very dated in this movie. The script does not have any depth it is just a bunch of guys with big muscles acting tough and shooting guns. The villain of the movie is weird and for some reason shoots lasers. This movie overall is disappointing.
Rated 14 Jun 2014
90
83rd
Schwarzenegger = win and old is gold
Rated 03 Aug 2014
90
60th
More classic 80s Ahnuld. A genius concoction of 80s Hollywood, you get two action flicks in one in this masterpiece of the genre. Starts out as musclebound commandos fighting bad guys in the jungle. That combined with Arnie's awesome one liners and more testosterone than you thought was possible in a movie would have been enough, but midway through, the iconic alien shows up and you get a tense, hunter versus hunted showdown for the ages. Awesome stuff.
Rated 27 Feb 2017
70
69th
"Predator" is a welcome twist to the war/action genre. John McTiernan orchestrates the film's first part - essentially a fascinating mix of a military operation and hints that something's crucially different - wonderfully, building up the tension masterfully till the Predator is finally revealed. Props should also go to the confrontation between the titular creature and our hero, crucially presented as a battle of wits rather than merely of strength or armory.
Rated 29 Apr 2018
70
46th
Baby you got a stew going!
Rated 12 Jul 2018
5
43rd
Maybe I just don't gel with a lot of 80's and 90's action flicks, but I don't love this as much as everyone else. Not being overly fond of Arnold, I still found him okay, but he is just being himself like always and if you like that, it's easy to see why you like this so much. The predator is certainly the best part of the movie, while some of the effects haven't aged too well and really do show in some areas, the sound and atmosphere it brings makes up for it. Overall, it's fine.
Rated 20 Sep 2018
92
96th
One of the most consistently overlooked action films of the 80's, Predator deconstructs so many tropes of it's era and is a fantastic story in and of itself. They way it so seamlessly shifts from generic 80's action to a fight-for-your-life slasher featuring a bunch of muscled-up Hollywood dudes is something to behold. It even showcases the early career trajectory of Shane Black.
Rated 13 Oct 2018
70
36th
The original Predator movie has some great 80's one-liners. It is an iconic over-the-top action film that cemented the Predator as a movie monster for all time. Schwarzenegger and Weathers play well off each other. The rest of the squad does a fair job as well. The movie is helped and hindered by being pretty simple. The story is a group of commandos are sent in to recover another team. Once they find the team they go for extraction. The Predator comes and kills everything. Good guys win.
Rated 12 Dec 2006
80
65th
I watch it because aliens are real.
Rated 14 Dec 2006
90
65th
The iconic Schwarzenegger movie. It's got the cheesy one-liners, and Arnold beating up a seven foot tall alien with dreadlocks.
Rated 30 Dec 2006
55
51st
GET TO THA CHOPPA
Rated 16 Jan 2007
80
96th
man i love this alien hunter
Rated 20 Feb 2007
75
42nd
You're one ugly motherfucker.
Rated 02 Mar 2007
55
49th
Great action movie.
Rated 19 Mar 2007
87
78th
An action movie classic starring the great Arnold. Predator is a nonstop thrill ride that never quite lets up. I loved it.
Rated 26 Mar 2007
81
79th
Endlessly quotable. Best exemplifies the height of 80's action films.
Rated 27 Apr 2007
78
51st
Got to love old Arnold movies
Rated 03 May 2007
80
68th
Good Arnie action film that turns into a good horror picture as it goes along
Rated 26 May 2007
75
79th
Classic. Two governors, one movie.
Rated 28 May 2007
73
36th
Entertaining in its own silly way.
Rated 14 Jun 2007
90
86th
One of the best sci-fi action movies ever.
Rated 11 Jul 2007
93
95th
Great Arnold!
Rated 01 Aug 2007
80
72nd
Beefcakes being trashed by a monster-alien....and well-made picture to boot.
Rated 11 Aug 2007
81
74th
Unapologetically badass.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
71
66th
A memorable classic with one of the most iconic aliens in movies ever.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
82
90th
Nearly perfect 80s action.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
98
96th
I love this movie too much, with my manly man-love.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
89
69th
80's cheesey action perfected.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
70
38th
get to the chopper!
Rated 14 Aug 2007
100
96th
If you don't like this movie, then screw you. I'm looking at you, Janet Maslin of the New York TImes.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
97
97th
I ain't got time to write a mini-review. CIA's got me pushing too many pencils.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
77
41st
Better than I expected. The Predator design is brilliant and the best part of the film, easily, is Arnie's successful employment of the Duck and Cover technique. Very educational.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
78
37th
Not a big action hero guy, but I this had me on the edge of my seat when I first saw it. Won't flip the channel immediately if it's on, but I won't stay past one or two commercial breaks.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
75
72nd
What's starts off as an extended episode of WWF meets Rambo quickly changes as an Alien (reputed to have been played by Jean Claude Van Damme), decides he wants some Arny action on his trophy room wall. Not exactly rocket science but still fun
Rated 14 Aug 2007
60
10th
Arnie is a cliche but that's exactly what's needed to fight the alien hunter.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
99
94th
DYLAN... you son of a bitch.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
82
77th
Schwarzenagger, Weathers and Milano
Rated 14 Aug 2007
90
87th
Arnold in his element along with some others for the ride.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
55
26th
Good to see
Rated 14 Aug 2007
74
70th
Another terrific action vehicle for Arnie, with a likeable and solid cast of costars. McTiernan delivers an atmospheric and intensely effective style that will grab you and keep you from beginning to end.
Rated 02 Dec 2007
55
44th
When I saw this film in a theatre I liked it. Specially the rasta hunter. Later I bought it as DVD because good memories of it, but it was not anymore in reviewing that excellent...
Rated 24 Jan 2008
45
29th
The music seemed completely out of place, then the lack of dialogue unnerved me, and finally the "vine used as rope" gag completely ruined it for me.
Rated 10 Apr 2008
78
63rd
Great cheesy 80s action. "Get to the Chopper!"

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