
Movies that feel likePredator (1987)
If you loved Predator, the closest films we have are The Abyss (1989), Superman (1978) and The Hunt for Red October (1990). Most of the picks below share Predator's cerebral and kinetic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995).
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If Predator hit the spot, these will too
Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Predator 2 (1990) · Predators (2010) · The Predator (2018) · Prey (2022) · Predator: Badlands (2025)

An elite crew, an unknown intelligence and mounting pressure
The difference: Wonder over dread — Cameron aims for awe, not a kill count

Big-screen myth-making with total blockbuster conviction
The difference: Earnest superheroics — no menace, no survival stakes

McTiernan's control of pressure — a hunt where patience kills
The difference: Cold War chess in a submarine — talk replaces muscle

McTiernan action built on being outmatched and improvising
The difference: Urban buddy banter — the enemy is human and chatty

One thread runs through both: alien
The difference: Takes it somewhere less tense than Predator does

Cerebral where it counts, kinetic underneath

A jungle where every rustle might be a predator
The difference: Theme-park thrills — the peril is loud, never patient

Hunted specialists using every trick against a stronger foe
The difference: Psychic-powers mythology — neon Hong Kong, no jungle sweat

Overwhelming alien firepower meeting human defiance
The difference: Planet-scale CGI mush — no jungle, no stalking dread

Science fiction built on scale, twice over
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Tense action, and it commits to that
The difference: 25 years apart, and the 2010s show

Soldiers meeting something inexplicable and lethal
The difference: Russian sci-fi sprawl — ideas outpace the tension
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