PredatorComplete Watch Order Guide
A science fiction action film series centered on a warrior class extraterrestrial species with technologically advanced weaponry that travel to Earth to trophy hunt human beings.
Predator Release Timeline
What order should you watch the Predator movies?
Release order — click any era to expand or collapse. All 6 released films shown below.
2 films released between 1987 and 1990.
1 film released between 2010 and 2010.
3 films released between 2018 and 2025.
Watch Predator in Order
Watch the Predator movies in release order, starting with Predator (1987) and continuing through Predator: Badlands (2025). The series spans 6 films, released between 1987 and 2025. Audiences rate the franchise 6.9/10 on average.
What order should you watch Predator?
For most viewers, release order is the recommended way to watch Predator. This is how the story was crafted and revealed to audiences — earlier films seed details, callbacks, and twists that pay off in later entries. Watching in release order preserves those reveals and matches the pacing the filmmakers intended.
Predator largely tracks its own in-universe chronology, so release order and chronological order overlap closely. You can use either without losing much, though release order is still the safest first watch.
About the Predator franchise
A science fiction action film series centered on a warrior class extraterrestrial species with technologically advanced weaponry that travel to Earth to trophy hunt human beings.
Each film builds on the previous one, rewarding viewers who watch in sequence.
Predator by the Numbers
Every figure below is calculated from the full film list on this page.
- 6
- Films released
- 38
- Years running
- 6.9/10
- Average audience rating
- 7.8/10
- Highest rated
- 5.6/10
- Lowest rated
- Flat
- Rating trajectory
- 20 years
- Longest gap between films
Predator has 6 released films, the first in 1987 and the most recent in 2025.
The series has been running for 38 years, from 1987 to 2025.
Across its 6 rated films, Predator averages 6.9/10 on TMDB, from 36,004 audience ratings.
The highest-rated entry is Predator: Badlands (2025) at 7.8/10 on TMDB.
The lowest-rated entry is The Predator (2018) at 5.6/10 on TMDB.
Its first 3 films average 6.7/10 on TMDB and its most recent 3 average 7.0/10, so audience ratings have held flat across the series.
The longest gap between consecutive films is 20 years, between Predator 2 (1990) and Predators (2010).
Computed by Movies in Order from The Movie Database (TMDB) collection data for Predator, covering all 6 released films. Last recalculated November 2026.
Predator Fun Facts & Trivia
The Predator franchise spans 38 years, from 1987 to 2025.
The highest-rated entry is Predator: Badlands with a 7.8/10 audience score.
Across all films, the franchise averages a 6.9/10 rating from audiences.
Predator films have collected over 36k audience ratings combined.
The most recent entry, Predator: Badlands (2025), continues a franchise that began 38 years earlier.
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