
Movies that feel likeThe Predator (2018)
If you loved The Predator, the closest films we have are Greenland (2020), War Machine (2026) and Cloverfield (2008). All three share The 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 Tenet (2020).
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If The Predator hit the spot, these will too
Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Predator (1987) · Predator 2 (1990) · Predators (2010) · Prey (2022) · Predator: Badlands (2025)

The same mix in both: ideas, then momentum
The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

Tense science fiction in both cases

Common ground: alien

Cerebral action, and it commits to that

Both lean on momentum more than on thriller

Science fiction built on tension, twice over
The difference: Sits closer to crime than The Predator does

The same preoccupation in both: alien invasion

One thread runs through both: creature
The difference: 20 years apart, and the 1990s show

Action with a pulse of ideas, in both cases

Kinetic thriller in both cases

Science fiction with a pulse of tension, in both cases

Both play action straight
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