The murderous alien hunters known as the Predators may not be as meticulously analyzed as their close cousins, the xenomorphs, from the Alien franchise. But since 1987, the Predator franchise has certainly offered plenty of films. From the gritty 1987 original to the underrated 1990 Predator 2, to the present-day renaissance, the Predator franchise is clearly not going anywhere anytime soon. Indeed, the new batch of films, starting with Prey in 2022, has ushered in a newfound love and respect for the Predators and has once again brought the franchise back into the same canonical universe as Alien.
But, if you’re getting ready to watch 2025’s Predator: Badlands or going down a frightening trip down memory lane, what is the best order to watch the Predator movies? From a script timeline watch-order, to unpacking the Alien connections, to the more recent Dan Trachtenberg films, here are all the best ways to approach watching the Predator movies.
