Predators

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Predators

2025

1h 36m

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To Catch a Predator was a popular television show designed to hunt down child predators and lure them to a film set, where they would be interviewed and eventually arrested. PREDATORS is a chilling, thought-provoking exploration of the scintillating rise and staggering fall of the show, and the world it helped create.

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A searing and intellectually rigorous documentary, Predators examines the motives behind public justice to reveal the disturbing ethical consequences of turning real life trauma into spectacle.

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Christy Lemire

FilmWeek (LAist)

Dec 31

This is so eye-opening and caused me to really think differently about this show.

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Sophie Gilbert

The Atlantic

Dec 29

For how it illuminates a truly strange and callous moment in culture, it’s one of the best documentaries of the year.

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Megan Nolan

New Statesman

Nov 18

A revelatory and brilliant film.

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Ian Bunting

Daily Record (UK)

1d

Predators is as gripping as its subject matter - with no easy answers or ideologies thrust upon you - and whether you watched To Catch A Predator or not, it will grab your attention throughout.

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Josh Larsen

LarsenOnFilm

Jan 8

2/4

... third-degree, self-righteous voyeurism.

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Jose Solís

Common Sense Media

Jan 5

4/5

The documentary stands out for how it layers meaning beyond the surface story.

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Oct 22

Good but a little self-important at the end and never really covered the deterrence angle

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Sep 29

It fills one in on what happened to the show To Catch a Predator. A few moments drag a bit too long but overall an opportunity to understand the dynamics of show.

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Olga M

@Olgamaria Jan 9

They should check the computers of these filmmakers . This was truly a disgusting attempt in trying to garner sympathy for actual child predators… shameful depiction and should not be allowed as propaganda for trying to normalize this criminal behavior .

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malcolm d

@Malcolm11165 Jan 8

Good if you want to feel sorry for child predators. Leave it to the entertainment industry to convince people that child molesters have feelings too. Of course most people in the industry went to Epstiens Island. Disgusting

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bryan c

@Buckeye14 Jan 7

The solicited empathy for the would-be Predators of these children was disgusting.

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Heather P

@Heatherp27 Jan 7

This documentary really seems to be designed to have you feel sympathy for the predators.these men made the decisions that landed them on to catch a predator. The copycats are different but people put stupid stuff on YouTube all the time. And it’s there forever. Just like to catch a predator. It doesn’t seem any different than a police officer posing as a hitman. Why are we feeling badly for predators???

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Synopsis

To Catch a Predator was a popular television show designed to hunt down child predators and lure them to a film set, where they would be interviewed and eventually arrested. PREDATORS is a chilling, thought-provoking exploration of the scintillating rise and staggering fall of the show, and the world it helped create.

Director: David Osit
Producer: Jamie Gonçalves, Kellen Quinn, David Osit
Distributor: MTV Documentary Films
Production Co: Sweet Relief Productions
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 19, 2025, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 8, 2025
Runtime: 1h 36m

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