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66% Critic Match
Predators
“An exploration of the ethical consequences of turning real-life trauma into prime-time spectacle.”
6.6 / 10• 2025• 1h 37m•NR• English
DocumentaryCrime
Storyline
In the mid-aughts, Dateline NBC's To Catch a Predator drew millions of weekly viewers to watch sting operations: men planning to meet minors for sex would instead be confronted by polished host Chris Hansen, then by the police — all on hidden camera.
Cast & Crew
Chris Hansen
Self - Host, To Catch a Predator
LeadMd
Mark de Rond
Self - Ethnographer
Dani Jayden
Self - Decoy
CM
Casey Mauro
Self - Decoy
DS
Dan Schrack
Self - Decoy
GS
Greg Stumbo
Self - Former KY Attorney General
BH
Byron Harris
Self - Retired WFAA-Dallas Reporter
JR
John Roach
Self - Former District Attorney
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. David Osit's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Predators is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
