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In subsequent years, Predator has appeared on a number of " best of " lists.

In 2001, it was one of 400 films nominated for the American Film Institute's 100 Years ... 100 Thrills list, though it did not place in the top 100.

In 2003, the Predator creature was one of 400 characters nominated for AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Heroes and Villains.

In 2007, C. Robert Cargill of Film. com ranked Predator as the seventh best film of 1987, calling it " one of the great science fiction horror films, often imitated, but never properly duplicated, not even by its own sequel.

" Entertainment Weekly named it the 22nd greatest action movie of all time in 2007, and the 14th among " The Best Rock -' em, Sock -' em Movies of the Past 25 Years " in 2009, saying " Arnold Schwarzenegger has never been as manly as he was in this alien-hunting testosterone-fest.

" IGN proclaimed it the 13th greatest action movie of all time.

In 2008, Empire magazine ranked it 336th on their list of The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time.

Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a 76 % " Fresh " rating based on 37 critical reviews and reports a ratings average of 6. 8 out of 10.