Predators
“An exploration of the ethical consequences of turning real-life trauma into prime-time spectacle.”
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.
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Cast
13 people
Chris Hansen
Self - Host, To Catch a Predator
Also in
The Simpsons
Z Nation
Mark de Rond
Self - Ethnographer
Dani Jayden
Self - Decoy
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The 7
Casey Mauro
Self - Decoy
Also in
Breaking Legs
Dan Schrack
Self - Decoy
Greg Stumbo
Self - Former KY Attorney General
Byron Harris
Self - Retired WFAA-Dallas Reporter
John Roach
Self - Former District Attorney
Walt Weiss
Self - Former Detective, Murphy Police Dept.
Skeeter Jean
Self - Predator Hunter
T Coy
Self - Decoy
David Osit
Self
David Osit Director · Tim Hecker Composer Nicolás Nørgaard Staffolani Editor
Worldwide gross $61K · United States release September 19, 2025 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$61,248
Production
Sweet Relief
Production
Rosewater Pictures
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · January 25, 2025
Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
United States · September 19, 2025
Limited theatrical
United States · December 8, 2025
Digital · Paramount+
United States
February 28, 2025 · Premiere · True/False Film Festival
April 3, 2025 · Premiere · Overlook Film Festival
April 4, 2025 · Premiere · Wisconsin Film Festival
April 5, 2025 · Premiere · Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
April 7, 2025 · Premiere · Miami Film Festival
April 11, 2025 · Premiere · Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival
April 16, 2025 · Premiere · This Is Not a Fiction Festival
April 20, 2025 · Premiere · PFS SpringFest
April 24, 2025 · Premiere · Independent Film Festival Boston
May 2, 2025 · Premiere · Chicago DOC10 Film Festival
May 24, 2025 · Premiere · Mammoth Lake Film Festival
June 13, 2025 · Premiere · DC/DOX Film Festival
June 27, 2025 · Premiere · Nantucket Film Festival
July 12, 2025 · Premiere · Maine International Film Festival
August 23, 2025 · Premiere · Middlebury New Filmmakers Film Festival
November 13, 2025 · Premiere · DOC NYC
Australia
June 5, 2025 · Premiere · Sydney Film Festival
Canada
April 21, 2025 · Premiere · Calgary Underground Film Festival
May 3, 2025 · Premiere · DOXA Documentary Film Festival
May 14, 2025 · Premiere · NorthwestFest
October 24, 2025 · Premiere · Hawai'i International Film Festival
Czechia
October 27, 2025 · Premiere · Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
Denmark
March 24, 2025 · Premiere · CPH:DOX
Germany
December 8, 2025 · Digital
New Zealand
August 3, 2025 · Premiere · New Zealand International Film Festival
Poland
May 10, 2025 · Premiere · Millennium Docs Against Gravity Film Festival
South Korea
September 12, 2025 · Premiere · DMZ International Documentary Film Festival
Sweden
March 29, 2026 · Digital
Switzerland
October 1, 2025 · Premiere · Zurich Film Festival
United Kingdom
November 14, 2025 · Theatrical
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