There are movies so good that choosing just one is difficult. I wish I could erase it from my memory and watch it again to feel the same emotions as the first time. However, I’m going to choose one that may not be the best on my list, but when I saw it in the theater back in 1987, still a child, it moved me so deeply that I can’t recall another title that had the same effect. That movie is: Predator.

I remember that one afternoon after school, I went to see it at the neighborhood theater. I was 11 years old. As a movie‑loving kid, I had already seen blockbusters on the big screen like Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Superman, Jaws, Aliens, Terminator, or Back to the Future—unforgettable titles for the children of my generation. However, Predator left a different kind of mark on me. The film captivated me from the very beginning, and its ending was, for me, the best I had seen up to that point. The creature was so perfect and invincible that not even the best villain of the 80s (Terminator) would have stood a chance against it. The atmosphere in the theater was pure terror, and it was only relieved by the hero’s famous line: “You’re one ugly mf.”

The emotions Predator stirred in me remain one of the best memories of my childhood.