When an insatiable great white shark terrorizes the townspeople of Amity Island, the police chief, an oceanographer and a grizzled shark hunter seek to destroy the blood-thirsty beast.
- Released: 1975-06-18
- Runtime: 124 minutes
- Genre: Adventure, Horror, Thrillers
- Stars: Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, Robert Shaw, Murray Hamilton, Lorraine Gary, Chris Rebello, Jay Mello, Jeffrey Kramer, Carl Gottlieb, Susan Backlinie, Jonathan Filley, Lee Fierro, Jeffrey Voorhees, Craig Kingsbury, Phil Murray, Fritzi Jane Courtney, Belle McDonald, Ted Grossman, Robert Nevin, Peter Benchley, Dorothy Fielding, David Engelbach, Joseph Oliveira, Beverly Powers, Ayn Ruymen, Christopher Sands, Rex Trailer, Joe La Creta, Denise Cheshire, Steven Spielberg
- Director: Steven Spielberg
Comments
- MinTurtles1 - 15 June 2024
A thrilling adventure
I like this movie a lot, but I don't want to see Jaws again since I saw it enough times. You see, I now know what happens. The thrills gone from radar ;) I have other movies to watch besides Jaws especially movies I have yet to see. No time to see movies like Jaws again. Jaws is a thriller movie and watching it for the first time is terrific! Or, in your case, horrific! ;) Unpredictable! Jaws! Catchy! Steven Spielberg is the director. I thank him a lot for Jaws. 10/10. I first saw Jaws on Netflix. Jaws is a movie I deliberately avoided simply because it's a 1970's movie. Yes, the 1980's and the 1990's has the best movies, but Jaws is from neither. How old was Steven Spielberg back then when Jaws was released in 1975? :) I like that this movie is called JAWS! What a word to describe this movie. - waywarddrifters - 2 May 2024
Here's To Swimmin' with Bowlegged Women!
The ultimate proof that you don't need to show the monster from the first scene or have a gore-fest of onscreen kills to make a solid movie.
JAWS is everything that was right about movies, and highlights just why it has all gone so downhill. What began as a failing mechanical shark forcing a young Steven Spielberg to go Alfred Hitchcock with building suspense changed the game in movies, and reinvented the thriller. Only, JAWS is much more than a thriller. It's an Everyman story, a family story, a sea adventure, and one epic thriller.
If Hollywood made movies with this much heart, crafted characters like Brody, Hooper, and Quint, there'd be more buns in cinema seats these days. But alas, nowadays you have to show the monster and a kill before the opening credits, and you can't allow things like redemption arcs or men figuring out how to work together.
One of my top three favorite movies of all time, and a film you couldn't make any better in the end. - gingera-57729 - 23 February 2024
A true classic
Jaws is genuinely a masterpiece. It's more than just a movie, it's really an entire experience. This is my first time watching and, despite being around 50 years old, it still works just as well today and kept me on the edge of my seat as the infamous shark terrorized a small town. The suspense and fear that Steven Spielberg created in this film is, arguably, still unmatched. Even after all these years, it still holds up very well and I can see what it still considered one of the greatest films of all time. It's also a great lesson on how a story/movie can impact the world as a whole. Despite never seeing it before, just the basic story still instilled my fear of the open ocean. - andrewdyer1 - 27 December 2022
The masterclass of suspense.
Steven Spielberg will forever be linked with some of the greatest movies on all time, everyone knows Jaws, and everyone will recognise the iconic music. Superior to the mostly disappointing follow ups that came, nothing quite matched this.
Jaws shows the power of film, a film that changed people's perceptions of white sharks for decades, fortunately people have a much better understanding of the majestic apex predators these days.
Action packed, fast moving, it's the threat of what's lurking beneath that makes this such a thrill ride, with a land predator you can see it, with a shark, you have no idea where it's going to spring from.
Iconic lines throughout, it's not without a touch of humour.
Re watched 12.27.22. - MatthewMichaelHoffman - 15 September 2022
The second half was as close to perfect as you can get
SCORE: 9.8/10
Can we just pretend that the first part of this movie never happened? As soon as Martin, Matt, and Quint ended up on the boat together, it was some of the best filmmaking I've ever seen in my life. Their banter was unreal and the simplicity of their encounters added so much charm to the story. I had to keep reminding myself that it was made in 1975 and that Jurassic Park was made nearly 20 years after it. It was truly so far ahead of it's time and it blew my mind how they were able to use mechanical sharks the way that they did. The second half of this film was as close to perfect as you can get and the ending was exactly how I wanted it to be. There wasn't any going back to the island to be greeted by the morons who lived there and celebrating them killing the shark. Some of the jump scares, specifically the one with the floating head in the boat, gave me genuine heart attacks and watching Quint get eaten and the shark blow up were 2 of the most amazingly graphic things I've ever seen. Martin's character development from start to finish was unbelievable and I was happy to see him come out on top. - markvanwasbeek - 7 September 2022
Still holds up
I only remembered this movie from my childhood on video, but it is out in IMAX for a limited period, so had to check it out. This movie still holds up. Funny to see how times have changed, they can't warn people because the phone is out for example :D The practical effects are still really cool, especially considering it's 47 years old now. Acting is a little rusty, like much movies in those days. The soundtrack really adds to the movie. The first of many great Steven Spielberg movies. Absolute classic and must see for everyone! And there is nothing more to say but imdb now wants 600 characters in a review apparently.
