Jaws
It's from 1975, before you were born.
- Director
- Steven Spielberg
- Genre
- Thriller
- Studio
- Universal Pictures
- Released
- 1975
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About
As of 2026, it's 51 years old.
Jaws invented the summer blockbuster in 1975 and, as a bonus, made an entire generation afraid to go in the water — or, honestly, a swimming pool. Spielberg's mechanical shark broke down so relentlessly that he was forced to barely show it, which accidentally made the movie a hundred times scarier. The best special effect turned out to be the one that didn't work.
Two ominous notes of John Williams's score do more heavy lifting than any monster could, and 'You're gonna need a bigger boat' became one of the most quoted lines in film.
Tense, masterful, and responsible for decades of beach anxiety, Jaws is the movie that proved the scariest thing is the one you can't quite see.
