Jaws
Directed by Steven Spielberg
When the seaside community of Amity finds itself under attack by a dangerous great white shark, the town's chief of police, a young marine biologist, and a grizzled shark hunter embark on a desperate quest to kill the beast before it strikes again. From TMDB
340 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews, Lemmy) · newest Oct 14, 2026 · last updated Oct 14, 2026 · How this works
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Viewers praise Jaws as a masterclass in suspense and storytelling. [1][2][3] Many highlight its cultural impact and enduring quality. [4][5][6] Some note its critique of capitalism and political indifference. [7][8][9]
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Much like the shark itself, the movie starts slowly, deep down in the depths before coming to the surface to explode in pure sensationalism. Jaws is one of those rare exceptions where high-brow art meets fun entertainment. At the time of its making, however, simply keeping its head above water was the most the cast and crew were hoping for. But Spielberg had created something special. During production, no one saw …
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Jaws. A man eating shark is terrorising the holiday island of Amity. Police chief Martin Brody, shark hunter Quint and marine biologist Matt Hooper set sail in the hope of killing the great white monster. Jaws is responsible for many things, it's responsible for propelling director Steven Spielberg's career into the stratosphere, it was responsible for a downturn in the package holiday trade, and it was responsible …
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Jaws is more than just a shark movie, it’s a masterclass in suspense and storytelling. Steven Spielberg turns a simple premise into an unforgettable cinematic experience, using tension and suggestion rather than relying on constant visuals of the shark. My favorite movie of all!
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This is one of my favourite films ever and I've loved it since I was a child, everything from John Williams iconic shark theme to the chilling opening scene. Jaws is nothing short of a cinematic masterpiece.
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I saw this recently on the big screen for the first time since I originally went as a child in 1975 and if anything, it has got better. John Williams' score and Robert Shaw's "Quint" combine to far outweigh the "rubber" shark scenes. Unlike "The Meg" this film conveys a real sense of tension; coupled with some good old-fashioned scariness. It also dips it's toe into the science and behaviour of an apex predator, …
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Critics, per Wikipedia
Jaws opened in 409 theaters with a record $7 million weekend and grossed a record $21,116,354 in its first 10 days recouping its production costs. It grossed $100 million in its first 59 days from 954 playdates. In just 78 days, it overtook The Godfather as the highest-grossing film at the North American box office, sailing past that picture's earnings of $86 million, and became the first film to earn $100 million in US theatrical rentals. By September 1975, 40 percent of 18-to-29-year-olds had reportedly seen it. It spent 14 consecutive weeks as the number-one film in the United States, and its initial release ultimately brought in $123.1 million in rentals. Theatrical re-releases in 1976…
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60 of 340 · most liked firstan actually good movie about the empty venality of the american media is of course NETWORK. an actually good movie about blithe indifference to a looming threat is JAWS.
positive · AI labelView post →One of the most underrated aspects of JAWS is that the mayor is one of the most accurate portrayals of politicians in film.
neutral · AI labelView post →My husband, explaining to my 8-year-old why Jaws is an anti-capitalist movie: If the mayor had just listened to the experts and closed the beach instead of trying to make more money, the movie would've been over 5 minutes after the first shark attack.
neutral · AI labelView post →There's a tradition of film directors and studios congratulating each other for beating their box office records. In 1977, when STAR WARS beat Jaws to become the highest-grossing movie ever, Steven Spielberg took out the below ad for George Lucas in @Variety 1/11
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy 50th anniversary to the movie Jaws. This is probably the greatest line in cinema history:
neutral · AI labelView post →Alternative movie poster of the day 🎥😍 Jaws (1975) By PhaseRunner
neutral · AI labelView post →#nowwatching Duel (1971) Yeah, early Spielberg rules. 'Jaws' with a truck is thrown around a lot (deservedly so) but this film is a lot more than that. And to have the truck and its dricer be such a brutal force... Love it. A film on masculinity, on violence inherit in vehicles. Machete's up. 🔪🔪🔪
neutral · AI labelView post →Tony Stella (1988-2026) Saddened to hear of the passing of artist Tony Stella. Immensely talented, he created some of the most beautiful movie posters of the last decade. Below is just one of Tony’s #JAWS pieces. We drink to your legs Tony ❤️🦈
neutral · AI labelView post →Jaws in 1975 - A film about death impacting a community, people bonding over trauma and how a capitalist focus on money over the safety of people is evil. Filmed with stunning cinematography and impeccable acting. Hack film makers ever since - Jaws make money because big shark go chomp chomp.
positive · AI labelView post →If Die Hard counts as a Christmas movie...Jaws can be an official 4th of July movie. 🫣😅
neutral · AI labelView post →tremors and jaws are both great movies, and Jaws probably succeeds more as a work of horror. but Tremors is actually perfect. an almost unique example of a film executed flawlessly in line with its vision.
positive · AI labelView post →Jaws is a good movie but Spielberg blew it by not ending it with Fin
negative · AI labelView post →Happy 51st, JAWS. Old enough to remember when summer was a crap time for movies; studios figured audiences were enjoying the nice weather instead. JAWS changed everything. And you kids don't know what a true movie phenom was...
positive · AI labelView post →The trailer for the new Jaws Movie… 🍿
neutral · AI labelView post →Just come back from seeing Jaws in IMAX. A perfect film.
positive · AI labelView post →Rewatched MOONRAKER last night. Uh… is it normal to get teary eyed during Jaws’ scenes? #filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →The top five best selling films of 1975: No 5. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (The best selling UK film) No 4. Dog Day Afternoon No 3. Barry Lyndon No 2. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest No 1. Jaws #Jaws #70srule
neutral · AI labelView post →51 years ago today the world changed. One of the most technically accomplished, commercially successful and culturally relevant movies ever made was released. That movie was #JAWS.
neutral · AI labelView post →50 years ago, the movie that coined the term ‘blockbuster’ arrived in theaters! Jaws is a film that still holds up by today’s standards and reminder why Steven Spielberg is one of the greatest filmmakers across multiple generations! Now smile you son of a…
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight's film Jaws (1975)
neutral · AI labelView post →Jaws is a really cool movie, don’tcha think?
positive · AI labelView post →Today is the 50th Anniversary of the movie JAWS which was originally released on the 20th June 1975. #Jaws50 It's also your occasional reminder that Robert Shaw who played Quint in the movie, grew up and went to school in Stromness #Orkney where his father was the local doctor. 🦈
neutral · AI labelView post →saw Jaws at da cinema tonite with a crowd of people ranging from teens to 70s. movie magic
positive · AI labelView post →just as an aside. just like what the movie Jaws did to sharks, i think(half jest. half serious) that this single panel has done some sort of irreparable damage to general consumption/critique of media
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie Of The Day... JAWS (1975) 🦈 ❤️
neutral · AI labelView post →One of my favorite examples of how fast Spielberg's star rose is that he directed a first season episode of Columbo and in season 6 Columbo is at the universal lot and sees the shark from Jaws and is like "holy shit Jaws! I loved that movie!"
neutral · AI labelView post →Sometimes it's hard to pinpoint the most perfect moment in an absolutely perfect movie... and sometimes it's very, very clear. Happy 50th, JAWS!
positive · AI labelView post →Clickbait headlines are so funny, the movie being referred to here is Jaws.
neutral · AI labelView post →Ever since I saw the movie Jaws I’ve been terrified of going into the ocean with a canister of compressed air in my mouth.
neutral · AI labelView post →Jaws is still, 50 years later, the ultimate example of a film where if you're channel-hopping and you come across it, it's impossible to avoid watching the rest of it. It's as close to perfection as any film gets.
positive · AI labelView post →[watching Jaws] Dog: The shark ate the dog??!! Me: Well… yah, but Dog: You never get to pick the movie again EVER.
neutral · AI labelView post →Ever since I watched the movie Jaws, I’ve been terrified of swimming in the ocean with a canister of compressed air in my mouth.
neutral · AI labelView post →They should make a new JAWS film but w orcas.
neutral · AI labelView post →Pals! It's the 50th Anniversary of da Blockbuster movie JAWS. How many times haf yoo watched it? 👍😹😻🦈 #CatsOfBlueSky
neutral · AI labelView post →Jaws franksfilmreview.com/2026/05/30/j... This year marks the 50th anniversary of Steven Spielberg’s Jaws — a film that didn’t just change how we look at movies but how we see the ocean itself. When Jaws burst onto the scene in 1975, it gripped audiences and redefined summer blockbusters...
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight’s movie: “Jaws” (1975), directed by Steven Spielberg
neutral · AI labelView post →“Jaws” was a massive hit, becoming the highest-grossing film ever at the time. It invented the concept of the summer blockbuster. Even 50 years after its premiere, “Jaws” still thrills audiences — and its tumultuous production is still legendary. See behind-the-scenes photos: cnn.it/3T19OuE
neutral · AI labelView post →"Every movie is lit like a soap opera, with super-shallow depth of field and tons of CGI." OK, it's true that Jaws looks better than Dr Strange and the Multiwank of Mirrors. But Jaws is also better than that film in every other way.
positive · AI labelView post →6 PM - That movie wasn't so scary 10 PM - [after hearing any noise] Is that you Jaws
neutral · AI labelView post →Jaws is a great movie but has been the subject of criticism for making audiences afraid of mayors
neutral · AI labelView post →Alright folks. I did it. I watched JAWS. www.slashfilm.com/1889032/jaws...
neutral · AI labelView post →We just celebrated 50 years of Jaws. A movie rewritten by the day. A movie so patchwork one of the actors wrote most of its most famous scene. A movie where the director was panicking daily. Where the shark not working is a meme. Jaws is an explosion in a junkyard that produced a Maserati!
positive · AI labelView post →Born 29 October 1947, actor Richard Dreyfuss. In 1975 he starred in the film Jaws as marine biologist Matt Hooper. For the role Spielberg initially wanted Jon Voight. Timothy Bottoms, Jan-Michael Vincent, Kevin Kline & Jeff Bridges were also considered for the part. #RichardDreyfuss #Jaws
neutral · AI labelView post →Conversation between three elementary schoolers: "I'm allowed to watch any R-Rated movie I want." "Even Jaws?" "Jaws isn't R-Rated." "Is it NC-17?" "NO, JAWS IS PG-13 AND I'VE GOT THE PG."
neutral · AI labelView post →There's a Bond movie in which a guy called Jaws bites a shark to death
neutral · AI labelView post →Autistic flirting: Hello, would you like to know facts about sharks, or perhaps to talk about the cinema classic 1974 film Jaws. Also you smell good.
neutral · AI labelView post →Michael Caine on Jaws 4: "I have never seen the film, but by all accounts it was terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built, and it is terrific."
neutral · AI labelView post →She did a great job on a very small but critical part in Jaws. Shout out to Shari Rhodes, the casting director on the film -- it wouldn't have been the same movie without her contribution.
neutral · AI labelView post →STEVEN SPIELBERG’s 1977 one page letter in Variety congratulating GEORGE LUCAS on STAR WARS over-taking JAWS as the most successful Film in American history.
neutral · AI labelView post →Reminds me of what Michael Caine said about Jaws: The Revenge: "I have never seen the film, but by all accounts it was terrible. However I have seen the house that it built, and it is terrific."
neutral · AI labelView post →Jaws, the film noir version: A bleak seascape slowly comes into focus. Black and white. Silent. An empty horizon. Fin
neutral · AI labelView post →The biggest grossing film of 1975, distributed by Universal Pictures, Jaws grossed over $133.4 million domestically during its initial run and eventually went on to earn $470 million globally. It became the first film in cinema history to surpass the $100 million milestone at the box office. #Jaws
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight’s movie: “Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story” (2025), directed by Laurent Bouzereau
neutral · AI labelView post →Today I learned that Polish movie posters for Jaws 2 just show a shark with two jaws.
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie Of The Day... Jaws (1975) 🦈 Happy Anniversary!
neutral · AI labelView post →JAWS debuted June 20, 1975. Still a great movie 50 years later. 🦈
positive · AI labelView post →idk who needs to hear this, but JAWS is screening in real-ass IMAX at the Tennessee Aquarium tonight tnaqua.org/imax/jaws-50...
neutral · AI labelView post →#Jaws #Summer #movie
neutral · AI labelView post →I got to see Jaws at the cinema! #LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday #Filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →Finally saw Jaws and guys were you aware of how much this movie rips
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