Jaws is Peter Benchley's classic tale of a man-eating Great White Shark. No, make that the tale of THE man-eating Great White Shark. Despite the many sequels, the original Jaws is the only great, or even good, shark movie. The coastal community of Amity Island is terrorized by a string of shark attacks. When community leaders refuse to close the beaches for fear of losing tourist revenue, Sheriff Brody (Scheider) and two companions (Shaw and Dreyfuss) head out to slay the beast. Now, I won't tell you how it ends (assuming you're one of the dozen people who haven't seen it yet), but I will say that I would NOT want to be the shark or the men hunting it.

Starring: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Carl Gottlieb, Jeffrey Kramer, Susan Backlinie, Jonathan Filley, Ted Grossman, Chris Rebello, Jay Mello, Lee Fierro, Jeffrey Voorhees, Craig Kingsbury

Director: Stephen Spielberg

Released: 1975

Time: 124m/ 2 hours 4 min.