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Jaws
1975
· Movie
· 124 min
A
MEANRANK
83/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #295
- IMDb #203
- Google retired #627
- Rotten Tomatoes #14
- Metacritic #142
- Letterboxd #774
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #169
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #13
- Metacritic Critics #301
- Metacritic Audience #89
- Criticker #474
- Douban #816
- Kinopoisk #1609
- AlloCiné #551
- Trakt #421
Every rating
64–98
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 64, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 98.
See the most agreed on films →During a summer weekend, a young woman is killed by a shark in the waters of a small New England beach town. The town's police chief wants to close the beaches, but the mayor refuses, fearing the loss of tourist revenue. A marine biologist and a grizzled fisherman join the chief to hunt the massive great white shark.
Details
- Director
- Steven Spielberg
- Writers
- Carl Gottlieb, Peter Benchley
- Based on
- Jaws by Peter Benchley
- Released
- 20 June 1975
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 124 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $7.0M
- Box office
- $470.7M
- Awards
- 5 wins, 11 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 16 →5 wins from 16 nominations across 15 ceremonies
| Best Score Written for Visual Media 1976 | Best Score Written for Visual Media | John Williams | Winner |
| Best Actor 1975 | Best Actor | Richard Dreyfus | Nominee |
| Best Direction 1975 | Best Direction | Steven Spielberg | Nominee |
| Best Director 1975 | Best Director | Steven Spielberg | Nominee |
| Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium 1975 | Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium | Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb | Nominee |
| Best Editing 1975 | Best Editing | Verna Fields | Nominee |
| Best Film 1975 | Best Film | Jaws | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing 1975 | Best Film Editing | Verna Fields | Winner |
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Best Sound
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Sound | John Carter, Roger Heman, Robert L. Hoyt, and Earl Madery | Winner |
| Best Sound | John Carter and Robert Hoyt | Nominee |
Best Film Editing
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Film Editing | Verna Fields | Winner |
Best Original Music
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Original Music | John Williams | Winner |
Best Original Score
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Original Score | John Williams | Winner |
Best Score Written for Visual Media
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Score Written for Visual Media | John Williams | Winner |
Best Actor
1 nomination
| Best Actor | Richard Dreyfus | Nominee |
Best Direction
1 nomination
| Best Direction | Steven Spielberg | Nominee |
Best Director
1 nomination
| Best Director | Steven Spielberg | Nominee |
Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium
1 nomination
| Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium | Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb | Nominee |
Best Editing
1 nomination
| Best Editing | Verna Fields | Nominee |
Best Film
1 nomination
| Best Film | Jaws | Nominee |
Best Motion Picture - Drama
1 nomination
| Best Motion Picture - Drama | Jaws | Nominee |
Best Picture
1 nomination
| Best Picture | Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown | Nominee |
Best Screenplay
1 nomination
| Best Screenplay | Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb | Nominee |
Outstanding Director - Motion Picture
1 nomination
| Outstanding Director - Motion Picture | Steven Spielberg | Nominee |