Jaws

“Jaws was a big, big, big, big, big deal to me. It was one of two movies he rewatched endlessly as a child along with The Wizard of Oz.”

Paul Thomas Anderson

Director, Producer, Writer

“I think that Jaws ... it's the height of suspense for filmmaking, it was the start of the summer blockbuster, it was the beginning of an entire genre of filmmaking and obviously the beginning, in some respects, of Steven Spielberg's career.”

Peter Jackson

Director

“The thing I love about Jaws is the fact that I've never gone swimming in the ocean again.”

David Fincher

Director

“Steven Spielberg's 'Jaws' is one of the best horror films ever made, del Toro told Wired during a video interview. The director's decision to hide his eponymous shark until the second half of the film would shape the structure of monster movies for decades to come.”

Guillermo del Toro

Director, Producer, Writer

“"The most beautiful revelation with Jaws was the audience's imagination is far more powerful than what you show them. It changes the way we think of how to tell the story of a monster."”

Jordan Peele

Actor, Director, Writer

“Come on, it's common sense. Jaws is a fantastic film. Jaws is the first one that made a deep, deep impression.”

Kevin Smith

Actor, Comedian, Director, Writer

“a 'perfectly balanced' movie that features both great horror and humor.”

M. Night Shyamalan

Director

“Whenever I'm stuck on blocking or shot listing I turn this movie on. Not to steal shots but just to revisit the wonderful logic of Spielberg's camera placement and movement.”

Nia DaCosta

Director, Writer

“I always say 'Jaws,' people are sick of hearing me say that. It's an incredible, perfect film.”

Emily Blunt

Actor

“I always say Jaws — people are sick of hearing me say that, but it's an incredible, perfect film.”

Stephanie Hsu

Actor

“I always have to say Jaws for me.”

Ben Stiller

Actor, Director, Comedian

“Jaws was released on my birthday when I was seven and I got to go see it. Scared the crap out of me.”

Robert Rodriguez

Director, Writer, Producer

“I think Jaws is the greatest movie ever made. Not the greatest film, but the greatest movie ever made — what a movie is supposed to be, everything that a movie is supposed to be, you're never going to get better than Jaws. It is the pinnacle of that. It's a perfect movie that crosses all aesthetics — there's nothing you can say to bring it down.”

Actor, Cinematographer, Director, Producer, Writer

“Jaws was good. Steven Spielberg made a lot of money, and Jaws was actually good.”

Director, Musician, Producer, Writer