Jaws

Movie · 1975

A great white shark terrorizes a New England beach town, and three men set out to hunt it down. The film is a sustained exercise in dread with graphic shark-attack violence and gore that remains intense by any era's standards.

Explicit sexual contentHarm to childrenHarm to animalsMedical traumaGraphic violence & goreSubstance abuse

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Explicit sexual contentthe opening sceneMild

A woman swims nude at night; brief nudity is visible before the shark attack begins.

Graphic violence & gorethe opening sceneStrong

A woman is violently attacked and dragged underwater by the unseen shark, with thrashing and blood visible at the surface.

Harm to childrenearly in the filmStrong

A child is killed during a crowded beach attack; the scene includes a geyser of blood and panicked bystanders.

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