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10 Best Movies Like Jaws

If you loved Jaws, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Jaws 2

Jaws 2

1978★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Jaws for fans of Horror & Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters....

#2
Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

1977★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Jaws for fans of Sci-Fi. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen....

#3
Rocky

Rocky

1976★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Jaws for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Rocky Balboa is a Philadelphia club fighter who seems to be going nowhere. But when a stroke of fate puts him in the ring with a world heavyweight champion, Rocky knows that it's h...

#4
It

It

2017★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Jaws for fans of Horror & Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

In a small town in Maine, seven children known as The Losers Club come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise....

#5
Jaws 3-D

Jaws 3-D

1983★ 4.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Jaws for fans of Horror & Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A giant thirty-five-foot shark becomes trapped in a SeaWorld theme park and it's up to the sons of police chief Brody to rescue everyone....

#6
The Exorcist

The Exorcist

1973★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Jaws for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

When a mysterious entity possesses a young girl, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life....