Ominous and iconic, JAWS (1975) was brought to life by two AFI Life Achievement honorees – director Steven Spielberg and composer John Williams. The film appears across the American Film Institute’s lists of the greatest works of American cinema – earning recognition on both the original and 10th anniversary lists of the greatest movies of all time, as well as on AFI’s rankings of greatest thrills, villains, scores and movie quotes.
Learn more about JAWS in the AFI Catalog.