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50 Summers of 'Jaws'!

Written by Katie Marzullo. Published: June 19 2025

 

This summer marks 50 years since the opening of the OG of All Summer Blockbusters -- and the flick that officially put Steven Spielberg on the map -- Jaws!

 

It's not only an amazingly brilliant film, but it has become so ingrained on our pop culture and national identity as to be iconic. Who hasn't played "Jaws" in their pool or at the beach? Who hasn't sat behind a piano and immediately dove for the last two keys in which to pluck out those 2 deathly familiar notes from John Williams' iconic theme music? It's practically in our DNA!!!
 

With many of its star players having passed on (Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Murray Hamilton, Chris Robello, and original author Peter Benchley), its icon status is moving swiftly into Legend. And, as with any good legend, it's been copied, quoted, spoofed, and honored in a number of ways for the past three and a half decades. So, in honor of 50 years of being scared to go into the deep end of the pool, here are some of the best parody and tribute videos of Jaws from around the interwebs...

 

1. "Jaws in 60 Seconds": Cute little animated recap by a UCLA student. One question: Where's Hooper?? No love for the Dreyfuss??

 

 

 

2. "Animated Jaws Tribute": Very well-executed animated project; love Brody's likeness! Best bit is Quint's little resurrection at the very end...

 

 

 

3. "Jaws in a Jiffy": Another well done animated recap, this time from the fine folks at LEGO:

 
 
 

4. "Jaws Special Edition": Amusing parody clip from the folks at "Robot Chicken":

 

 

 

5. "Jaws Theme Song": Taking the theme and turning it into somewhat of a musical. Quite clever!

 

 

 

6. "When a Man Loves a Shark": The hilarious fellows over at RiffTrax recorded a special love song for our favorite man-eater as a companion piece for their Jaws riff, and someone added some clips from the movie to it... Nice!

 

 

 

7. "Jaws in 30 seconds with bunnies": The incorrigible 30 Second Bunnies take a bite out of the classic. 

 

 

 

There you have it. Which one is your fave?