'Jaws' is turning 50. Where can you stream it?
- “Jaws,” filmed on Martha's Vineyard, will have various screenings and events for its 50th anniversary.
- The film will be re-released in theaters from Aug. 29 to Sept. 4, 2025, and is currently streaming on platforms like Netflix and Prime Video.
One of the most famous movies of all time happens to be a story about a man-eating shark that terrorizes the fictional island of "Amity."
In real life, "Amity" is Martha's Vineyard, where the movie was filmed in 1974. What's also very real is the fact that "Jaws" will turn 50 years old on June 20 of this year.
If you are someone who hasn't seen the classic film, which was directed by a young Steven Spielberg, then there are plenty of ways to see the movie right now.
The same applies to all those people who have loved the film for decades and just want to see it again.
Here's where to watch "Jaws."
Where can people watch 'Jaws' right now?
The film can be streamed on services like Prime Video, Netflix, Peacock, and Tubi. It can be rented, or bought on Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Google Play Movies and the Microsoft Store.
When will 'Jaws' be in movie theaters in Massachusetts?
Universal Pictures is releasing the film in theaters around Massachusetts and the rest of the country from Aug. 29 to Sept. 4, 2025.
At least two movie theaters on the Cape & Islands have shown or will show 'Jaws' in June - Edgartown Cinema 2 on June 8 and the Chatham Orpheum Theater from June 27 to July 1.
Will there a special screening on Martha's Vineyard?
There will be a showing this summer where moviegoers can actually sit in the ocean on Martha's Vineyard and watch "Jaws."
According to the Collider website, the Alamo Drafthouse Rolling Roadshow will host "Jaws on the Water" on June 21 in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.
What is 'Jaws' about?
The classic movie focuses on when the seaside community of Amity finds its swimmers under attack from a dangerous great white shark.
The movie is based on a 1974 novel by author Peter Benchley.
While Benchley acknowledged that the shark attacks of 1916 in New Jersey played a role in inspiring the novel, he told BBC in a past interview that "the novel grew out of his lifelong interest in shark attacks, including the exploits of Frank Mundus, the Montauk, Long Island sport fisherman who landed a record 3,427-pound (1554kg) great white."