Discover Movies like Jaws. Steven Spielberg's 1975 thriller, 'Jaws,' terrorizes the small town of Amity Island as a monstrous great white shark preys upon its beachgoers. Police Chief Brody (Roy Scheider), marine biologist Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss), and grizzled shark hunter Quint (Robert Shaw) embark on a perilous mission to hunt the deadly predator. Renowned …