Now that our Top 50 Superhero Movies of All Time list has come and gone, it's on to the next! But this time around, we're putting the spotlight on one specific filmmaker - one of the best of all-time, Steven Spielberg. From 1975's Jaws, which started the summer blockbuster phenomenon, to 2017’s Academy Award-nominated The Post, Spielberg has moved audiences with his rich, emotional stories, thrilled them with some incredible action sequences; made them think with his political dramas and inspired them to explore a world beyond our own. Along the way, he has won three Oscars with one coming in the Best Picture category for Schindler’s List and two in the Best Director category for Schindler’s List and Saving Private Ryan.
On this episode, we're wrapping up our list and focusing on 1975's Jaws. The film is written by Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb and is based on Benchley's novel of the same name. The film stars Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gray and Robert Shaw. Jaws follows a local sheriff, a marine biologist and an old seafarer as they team up to hunt down a great white shark wrecking havoc in a beach resort.
Various Collider staff members, personalities, and experts weigh in with their thoughts on those honorable mentions and each of our Top 10 selections, share their initial reaction to seeing the movie for the first time, if they think that film belongs at its assigned place on the list, and if it still holds up for them to this day.
Panelists in Collider's Top 10 Steven Spielberg Movies series includes Kristian Harloff, Steven Weintraub, Haleigh Foutch, Mark Ellis, Perri Nemiroff, Thadd Williams, Dennis Tzeng, Mark Reilly, John Rocha, Jon Schnepp, and many, many more.
For more Collider Video content, check out our YouTube channel. To catch up on our previous Top 10 Spielberg videos, peruse the links below:
- Top 10 Steven Spielberg Movies - Honorable Mentions: 'Temple of Doom' and 'The Color Purple'
- Top 10 Steven Spielberg Movies - Honorable Mentions: 'Hook' and 'Munich'
- Top 10 Steven Spielberg Movies: #10 'Minority Report'
- Top 10 Steven Spielberg Movies: #9 'Catch Me If You Can'
- Top 10 Steven Spielberg Movies: #8 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
- Top 10 Steven Spielberg Movies: #7 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'
- Top 10 Steven Spielberg Movies: #6 'Schindler's List'
- Top 10 Steven Spielberg Movies: #5 'Saving Private Ryan'
- Top 10 Steven Spielberg Movies: #4 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
- Top 10 Steven Spielberg Movies: #3 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'
- Top 10 Steven Spielberg Movies: #2 'Jurassic Park'