Steven Spielberg’s 1975 film, his second feature, left such a imprint on culture and Hollywood that barely any trip to the movies, let alone to the beach, has been the same since. Few films have been more perfectly suited to their time and place than “Jaws,

When "Jaws" was released June 20, 1975, it paved the way for the next half-century in Hollywood filmmaking by teaching studios to go all-in on high-stakes blockbuster programming.

Steven Spielberg's film adaptation of Jaws leaves out a substantial subplot from Peter Benchley's original novel, and the movie is all the better for it.