How to Watch the Very Best Shark Movies Online: From Jaws to Sharknado

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In 1969, the movie Shark! with Burt Reynolds failed to make a splash at the box office, confirming what most people thought – sharks just aren’t that interesting. Six years later, a young Steven Spielberg brought his movie Jaws to the big screen with a terrifying and iconic score from John Williams. After Jaws everything changed and a whole subgenre of movies was born. Read on to discover some of the best shark movies of all time and where you can watch them online right now. Our guide lets you know where to stream the best of the best using killer streaming services like Netflix, Prime Video, Max and more. 

Where can I watch the best Shark movies?

In the history of cinema, sharks are mostly vicious silent villains on a senseless path of destruction. Their depiction on screen ranges from the genuinely terrifying with tension strung out over a feature-length film to the ridiculous and absurd. This list covers them all with the knowledge that the best shark movies are often the worst shark movies. Check out where to watch these shark-tacular titles online.

Netflix
Disney Plus
Amazon Prime Video
Apple TV Plus
Apple TV
Hulu
Crunchyroll
fuboTV
Max
Max Amazon Channel
Epix Amazon Channel
Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
Peacock Premium
Kocowa
Amazon Video
Google Play Movies
YouTube
Paramount Plus
Paramount+ with Showtime
Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel
Starz Apple TV Channel
AMC Plus Apple TV Channel
Britbox Apple TV Channel
Paramount+ Amazon Channel
Discovery+ Amazon Channel
AMC+ Amazon Channel
The Roku Channel
Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel
Starz Roku Premium Channel
AMC+ Roku Premium Channel
AMC+
MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel
YouTube Premium
YouTube Free
Hoopla
The CW
Fandango At Home
Starz
VUDU Free
Criterion Channel
PBS
FXNow
JustWatch TV
Tubi TV
Kanopy
Microsoft Store
Sun Nxt
Crackle
AMC
AMC Theatres
Fandor
Curiosity Stream
NBC
MGM Plus
Freeform
History
A&E
Lifetime
Shudder
Screambox
Acorn TV
Sundance Now
GuideDoc
BritBox
MUBI
Netflix Kids
ALLBLK
History Vault
Yupp TV
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WWE Network
Pure Flix
PBS Kids Amazon Channel
Lifetime Movie Club
Cinemax Amazon Channel
Hallmark Movies Now Amazon Channel
PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel
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Spamflix
Pluto TV
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Shudder Amazon Channel
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DOCSVILLE
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OXYGEN
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Public Domain Movies
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Eventive
aha
FilmBox+
ShortsTV Amazon Channel
Bet+
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Starz Amazon Channel
Netflix basic with Ads
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Popflick
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Runtime
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Discovery +
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AD tv
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FYI Network
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DistroTV
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UP Faith & Family Apple TV Channel
Tastemade Apple TV Channel
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Shudder Apple TV Channel
ScreenPix Apple TV Channel
OUTtv Apple TV Channel
Lifetime Movie Club Apple TV Channel
Hallmark Movies Now Apple TV Channel
Eros Now Select Apple TV Channel
CuriosityStream Apple TV Channel
Cinemax Apple TV Channel
BBC Select Apple Tv channel
BET+  Apple TV channel
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IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel
HISTORY Vault Apple TV Channel
HISTORY Vault Amazon Channel
Carnegie Hall+ Amazon Channel
Lifetime Movie Club Amazon Channel
Film Movement Plus
Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Troma NOW
Regal Cinemas
Harkins Theatres
B&B Theatres
Marcus Theatres
Kino Film Collection
Tubi TV Live
Pluto TV Live
Cineverse LiveTV
Strand Releasing Amazon Channel
Peacock Premium Plus
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  1. Jaws

    Jaws

    1975

    #1

    When the seaside community of Amity finds itself under attack by a dangerous great white shark, the town's chief of police, a young marine biologist, and a grizzled hunter embark on a desperate quest to destroy the beast before it strikes again.

  2. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

    #2

    Renowned oceanographer Steve Zissou has sworn vengeance upon the rare shark that devoured a member of his crew. In addition to his regular team, he is joined on his boat by Ned, a man who believes Zissou to be his father, and Jane, a journalist pregnant by a married man. They travel the sea, all too often running into pirates and, perhaps more traumatically, various figures from Zissou's past, including his estranged wife, Eleanor.

  3. Shark Tale

    Shark Tale

    2004

    #3

    Oscar is a small fish whose big aspirations often get him into trouble. Meanwhile, Lenny is a great white shark with a surprising secret that no sea creature would guess: He's a vegetarian. When a lie turns Oscar into an improbable hero and Lenny becomes an outcast, the two form an unlikely friendship.

  4. The Shallows

    The Shallows

    2016

    #4

    In the taut thriller The Shallows, Nancy (Blake Lively) is surfing alone on a secluded beach when she is attacked by a great white shark and stranded just a short distance from shore. Though she is only 200 yards from her survival, getting there proves the ultimate contest of wills.

  5. Open Water

    Open Water

    2003

    #5

    Two divers are left out at sea without a boat. There’s nothing but water for miles, unless they look at what’s underneath them...

  6. Deep Blue Sea

    Deep Blue Sea

    1999

    #6

    Researchers on the undersea lab Aquatica have genetically altered the brains of captive sharks to develop a cure for Alzheimer's disease. But there's an unexpected side effect: the sharks got smarter, faster, and more dangerous. After a big storm damages their remote research facility, they must fight for their lives.

  7. The Meg

    The Meg

    2018

    #7

    A deep sea submersible pilot revisits his past fears in the Mariana Trench, and accidentally unleashes the seventy foot ancestor of the Great White Shark believed to be extinct.

  8. The Reef

    The Reef

    2010

    #8

    A great white shark hunts the crew of a capsized sailboat along the Great Barrier Reef.

  9. Jaws 2

    Jaws 2

    1978

    #9

    Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.

  10. Sharknado

    Sharknado

    2013

    #10

    A freak hurricane hits Los Angeles, causing man-eating sharks to be scooped up in tornadoes and flooding the city with shark-infested seawater. Surfer and bar-owner Fin sets out with his friends Baz and Nova to rescue his estranged wife April and teenage daughter Claudia.

  11. Jaws: The Revenge

    Jaws: The Revenge

    1987

    #11

    After another deadly shark attack, Ellen Brody decides she has had enough of New England's Amity Island and moves to the Caribbean to join her son, Michael, and his family. But a great white shark has followed her there, hungry for more lives.

  12. Great White

    Great White

    2021

    #12

    A sea plane is destroyed in a freak accident, five people find themselves drifting on a raft. At the mercy of the tide and with no hope of rescue, the helpless situation takes a horrifying turn when they are terrorized by a ravenous great white.

  13. Megalodon

    Megalodon

    2018

    #13

    A military vessel on the search for an unidentified submersible finds themselves face to face with a giant shark, forced to use only what they have on board to defend themselves from the monstrous beast.

  14. 47 Meters Down

    47 Meters Down

    2017

    #14

    Two sisters on Mexican vacation are trapped in a shark observation cage at the bottom of the ocean, with oxygen running low and great whites circling nearby, they have less than an hour of air left to figure out how to get to the surface.

  15. The Black Demon

    The Black Demon

    2023

    #15

    Stranded on a crumbling rig in Baja, a family faces off against a vengeful megalodon shark.