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When I was eight years old, on a Saturday night before surf lifesaving training, my dad put on the film Jaws and it changed my life forever.

It’s hard to believe Steven Spielberg was just 27 when he directed Jaws. Before that he’d mostly worked in television, helming episodes of detective show Columbo and the acclaimed TV movie Duel. He’d made just one theatrical feature, The Sugarland Express.

Jaws turns 50 on June 20. Last year, Quentin Tarantino called Stephen Spielberg’s film “possibly the greatest movie ever made”. Though he was quick to add that it isn’t the best film in terms of script, cinematography or acting, he was convinced that its overall quality as a movie remains…

The original blockbuster turned fear of sharks into decades of persecution but, at long last, the tide may be turning

The documentary will premiere on July 11 at 8pm on National Geographic and will stream the same day on Disney+.

The next pick in our ongoing series of comfort movie favourites is Steven Spielberg’s defining shark thriller

Think the book is always better than the film? These movie adaptations might make you reconsider, says Katie Rosseinsky

How many times have you come out of the cinema and heard someone snidely remark they preferred the book, as though this somehow connects them to a richer, more highbrow tradition?

Summer doesn't have to end when you've got these beachside blockbusters, including Baywatch, Cast Away and more.