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
Amazon Prime Video
Disney Plus
Apple TV Plus
Apple TV
Hulu
Crunchyroll
fuboTV
Max
Max Amazon Channel
Epix Amazon Channel
Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
Peacock
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
Showtime Roku Premium Channel
Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel
Starz Roku Premium Channel
AMC+ Roku Premium Channel
Showtime Amazon Channel
AMC+
MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel
YouTube Premium
YouTube Free
The CW
Hoopla
CW Seed
Vudu
Starz
VUDU Free
Criterion Channel
PBS
FXNow
Tubi TV
Comedy Central
Kanopy
Microsoft Store
Redbox
Sun Nxt
Crackle
AMC
AMC Theatres
Fandor
Curiosity Stream
NBC
MGM Plus
Freeform
History
A&E
Lifetime
Shudder
Screambox
Acorn TV
Sundance Now
Popcornflix
GuideDoc
BritBox
MUBI
Netflix Kids
Boomerang
Urban Movie Channel
History Vault
Yupp TV
Eros Now
MyOutdoorTV
WWE Network
Smithsonian Channel
Laugh Out Loud
Pure Flix
Boomerang Amazon Channel
Lifetime Movie Club
PBS Kids Amazon Channel
Cinemax Amazon Channel
Hallmark Movies Now Amazon Channel
PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel
Viewster Amazon Channel
MZ Choice Amazon Channel
Spamflix
Pluto TV
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VIX
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MTV
Retrocrush
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Shout! Factory TV
OVID
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Shudder Amazon Channel
Vice TV
MUBI Amazon Channel
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AcornTV Amazon Channel
Fandor Amazon Channel
Screambox Amazon Channel
Sundance Now Amazon Channel
Adult Swim
USA Network
Fox
Bet+ Amazon Channel
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TNT
Food Network
BBC America
IndieFlix
AHCTV
TLC
DIY Network
HGTV
Investigation Discovery
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Destination America
Animal Planet
Discovery Life
Discovery
Motor Trend
Travel Channel
Cooking Channel
Paramount Network
Here TV
TV Land
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VH1
DreamWorksTV Amazon Channel
Flix Premiere
TBS
AsianCrush
Revry
DOCSVILLE
Spectrum On Demand
OXYGEN
Hi-YAH
tru TV
DisneyNOW
WeTV
ARROW
Plex
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The Oprah Winfrey Network
Filmzie
MovieSaints
Dogwoof On Demand
True Story
Martha Stewart TV
DocAlliance Films
KoreaOnDemand
Hoichoi
iQIYI
Metrograph
Freevee
Public Domain Movies
Eventive
Cultpix
aha
FilmBox+
ShortsTV Amazon Channel
Bet+
Takflix
Klassiki
Starz Amazon Channel
Netflix basic with Ads
Cohen Media Amazon Channel
Popflick
ViX Premium Amazon Channel
Runtime
Fandango
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Discovery +
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Ovation TV
Angel Studios
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AD tv
Midnight Pulp
FYI Network
Xumo Play
National Geographic
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Shahid VIP
DistroTV
myfilmfriend
Cinemark
Outside Watch
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Full Moon Amazon Channel
Citytv
Univer Video
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Toon Goggles
Noggin Apple TV Channel
A&E Crime Central Apple TV Channel
Acorn TV Apple TV
ALLBLK Apple TV channel
UP Faith & Family Apple TV Channel
Topic Apple TV Channel
Tastemade Apple TV Channel
Sundance Now Apple TV Channel
Shudder Apple TV Channel
Showtime Apple TV Channel
ScreenPix Apple TV Channel
OUTtv Apple TV Channel
MotorTrend 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
Carnegie Hall+ Apple TV Channel
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
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  1. Jaws

    Jaws

    1975

    IMDB 8.1 (664k)

    #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

    IMDB 6.0 (200k)

    #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

    IMDB 6.3 (144k)

    #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

    IMDB 5.8 (56k)

    #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

    IMDB 5.9 (143k)

    #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

    IMDB 5.7 (209k)

    #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

    IMDB 5.8 (21k)

    #8

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

  9. Jaws 2

    Jaws 2

    1978

    IMDB 5.8 (85k)

    #9

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

  10. Sharknado

    Sharknado

    2013

    IMDB 3.3 (53k)

    #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

    IMDB 3.0 (49k)

    #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

    IMDB 4.2 (8k)

    #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

    IMDB 2.8 (2k)

    #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

    IMDB 5.6 (61k)

    #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

    IMDB 3.7 (9k)

    #15

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