Quote the angry video game nerd: Defines the word "classic".

Rating: 10/10 (13 December 2007)

Jaws is considered a movie classic. released in 1975, the movie is based on a killer shark terrorizing the beaches of amity, which is based on the attacks of 5 people in 1917, or sometime around then. while this may sound original and bland, this was original. Steven Spielberg took the story of jaws made by peter benchley, and he made a blockbuster movie out of it. what does blockbuster mean? it was the first movie to gross over 100 million bucks, a title coveted by several directors. jaws held this title for two years, until George Lucas took the title, for the release of star wars.
If you watch today's modern day shark movies, none of them capture the classic horror of jaws. deep blue sea, red water, none of them take the horror, but somewhat develop more gore than jaws did.
bottom line, it's an awesome movie. 9 out of 10