Ever since the first time I saw Jaws as a kid, I’ve been a fan of shark horror movies. Yes, back then the thought of a shark attack crossed my mind even in a swimming pool, but that didn’t stop my fascination with shark movies. I eagerly watched every entry in the Jaws franchise and even now, decades later, I’m always ready for a movie with one or more sharks in it.
This is a list of my top five favorite shark movies.
What are yours?
1) Jaws – This one started it all. Sure, the shark is scary, but it’s the characters that make this one great.
2) Jaws 2 – Almost as good as the first with a lot of the same faces.
3) Sharknado – Just the idea of sharks sucked up in a tornado and wreaking havoc on land is enough to make me smile.
4) 47 Meters Down – Other than Jaws, this is probably the scariest fictional shark story I’ve ever seen. At first I wasn’t sure if I was going to like it, but a soon as that cage dropped in the water, I was pretty much hooked.
5) Ice Sharks – This movie has good suspense and a unique setting that I love. Scientists trapped in a research station are attacked by sharks, but the research station isn’t in tropical waters, it’s in the Arctic.
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