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Jaws (1975)

★ 7.7 · 11,476 ratings on TMDB

The terrifying motion picture from the terrifying No. 1 best seller.

Jaws poster★ 7.7

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 shark hunter embark on a desperate quest to kill the beast before it strikes again.

DirectorSteven Spielberg
CastCarl Gottlieb, Jeffrey Kramer, Jonathan Filley, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Richard Dreyfuss
GenresAdventure, Horror, Thriller
The emergence reading

Jaws keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same rung, same subject

Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.

Titanic (1997)E8/E9/E10Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)E8/E9/E10Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)E8/E9/E10Thor (2011)E8/E9/E10Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)E8/E9/E10The Dark Knight Rises (2012)E8/E9/E10

Same subject, different rung

The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.

World War Z (2013)E4/E14 · Horror, ThrillerSpectre (2015)E11/E12 · Adventure, ThrillerThe Day After Tomorrow (2004)E12/E14 · Adventure, ThrillerQuantum of Solace (2008)E11/E12 · Adventure, ThrillerTomorrow Never Dies (1997)E11/E12 · Adventure, ThrillerStarship Troopers (1997)E12/E13 · Adventure, Thriller

Same people

Shared director or cast.

1941 (1979)dir. Steven SpielbergClose Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)dir. Steven SpielbergAlways (1989)dir. Steven SpielbergJaws 2 (1978)Jeffrey KramerThe Graduate (1967)Murray HamiltonRED (2010)Richard Dreyfuss