All Four Jaws Movies Are Coming to Netflix in September

Jaws, Jaws 2, Jaws 3 and Jaws: The Revenge will begin streaming together on Netflix in the U.S. September 1.

Netflix is loading up for spooky season with one of the most famous movie franchises ever made. Jaws, Jaws 2, Jaws 3 and Jaws: The Revenge are all scheduled to begin streaming on Netflix in the United States on September 1, 2026.

The four movies have moved on and off Netflix several times over the years, but this return puts the entire original franchise in one place again. Whether you want a legitimate cinematic masterpiece or the kind of sequel that is best enjoyed with friends and a sense of humor, this marathon has both.

All Four Jaws Movies Arrive September 1

Netflix’s incoming collection covers the complete theatrical franchise released between 1975 and 1987. The lineup begins with Steven Spielberg’s original Jaws, followed by Jaws 2, Jaws 3 and Jaws: The Revenge.

This is currently a U.S. streaming announcement, so availability may be different in other countries. Netflix also rotates licensed movies regularly, which means the films may not stay on the service forever. If you have been waiting to revisit Amity Island, September is probably the time to do it.

The Movie That Made the Ocean Terrifying

Released in 1975, Jaws follows Amity Island police chief Martin Brody as he tries to protect the beach community from a massive great white shark. When local leaders refuse to take the danger seriously, Brody joins marine biologist Matt Hooper and veteran shark hunter Quint for a desperate trip onto the open water.

Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss and Robert Shaw give the movie the kind of chemistry that most creature features never come close to matching. The shark may be the threat, but the final stretch works because audiences are trapped on a small boat with three completely different men who slowly realize they may be outmatched.

Steven Spielberg’s movie was adapted from Peter Benchley’s novel and became one of the defining theatrical events of the 1970s. John Williams’ score, the patient buildup and the decision to keep the shark hidden for long stretches helped turn a troubled production into a landmark thriller. Fifty years later, it is still the reason many people look twice at dark water.

Jaws 2 Sends Brody Back Into the Water

Jaws 2 arrived in 1978 with Roy Scheider returning as Martin Brody. Four years after the original attacks, Brody becomes convinced that another great white is hunting around Amity Island. The problem is that the town has moved on, and almost nobody wants to believe him.

Jeannot Szwarc took over directing duties from Spielberg, while Lorraine Gary and Murray Hamilton returned as Ellen Brody and Mayor Larry Vaughn. The sequel cannot reproduce the surprise of the original movie, but it gives Scheider another strong performance as a man who knows exactly what is coming while everyone around him treats him like he is losing control.

For many fans, Jaws 2 is the easy choice for the best sequel. It keeps the Amity Island setting, preserves the Brody family connection and delivers a more direct slasher-like version of a killer shark movie.

Jaws 3 Takes the Terror to SeaWorld

The franchise changed direction with Jaws 3 in 1983. Originally released as Jaws 3-D, the movie moves the action away from Amity and into a Florida marine park, where a great white enters the facility and turns a major attraction into a giant trap.

Dennis Quaid stars as Mike Brody, the grown son of Martin Brody, alongside Bess Armstrong and Louis Gossett Jr. Director Joe Alves leaned heavily into the 3-D movie craze of the early 1980s, with objects, fish and shark attacks repeatedly aimed directly at the camera.

The effects have not aged gracefully, but that is part of the entertainment. Jaws 3 has developed a following because it is so different from the first two movies. It is bigger, stranger and far more interested in spectacle than slow-building suspense.

Jaws: The Revenge Goes Completely Off the Rails

Jaws: The Revenge closed the original series in 1987. Lorraine Gary returns as Ellen Brody, who becomes convinced that a shark is deliberately targeting her family. She leaves Amity for the Bahamas, but the threat somehow follows her into warmer water.

Michael Caine, Lance Guest and Mario Van Peebles join Gary in a sequel that treats the shark less like an animal and more like a supernatural enemy with a personal grudge. The story has been mocked for decades, but its strange choices have also kept people talking about it.

This is not a quiet, serious follow-up to Spielberg’s classic. It is the franchise at its most ridiculous, complete with a roaring shark and a revenge plot that makes almost no sense. For a group marathon, that can be a feature instead of a problem.

The Perfect Labor Day Weekend Marathon

Watching all four movies in order is a strange tour through the history of franchise filmmaking. Jaws is a tightly controlled thriller. Jaws 2 is a bigger and faster sequel. Jaws 3 is an effects-driven theme-park movie, and Jaws: The Revenge is the moment the entire series leaves reality behind.

That unevenness is what makes the marathon fun. You begin with one of the greatest thrillers ever made and slowly descend into pure 1980s creature-feature chaos. It is difficult to imagine four movies about killer sharks feeling more different from one another.

All four Jaws movies begin streaming on Netflix in the U.S. on September 1, 2026. You may still need a bigger boat, but at least you will not need four different streaming services.