Jaws

moderate injury detail, threat

Director(s)Steven Spielberg

Production year1975

Release date09/09/2022

Genre(s)Thriller, Adventure

Approx. running minutes124m

CastRoy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Carl Gottlieb, Jeffrey Kramer, Susan Backlinie, Jonathan Filley, Ted Grossman, Steven Spielberg, Peter Benchley, Carl Gottlieb, David Brown, Richard D. Zanuck, John Williams, Bill Butler, Verna Fields, Joe Alves

Jaws

moderate injury detail, threat

When a shark terrorises the people of a US coastal resort, it's up to the local police chief to hunt the animal down. Sc ...

When a shark terrorises the people of a US coastal resort, it's up to the local police chief to hunt the animal down. Scary scenes and gory images may be too intense for younger children.

threat and horror

language

drugs

injury detail

nudity

alcohol and smoking

violence

sex

moderate injury detail, threat

Classified Date:

09/08/2022

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Universal Pictures Int (UK)

threat and horror

There are a number of sequences in which people are attacked by the shark. The sequences are sustained and intense and occur within a recognisable real world setting. In one scene a man is eaten by a shark and coughs up blood as the shark bites into him.

language

There is use of mild bad language, including 'shit', 'damned', 'God', 'Christ', 'bastards', 'goddamn', 'son of a bitch', 'crap', 'frigging', 'ass', 'screw around' and 'bloody'.

drugs

There is sight of young people smoking marijuana joints.

injury detail

There is sight of the aftermath of shark attacks, including sight of severed limbs and a severed head with an empty eye socket.

nudity

There is sight of breast nudity when a naked woman swims, before being attacked by the shark.

alcohol and smoking

People are seen smoking, in keeping with the age of the film.

Contains moderate threat and occasional gory moments

Classified Date:

16/05/2012

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Universal Pictures Int (UK)

injury detail

Some of the shark attacks include sight of blood and brief gory images, including a spray of blood when a boy is attacked, and sight of a severed leg dropping to the bottom of the sea.

theme

There are a number of frightening scenes in which the shark threatens or attacks humans.

Classified Date:

12/06/1975

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

C.I.C. (UK)

injury detail, threat

Classified Date:

14/05/2021

Version:

Use:

VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

NETFLIX, INC

Classified Date:

12/05/2000

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Columbia/Tri-Star Home Video

Classified Date:

03/12/1993

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

CIC Video

Classified Date:

27/04/1987

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

CIC Video

Classified Date:

18/06/2025

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Universal Pictures Int (UK)

Classified Date:

25/08/2022

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Universal Pictures Int (UK)

Classified Date:

11/07/2019

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Park Circus Limited

Paperwork Remarks:

Trailer

Classified Date:

06/07/2012

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd

Classified Date:

14/05/2012

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Universal Pictures Int (UK)

Classified Date:

01/11/2000

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Columbia/Tri-Star Home Video

Cuts:

Policy cut required to remove American MPAA rating from screen in order to avoid public confusion with UK category system.

Classified Date:

01/11/2000

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Columbia/Tri-Star Home Video

Cuts:

Policy cut required to sight of American MPAA rating screen in order to avoid public confusion with UK category system

Classified Date:

31/05/2000

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Columbia/Tri-Star Home Video

Classified Date:

17/02/1995

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

CIC Video

Classified Date:

06/06/2025

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Spirit Universal

Classified Date:

24/04/2012

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd

Paperwork Remarks:

Additional material

Classified Date:

24/05/2005

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd

Classified date09/08/2022

LanguageEnglish

threat and horror

language

drugs

injury detail

nudity

alcohol and smoking

violence

sex

Director(s)Steven Spielberg

Production year1975

Release date09/09/2022

Genre(s)Thriller, Adventure

Approx. running minutes124m

moderate injury detail, threat

Classified Date:

09/08/2022

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Universal Pictures Int (UK)

threat and horror

language

There is use of mild bad language, including 'shit', 'damned', 'God', 'Christ', 'bastards', 'goddamn', 'son of a bitch', 'crap', 'frigging', 'ass', 'screw around' and 'bloody'.

drugs

There is sight of young people smoking marijuana joints.

injury detail

There is sight of the aftermath of shark attacks, including sight of severed limbs and a severed head with an empty eye socket.

nudity

There is sight of breast nudity when a naked woman swims, before being attacked by the shark.

alcohol and smoking

People are seen smoking, in keeping with the age of the film.

Contains moderate threat and occasional gory moments

Classified Date:

16/05/2012

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Universal Pictures Int (UK)

injury detail

Some of the shark attacks include sight of blood and brief gory images, including a spray of blood when a boy is attacked, and sight of a severed leg dropping to the bottom of the sea.

theme

There are a number of frightening scenes in which the shark threatens or attacks humans.

Classified Date:

12/06/1975

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

C.I.C. (UK)

injury detail, threat

Classified Date:

14/05/2021

Version:

Use:

VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

NETFLIX, INC

Classified Date:

12/05/2000

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Columbia/Tri-Star Home Video

Classified Date:

03/12/1993

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

CIC Video

Classified Date:

27/04/1987

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

CIC Video

Classified Date:

18/06/2025

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Universal Pictures Int (UK)

Classified Date:

25/08/2022

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Universal Pictures Int (UK)

Classified Date:

11/07/2019

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Park Circus Limited

Paperwork Remarks:

Trailer

Classified Date:

06/07/2012

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd

Classified Date:

14/05/2012

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Universal Pictures Int (UK)

Classified Date:

01/11/2000

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Columbia/Tri-Star Home Video

Cuts:

Policy cut required to remove American MPAA rating from screen in order to avoid public confusion with UK category system.

Classified Date:

01/11/2000

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Columbia/Tri-Star Home Video

Cuts:

Policy cut required to sight of American MPAA rating screen in order to avoid public confusion with UK category system

Classified Date:

31/05/2000

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Columbia/Tri-Star Home Video

Classified Date:

17/02/1995

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

CIC Video

Classified Date:

06/06/2025

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Spirit Universal

Classified Date:

24/04/2012

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd

Paperwork Remarks:

Additional material

Classified Date:

24/05/2005

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd

Classified date09/08/2022

LanguageEnglish