{"id":512904,"date":"2026-04-04T17:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T17:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/512904\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T17:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T17:36:11","slug":"the-best-shark-movie-of-the-last-decade-is-now-on-prime-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/512904\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Shark Movie of the Last Decade is Now on Prime Video"},"content":{"rendered":"

When it comes to shark movies, Steven Spielberg\u2019s 1975 summer blockbuster classic Jaws<\/a> is the undisputed best. The movie set a high bar for suspense with a brilliant, unseen threat amplified by John Williams\u2019 iconic score. Numerous \u201cwhen animals attack\u201d movies<\/a> have followed in the five decades since, but only a few have managed to match the highs of the definitive, groundbreaking shark thriller. Among them is a 2010s survival horror thriller that recently swam into Prime Video<\/a>\u2019s catalog, and it\u2019s easily one of the best shark movies since Jaws.<\/p>\n

That movie is The Shallows<\/a>, director Jaume Collet-Serra\u2019s 2016 thriller starring Blake Lively as a medical student surfing on a secluded Mexican beach who is left stranded on a small rock 200 yards from shore when she is attacked by a great white shark. Wounded and facing high tide, she must use her wit and resilience to survive. The movie started streaming on Prime Video<\/a> on March 1st. The Shallows holds a \u201cCertified Fresh\u201d 79% critic score and ranks No. 5 on Rotten Tomatoes<\/a>\u2019 list of best shark movies, where Jaws ranks No. 1.<\/p>\n

The Shallows Is One of the Best Shark Movies Since Jaws<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s not a stretch to declare The Shallows a great predecessor to Jaws or even one of the best shark movies ever. The movie excels precisely because it emulates the \u201cless is more\u201d approach of Spielberg\u2019s classic, favoring suspense and minimalism over the over-the-top, poor-CGI shark films of recent years. The movie acts as a contained survival thriller, focusing on the suspense of a single protagonist trapped in a contained location just 200 yards from shore. And similar to Jaws, the shark is rarely shown. The Shallows relies on calculated sightings of the shark circling and lurking beneath the surface to build the anticipation of attack and a palpable tension that is nearly unbearable.<\/p>\n

Outside of being a highly effective, modern masterclass in suspense, The Shallows is a near-perfect one-person show. Lively anchors the tension of the film with a grounded performance and a realistic portrayal of panic, despair, and resourcefulness. When Lively does give up screen time for the threat lurking beneath the surface, the shark doesn\u2019t pull the viewer out of the movie with a cartoony appearance. The movie has some pretty great CGI that effectively captures the realistic texture, scars, and weight of the shark in an appearance that is truly the closest a shark has looked to Jaws since the 1975 film.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s New on Prime Video?<\/p>\n

The Shallows joined Prime Video as part of the streamer\u2019s March lineup, a list of arrivals that included everything from the Stephen King classic Carrie to the complete main Shrek series. Prime is currently rolling out new titles for Apri<\/a>l, with the start of the month bringing hits like Dances with Wolves, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Killer Klowns from Outer Space, and Titanic.<\/p>\n

What do you think? Leave a comment below and join the conversation now in the ComicBook Forum<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When it comes to shark movies, Steven Spielberg\u2019s 1975 summer blockbuster classic Jaws is the undisputed best. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":512905,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,70127,13140,2839,11523,1092,3842,179376,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-512904","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-horror-genre","10":"tag-jaws","11":"tag-movies","12":"tag-prime-video","13":"tag-regular-news","14":"tag-streaming","15":"tag-the-shallows","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom","18":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/512905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}