Best Shark Movies
The best shark movies ever made, ranked by audience score. My Octopus Teacher takes it at 7.9, and the 20 films below prove how much range the premise has — Finding Nemo, Jaws and The Bad Guys pull it in completely different directions.
20 titles · average score 6.9 ·
The top 5 picks
- 1
My Octopus Teacher (2020)
★ 7.9 · 1,066 ratingsAfter years of swimming every day in the freezing ocean at the tip of Africa, Craig Foster meets an unlikely teacher: a young octopus who displays remarkable curiosity. Visiting her den and tracking her movements for…
- 2
Finding Nemo (2003)
★ 7.8 · 20,826 ratingsNemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken from his Great Barrier Reef home to a dentist's office aquarium. It's up to his worrisome father Marlin and a friendly but forgetful fish Dory to bring Nemo…
- 3
Jaws (1975)
★ 7.7 · 11,750 ratingsWhen 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…
- 4
The Bad Guys (2022)
★ 7.5 · 2,651 ratingsWhen the Bad Guys, a crew of criminal animals, are finally caught after years of heists and being the world’s most-wanted villains, Mr. Wolf brokers a deal to save them all from prison.
- 5
Unbroken (2014)
★ 7.4 · 4,420 ratingsA chronicle of the life of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who was taken prisoner by Japanese forces during World War II.
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How this list is ranked
Nothing on this page is hand-picked to hit a word count. We pull films matching this list's criteria from TMDB, require a real audience behind each score, and rank by that score — 20 titles averaging 6.9. The page rebuilds daily, so new releases appear here as soon as enough people have rated them.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best shark movie?
My Octopus Teacher (2020) at 7.9, ahead of Finding Nemo and Jaws. All 20 films on this page average 6.9.
How do you find shark movies?
Through TMDB's keyword tagging, which is maintained by its community and goes far deeper than genre labels — it catches films that share a premise even when they belong to completely different genres.
Is this list updated?
Yes — it rebuilds every day from TMDB, so newly released movies appear as soon as enough people have rated them. You do not need an account to browse it, and there is no paywall on anything at MovieAI.