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Sharksploitation Movies and Shorts (that I have seen) (Frequently Updated List).

by simdude1990 • Created 3 years ago • Modified 3 months ago
*Only Sharksploitation.
*Does not include Movies that are advertised as Sharksploitation, but are not. Check out my "Misleading Sharksploitation Movies" list for those.
*Next up is my list of "Potentially Sharksploitation Films" that I have but need to watch

** There are two different edits of "Nightmare Shark" (with a shark) and "Curse Of The Dream Witch" (with no shark)
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  • Roddy McDowall and Laurette Luez in Killer Shark (1950)

    1. Killer Shark

    19501h 16mApproved
    4.5 (266)
    A college student takes a break and goes out to sea with his father, the captain of a shark-hunting boat. When his inexperience results in an accident in which his father and a crewman are badly injured, he tries to make up for it by rounding up another crew and going back out on the hunt. However, things don't turn out quite the way he planned.
    DirectorBudd BoetticherStarsRoddy McDowallLaurette LuezRoland Winters
  • Burt Reynolds in Shark (1969)

    2. Shark

    19691h 32mPG
    4.5 (1.3K)
    A gunrunner loses his cargo near a small coastal Sudanese town so he's stuck there. When a woman hires him to raid a sunken ship in the shark-infested waters, he sees a chance to compensate for his losses. He's not the only one.
    DirectorsSamuel FullerRafael PortilloStarsBurt ReynoldsArthur KennedyBarry Sullivan
  • Susan Backlinie and Bruce in Jaws (1975)

    3. Jaws

    19752h 4mPG87Metascore
    8.1 (696K)
    When a massive killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Long Island, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.
    DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsRoy ScheiderRobert ShawRichard Dreyfuss
  • Sharks' Treasure (1975)

    4. Sharks' Treasure

    19751h 35mPG
    4.8 (510)
    An aging fisherman finds a sunken treasure in shark-infested waters and is attacked by five escaping convicts.
    DirectorCornel WildeStarsCornel WildeYaphet KottoJohn Nealson
  • Mako: The Jaws of Death (1976)

    5. Mako: The Jaws of Death

    19761h 26mPG
    4.3 (1.2K)
    A Vietnam veteran with a psychic connection to sharks discovers their exploitation by the local aquarium and begins an underwater reign of terror to avenge them. The movie action scenes were shot using real sharks.
    DirectorWilliam GreféStarsRichard JaeckelJennifer BishopBuffy Dee
  • Shark Kill (1976)

    6. Shark Kill

    19761h 16mNot RatedTV Movie
    4.0 (141)
    A marine biologist and a shark hunter set sail to find a giant man-eating great white shark.
    DirectorWilliam A. GrahamStarsRichard YniguezPhillip ClarkJennifer Warren
  • Susan George, Andrés García, and Hugo Stiglitz in Tintorera: Killer Shark (1977)

    7. Tintorera: Killer Shark

    19772h 6mR
    4.1 (1.6K)
    Two shark hunters flirt with an attractive British lady while hunting down a large tiger shark terrorizing the Mexican East coast.
    DirectorRené Cardona Jr.StarsSusan GeorgeHugo StiglitzAndrés García
  • Christine Freeman and Bruce in Jaws 2 (1978)

    8. Jaws 2

    19781h 56mPG51Metascore
    5.8 (88K)
    Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.
    DirectorJeannot SzwarcStarsRoy ScheiderLorraine GaryMurray Hamilton
  • Cyclone (1978)

    9. Cyclone

    19781h 40mPG-13
    4.8 (939)
    After a surprise cyclone hits the area, tourists become stranded on a boat in the sea, and they have to do anything in order to survive. To make matters even worse, they're joined by the survivors of a plane crash and a sinking boat.
    DirectorRené Cardona Jr.StarsArthur KennedyCarroll BakerLionel Stander
  • Beyond the Reef (1979)

    10. Beyond the Reef

    19791h 31mPG
    4.8 (243)
    Tikoyo lives by the Bora Bora lagoon in the South Pacific, where he found a man-eating tiger shark when it was an orphaned baby, just a foot long. He named it Manidu, and it grew to be sixteen feet long. Tikoyo believes that his companion houses the soul of a wise old man, and helps him guard the sacred black pearls in the lagoon. In fact, Manidu does protect Tikoyo and his girlfriend Diana, only eating those who are their enemies, or who seek to destroy their environment, or steal the pearls.
    DirectorFrank C. ClarkeStarsDayton Ka'neMaren JensenKathleen Swan
  • The Last Shark (1981)

    11. The Last Shark

    19811h 28mPG
    4.3 (3.3K)
    James Franciscus tries to save hundreds of swimmers in a coastal resort after a Great White Shark starts terrorizing the area.
    DirectorEnzo G. CastellariStarsJames FranciscusVic MorrowMicaela Pignatelli
  • Bruce in Jaws 3-D (1983)

    12. Jaws 3-D

    19831h 39mPG27Metascore
    3.7 (50K)
    A giant thirty-five-foot shark becomes trapped in a SeaWorld theme park and it's up to the sons of police chief Brody to rescue everyone.
    DirectorJoe AlvesStarsDennis QuaidBess ArmstrongSimon MacCorkindale
  • Lorraine Gary and Bruce in Jaws: The Revenge (1987)

    13. Jaws: The Revenge

    19871h 29mPG-1315Metascore
    3.0 (52K)
    Chief Brody's widow believes that her family is deliberately being targeted by another shark in search of revenge.
    DirectorJoseph SargentStarsLorraine GaryLance GuestMario Van Peebles
  • Night of the Sharks (1988)

    14. Night of the Sharks

    19881h 27mR
    3.7 (498)
    David must fight for his life against the gangsters who killed his brother for a CD filled with proof of their illegal activities. When David gets possession of the CD they go down to Mexico where David lives as a shark hunter. Who will get David first, the gangsters or the shark?
    DirectorTonino RicciStarsTreat WilliamsJanet AgrenAntonio Fargas
  • David Caruso, Richard Thomas, Stacy Keach, and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa in Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis (1991)

    15. Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis

    19911h 40mNot RatedTV Movie
    6.3 (1K)
    True story of the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, its crew's struggle to survive the sharks and exposure, and the captain's scape-goat court-martial.
    DirectorRobert IscoveStarsStacy KeachRichard ThomasDon Harvey
  • Kim Cattrall and Craig T. Nelson in Creature (1998)

    16. Creature

    19982 epsNot RatedTV Mini Series
    5.1 (3.1K)
    An amphibious shark-like monster terrorizes an abandoned secret military base and the people who live on the island it is located on. A marine biologist, as well as several other people, try to stop it before it is too late...
    StarsCraig T. NelsonKim CattrallColm Feore
  • Deep Blood (1989)

    17. Deep Blood

    19891h 34mUnrated
    3.3 (664)
    Several young men have to stop an ancient native American evil in the form of a killer shark which is attacking a small beach community.
    DirectorsRaffaele DonatoJoe D'AmatoStarsFrank BaroniCort McCownKeith Kelsch
  • Cruel Jaws (1995)

    18. Cruel Jaws

    19951h 37mNot RatedVideo
    3.4 (1.9K)
    A huge shark terrorizes a beach in Florida, and the locals try everything to kill it.
    DirectorBruno MatteiStarsDavid LutherGeorge Barnes Jr.Scott Silveria
  • Saffron Burrows in Deep Blue Sea (1999)

    19. Deep Blue Sea

    19991h 45mR54Metascore
    5.9 (148K)
    Searching for a cure to Alzheimer's disease, a group of scientists on an isolated research facility become the prey, as a trio of intelligent sharks fight back.
    DirectorRenny HarlinStarsThomas JaneSaffron BurrowsSamuel L. Jackson
  • Shark Attack (1999)

    20. Shark Attack

    19991h 35mRTV Movie
    3.4 (3.4K)
    In a once serene African fishing village, a marine biologist goes in search of some answers when his friend becomes a victim in one of a series of brutal shark attacks.
    DirectorBob MisiorowskiStarsCordell McQueenCasper Van DienChris Olley
  • Nikita Ager in Shark Attack 2 (2000)

    21. Shark Attack 2

    20001h 38mRVideo
    3.2 (2.8K)
    The mutant sharks from Dr. Craven's experiments in "Shark Attack 1" are back, this time choosing Cape Town, South Africa as their hunting ground.
    DirectorDavid WorthStarsThorsten KayeNikita AgerDan Metcalfe
  • Shark Attack 3: Megalodon (2002)

    22. Shark Attack 3: Megalodon

    20021h 39mRVideo
    2.9 (5.9K)
    When two researchers discover a colossal shark's tooth off the Mexican coast, their worst fears surface: the most menacing beast to ever rule the waters is still alive and mercilessly feeding on anything that crosses its path.
    DirectorDavid WorthStarsJohn BarrowmanJenny McShaneRyan Cutrona
  • Shark Hunter (2001)

    23. Shark Hunter

    20011h 34mR
    3.2 (1.2K)
    This undersea thriller follows a man and his team of divers searching for a giant shark that has destroyed an entire research station.
    DirectorMatt CoddStarsAntonio Sabato Jr.Christian ToulaliGrand L. Bush
  • Megalodon (2002)

    24. Megalodon

    20021h 30mPG-13Video
    2.9 (2.3K)
    A deep-sea drilling operation goes horribly wrong, releasing the deadliest ocean predator that has ever roamed the seas since prehistoric times-Carcharodon Megalodon...sixty feet of prehistoric terror.
    DirectorPat CorbittStarsLeighanne LittrellRobin SachsAl Sapienza
  • Graeme Revell, Chris Kentis, Laura Lau, Steve Lemme, Blanchard Ryan, Saul Stein, Daniel Travis, Estelle Lau, John Charles, Michael E. Williamson, and Cristina Zenato in Open Water (2003)

    25. Open Water

    20031h 19mR63Metascore
    5.8 (58K)
    Based on the true story of two scuba divers accidentally stranded in shark infested waters after their tour boat has left.
    DirectorChris KentisStarsBlanchard RyanDaniel TravisSaul Stein

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