There’s nothing more American than a big-budget summer blockbuster, and this Independence Day–weekend screening is all the more potent for showing less than 100 miles from Martha’s Vineyard, the real-life stand-in for the fictional Amity Island. —Marisa Bulkeley

Jaws
1975
dir. Steven Spielberg
124 min

Double feature w/ Jaws 2
Part of the ongoing series: Roy Scheider Revisited