The 31 greatest summer blockbusters

There’s just something about the long, dog days of summer that makes it the perfect time to go see a movie. While great movies come out any time of the year, the summertime has long been coveted by Hollywood studios to release all of their biggest and most expensive crowd-pleasers of the year. It makes sense, anyway. The summer is when kids and teenagers are out of school with little to do, and even adults try to cut loose with vacation time. With so many good vibes in the air, who wouldn’t want to kick back in the cool confines of a movie theater?

Starting with the release of Steven Spielberg’s Jaws in 1975, the concept of the "summer blockbuster" has made the months between May and August (and sometimes, maybe September) as the months for Hollywood to unleash the biggest movies of the year. Because it’s always summer in our hearts, here are some of the greatest summer blockbusters of all time.