For the list of insect horror films, see List of natural horror films § Insects. For the list of factual insect films, see List of insect documentaries.
This is a list of films in which some or all of the main characters are anthropomorphic insects. It excludes films where the antagonists are inhuman insects or a human becomes an insect, such as The Adventures of André and Wally B., Them! or The Fly. It also excludes documentary, scientific and educational films about insects, such as the Secrets of the Ant and Insect World (1960), More than Honey (2012), and The Strength and Agility of Insects (Percy Smith, 1911).
Animated
Animated films with anthropomorphized insects include:
- The Ant Bully (2006) - ants
- Maya The Bee Movie (2014) - bees and others
- Ants in the Plants (1940) - ants in a Fleischer Color Classics short
- Antz (1998) - ants and others
- Bee Movie (2007) - bees and others
- James and the Giant Peach (1996) - grasshopper, centipede, spider, others
- Billy & Mandy: Wrath of the Spider Queen (2007) - spiders
- Bugs in Love (1932) - lovebugs in a Disney Silly Symphonies short
- A Bug's Life (1998) - ants and others
- The Flea Circus (1954) - fleas
- Gallavants (1984) - ants and an amphisbaena
- The Grasshopper and the Ants (1934) - another Silly Symphonies entry
- A Horse Fly Fleas (1947) - fleas
- An Itch in Time (1943) - a flea
- Johnny the Giant Killer (1950) - bees, spiders and other species
- Katy, Kiki y Koko (1987) - caterpillars, ants and alien molluscs
- Katy la Oruga (1984) - caterpillars, a spider, bees and a butterfly
- Kung Fu Panda (2008) - a praying mantis
- Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011) - a praying mantis
- Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016) - a praying mantis
- The Magic Bird (1968) - ants
- Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants (2013) - ladybugs, ants, a spider, and other species
- Minuscule 2: Mandibles from Far Away (2019) - ladybugs, ants, cockroaches, praying mantis, and other species
- Mr. Bug Goes to Town (1941) - a grasshopper, bee, and other species
- Moth and the Flame (1938) - moths
- Pinocchio (1940) - a cricket
- Pipi Tobenai Hotaru (1996) - fireflies
- The Rescuers (1977) - a dragonfly
- Shinbone Alley (1970) - a cockroach
- The Spider and the Fly (1931) - flies
- Strange Magic (2015) - ants, centipedes and other species
Non-animated
- Fly (1970) - an avant-garde 25 minute film directed by John Lennon and Yoko Ono which depicts a housefly crawling around on the body of a nude woman, actress Virginia Lust. By the end of the film, multiple flies can be seen on Lust's body.
- Joe's Apartment (1996) - cockroaches (live action and puppetry blended with computer and stop-motion animation)
- The Fly (1986) - Flies (live action and puppetry)
- Eega (2012, The Fly) - flies, an Indian fantasy action film written and directed by S. S. Rajamouli
Both
See also
Notes and references
- Berenbaum, May R. & Levkosky, Richard J. (2003). "Movies, Insects in". In Resh, Vincent H. & Cardé, Ring T. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Insects. Amsterdam: Academic Press. pp. 756–762. ISBN 978-0-08-054605-6.
- Armstrong, Richard B.; Armstrong, Mary Willems, eds. (2010). "Insects". Encyclopedia of Film Themes, Settings and Series (reprint of second edition (2001) ed.). Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 107. ISBN 978-1-4766-1230-0.
- Hickman, Matt (15 May 2014). "Bugging out: 12 creepy-crawly movies that will have you reaching for the Raid". Mother Nature Network. Archived from the original on 5 June 2014.
- Glassy, Mark C. (2001). The Biology of Science Fiction Cinema. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 211. ISBN 978-0-7864-0998-3.
- Bouse, Derek (2011). Wildlife Films. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 118–119. ISBN 978-0-8122-0584-8.
- Agriculture Research Service (1954). Motion Picture Films about Insects. Washington, D.C.: United States Department of Agriculture. OCLC 71024544.
- Berenbaum & Levkosky 2003, pp. 757–758