List of films featuring insects
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 insects that act like human beings.[1][2] 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.[3][4] It also excludes documentary, scientific and educational films about insects, such as the Secrets of the Ant and Insect World (1960),[5] More than Honey (2012), and The Strength and Agility of Insects (Percy Smith, 1911).[6]
Animated
Animated films with anthropomorphized insects include:[7]
- The Ant Bully (2006) - ants
- Antz (1998) - ants and others
- Bee Movie (2007) - bees and others
- Bugs in Love (1932) - lovebugs in a Disney Silly Symphonies short
- A Bug's Life (1998) - ants and others
- The Grasshopper and the Ants (1934) - another Silly Symphonies entry
- A Horsefly Fleas (1947) - fleas
- An Itch in Time (1943) - flea
- Mr. Bug Goes to Town (1941) - a grasshopper, bee, and other species
- Moth and the Flame (1938) - moths
- Pinocchio (1940) - a cricket
- The Spider and the Fly (1931) - flies
Non-animated
- Joe's Apartment (1996) - cockroaches (live action and puppetry blended with computer and stop-motion animation)
Both
See also
- Category:Documentary films about bees
Notes and references
- ↑ Berenbaum, May R. and Levkosky, Richard J. (2003). "Movies, Insects in". In Resh, Vincent H. and Cardé, Ring T. Encyclopedia of Insects. Amsterdam: Academic Press. pp. 756–762. ISBN 978-0-08-054605-6.
- ↑ Armstrong, Richard B. and Armstrong, Mary Willems, ed. (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 2003, pp. 757–758
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