List of films featuring insects explained

This is a list of films in which some or all of the main characters are anthropomorphic insects.^{[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:

• 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
• (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
• (2013) - ladybugs, ants, a spider, and other species
• (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

• Films and television programmes based on Alice in Wonderland - a caterpillar

Notes and references

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: Berenbaum . May R. . Levkosky . Richard J. . amp. Movies, Insects in . 2003 . Resh, Vincent H. . Cardé, Ring T. . Encyclopedia of Insects . Amsterdam . Academic Press . 756–762 . 978-0-08-054605-6 .
2. Encyclopedia: Armstrong, Richard B. . Armstrong, Mary Willems . 2010 . Insects . Encyclopedia of Film Themes, Settings and Series . reprint of second edition (2001). Jefferson, North Carolina . McFarland . 107 . 978-1-4766-1230-0.
3. Web site: Hickman, Matt . 15 May 2014 . Bugging out: 12 creepy-crawly movies that will have you reaching for the Raid . Mother Nature Network . https://web.archive.org/web/20140605030420/http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/stories/bugging-out-12-creepy-crawly-movies-that-will-have-you-reaching-for . 5 June 2014 . live.
4. Book: Glassy, Mark C. . 2001 . The Biology of Science Fiction Cinema . Jefferson, North Carolina . McFarland . 211 . 978-0-7864-0998-3 . registration .
5. Book: Bouse, Derek . 2011 . Wildlife Films . Philadelphia . University of Pennsylvania Press . 118–119. 978-0-8122-0584-8.
6. Book: Agriculture Research Service . United States Department of Agriculture . 1954 . Motion Picture Films about Insects . Washington, D.C.. 71024544.