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 edit
Animated films with anthropomorphized insects include:[7]
- 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 edit
- 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 edit
See also edit
Notes and references edit
- ^ 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