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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:
[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
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