List of films featuring insects

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]

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.

Animated

Animated films with anthropomorphized insects include:[7]

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
  • Category:Documentary films about bees

Notes and references
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Glassy, Mark C. (2001). The Biology of Science Fiction Cinema. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 211. ISBN 978-0-7864-0998-3.
  5. Bouse, Derek (2011). Wildlife Films. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 118–119. ISBN 978-0-8122-0584-8.
  6. Agriculture Research Service (1954). Motion Picture Films about Insects. Washington, D.C.: United States Department of Agriculture. OCLC 71024544.
  7. Berenbaum 2003, pp. 757–758
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