Insect Movies

A story about a caterpillar undergoing metaphorphosis in a too-small cocoon.

Hai, a little boy, catches a bird. Long, a cyclo driver, takes a carp for a ride on behalf of the mysterious Mr. Chu. All across Vietnam, people are...

In a dark and cramped attic, Luna, a moth with dreams of becoming a dentist, sets up her first professional practice from home. As she works, she...

A Documentary on the Creation of OVO, by Cirque du Soleil

A five minute film noir animated short, Luna depicts the flirtatious dance between a charming and debonair caterpillar (Silky) and the stunning and...

Travelling salesman Gregor Samsa wakes to find that he's been transformed into a giant insect. This particular Franz Kafka adaptation is seen from...

Over the course of evolution, insects have developed abilities that amaze us humans. The small "notched animals", the Latin translation of the word...

A small insect falls in love with a distraught housewife whose husband has just walked out on her. The bug is unable to gain her affection until he...

La vispa Teresa (“Lively Theresa”) is based on a well known song; a girl, ten, catches a butterfly and all the other insects intervene to...

Upon returning his wallet, Adalia is invited into Aphid's home. There would be coffee, conversation, and an abundance of bugs.

City of Wax is a 1934 American short documentary film produced by Horace and Stacy Woodard about the life of a bee. It won the Oscar at the 7th...

The courtship rituals of animals and plants are compared to those of contemporary society, with educational and frequently humorous results.

The film shows Shiva in a very traditional representation--in bronze and standing within a circle of bronze flames. Suddenly, a fly lands on Shiva's...

The Hidden World is a 1958 American science documentary film produced by Robert Snyder and narrated by Gregory Peck. The film is about insects. It...

The body of a young woman is slowly consumed by insects.

A mercenary team is assembled to steal the genetically modified food research of Dr. Fielding. His daughter fed a cockroach some of the food mutating...

UNIVERSUM cameraman Wolfgang Thaler and Bert Hoelldobler, a leading authority on ants, bring us face-to-face with the mysterious world of these...