Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "talking-insect"

1. Labyrinth (1986)

PG | 101 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Sixteen-year-old Sarah must solve a labyrinth to rescue her baby brother when he is taken by the Goblin King.

Director: Jim Henson | Stars: David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly, Toby Froud, Shelley Thompson

Votes: 149,643 | Gross: $12.73M

2. The Princess and the Frog (2009)

G | 97 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

A waitress, desperate to fulfill her dreams as a restaurant owner, is set on a journey to turn a frog prince back into a human being, but she has to face the same problem after she kisses him.

Directors: Ron Clements, John Musker | Stars: Anika Noni Rose, Keith David, Oprah Winfrey, Bruno Campos

Votes: 166,945 | Gross: $104.40M

3. A Bug's Life (1998)

G | 95 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

A misfit ant, looking for "warriors" to save his colony from greedy grasshoppers, recruits a group of bugs that turn out to be an inept circus troupe.

Directors: John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton | Stars: Kevin Spacey, David Foley, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Hayden Panettiere

Votes: 314,626 | Gross: $162.80M

4. Bee Movie (2007)

PG | 91 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Barry B. Benson, a bee just graduated from college, is disillusioned at his lone career choice: making honey. On a special trip outside the hive, Barry's life is saved by Vanessa, a florist in New York City. As their relationship blossoms, he discovers humans actually eat honey and subsequently decides to sue them.

Directors: Simon J. Smith, Steve Hickner | Stars: Jerry Seinfeld, Renée Zellweger, Matthew Broderick, Patrick Warburton

Votes: 179,891 | Gross: $126.63M

5. Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)

PG | 94 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A woman transformed into a giant after she is struck by a meteorite on her wedding day becomes part of a team of monsters sent in by the U.S. government to defeat an alien mastermind trying to take over Earth.

Directors: Rob Letterman, Conrad Vernon | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Rainn Wilson, Stephen Colbert, Seth Rogen

Votes: 176,119 | Gross: $198.35M

6. Antz (1998)

PG | 83 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

A rather neurotic ant tries to break from his totalitarian society while trying to win the affection of the princess he loves.

Directors: Eric Darnell, Tim Johnson, Lawrence Guterman | Stars: Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Sylvester Stallone

Votes: 164,098 | Gross: $90.76M

7. Pinocchio (I) (2022)

PG | 105 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

A puppet is brought to life by a fairy, who assigns him to lead a virtuous life in order to become a real boy.

Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hanks, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, Angus Wright

Votes: 42,072

8. Naked Lunch (1991)

R | 115 min | Drama, Mystery

After developing an addiction to the substance he uses to kill bugs, an exterminator accidentally kills his wife and becomes involved in a secret government plot being orchestrated by giant bugs in a port town in North Africa.

Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Ian Holm, Julian Sands

Votes: 56,688 | Gross: $2.54M

9. Pinocchio (1940)

G | 88 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

A living puppet, with the help of a cricket as his conscience, must prove himself worthy to become a real boy.

Directors: Norman Ferguson, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Dickie Jones, Christian Rub, Mel Blanc, Don Brodie

Votes: 159,922 | Gross: $84.25M

10. Captain Avispa (2024)

Not Rated | 88 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Capitán Avispa, hero of Avispatrópolis and the Honey Kingdom, puts to test his nobility, justice and innocence against the evil wasp Jacques Poison and his henchmen.

Directors: Jean Gabriel Guerra, Jonnathan Melendez | Stars: Luis Fonsi, Joy Huerta, Juanes, Karen Martínez

Votes: 84

11. Joe's Apartment (1996)

PG-13 | 80 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Musical

A nice guy has just moved to New York and discovers that he must share his run-down apartment with a couple thousand singing, dancing cockroaches.

Director: John Payson | Stars: Jerry O'Connell, Megan Ward, Billy West, Reginald Hudlin

Votes: 14,494 | Gross: $4.61M

12. The Ant Bully (2006)

PG | 88 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

After Lucas Nickle floods an ant colony with his water gun, he's magically shrunken down to insect size and sentenced to hard labor in the ruins.

Director: John A. Davis | Stars: Paul Giamatti, Nicolas Cage, Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep

Votes: 41,865 | Gross: $28.14M

13. Maya (1975–1980)

TV-Y | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

The story of a young bee named Maya and her adventures.

Stars: Doris Jensen, Kurt Zips, Arthur Holden, Michiko Nomura

Votes: 4,584

14. Joe's Apt. (1992 TV Short)

2 min | Short, Comedy

Joe's apartment is infested with a peculiar kind of pest. Things do not go well when he brings home a hot date.

Director: John Payson | Stars: Arija Bareikis, Mark Rosenthal

Votes: 311

15. Scienceless Fiction (2014 Video)

109 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy

Notorious director "Bill Zebub (Assmonster) set out to spoof science fiction movies. He noticed that Star Trek had social messages woven into the stories. He thought jokingly What if I weave ANTIsocial messages?

Director: Bill Zebub | Stars: Nadine Theresa Stevens, Andrea Hall, Scarlett Storm, Lydia Lael

Votes: 133

16. The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard (1987 TV Movie)

43 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy

The story relates the adventures of the Blinkins (Blink, Shady, Flashy, Flick and Twinkle), five fireflies whose duty it is to keep the forests bright and beautiful. In this pilot episode, ... See full summary »

Directors: Sunao Katabuchi, Keiko Namba, Masayuki Ôzeki, Osamu Dezaki | Stars: Burgess Meredith, Hamilton Camp, Louise Chamis, Jennifer Darling

Votes: 31

17. Cococinel (1992–1994)

13+ | 4 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Cococinel was a French-Belgian animation TV series. The main character is a ladybird who lives in a pond in Cocoland with other characters. She teaches them about ecology and the environment.

Stars: Catherine Conet, Michel de Warzee, Daniel Dury, Sylvain Goldberg

Votes: 47

18. How's Life? (2005 TV Movie)

30 min | Comedy, Drama

A cheerful saleswoman disrupts the suicide attempt of a middle-aged fat guy.

Director: Tommy Yu | Stars: Luke Chen, Megan Lai

Votes: 10

19. Never Trust Arachnids (2007)

6 min | Short, Comedy, Family

Two tiny ants hatch a get-rich-quick scheme on a hot day. A spider offers a suggestion on how they can cool down - but should the ants listen to him?

Director: Devany Dellis | Stars: Blaire Dellis, Devany Dellis, Katie Dellis

20. Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988–1999)
Episode: Attack of the Giant Leeches (1992)

TV-PG | 92 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

Joel and the 'bots get water on the brain after an episode of Undersea Kingdom (1936) and Roger Corman's moldy horror flick, Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959).

Director: Jim Mallon | Stars: Trace Beaulieu, Joel Hodgson, Jim Mallon, Kevin Murphy

Votes: 585

21. Futurama (1999– )
Episode: The Futurama Holiday Spectacular (2010)

TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Three separate holiday stories: X-mas, Robanaca and Kwanzaa. 1. Once more Robot Santa comes to town. Besides the violence he spreads, this time he sings to the crew of the pine tree that ... See full summary »

Director: Ray Claffey | Stars: Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Tress MacNeille

Votes: 2,148

22. Oddballs (2022–2023)
Episode: Breaking and Entering (2022)

TV-Y7 | 19 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

James' mom turns him into a smartphone to see if he's responsible enough to have one. But staying damage-free proves harder than he expected.

Director: Jouchelle Miranda | Stars: James Rallison, Julian Gant, Debra Wilson, Harland Williams

Votes: 106