Items27The creator’s order
  1. 1A Bug's Life (1998)A Bug's Life (1998) 7.2/10 on IMDbReleased Nov 25, 1998Flik has to find help for an ant colony that owes food to a gang of grasshoppers. The circus bugs he brings back are a wonderfully bad fit for the assignment. Start here if you want a colony that works like a small town, right down to everyone knowing which inventor has caused the latest mess.0
  2. 2Antz (1998)Antz (1998) 6.5/10 on IMDbReleased Oct 2, 1998Z, a worker ant, swaps jobs with a soldier to get closer to Princess Bala. The switch puts a character who wants to be noticed inside a colony that has already decided what everybody is for. Choose this for a more pointed joke about how an ant society might look from the bottom.0
  3. 3Them! (1954)Them! (1954) 7.2/10 on IMDbReleased Jun 16, 1954The giant ants first show up as a mystery in the New Mexico desert, before the search moves to the storm drains of Los Angeles. That shift from open ground to cramped tunnels gives the creatures two very different ways to make people feel small. Pick it for monster suspense that takes its time…0
  4. 4Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants (2013)Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants (2013) 7.1/10 on IMDbReleased Nov 17, 2013A box of abandoned sugar brings black and red ants into conflict, and a ladybug sides with the black ants. The sugar cubes are funny precisely because they’re worth hauling home one by one. Pick it for a little adventure that can make an emptied picnic site feel like contested ground.0
  5. 5Phase IV (1974)Phase IV (1974) 6.4/10 on IMDbReleased Sep 13, 1974Two scientists try to understand unusually intelligent ants from inside a protective desert station. Saul Bass intercuts their work with close-up footage of real ants. The effect is less a rampage than a slow realization that the creatures may be observing the humans just as closely.0
  6. 6The Ant Bully (2006)The Ant Bully (2006) 5.8/10 on IMDbReleased Jul 28, 2006Lucas takes his frustrations out on an anthill until the ants shrink him to their size. Suddenly the damage he could make in a few seconds is the place where he has to live. Try it for a family adventure that asks what the colony looks like when you’re small enough to be subject to its rules.0
  7. 7Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) 6.5/10 on IMDbReleased Jun 23, 1989A friendly ant named Anty gives the shrunken kids a ride across their backyard and comes to their rescue when a scorpion attacks. Choose this for a live-action family adventure where an ant that would barely register on a normal day becomes one of the kids’ most memorable allies.0
  8. 8Minuscule 2: Mandibles from Far Away (2019)Minuscule 2: Mandibles from Far Away (2019) 6.9/10 on IMDbReleased Jan 30, 2019When a young ladybug gets shipped to the Caribbean in a parcel, the ant and spider help with a rescue far from the yard they know. Watch the two Minuscule movies together if you like seeing the same team solve different problems at ground level. Here the journey takes them away from the old…0
  9. 9Cricket & Antoinette (2023)Cricket & Antoinette (2023) 5.7/10 on IMDbReleased Jan 3, 2023Antoinette is heir to an anthill where music is forbidden. A cricket who lives for music offers her a very different idea of how a community might spend its time. Choose this Croatian animated feature if you want the old grasshopper-and-ant argument to turn into a story about what two neighbors can…0
  10. 10The Grasshopper and the Ants (1934)The Grasshopper and the Ants (1934) 7.1/10 on IMDbReleased Feb 10, 1934In this Disney Silly Symphony, the ants gather food while the grasshopper prefers to sing and play. The little musical makes the colony a foil for one charming shirker. Pair it with Cricket & Antoinette to see what changes when the ant who has to work becomes a lead in her own right.0