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A Bug’s Life 1998

Directed by John Lasseter · 95 mins · 1,782 views

4.1 Letterboxd 3.51(852,883)
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Synopsis

On behalf of "oppressed bugs everywhere," an inventive ant named Flik hires a troupe of warrior bugs to defend his bustling colony from a horde of freeloading grasshoppers led by the evil-minded Hopper.

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Reviews (86)

  1. M
    milo 8 月 22, 2026

    why is this literally a movie about an ant colony seizing the means of production

    838
  2. R
    robyn 8 月 22, 2026

    why dont pixar do bloopers no more

    4,446
  3. V
    VitaminC 8 月 22, 2026

    the french revolution with ants

    961 10
  4. V
    Vinny Simms 8 月 22, 2026

    I didn’t choose the bug’s life, the bug’s life chose me

    1,097 2
  5. J
    Joe A 8 月 22, 2026

    BRING BACK THE PIXAR BLOOPERS

    1,100 6
  6. Z
    ziwe 8 月 22, 2026

    proletariat anthem. bug’s life walked so bee movie could smooch

    1,358 3
  7. D
    DYL 8 月 22, 2026

    “A Bug’s Life is about workers seeing that they outnumber the bourgeoisie and seizing the means of production.” — Fiona Longmuir

    1,329
  8. ♡
    ♡megan♡ 8 月 22, 2026

    THIS IS AN ELITE MOVIE IF U DISAGREE IM GOING TO ASSUME UR AN EVIL CAPITALISTIC GRASSHOPPER IN DISGUISE

    3,587 7
  9. C
    Caitlin 8 月 22, 2026

    “Do not listen to them, they are poo poo heads” is quite possibly the greatest piece of advice ive ever received

    982 1
  10. S
    Simon Holm Rønne 8 月 22, 2026

    I like my children’s movies with a healthy serving of anti-capitalism.

    4,259 6
  11. L
    liam f 8 月 22, 2026

    nostalgia prevents me from disliking this film in any possible way and I couldn’t be happier about it

    977 5
  12. M
    Matt Singer 8 月 22, 2026

    Randy Newman’s score absolutely slaps.

    1,648
  13. B
    Brett Coleman 8 月 22, 2026

    Daughter watch – deep seeded memories in this one coming out in 1998

  14. I
    Imightbecookedchat 8 月 22, 2026

    Animal Farm 4 Kids

  15. J
    Jeremiah Of House Johnson 8 月 22, 2026

    Such a great film.

  16. G
    Goob1e 8 月 22, 2026

    I could fill a whole cake full of hear me outs from this movie alone

  17. M
    mariel 8 月 22, 2026

    i remember when i fidsy moved to nz that countdown had a bunch of dominso and my mums boss gave us loads cuz they just had yoo many and princess atta was one of my favourits cuz shr mogged the rest of the characters

    2
  18. A
    A.F. ৎ𝄢 8 月 22, 2026

    me he visto la pelicula entera y no he visto salir a trancas barrancas petancas ni Pablo motos. INDIGNANTE.

    2
  19. D
    Dandanis🎩🪄 8 月 22, 2026

    Kalo serangga di film ini di ganti jadi manusia beneran mungkin vibesnya ga akan lucu lagi

  20. N
    NSMMR 8 月 22, 2026

    I Was Today Years Old When I Realised The Spider And Sally From Cars Had The Same Voice Actor.

  21. L
    Luke 8 月 22, 2026

    The first movie I ever owned! On VHS tape too. I just love the concept/story and Hopper is a great villain. That rain scene was epic stuff.

  22. B
    bridget 8 月 22, 2026

    princess atta IS that girl

    1
  23. B
    browe04 8 月 21, 2026

    64/100

  24. B
    Ben 8 月 21, 2026

    A little too cliched for me to rank it among Pixar’s best, but it’s still a fun, charming film nonetheless.

    1
  25. F
    FinneganUnawake 8 月 21, 2026

    I wanted to eat the seeds they were collecting so bad

    1
  26. W
    wtsnj 8 月 21, 2026

    This is actually unreal

  27. B
    bella 🥸 8 月 21, 2026

    This is for you Caitlyn mckenzie

    1 1
  28. N
    nic 8 月 21, 2026

    se a classe trabalhadora tudo produz a ela tudo pertence ☭

  29. N
    natyluy__ 8 月 21, 2026

    extraño cuando disney era anti-capitalista y no un monopolio

    1
  30. S
    Savannah Love 8 月 21, 2026

    Still one of Pixar’s best. The animated bloopers hit every time!!

  31. T
    tomdin0 8 月 21, 2026

    It felt right to watch this today because today is Hayden Panettiere’s birthday and after her recent passing RIP.

    1
  32. S
    sthe; 🪴 8 月 21, 2026

    MORRI!

  33. L
    lu 8 月 21, 2026

    la prise de la bastille version insecte

  34. B
    BrianRedGrave 8 月 21, 2026

    With wonderful characters, a great world, a fantastic villain, a strong message on unity, and standing up for yourself, a bugs life is still as great today as it was when it came out

  35. C
    calebebrahim 8 月 21, 2026

    Who ordered the poo poo platter

  36. V
    Victoria Sampera 8 月 21, 2026

    sikke et mesterværk.

  37. M
    melissa 8 月 21, 2026

    TAKASHI MIIKE AUDITION MENTIONED

  38. L
    Lola 8 月 21, 2026

    Deze keer in t nederlands! En ik ga ZO stuk om die rups

  39. B
    Barbe 8 月 21, 2026

    che bellezza, voglio bene a tutti i personaggi come fratelli e di sicuro se l’avessi visto da bambino sarebbe stato uno dei miei film preferiti

  40. A
    ali b 8 月 21, 2026

    High as dick and this is the best movie ever

  41. K
    kodaw 8 月 21, 2026

    This was just ww2 in bugdom Who want poo poo platter

  42. M
    mari_rb7 8 月 21, 2026

    proletariat anthem. bug’s life walked so bee movie could smooch

    1
  43. R
    rzgx 8 月 21, 2026

    heimlich is my fave!!!

    1
  44. M
    Mike Uehlein 8 月 21, 2026

    Two thumbs up from Ben. He applauded when they chased off the grasshoppers. And he loved the little guys – very similar to the Minions so that tracks.

    1
  45. C
    Crazyaz1 8 月 21, 2026

    It’s Dot’s birthday, gone too soon.

    2
  46. J
    Juanch07 8 月 21, 2026

    Fucking shet. Que gran película y con un gran mensaje. Me encantó revisitar un clásico de mi infancia y efectivamente, esto es solo una adaptación más de Seven Samurai del maestro Kurosawa.

    1
  47. N
    Nathaniel Perkins 8 月 21, 2026

    I rewatched A Bug’s Life (1998) on DVD tonight. It’s the most underrated and forgotten Pixar movie ever. Between this movie and Antz, I don’t care what movie is better. I like both movies. Although I’ve seen clips of Antz on YouTube. In the movie, a misfit anthropomorphic ant named Flik looks for “warrior bugs” to save his ant colony from a protection racket run by a group of grasshoppers. However, the “warriors” he brings back are actually a troupe…

  48. G
    Gebhi 8 月 21, 2026

    SO FUCKING GOOD

  49. S
    seydizz_ 8 月 21, 2026

    I too despise grasshoppers. The finale was so good. Everything else was just kinda mid I guess. Kevin Spacey as Hopper was outstanding. His and Flik’s monologues about superiority and hierarchy of their species was definitely the highlight and moral message of this movie. The second half absolutely outshines the first for sure. It was a bit slow and boring until they started to build the bird, from that moment on it just kept getting better.

    2
  50. M
    mimi 🫐 8 月 21, 2026

    sujou! a joaninha é homem!

  51. A
    Annie 8 月 21, 2026

    Excellent message. RIP to the only real believer out there

  52. H
    Hedone02 8 月 21, 2026

    Film CLAMOROSO Flick sei il mio eroe

  53. W
    Wilfrid 8 月 21, 2026

    Seven Samurai could never

    2
  54. L
    LostGirlsGrotto 8 月 21, 2026

    So I guess I’m on a watch all my favorite Hayden Panatierre movies again path right now for reasons I’m sure most of you know. A Bugs Life is a classic Pixar movie that unlike most of its kin doesn’t have any sequels, spin off shorts or a series attached to it and on the one hand I think it’s kind of sad that this movie gets kinda kicked under the Disney Pixar rug as it is, but on the…

    1
  55. B
    Bran🦦 8 月 21, 2026

    “Shoo, fly. Don’t bother me” – Francis🐞 I introduced my nephew to peak Pixar today, he loved it🦦 RIP Hayden🫶🏼

    2
  56. T
    Ty345 8 月 21, 2026

    Eh this was okay at best certainly watchable and had it’s charming moments but boy the animation was quite ugly in parts.

  57. S
    Səbinə Süleymanova 8 月 21, 2026

    Çox sevərək izlədiyim animasiya idi.

  58. B
    bee 8 月 21, 2026

    kid pulled my wings off baby hayden’s little voiceeeee ugh i’m so sad

    5
  59. C
    Carter Sims 8 月 21, 2026

    RIP Hayden

    1
  60. E
    Eliel Valentim 8 月 21, 2026

    Marked my childhood. The Nice adventure. To children is a good movie.

  61. A
    Ahmed Abdelnabi 8 月 21, 2026

    Watching this movie while living in a third-world country ruled by a dictator really hit home.

    1
  62. J
    juansomemore 8 月 21, 2026

    lengserkan prabowo

  63. R
    RobertaFreire08 8 月 21, 2026

    Meu fav da infância

    1
  64. S
    santiago acosta 8 月 21, 2026

    la repetí muchooo de niño y aún así no recordaba mucho, qué peli tan anticapitalista jajajajaj LA AMO la única imprecisión q me deja pensando es q la mantis hubiera absolutamente DESTROZADO a todos esos grillos pero bueno

  65. P
    Paloma Cabezas 8 月 21, 2026

    fuck yeah communism with insects

    1
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    riley 8 月 21, 2026

    i LOVE dramatic german accents in animation. do NOT get me started. i could write a thesis.

  68. G
    giullias_ 8 月 21, 2026

    A melhor animacao do mundo!! Meus pacientes da psiquiatria amaram. Viva a revolucao!

    2
  69. M
    Moviephil4315 8 月 21, 2026

    God, I really hate how unfair life is a lot of the time. Hayden Panettiere was such a fantastic and talented actress who was beautiful both inside and out. She deserved to have so many more years of her life. The fact that she’s gone feels so cruel and unreal. I was originally going to hold off on marathoning several of her movies, both ones I’ve seen and haven’t seen until after I finished my Looney Tunes movie marathon, but…

    2
  70. A
    Aaron Avelar 8 月 21, 2026

    Una vez un bichin existió Que se yo, que soñó y que sintió Sin algún indicio dar ( fallaba siempre ) Lleno de seguridad ( hay gente que no tiene ) No era muy perzicaz ( no es tan importante) Su existir el entendió hora es de vivir y hacerlo bien La lala la la lala Hora es de vivir y hacerlo bien Solo tienes una vuelta Una oportunidad Hora es de vivir y hacerlo bien Solo tienes una vuelta…

    4
  71. B
    Bia Amback 8 月 21, 2026

    Sete samurais + poder de síntese + cores Esse filme é ridiculamente subestimado. Coloco fácil no mesmo nível de Procurando Nemo, Monstros S.A., Ratatouille, etc.

    2
  72. S
    Sydney 8 月 21, 2026

    This was a movie

  73. N
    Natty 8 月 21, 2026

    i miss the bloopers so bad idk cinema peaked during this era of pixar and also dreamworks “you don’t SMELL like the queen”

  74. A
    abobroff 8 月 21, 2026

    Madeline Kahn is in this.

  75. C
    courtney0417 8 月 21, 2026

    said my little sister looks and acts like pt and i think im going to hell for standing on it

    2
  76. F
    fromeden249 8 月 21, 2026

    what i watch while sewing is no ones business actually

  77. M
    maeksy 8 月 19, 2026

    🦗Now I get mum for saying this is way too brutal and scary for young kids. 🐜

  78. S
    spoopyghostface 8 月 19, 2026

    Not as great as I remembered it to be but the music is iconic and the animation is cool. Rip Hayden, you are so loved 🤍 7/10

    1
  79. J
    James 8 月 18, 2026

    Pixar’s second film. It’s about oppression, exploitation, intimidation, class hierarchy, authoritarianism, and collective resistance that happens to entirely feature talking bugs. It should be considered a Pixar classic, to be honest. By the way, it’s also entertaining, charming, and funny. All of that is important along with the wonderful animation, score, and voice performances.

  80. S
    Shaz 🪲🎶 8 月 18, 2026

    Oh my god this movie is so scary

  81. L
    little_espi24 8 月 18, 2026

    One of Pixar’s most underrated movies!

  82. K
    Kelton 8 月 18, 2026

    This one not being as know as the others is truly unfortunate because this is a real gem. Flick is inspiring

  83. S
    Shay Parsons 7 月 31, 2026

    So a really big thing happened days before this. My daughter decided to come a week early which means this was watched cuddled as a family in a hospital bed with a newborn. Counting this as Zelma’s first film on a technicality. With this huge life change I’ll have to slow my roll on my reviews, the next month or so will probably have shorter thoughts and more rewatches while I figure out the start of this fatherhood thing. Hopefully…

    37 3
  84. N
    naza 7 月 28, 2026

    La mejor peli DELMUNDOOODIAIAAAA

  85. R
    Remo 11 月 4, 2025

    Das Grosse Krabbeln war nie einer meiner Lieblings-Animationsfilme, aber ich erinnerte mich an zahlreiche unglaublich tolle Szenen und Lacher. Der Animationsstil ist für die späten 90er Jahre sehr angemessen, sieht aus heutiger Sicht jedoch natürlich sehr Laienhaft aus, gibt dem Film aber wiederum einen sehr speziellen Charme. Die Story selbst hat mich jedenfalls noch nie gross abgeholt und liess mich oft kalt, da habe ich mich lieber auf die spannenden Charaktere eingelassen und die Stoty einfach nur geschehen lassen. Ich fürchte jedoch, dass mir dies etwas den Spass an dem Film als Ganzes genommen hat.

  86. S
    seera 7 月 28, 2013

    Better version of antz

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D Dave Foley Flik (voice)
K Kevin Spacey Hopper (voice)
J Julia Louis-Dreyfus Atta (voice)
H Hayden Panettiere Dot (voice)
P Phyllis Diller Queen (voice)
R Richard Kind Molt (voice)
D David Hyde Pierce Slim (voice)
J Joe Ranft Heimlich / Additional Voices (voice)
D Denis Leary Francis (voice)
J Jonathan Harris Manny (voice)
M Madeline Kahn Gypsy Moth (voice)
B Bonnie Hunt Rosie (voice)
M Michael McShane Tuck / Roll (voice)
J John Ratzenberger P.T. Flea (voice)
B Brad Garrett Dim (voice)
R Roddy McDowall Mr. Soil (voice)
E Edie McClurg Dr. Flora (voice)
A Alex Rocco Thorny (voice)
D David Ossman Cornelius (voice)
C Carlos Alazraqui Additional Voices (voice)
Director John Lasseter
Writer Bob Shaw, Don McEnery, Andrew Stanton
Producer Kevin Reher, Darla K. Anderson
Editor Lee Unkrich
Original Music Randy Newman
Sound Gary Rydstrom, Jana Vance, Mary Helen Leasman, Dennie Thorpe, Pat Jackson, Tim Holland, Marian Wilde, Gary Summers
Art Direction Tia W. Kratter, Bob Pauley
Casting Mary Hidalgo, Ruth Lambert
Synopsis
On behalf of "oppressed bugs everywhere," an inventive ant named Flik hires a troupe of warrior bugs to defend his bustling colony from a horde of freeloading grasshoppers led by the evil-minded Hopper.
Director
John Lasseter
Writer
Bob Shaw, Don McEnery, Andrew Stanton
Studio
Pixar
Country
USA
Language
English
Year
1998
Runtime
95 mins

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