A Bug's Life (1998)

Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews

An epic of miniature proportions.

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.

• Released: 1998-11-25
• Genres: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family
• Runtime: 1h 35m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 7.0/10 from 9,929 votes

Directed by John Lasseter.

Top cast

• Dave Foley as Flik (voice)
• Kevin Spacey as Hopper (voice)
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Atta (voice)
• Hayden Panettiere as Dot (voice)
• Phyllis Diller as Queen (voice)
• Richard Kind as Molt (voice)
• David Hyde Pierce as Slim (voice)
• Joe Ranft as Heimlich / Additional Voices (voice)
• Denis Leary as Francis (voice)
• Jonathan Harris as Manny (voice)

Full cast & crew

Where to watch A Bug's Life

• United States: stream on Disney Plus; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: stream on Disney Plus; rent on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Sky Store; buy on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store
• India: stream on JioHotstar
• Canada: stream on Disney Plus; rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video
• Australia: stream on Disney Plus; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fetch TV

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• The Ant Bully (2006)
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