6 Best Beekeeping Movies

By Vlad Zakh · September 8, 2026

slow and atmospheric

From a Disney bear raiding the hives to documentaries about a struggling species, bees make for odd and interesting cinema. Beezy Bear is the cartoon about a beekeeper at war with a bear, Honeyland follows a woman who tends wild bees, and The Wonders has a family of traditional honey farmers facing a competition. Attack of the Murder Hornets, Killer Bees and The Rivals of Amziah King round out a very buzzy list.

Killer Bees (1974) 01

Killer Bees (1974)

TMDB ★ 4.4

A domineering matriarch of a family of winegrowers holds a strange, sinister power over a colony of bees.

Directed by Curtis Harrington · 1h 14m

Beezy Bear (1955) 02

Beezy Bear (1955)

TMDB ★ 6.7

A beekeeper battles a persistent bear determined to raid his hives no matter how many fences go up.

Directed by Jack Hannah · 0h 07m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: Disney Plus

The Wonders (2014) 03

The Wonders (2014)

TMDB ★ 6.8

A struggling family of traditional honey farmers is thrown into turmoil when they compete for a reality-show prize.

Directed by Alice Rohrwacher · 1h 52m

Where to watch

Rent: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Sky Store, Curzon Home Cinema, BFI Player · Buy: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video

Attack of the Murder Hornets (2021) 04

Attack of the Murder Hornets (2021)

TMDB ★ 6.8

A small-town crew of beekeepers and scientists band together to stop an invasive hornet from devastating their community.

Directed by Michael Stephenson · 1h 28m

The Rivals of Amziah King (2026) 05

The Rivals of Amziah King (2026)

TMDB ★ 6.8

A charismatic beekeeper running the premier honey operation in his rural Oklahoma town faces an unexpected challenge.

Directed by Andrew Patterson · 2h 11m · Rated R

Where to watch

Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home, Plex · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home

Honeyland (2019) 06

Honeyland (2019)

TMDB ★ 7.9

The last wild beehunter in Europe fights to protect her bees and restore balance after nomadic beekeepers move in.

Directed by Ljubomir Stefanov & Tamara Kotevska · 1h 29m

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.