"We've been fighting a losing battle against the insects for 15 years! But I never thought that I'd see the final face-off in all my lifetime! And I never dreamed--that it'd turn out to be the bees! They've always been our friends!!"

Why is that I like a movie I've never truly seen? Maybe this was when irony kicked in for me, as I was 10 when The Swarm came out (1978). Notice I said "like," not love. This is love (check audio and video clips at the bottom). So is this. And so is this — sick, twisted love, but love nonetheless.

Check out that cast: Michael Caine, Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda (as Dr. Krim), Olivia d'Havilland, Katherine Ross, Lee Grant, Patty Duke, Slim Pickens, Fred MacMurray, et al. That's star power. To match that, you have to go here.