A place to discuss steampunk in film.

Anything with a fantastical mechanical component qualifies, as well does Victorian what-what n' all that.

This Wiki contains a Movies list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_steampunk_works

More Movies: http://etheremporium.pbworks.c...Steampunk-Essentials

20,000 Leages Under The Sea (1916)
20,000 Leages Under The Sea (1954)
20,000 Leages Under The Sea (1985)
20,000 Leages Under The Sea (1997)
A Trip to the Moon (1902)
The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. (1993)
The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai across the 8th Dimension (1984)
The Adventures of Mark Twain (1986)
The African Queen (1951)
Arcadia of my Youth (1982)
Around the World in 80 days (2004)
The Assassination Bureau ltd. (1969)
Atlantis: Milo's Return (2003)
Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
Black Cat White Cat (1998)
Brazil (1985)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)[French]
Brothers Grimm (2005)
The Call of Cthulhu (2005)
Captain Nemo and the Underwater City (1969)
Casshern (2004)
Castle in the Sky (1986)
City of Ember (2008)
The City of Lost Children (1995)[French]
Chitty-chitty Bang-Bang (1968)
Coraline (2009)
Cronos (1993)
Dark City (1998)
Delicatessen (1981)[French]
Doctor Dolittle (1967)
The Fabulous World of Jules Verne (1957)[Czech]
The Fall (2006)
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980)
The First Great Train Robbery (1979)
First Men on The Moon (1964)
Five Weeks In A Balloon (1962)
The Four Feathers (1939)
Frankenstein (1931)
Franklyn (2008)
From Hell (2001)
Galaxy Express 999 (1979)
The Golden Compass (2007)
The Great Race (1965)
Hellboy (2004)
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
The Hindenberg (1975)
House of Wax (1953)
Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
Igor (2008)
The Illusionist (2006)
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
The Invisible Man (1933)
Jack Of All Trades (2000)
Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon (1967)
Khartoum (1966)
King Solomon’s mines (1937)
Labyrinth (1963)
Labyrinth (1986)
League of Extraodinary Gentlemen (2003)
Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1989)
The Lost World (1925)
The Man Who Would be King (1975)
Mary Poppins (1964)
Mary Reilly (1996)
Master of the World (1961)
Mirror Mask (2005)
The Mysterious Geographical Explorations of Jasper Morello (2005)
Metropolis (1927)[German]
Metropolis (2001)
Mouse Hunt (1997)
The Mummy Returns (2001)
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
Neverwhere (1996)
Perfect creature (2006)
The Prestige (2006)
Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
Professor Dantes and the Severin Conundrum (2008)
Prometheus Triumphant: A Fugue in the Key of Flesh (2009)
Queen Emeraldis (1998)
Return to Oz (1985)
Robot Carnival (1987)
The Rocketeer (1991)
Sherlock Holmes (2009)
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
Son of Frankenstein
Stardust (2007)
Steamboy (2004)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
Time After Time (1979)
The Time Machine (1960)
The Time Machine (2002)
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965)
Tinman (2007)
Treasure Planet (2002)
Van Hellsing (2004)
Vidocq (2001)
Voyagers! (1982)
Wild Wild West (1999)
The Yellow Submarine (1968)
Young Einstein (1988)
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
Zeppelin (1971)
Zulu (1964)

And on a television note, there are a few Star Trek - The Next Generation episodes that have extremely solid steampunk'ish themes, and I know I'm not the only one that remembers them...

Of the movie list provided. I've listed all the movies that qualified for this genre that I have listed below. Of these, the ones that I have astericked, are the ones I HIGHLY recommend you all watch..I promise you won't regret it!


20,000 Leages Under The Sea (1916)*
20,000 Leages Under The Sea (1954)*
20,000 Leages Under The Sea (1985)*
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (1997)

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)*
Around the World in 80 days (2004)*
Back to the Future Part III (1990)*
The Bride (not sure the year, but it stars Sting..not on the list so I added it!)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)*
Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)[French]*
Brothers Grimm (2005)*
Chitty-chitty Bang-Bang (1968)
Coraline (2009)
Doctor Dolittle (1967)*
Frankenstein (1931)
From Hell (2001)***
The Golden Compass (2007)*
Hellboy (2004)*
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)*
House of Wax (1953)
The Illusionist (2006)
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
The Invisible Man (1933)
Labyrinth (1986)*
League of Extraodinary Gentlemen (2003)***
Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)*
Mary Poppins (1964)
Mary Reilly (1996)
Mirror Mask (2005)*
The Mummy Returns (2001)*
The Prestige (2006)*
Return to Oz (1985)* (just watched this one last week. I rented it on Netflix)
The Rocketeer (1991)
Sherlock Holmes (2009)****
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
Sleepy Hollow (1999)***
Stardust (2007)*****
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)*****
The Time Machine (1960)***
The Time Machine (2002)*
Tinman (2007)***** (also watched recently on netflix instant view. I LOVE IT)
Treasure Planet (2002)*
Van Hellsing (2004)*
Wild Wild West (1999)
The Yellow Submarine (1968)
Young Einstein (1988)
Young Frankenstein (1974)


as well as Star Trek next gen- a few episodes***, some episodes of Doctor Who *** and of Torchwood***.(spinoff of Doctor Who with Captain Jack Harkness as the main character) and in my opinion, the series Firefly*** as well.

In a way the mostly comedy file "The Mouse that Roared" covers an inbalanced mix of technology. There was also a sequel (whose name escapes me) where they go to the moon in a very Steampunkish 'rocket ship' that floats to the moon over a very long time. The float-rocket is so much more habitable as it includes live chickens for fresh eggs for breakfast! Very important don't you know.

The sequel was "The Mouse on the Moon".

It occured to me while flipping through a stack of DVDs at a store that "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" has alot of the Steampunk elements. Really Diesel punk given the setting.

It has technology gizmos that aren't super-magic like Star Trek. It has the old school sort of ethos of loyalty and proper manners.

In a similiar way the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is something like that too. Nemo being the inventor of the group of course.

I'm happy to see Chitty Chitty Bang Bang included. I've been thinking a lot lately that that would qualify. Several on the list that I hadn't thought of as steampunk but now that they're mentioned, yes, I see it now. When I watched the 2009 Sherlock Holmes I  immediately declared it steampunk.

Guess television goes here as well.

Let's not forget

The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. very much steampunk.

True that!  What a weird little show that was :)

Lots of fun too. I was heartbroken when they cancelled it. Network television needs to dare to be different!

I'm surprised it doesn't still run on networks like G4TV or SciFy.  Probably because it was shortlived, I'm certain I've seen it out there somewhere, maybe it was just mentions of the show *Sighs*.

It was on TNT a few times, I believe. I picked up the DVD's, found a good deal on Half.com...around $20 + shipping, still sealed. Everywhere else I looked was around $90.
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I thought zulu would keep to the list lol, Personally I find that is about the tech level soldier wise I would envision for most settings albeit true that could breach into a more loose interpretation of diesel punk as well but I feel that regimented feel as well as the martini-henry rifle is a very classic steampunk look. I feel its defiantly worth the watch if that catches your fancy. ^^

Funny thing. Was just thinking that too. Found a DVD copy at the used book store today.

Though not so much 'punk as one might wish for it does show alot of the personalities of that era. Wonderful character ides too. Like Colour Sergeant Barnes. I mean really... ya gotta have one of those in steam punk game!

Zulu also shows the "woolies" (IIRC) i.e. the 'primitive' people going at things. Zulu Dawn shows the primitives achieving victory. For Space 1889 players it shows what a large scale Sky Martian attack would be like.

   I remember watching Treasure Planet and I really enjoyed it.  What an imaginative retelling of a classic story.  Its honestly a shame it didn't do better, I would love for it to have spawned an animated series, or at least a sequel.  Would have been a great setting for an RPG too.

   I do think the film industry is taking more note of the Steam punk (and various other punk) genres though.  I remember seeing Journey II (the mysterious island) recently and appreciating the plot twist that had them escaping the place in the old Nautilus sub.

   Would Real Steel qualify for a "punk genre" inspired movie?  It was a very good movie I thought, though I suppose the robots weren't steam powered.  They were cool though.

Ah Treasure Planet.

That was some serious fun.

Take an old sailing plot and having them flying. Woot! Steampunk. Or close enough.

Real Steel would probably be Deisel Punk slightly, but mostly it's just straight up sci-fi with the digital robots n' whatnot.

Ah, there are two or more BBC series to check for. Depending on region you might be able to watch them as net-casts.

What the Victorians did for us
Shows the changes in tech, thinking and its impact

Life on a Victorian farm
How the got wheat and baked in those days.

Life on a Edwardian farm
Post victorian but it shows where the Victorian tech was going

Recently watched "Mutant Chronicles" while it ws a sci fi movie the technology and equipment were definately steam punk.

Coal fired locomotive styled airship
massive crawler type armored vehicles
no electronics, all readouts were mechanical.

A little out of the period being WW2 is the movie "The Cruel Sea". What it does portray is the life, hazards and handling of a Corvette. The corvette is the size of many air ships protrayed in Steam Punk. In fact its larger than the 1889 Aphids.


Ah... and if you want gunboat life ashore and incombat watch "The Sand Pebbles" which has a paddle wheel steam boat in China.

Let's not forget the little gem, Hugo, that came out over the past year or so :)

Mysterious Island

Something A follow up to 20,000 leagues under the sea where ship wrecked survivors meet a Captain Nemo turned hermit. Love the sea shell diving gear!

edit:

1961 version! not the one with The Rock!
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Recently got from www.kat.ph the Victorian Farm TV series. Found format factory is a free download for converting to AVI. I like AVI as I can have it running on the DVD player with the TV while Im doing laptop things like RPOL. :-)

Another good BBC series is What the victorian's did for us.

It highlights technology changes we now take for granted.

May have mentioned both of these already. Depending on your country the shows are free to watch on the internet and some TV stations.

Been watching Avatar the Legend of Khorra.

Lots of neat Steampunk ideas in this one. Electro shock gloves, electric cars, ships, railway etc. The setting is working with more an early industrial feel. Artwork can be adapted to Steampunk.

In their case the Benders provide a lot of power. Earth benders push railway cars. Fire benders heat up boilers. Advanced fire benders make electricity. For Steampunk you would just need to swap the power source to a mad-scientist-devcie. ^_^

   Yes, Legend of Korra advanced the technology of the Avatar world considerably.  Good series, though it pales in comparison to the original of course.  One could very easily make the setting fully steampunk:)

   I also watched the first episode of the new BBC America show Copper, set in New York in 1864.  Very good setting for a Steam Punk based game.  Gritty and dark, with lots of period details and potential for plots.

A slight alteration of the steam punk genre...if the "benders" were a small subset of society it would make an interesting plot angle.. especially if they aren't always treated as more than cheep labor, or a piece of kit. High powered "Gifted" individuals might be respected along the lines of an artisan or machinist.. but the low level and blue collar "workers" could be stuck in a poor paying job with no advancement and no chance of ever getting away from the factory or company that they work for.( in the industrial revolution people skilled with the construction of some machines were forbidden to leave England.)

Copper, I may have to try and find that online..

Turns out you can watch Khorra the Last Airbender online at

http://www.ytv.com/shows/128/l...korra-the/watch.aspx

at least you can if you are in Canada

TVO has been running a historical perspective show. Didn't catch the name yet but been taping it.

This Brit blonde lady talks about certain topics. They go through the transition from medieval times to victorian to georgian (WW1) times. For instance they talked about the use of the bedroom. Also the bed types and their coverings.

In victorian times the middle class had two bedrooms, one for the man and one for the woman. This way the late chatting man wouldn't disturb the exhausted woman. If they wanted special visits there was a door between the two rooms.

The bed changes were funny. I think it was the Victorian one with like 12 layers to it. Being as there was no electric or propane heaters the beds were cold at night. There was many layers of blankets. The rise up at the foot of the bed was important as it let you hang the sheets.

The feather mattress (the upper mattress) needed every day to be fluffed and dried. Thus the 9 layers of blankets on top had to be taken off and put back every day.

This is why the household had a maid... to help handle the sheets and pillows.

Found the TV show talking about the living styles:

http://ww3.tvo.org/program/171...f-walls-could-talk/#

Sadly it has only 4 shows. Living room, kitchen, bedroom and bathroom. It shows the transitions of culture and technology from medeival through Victorian to WW1 Georgian.

The website has "watch video" links.

Just saw Tai Chi 0.

Liked it.

Reminds me, saw 1911 Revolution (not the one with Jackie Chan).

It is post Victorian and starting into WW1. It deals with the turmoil and revolution in China of the year 1911. One aspect I found relevant is the culture/technology clash that can exist in Victorian games.

One one hand you have the Chinese Monarchy, Feudal 'for life' Ministers, troops in traditional shirts with early single shot rifle/muskets. On the other you see the Euoropean powers and modern soldiers (some join the revolution). The modern users having Victorian or better technolgy.

Some games, like the Pen and Paper 1889 Im running, deals with this sort of culture clash. Modern european vs old/ancient cultures. In that regard I found 1911 relevant.

Yeah. TC0 had the steam elements (lots of clockworks) and the punk elements (east vs west, tradition vs progress).

Just including the link that lilbug provided in a diffrent thread.  I figured it should be here.  It looks like they've wrapped up the first season and have the go for a second.

While not a Steampunk setting the show Thundercats does use a mix of high tech, low tech, primitive tech and magic. Its an interesting mix match that could be paralleled in a Steampunk game.

For example...

Hi tech airship explorer travel among the primitive tech natives fighting the local wizard.

(Thundercats goto the Berbel village fighting Mumra)

Tai Chi Zero was great. The sequel looks to be coming out in January (don't quote me on the date): Tai Chi Hero

Kung Fu Steampunk complete with Chinese people in Victorian attire working steam-powered death machines.

Yeah, January. I look forward to it.

We have this lovely Indie theater in my town: enormous leather couches with far too much legroom, and they serve alcohol to you, like in a restaurant. No better thing than watching Wuxia Steampunk while having a beer in a recliner couch. All for cheaper than the regular theater. :D

I was lucky. The distribution company comped my tickets.

*jealous*

Where is that?

Lancaster, CA

Dang.

Im in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Kinda far for a movie night. :-P

I didn't see this mentioned anywhere, but World of Steam got funded  :)
http://www.kickstarter.com/pro...5/the-world-of-steam

Apparently

http://www.ask.com/wiki/The_Wild_Wild_West?qsrc=3044

Wild Wild West was a long running TV Series long before Will Smith made a movie about it. The wiki mentions Victorian-esque type gizmos making it a possible inspiration for us S'punkers

Complete box set
http://www.amazon.com/The-Wild...ild+wild+west+tv+box
(URL provided was obtained through RPoL affiliated link from the main page)

It was canceled for violence, not ratings.  It looks awesome from reading the article.  I'll need to get this :)

Instant flame war, just add participants...

MLP:FiM.

Steam locomotive's, crank gramophones, gas powered sewing machines, and coal fired juice makers... If it is not actually steam punk it is at least steam adjacent...

OK... Please tell me that Google failed me.

MLP:FiM got me "My Little Pony Friendship is Magic"

Bing had the same results... so I guess what Alexi is saying is that My Little Pony is 'steampunk-ish'?
...I think it'll take more than a coal-fired juice maker to get me to believe that :)

Basically, yes, that is what I am saying. Now it's not true SP, due to lacking the 'punk' aspect of the genre, but it's technology and culture as shown in the series is very close to the Steam Punk era and locations in the real world.

Let's review:
Culturally pervasive, seemingly eternal, and female; monarch? Check.

Hot air balloons as transport and recreation? Check.

Tuxedos with tails and tophats as formal wear? Check.

Conflicts with native tribes over continued expansion of the 'civilized' culture? Check.

Steam as the leading industrial power source? Check.

One room schools as the primary source of education in smaller towns, while major cities begin to subdivide their schooling and cease giving direct attention to problem students? Check, check, and check.

The newspaper as a major information medium, while TV seems nonexistent and radio a new and limited technology? Double check.

See? Definitely steam punk related, though not out and out.

Sad....but I may start making my daughter watch this just as an excuse to check it out for myself.

Well.. I guess... MLP is a "gateway" series to get youth into Steampunk.

^_^

A few similar trappings does not steampunk make.

On a serious note, I feel that the contrasts caused by the industrial revolution vs agrarian society and the conflict of class are salient characteristics of both the real world historical Victorian era and the steampunk genre. That's where the "punk" lies; in the struggle.

Every era has its struggle. Dieselpunk, for example, is the contrast of world ideologies; fascism vs communism, workers' rights vs capitalistic ogliarchy in the midst of the cold war/ww2.

Cyberpunk's conflicts were media driven corporate domination vs the free will of the masses, with the pressures of population growth and dwindling resources.

'punk is about struggle. Drama is about conflict.

bump

Blood Orchid, you might want to look through this thread from the beginning. Various movies and shows listed.

Well stumbled across this

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T...of_Brisco_County,_Jr

"While ostensibly a Western, the series routinely includes elements of the science fiction and steampunk genres."


Been a long time since that was around. Having steampunk in it combined with Bruce Campbell, well that sounds fun enough to see about tracking down.

http://www.ask.com/wiki/Murdoc...n=apn&ap=ask.com

Murdock Mysteries

Has the odd steam punk or at least too-early-tech ideas crop up at times.

Star wars / Victorian cross overs:

http://www.lostateminor.com/20...d-victorian-figures/

Avatar the Legend of Khorra is now on its 2nd season up here in Canada.

Mix of Magic and Steampunk.

   Yes, I've been watching and taping as well.  I like the new chapter, its getting interesting indeed:)

Too funny!

It looks like The World of Steam has their site up and the first webisode availible.

The site is running SLOW, but you can check out the first episode on Youtube.

Disney goes steampunk on the dragon in sleeping beauty.
http://www.insidethemagic.net/...t-walt-disney-world/

Seems like a great direction to take the dragon.

Agreed

Apparently its a float so the thing will be moving down streets looking into windows

Scandalous women of the 19th century, youtube from BBC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsgC9ojd0yI

Id say more but if that title doesnt work for ya nothing I say will

Recently watched Dark Shadows with Johnny Depp playing a Victorian gentleman vampired and boxed the 1960s. Interesting view on behaviours and the changed morales. Also just fun.

Huge youtube play list of "period" pieces

https://www.youtube.com/playli...YJnlaeWMqluu_LR60TdB

Some Victorian, some Georgian. Lots of different takes on films like Dracula, Jeykll & Hyde and so on.

Just saw this...

 ~ https://www.kickstarter.com/pr...s-a-victorian-sci-fi

Considering backing this.

With the recent passing of actor Sir Christopher Lee I started to look into some of his films I had not seen before.  Surprised to find out he was a Frankenstien Monster with actor Peter Cushing as Baron Frankenstien. In fact Peter Cushing did several films with Hammer Productions as Frankensien. Only two have a linked story. All of them have a portrayal of period activities and a different take on "steampunk" and the "monster".

I just watched Alice Through the Looking Glass and I do have to say I very much enjoyed all the clock work elements.  Overall I found it very imaginative and the effects were beautiful of course, the period sets and costumes.  I liked it, I don't care what the critics say.  Was it perfect, no, but it was an interesting story interpretation.

My Mother.. as I am on the wrong side of a century myself that is saying something.  Didn't want to see it as she said rather then being like a dream it seemed more a nightmare.  While I have to agree I liked it myself.

So, how many lurkers  "Are into The Last Exile"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4RIBmM2ZF0

seen this one?

Love & Robots on Netflix has a good steampunk Japanese fable called "Good Hunting".  Definite R rating though.

Just started watching that show. So far only on Episode 1 but its very good