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.