Steampunk Movies

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Permalink Reply by Duke of Argylle on May 5, 2011 at 1:09am

Personally I'd cross off Dark City, The Rocketeer, and Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow as all being Dieselpunk. I'd also cross off Stardust as fantasy - unless you're one of the people trying to claim Harry Potter is steampunk too.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Xerephim on May 5, 2011 at 1:17pm

I agree Dark City is disealpunk and Stardust is about half of it is steampunk with the airpirates but with the very short list and if I dont include anime those movies should be added. Harry Potter is not even close to any steampunk except when Hagrid wears the goggles.

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Permalink Reply by Saelia Bacon on March 20, 2012 at 5:00pm

This is a good list and I own over half of them :D

If I may be so bold as to say; goggles are just something to keep debris from getting in one's eyes.

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Permalink Reply by Colonel John Kenyon-CSA on May 5, 2011 at 9:14am

Good list, and I would add these:

 

From the Earth to the Moon:  Joseph Cotton and George Sanders adapting the JV novel.

 

Mysterious Island-JV adaption with Ray Harrihausen special effects and Herbet Lom as Captain Nemo.

 

Master Of The World-Another JV adaption-two novels this time, personal annoyance-moves the early mis en scene from Morganton, NC (where I am now) to Morgantown, PA.  But Vincent Price is great as mad genius Robur the Conquerer, and a young Charles Bronson as the government agent out to stop him.

 

First Men in the Moon-Ray Harryhausen effects dominate this adaption of the HGW works.

 

Island Of Dr, Moreau-Burt Lancaster and Michael York in the best Adaptation of the HGW novel.

 

Island Of Lost Souls-Charles Laughton in an earlier, campier, version of the Island Of Dr. Moreau.  Worth it for Cl's over the top ( and out of the closet) performance.

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Permalink Reply by Captain Jack Havock on May 5, 2011 at 10:19am

Stardust is steampunk, don't deny it. I hate the mix of steampunk and magic but... anyway, the only other one is Forewarned: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zovhy6OFHg

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Permalink Reply by Sadie Abberline on May 5, 2011 at 4:41pm

Hellboy 1 & 2

Willie Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

The Rocketeer

Sky Captain and The World of Tommorow

Stardust

The Golden Compass

Dark City

 

I don't see how any of these are steampunk. Science fiction, dieselpunk and fantasy maybe.....but not steampunk. 

 

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Permalink Reply by Eric Xerephim on May 5, 2011 at 11:37pm

All those have some steampunk. Maybe not straight but as popular movies go they can fit in that classification.

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Permalink Reply by Roxana Hire on May 9, 2011 at 9:48pm

I would agree very much. It is important to remember that just because there are gears or air ships doesn't mean that it is Steampunk. Using those criteria even Indiana Jones is steampunk....and that is just stilly :P

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Permalink Reply by Captain Jack Havock on May 12, 2011 at 9:57am

Very stilly indeed. Willie Wonka, no. Hellboy I have heard so sure, the rest look like they should at least be mentioned. Maybe we need to lists. Movies strictly SP, and ones that we disagree on.

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Permalink Reply by Sadie Abberline on May 5, 2011 at 5:05pm

Also to add:

 

City of Ember

Brothers Grimm

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Time After Time

 

 

 

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Permalink Reply by John Campbell on May 6, 2011 at 7:13am

I would recommend Steamboy, which is a full-length movie, and Spirit of Wonder 1 & 2; they are anime, but DEFINITELY SteamPunk.  You don't find out that Spirit of Wonder is taking place in the 1950s until SoW 2 (they are titled "Spirit of Wonder: Miss China's Ring" and simply "Spirit of Wonder"; "Miss China's Ring" came out first), when the Scientific Boys' Club goes to Mars in an airship propelled by an engine that interacts with the Luminiferous Aether, finding that it is not at all like Percival Lowell depicted it....

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Permalink Reply by Eric Xerephim on May 6, 2011 at 8:33pm

Now Im getting some flak over this list. Let me say this in more detail. These movies have some steampunk style to them. Granted they are not full blown steampunk of course. But few popular movies are completely. These movies have victorian elements as steampunk attire goes and/or they have devices that are very steampunk. But that could go for a lot of different movies. These particular movies have more then most. Instead of just a brief flash here and there. And I'm sorry steampunk and deiselpunk are not that far apart. That's just my opinion.

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