Last Updated on 23 November 2025

Steampunk is a subgenre of scifi, a retro-futuristic genre featuring anachronistic technology, often set in a Victorian or alternate-history world with steam-powered machinery and fantastical inventions. The genre has inspired a range of films that blend adventure, science fiction, and fantasy elements with distinctive visual aesthetics.

The following list is a compilation of the 100 best steampunk movies of all time. I found 21 different ranked lists online of “best steampunk movies” and pulled them all into Excel and merged them all to get this definitive compilation.  See my Methodology page for the research process that was used, including links to all 21 lists that were averaged. Below is a checklist you can print to track which ones you’ve seen, followed by the ranked list with links to IMDb.

1. Hugo (2011)
2. The City of Lost Children (1995)
3. Brazil (1985)
4. Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)
5. The Prestige (2006)
6. Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
7. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
8. Treasure Planet (2002)
9. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
10. Sherlock Holmes (2009)
11. City of Ember (2008)
12. Van Helsing (2004)
13. Wild Wild West (1999)
14. Steamboy (2004)
15. Metropolis (1927)
16. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)
17. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
18. 9 (2009)
19. The Golden Compass (2007)
20. Castle in the Sky (1986)
21. The Fabulous World of Jules Verne (1958)
22. Sucker Punch (2011)
23. April and the Extraordinary World (2015)
24. Poor Things (2023)
25. A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
26. Mortal Engines (2018)
27. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
28. Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
29. Hellboy (2004)
30. The Time Machine (1960)
31. Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
32. Sleepy Hollow (1999)
33. Dark City (1998)
34. Time Bandits (1981)
35. Tai Chi Zero (2012)
36. A Trip to the Moon (1902)
37. Stardust (2007)
38. The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010)
39. John Carter (2012)
40. Metropolis (2001)
41. Going Postal (2010)
42. The Time Machine (2002)
43. Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
44. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
45. Hullabaloo (2023)
46. The Rocketeer (1991)
47. Time After Time (1979)
48. The Illusionist (2006)
49. Vidocq (2001)
50. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
51. Franklyn (2008)
52. The Great Race (1965)
53. Things to Come (1936)
54. Frankenstein’s Army (2013)
55. Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa (2005)
56. Memories (1995)
57. Victor Frankenstein (2015)
58. Abigail (2019)
59. The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018)
60. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
61. The Three Musketeers (2011)
62. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)
63. Arcane (2021)
64. The Boxtrolls (2014)
65. Mutant Chronicles (2008)
66. Frankenstein (2025)
67. The Island at the Top of the World (1974)
68. Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)
69. Master of the World (1961)
70. Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart (2013)
71. Fullmetal Alchemist (2003)
72. Atlantis: Milo’s Return (2003)
73. Captain Nemo and the Underwater City (1969)
74. Back to the Future Part III (1990)
75. The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box (2013)
76. Wicked (2024)
77. Iron Sky (2012)
78. Batman: Gotham by Gaslight (2018)
79. Casshern (2004)
80. Return to Oz (1985)
81. Kin-dza-dza! (1986)
82. Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
83. The Empire of Corpses (2015)
84. Kill City Cup (2023)
85. Dune (1984)
86. Wonka (2023)
87. Mysterious Island (1961)
88. Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1989)
89. At the Earth’s Core (1976)
90. Jungle Cruise (2021)
91. Sherlock Hound (1984)
92. Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (2020)
93. Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965)
94. Delicatessen (1991)
95. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009)
96. The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne (2000)
97. Cronos (1992)
98. The American Astronaut (2001)
99. Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress (2016)
100. I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen (1970)