Last Updated on 23 November 2025
I searched the Internet for lists of the best steampunk movies of all time. Criteria included the movies being ranked, not just listed alphabetically, and generally created by groups, whether teams or committees or based on general public voting (like Ranker.com).
I was able to find 21 lists. I took the 21 lists and added all their content into a spreadsheet, noting the rank of every film. I ended up averaging the rankings each movie got (there were 79 that were on at least 2 lists) and dividing that average by a factor of the number of lists that movie was on. The lowest score meant a high ranking average on many lists. The complete spreadsheet is attached at the bottom.
The movies that were on the most lists (out of 21) were:
- Hugo (2011) – 19 lists
- The City of Lost Children (1995) – 14 lists
- Howl’s Moving Castle (2004) – 12 lists
- City of Ember (2008) – 12 lists
- Wild Wild West (1999) – 12 lists
Here are links to the lists I used along with dates the lists were created:
- IMDb – 23 Nov 2025
- MovieMeter – 23 Nov 2025
- Ranker – 1 Sep 2025
- The Steampunk Explorer – 22 Dec 2024
- Otherworld Fashion – 17 Oct 2024
- Letterboxd – 1 Oct 2024
- GQ India – 22 Aug 2024
- Steampunker – 12 Aug 2024
- Collider – 23 Jun 2024
- Coffee Time Romance – 9 May 2024
- Rebels Market – 26 Feb 2023
- TheCinemaholic – 1 Jul 2022
- CommuniTV – 6 Nov 2021
- Cultured Vultures – 15 Jan 2021
- SteamPunk Tribune – 24 Aug 2020
- Arcane Trinkets – 3 Aug 2020
- The Portalist – 25 Nov 2019
- Taste of Cinema – 10 Jul 2016
- Vocal Media – 1 Jul 2016
- BestSimilar – no date
- WatchMojo – no date
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