static.theme.steampunk, a list by archivist

8.5

/1564471/

83

/36070/

82

/17095/

4.3

/1609958/

77

/206/

92

/43661/

66

/36/

3.0

age 14+

A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.

70

7.4

/499014/

75

/19116/

71

/10737/

3.4

/358203/

60

/224/

77

/10986/

48

/38/

3.5

age 14+

There is a new criminal mastermind at large (Professor Moriarty) and not only is he Holmes’ intellectual equal, but his capacity for evil and lack of conscience may give him an advantage over the detective.

66

6.3

/98527/

71

/10612/

63

/3550/

2.7

/176607/

74

/308/

57

/1336/

66

/48/

3.5

age 7+

An orphan little girl befriends a benevolent giant who takes her to Giant Country, where they attempt to stop the man-eating giants that are invading the human world.

72

6.9

/367801/

71

/14060/

66

/7238/

3.4

/307289/

81

/204/

66

/14725/

72

/37/

3.5

age 14+

In the final days of World War II, the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where the ceremony is taking place, but not before they summon a baby demon who is rescued by Allied forces and dubbed "Hellboy". Sixty years later, Hellboy serves the cause of good rather than evil as an agent in the Bureau of Paranormal Research & Defense, along with Abe Sapien - a merman with psychic powers, and Liz Sherman - a woman with pyrokinesis, protecting America against dark forces.

59

6.6

/297256/

68

/11809/

64

/5954/

2.8

/136731/

52

/234/

60

/8532/

51

/43/

2.5

age 12+

John Carter is a war-weary, former military captain who's inexplicably transported to the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars) and reluctantly becomes embroiled in an epic conflict. It's a world on the brink of collapse, and Carter rediscovers his humanity when he realizes the survival of Barsoom and its people rests in his hands.

79

7.8

/295924/

78

/15341/

78

/8721/

4.2

/2469170/

91

/275/

74

/17853/

80

/40/

3.0

age 9+

Wandering her rambling old house in her boring new town, 11-year-old Coraline discovers a hidden door to a strangely idealized version of her life. In order to stay in the fantasy, she must make a frighteningly real sacrifice.

80

7.5

/347365/

73

/10618/

72

/7515/

3.5

/434626/

93

/232/

78

/8429/

83

/41/

4.0

age 8+

Orphaned and alone except for an uncle, Hugo Cabret lives in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. Hugo's job is to oil and maintain the station's clocks, but to him, his more important task is to protect a broken automaton and notebook left to him by his late father. Accompanied by the goddaughter of an embittered toy merchant, Hugo embarks on a quest to solve the mystery of the automaton and find a place he can call home.

47

6.1

/225379/

64

/10140/

60

/6977/

2.6

/117255/

17

/144/

53

/4624/

23

/25/

age 17+

After getting a taste for blood as children, Hansel and Gretel have become the ultimate vigilantes, hell-bent on retribution. Now, unbeknownst to them, Hansel and Gretel have become the hunted, and must face an evil far greater than witches... their past.

74

7.0

/297214/

70

/10787/

68

/5471/

3.4

/192921/

86

/247/

71

/21839/

78

/36/

3.5

age 14+

Hellboy, his pyrokinetic girlfriend, Liz, and aquatic empath, Abe Sapien, face their biggest battle when an underworld elven prince plans to reclaim Earth for his magical kindred. Tired of living in the shadow of humans, Prince Nuada tries to awaken an ancient force of killing machines, the all-powerful Golden Army, to clear the way for fantasy creatures to roam free. Only Hellboy can stop the dark prince and prevent humanity's annihilation.

76

7.4

/98171/

74

/8193/

72

/3493/

3.7

/130924/

86

/265/

81

/725/

76

/40/

3.0

age 12+

12-year-old Conor encounters an ancient tree monster who proceeds to help him cope with his mother's terminal illness and being bullied in school.

49

6.1

/259977/

64

/9833/

62

/4954/

2.9

/216157/

22

/219/

47

/11897/

33

/29/

age 16+

A young woman, institutionalized by her abusive stepfather, retreats into a vivid fantasy world where she envisions a plan to escape. Gathering a group of fellow inmates, she embarks on a quest to collect five mystical items, blurring the lines between reality and imagination.

70

6.5

/167957/

67

/8929/

66

/5134/

3.4

/374084/

72

/284/

56

/2064/

66

/38/

4.0

age 16+

In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds… and remembers.

54

6.1

/304225/

65

/11278/

63

/6382/

2.8

/239640/

24

/224/

57

/20646/

35

/38/

3.0

age 14+

Famed monster slayer Gabriel Van Helsing is dispatched to Transylvania to assist the last of the Valerious bloodline in defeating Count Dracula. Anna Valerious reveals that Dracula has formed an unholy alliance with Dr. Frankenstein's monster and is hell-bent on exacting a centuries-old curse on her family.

66

7.0

/155792/

72

/7796/

69

/3770/

3.5

/187456/

57

/183/

56

/10334/

60

/31/

3.0

age 12+

When 9 first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world. All humans are gone, and it is only by chance that he discovers a small community of others like him taking refuge from fearsome machines that roam the earth intent on their extinction. Despite being the neophyte of the group, 9 convinces the others that hiding will do them no good.

67

6.6

/114343/

68

/8474/

67

/3029/

3.2

/144270/

82

/226/

67

/975/

60

/28/

2.5

age 18+

France, June 1944. On the eve of D-Day, some American paratroopers fall behind enemy lines after their aircraft crashes while on a mission to destroy a radio tower in a small village near the beaches of Normandy. After reaching their target, the surviving paratroopers realise that, in addition to fighting the Nazi troops that patrol the village, they also must fight against something else.

66

6.4

/172900/

68

/7996/

64

/4805/

3.4

/460399/

64

/181/

54

/5104/

64

/33/

3.5

age 5+

Rodney Copperbottom is a young robot inventor who dreams of making the world a better place, until the evil Ratchet takes over Bigweld Industries. Now, Rodney's dreams – and those of his friends – are in danger of becoming obsolete.

43

5.8

/190894/

63

/7233/

59

/4240/

2.5

/101213/

17

/181/

44

/13713/

30

/36/

1.0

age 14+

To prevent a world war from breaking out, famous characters from Victorian literature band together to do battle against a cunning villain.

66

6.8

/229754/

69

/7235/

68

/5184/

3.3

/324679/

72

/158/

63

/18943/

62

/37/

2.5

age 10+

Three wealthy children's parents are killed in a fire. When they are sent to a distant relative, they find out that he is plotting to kill them and seize their fortune.

45

6.0

/63255/

61

/5342/

59

/2224/

2.5

/49380/

26

/138/

37

/522/

36

/28/

1.5

age 14+

Eccentric scientist Victor Von Frankenstein creates a grotesque creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment.

70

7.2

/145912/

76

/8093/

75

/4483/

3.9

/365975/

68

/149/

73

/2204/

60

/30/

2.5

age 9+

When space galleon cabin boy Jim Hawkins discovers a map to an intergalactic "loot of a thousand worlds," a cyborg cook named John Silver teaches him to battle supernovas and space storms on their journey to find treasure.

78

7.5

/224251/

75

/7294/

73

/3069/

3.7

/121718/

78

/91/

85

/7202/

66

/23/

4.0

age 16+

A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of humans.

56

5.8

/139535/

63

/6807/

60

/5044/

2.8

/186103/

59

/158/

51

/34/

57

/35/

2.0

age 8+

On a quest to find out what happened to his missing brother, a scientist, his nephew and their mountain guide discover a fantastic and dangerous lost world in the center of the earth.

36

5.1

/85913/

57

/4925/

53

/2018/

1.8

/27684/

5

/104/

38

/1812/

30

/20/

1.0

age 15+

200 years after his shocking creation, Dr. Frankenstein's creature, Adam, still walks the earth. But when he finds himself in the middle of a war over the fate of humanity, Adam discovers he holds the key that could destroy humankind.

51

5.9

/98435/

62

/4767/

57

/1713/

2.5

/28480/

42

/43/

37

/1243/

In the last moments of World War II, a secret Nazi space program evaded destruction by fleeing to the Dark Side of the Moon. During 70 years of utter secrecy, the Nazis construct a gigantic space fortress with a massive armada of flying saucers.

39

4.9

/172533/

57

/6456/

53

/3475/

2.3

/97014/

16

/130/

28

/9717/

40

/25/

1.0

age 13+

Legless Southern inventor Dr. Arliss Loveless plans to rekindle the Civil War by assassinating President Ulysses S. Grant. Only two men can stop him: gunfighter James West and master-of-disguise and inventor Artemus Gordon. The two must team up to thwart Loveless' plans.

79

7.8

/220772/

78

/5431/

76

/3563/

4.1

/250950/

98

/62/

90

/7405/

84

/18/

2.0

age 17+

Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent man instead of wanted terrorist Harry Tuttle, he meets the woman from his daydream, and in trying to help her gets caught in a web of mistaken identities, mindless bureaucracy and lies.

69

6.8

/64439/

69

/4073/

67

/1762/

3.3

/116703/

78

/173/

63

/1226/

61

/37/

3.5

age 9+

An orphaned boy raised by underground creatures called Boxtrolls comes up from the sewers and out of his box to save his family and the town from the evil exterminator, Archibald Snatcher.

64

6.7

/157112/

67

/3756/

63

/2810/

3.2

/64122/

63

/192/

60

/7698/

65

/30/

age 15+

After a carnival troupe saves his life, a man agrees to help its immortal leader collect five souls and win a bet with the devil.

64

6.7

/170921/

68

/3855/

66

/2944/

3.1

/67431/

56

/151/

66

/6248/

54

/32/

3.0

age 18+

Frederick Abberline is an opium-huffing inspector from Scotland Yard who falls for one of Jack the Ripper's prostitute targets in this Hughes brothers adaption of a graphic novel that posits the Ripper's true identity.

48

6.0

/134977/

64

/4095/

63

/2461/

2.7

/41276/

28

/154/

38

/3619/

42

/33/

1.5

age 12+

Hoping to alter the events of the past, a 19th century inventor instead travels 800,000 years into the future, where he finds mankind divided into two warring races.

59

6.4

/72533/

69

/3177/

63

/1845/

3.0

/34576/

53

/129/

46

/2683/

58

/27/

2.5

age 8+

For generations, the people of the City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights. But Ember's once powerful generator is failing and the great lamps that illuminate the city are starting to flicker. Now, two teenagers, in a race against time, must search Ember for clues that will unlock the ancient mystery of the city's existence, before the the lights go out forever.

37

4.7

/64254/

55

/3297/

49

/1512/

1.8

/33923/

11

/152/

20

/3026/

33

/32/

2.0

age 15+

Gunslinger Jonah Hex is appointed by President Ulysses Grant to track down terrorist Quentin Turnbull, a former Confederate officer determined on unleashing hell on earth. Jonah not only secures freedom by accepting this task, he also gets revenge on the man who slew his wife and child.

53

6.2

/70714/

63

/2481/

60

/2198/

2.7

/84566/

43

/40/

39

/2186/

Seduced into the decadent world of Lord Henry Wotton, handsome young aristocrat Dorian Gray becomes obsessed with maintaining his youthful appearance, and commissions a special portrait that will weather the winds of time while he remains forever young. When Gray's obsession spirals out of control, his desperate attempts to safeguard his secret turn his once-privileged life into a living hell.

64

6.1

/89950/

62

/2757/

59

/1334/

2.8

/31650/

71

/204/

46

/4007/

64

/36/

4.0

age 8+

When gigantic robots attack New York City, "Sky Captain" uses his private air force to fight them off. His ex-girlfriend, reporter Polly Perkins, has been investigating the recent disappearance of prominent scientists. Suspecting a link between the global robot attacks and missing men, Sky Captain and Polly decide to work together. They fly to the Himalayas in pursuit of the mysterious Dr. Totenkopf, the mastermind behind the robots.

66

6.6

/65136/

69

/2310/

65

/1007/

3.4

/50645/

67

/66/

65

/1662/

58

/9/

3.0

age 11+

A stunt pilot comes across a prototype jetpack that gives him the ability to fly. However, evil forces of the world also want this jetpack at any cost.

74

6.9

/73457/

70

/2331/

66

/1103/

3.5

/72373/

92

/53/

77

/2330/

79

/18/

3.0

age 9+

Young history buff Kevin can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one night. Former employees of the Supreme Being, they've purloined a map charting all of the holes in the fabric of time and are using it to steal treasures from different historical eras. Taking Kevin with them, they variously drop in on Napoleon, Robin Hood and King Agamemnon before the Supreme Being catches up with them.

75

7.1

/59514/

72

/1671/

69

/970/

3.7

/44880/

90

/60/

82

/1587/

69

/15/

3.0

age 12+

An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences with his band of misfits.

54

5.4

/37322/

63

/1341/

54

/556/

3.2

/47320/

46

/46/

62

/2057/

46

/23/

2.0

After a comet disrupts the rain cycle of Earth, the planet has become a desolate, barren desert by the year 2033. With resources scarce, Kesslee, head of the powerful and evil Water & Power Corporation, the de facto government, has taken control of the water supply. Unwilling to cower under Kesslee's tyrannical rule, a pair of outlaws known as Tank Girl and Jet Girl rise up, joining the mysterious rebel Rippers to destroy the corrupt system.

74

7.3

/12774/

73

/940/

73

/376/

3.3

/10277/

90

/1652/

MAL

7.5

/212763/

Munich, Germany, 1923. Two years have passed since Edward Elric was dragged from his own world to ours, leaving behind his country, his friends and his younger brother, Alphonse. Stripped of his alchemical powers, he has been all this time researching rocketry together with Alphonse Heiderich, a young man who resembles his own brother, hoping to one day find a way back home. His efforts so far had proven fruitless, but after lending a hand to a troubled gipsy girl, Edward is thrown in a series of events that can wreak havoc in both worlds. Meanwhile, at his own world, Alphonse Elric ventures deeper into the mysteries of alchemy in search for a way to reunite with his older brother.

63

6.8

/33526/

69

/1098/

67

/1053/

3.4

/56417/

59

/111/

71

/2612/

42

/11/

age 10+

Dorothy, saved from a psychiatric experiment by a mysterious girl, finds herself back in the land of her dreams, and makes delightful new friends, and dangerous new enemies.

66

6.3

/24290/

66

/1121/

62

/1443/

3.2

/19038/

88

/25/

54

/340/

age 9+

An adventure set in the early part of the 20th century, focused on a popular novelist and her dealings with would-be suitors, the cops, monsters, and other distractions.

57

6.4

/28093/

70

/964/

62

/364/

3.1

/52093/

37

/60/

73

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32

/15/

age 18+

By the year 2056, an epidemic of organ failures has devastated the planet. The megacorporation GeneCo provides organ transplants on a payment plan - and those who can’t fulfill their plans have their organs repossessed. In the midst of this, a sickly teenager discovers a shocking secret about herself, her father, and their connection to GeneCo.

65

6.8

/19578/

71

/848/

69

/471/

3.4

/15094/

61

/92/

68

/898/

66

/26/

MAL

7.3

/43040/

2.0

age 13+

In 1860s Britain, a boy inventor finds himself caught in the middle of a deadly conflict over a revolutionary advance in steam power.

70

6.9

/8045/

71

/686/

72

/743/

3.8

/43219/

83

/12/

67

/103/

56

/6/

age 10+

Jack is born with his heart frozen solid on the coldest day in history. A wise midwife saves him by replacing it with a cuckoo clock. Now Jack must abide by three rules to keep his mechanical heart safe: never touch the clock's hands, master his anger, and never fall in love. He tries his best, but when he meets a girl named Acacia he falls in love, threatening the delicate balance of his artificial heart.

78

7.2

/23785/

72

/884/

71

/531/

3.8

/28962/

87

/67/

81

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75

/16/

MAL

7.5

/48489/

4.0

In the midst of societal conflict in the futuristic city of Metropolis, Kenichi and his uncle Shunsaku Ban set out to uncover the mystery behind the first human-like robot, Tima.

79

7.3

/8956/

74

/673/

71

/349/

3.7

/14151/

97

/59/

77

/74/

85

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3.5

age 9+

It's 1941, but France is trapped in the 19th Century, governed by steam and Napoleon V. Avril, a teenage girl, goes in search of her missing scientist parents.

48

5.5

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63

/559/

57

/241/

2.5

/2088/

20

/15/

57

/7/

39

/8/

2.0

age 10+

Seventeen-year-old Mariah Mundi's life is turned upside down when his parents vanish and his younger brother is kidnapped. Following a trail of clues to the darkly majestic Prince Regent Hotel, Mariah discovers a hidden realm of child-stealing monsters, deadly secrets and a long-lost artefact that grants limitless wealth—but also devastating supernatural power. With the fate of his world, and his family at stake, Mariah will risk everything to unravel the Curse of the Midas Box.

61

6.4

/23871/

63

/576/

59

/561/

2.8

/6447/