Dieselpunk movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant dieselpunk movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out dieselpunk, cult classic, exciting, stylized, psychotronic and epic films and TV shows about / with danger, heroes, escapades, rivalry, explosion, murder, villain, pistol, death and violence plots mostly in Action, Adventure and Sci-Fi genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as dieselpunk: Dark City (1998), The Rocketeer (1991), The Sky Crawlers (2008), Brazil (1985), The Shadow (1994), The Mummy (1999), Sucker Punch (2011), Dick Tracy (1990), Richard III (1995), Hellboy (2004).

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 7.6
 211K
Dark City (1998)
Genre: Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: 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.
Style: neo noir, mind bending, psychological, suspense, gothic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: investigation, memory, cyberpunk, alternate reality, distopia, alien race, trippy, dystopian future, virtual reality, amnesia, memory loss, experiment ...
Time: future, year 1998, distant future, 90s, 20th century ...
Place: persia
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: futuristic, dieselpunk, stylized, surreal, exciting ...
Audience: teens
Plot: steampunk, robot, heroic mission, alternate reality, mad scientist, airplane, transformation, alternate history, danger, save the world, aviation, kidnapping ...
Time: future, 1930s, year 2004, 2000s, year 1939 ...
Place: new york, himalaya, manhattan new york city, nepal, new york state ...
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 6.6
 61K
The Rocketeer (1991)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Straight from the pages of a pulp comic from a past era, the Rocketeer recreates 1930s Hollywood, complete with gangsters, Nazi spies, and the growth of the Age of Aviation. Young pilot Cliff Secord stumbles on a top secret rocket-pack and with the ...
Style: dieselpunk, entertaining, exciting, stylized, light ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, family outing, teens
Plot: superhero, treasure hunt, good versus evil, aviation, comic book, betrayal, adaptation, steampunk, world war two, villain, gangster, heroes ...
Time: 1930s, future, year 1991, 20th century, 90s ...
Place: california, los angeles, usa
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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to find a mystical stone. He agrees – and stumbles upon a secret cult plotting a terrible plan in the catacombs of an ancient palace.
Style: entertaining, exciting, humorous, intense, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, teens, manly, family friendly, family outing ...
Plot: treasure hunt, archaeologist, archaeology, treasure, adventurer, artifact, tombs and skeletons, good versus evil, indiana jones, crocodile, human sacrifice, survival ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s, year 1984, year 1935
Place: india, china, shanghai
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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: When Dr. Henry Jones Sr. suddenly goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, eminent archaeologist Indiana must team up with Marcus Brody, Sallah and Elsa Schneider to follow in his father's footsteps and stop the Nazis from recovering the ...
Style: breathtaking, entertaining, exciting, epic, action packed ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, girls' night, manly ...
Plot: treasure hunt, holy grail, archaeologist, archaeology, adventurer, map, artifact, treasure, knight, father son relationship, mythology, indiana jones ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 1989, 90s, year 1912 ...
Place: germany, israel, utah, san francisco, venice ...
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The Sky Crawlers (2008)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Youngsters called Kildren, who are destined to live eternally in their adolescence. The Kildren are conscious that every day could be the last, because they fight a war as entertainment, organized and operated by adults. But as they embrace the ...
Style: anime, exciting, dieselpunk, manga, entertaining ...
Plot: alternate reality, battles, airplane, military, danger, rivalry, society, supernatural, haunted by the past, mortal combat, eternal youth, teenager ...
Place: japan, seattle, asia
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 7.9
 210K
Brazil (1985)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: surreal, futuristic, psychological, dark comedy, cerebral ...
Audience: adult
Plot: dystopia, dream, fighting the system, distopia, surrealism, cyberpunk, christmas, bureaucracy, imagination, mistaken identity, alternate reality, dystopian future ...
Time: future, year 1985, year 1984
Place: england, london, britain, europe
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 6.0
 27K
The Shadow (1994)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Based on the 1930's comic strip, puts the hero up against his arch enemy, Shiwan Khan, who plans to take over the world by holding a city to ransom using an atom bomb. Using his powers of invisibility and "The power to cloud men's ...
Style: exciting, entertaining, suspenseful, visually stunning, dieselpunk ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, boys' night
Plot: vigilante, superhero, good versus evil, monk, radio, secret identity, transformation, mad scientist, heroic mission, danger, undercover, escapades ...
Time: 1930s, year 1994, 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, asia, usa, tibet
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 7.1
 458K
The Mummy (1999)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Dashing legionnaire Rick O'Connell and his companion, Beni stumble upon the hidden ruins of Hamunaptra while in the midst of a battle in 1923, 3,000 years after Imhotep has suffered a fate worse than death – his body will remain undead for ...
Style: scary, exciting, entertaining, funny, suspense ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, kids, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot: mummy, treasure hunt, archaeology, adventurer, desert, monster, supernatural, ancient egypt, tomb, treasure, archaeologist, deadly creature ...
Time: 90s, year 1999, future, jurassic, 1920s ...
Place: egypt, africa, south africa, middle east, north africa ...
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 6.1
 252K
Sucker Punch (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A young girl is institutionalized by her abusive stepfather. Retreating to an alternative reality as a coping strategy, she envisions a plan which will help her escape from the mental facility.
Style: surreal, sexy, visual, atmospheric, exciting ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, teens, teen drama
Plot: alternate reality, steampunk, robot, escape from reality, lobotomy, dragon, samurai, violence, escape, confined, sexual abuse, patient ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, 20th century, 60s
Place: vermont
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 6.2
 65K
Dick Tracy (1990)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Music, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.
Style: stylized, visually stunning, visual, light, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, boys' night
Plot: gangster, organized crime, good versus evil, superhero, police detective, comic book, storytelling, corruption, mafia, fighting crime, villain, femme fatale ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: chicago, usa
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 7.3
 15K
Richard III (1995)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Shakespeare's Play transplanted into a 1930s setting.
Style: talky, stylized, atmospheric, witty, political ...
Plot: politics, shakespeare, royal family, murder, betrayal, manipulation, medieval, assassination, greed, battles, royalty, corrupted ruler ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s
Place: england, london, europe
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 6.8
 348K
Hellboy (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: 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 a demon - Hellboy - has already been conjured. Joining the Allied forces, ...
Style: stylized, exciting, action packed, mystical, semi serious ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, kids, date night, adult
Plot: supernatural, superhero, monster, good versus evil, supernatural ability, demon, occult, undercover, danger, comic hero, goth, steampunk ...
Time: year 2004, 1940s, y2k, 20th century, post world war two ...
Place: new york, new jersey, america, moscow russia, scotland ...
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The Mummy Returns (2001)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Rick and Evelyn O'Connell, along with their 8 year old son Alex, discover the key to the legendary Scorpion King's might, the fabled Bracelet of Anubis. Unfortunately, a newly resurrected Imhotep has designs on the bracelet as well, and ...
Style: exciting, suspense, suspenseful, scary, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, kids, chick flick, boys' night
Plot: mummy, treasure hunt, archaeology, treasure, ancient egypt, supernatural, good versus evil, mythology, monster, chase, tomb, heroic mission ...
Time: year 2001, 1930s, jurassic, future, 20th century ...
Place: egypt, london, africa, england, europe ...
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 5.9
 13K
Deathwatch (2002)
Genre: Drama, Horror, War, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In the brutal trench fighting of the First World War, a British Infantry Company is separated from their regiment after a fierce battle. Attempting to return to their lines, the British soldiers discover what appears to be a bombed out German ...
Style: scary, atmospheric, bleak, rough, serious ...
Plot: world war one, military, supernatural, ghost, soldier, escapades, danger, deadly creature, survival, rescue, war, gory ...
Time: year 1917, 1910s
Place: europe
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Set during the Cold War, the Soviets – led by sword-wielding Irina Spalko – are in search of a crystal skull which has supernatural powers related to a mystical Lost City of Gold. After being captured and then escaping from them, Indy is coerced ...
Style: entertaining, exciting, action adventure, action packed, scenic ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, kids, manly, family outing ...
Plot: treasure hunt, treasure, archaeologist, adventurer, archaeology, indiana jones, jungle, chase, desert, artifact, alien, fight scenes ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 20th century, 1950s, 50s ...
Place: peru, ussr, south america, latin america, mexico city ...
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 8.0
 792K
Sin City (2005)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Welcome to Sin City. This town beckons to the tough, the corrupt, the brokenhearted. Some call it dark… Hard-boiled. Then there are those who call it home — Crooked cops, sexy dames, desperate vigilantes. Some are seeking revenge, others lust ...
Style: neo noir, atmospheric, surreal, dark, anthology ...
Audience: boys' night, kids, adult
Plot: corruption, vengeance, justice, gory, hitman, revenge, dark hero, comic book, redemption, vigilante, killings, distopia ...
Time: year 2005, y2k, 80s, 90s, 2000s ...
Place: texas, iran
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Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Germany, Hungary
Duration: 120 min.
Story: In this continuation to the adventure of the demon superhero, an evil elf breaks an ancient pact between humans and creatures, as he declares war against humanity. He is on a mission to release The Golden Army, a deadly group of fighting machines ...
Style: dark fantasy, scary, stylized, exciting, visual ...
Audience: kids, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: superhero, monster, creature, supernatural, supernatural ability, comic book, good versus evil, heroic mission, villain, dark hero, army, magic ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 1950s, 21st century
Place: northern ireland, ireland, manhattan new york city, new york
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Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Predominantly set during World War II, Steve Rogers is a sickly man from Brooklyn who's transformed into super-soldier Captain America to aid in the war effort. Rogers must stop the Red Skull – Adolf Hitler's ruthless head of weaponry, ...
Style: exciting, heroic, psychotronic, stylized, entertaining ...
Audience: girls' night, kids, boys' night, chick flick, teens ...
Plot: superhero, heroism, heroes, mad scientist, world war two, soldier, superhuman powers, heroic mission, courage, nazi, danger, bravery ...
Time: year 2011, future, year 1942, 20th century, 2010s ...
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, new jersey, europe ...
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The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Germany, China, Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Archaeologist Rick O'Connell travels to China, pitting him against an emperor from the 2,000-year-old Han dynasty who's returned from the dead to pursue a quest for world domination. This time, O'Connell enlists the help of his wife ...
Style: exciting, entertaining, atmospheric, stylized, mystical ...
Audience: family outing, kids, chick flick, teens, boys' night
Plot: mummy, tomb, treasure hunt, mythology, archaeology, archaeologist, tombs and skeletons, dragon, archeological dig, monster, adventurer, supernatural ...
Time: 1940s, year 2008, jurassic, 20th century, year 1946
Place: china, asia, himalaya, england, peru ...
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The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Mystery
Country: USA, New Zealand, UK, France, Australia, Belgium
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Intrepid young reporter, Tintin, and his loyal dog, Snowy, are thrust into a world of high adventure when they discover a ship carrying an explosive secret. As Tintin is drawn into a centuries-old mystery, Ivan Ivanovitch Sakharine suspects him of ...
Style: computer animated, exciting, motion capture, colorful, 3d animation ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, family friendly, date night ...
Plot: treasure, treasure hunt, reporter, young heroes, adventurer, dog, captain, riddles and clues, pirate, journalist, journalism, ship ...
Time: 2010s, year 2011, 1940s, 1950s, 20th century ...
Place: morocco, ethiopia, iran, europe, north africa
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 5.9
 96K
Iron Sky (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Finland, Germany, Australia, France, Norway, Belgium, Denmark, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: 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.
Style: humorous, parody, satirical, clever, light ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: space travel, nazi, steampunk, invasion, ufo, swastika, nazism, alternate reality, moon, space, flying saucer, space battle ...
Time: future, 2010s, year 2012, near future, 21st century
Place: germany, new york, washington d.c., usa
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Castle in the Sky (1986)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 125 min.
Story: A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.
Style: anime, fairy tale, manga, visual, atmospheric ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens
Plot: steampunk, lost civilization, orphan, imaginary kingdom, friendship, magic, young heroes, pirate, castle, treasure, giant robot, artifact ...
Time: year 1986
Place: wales
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 7.3
 126K
Eraserhead (1977)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
Style: surreal, avant garde, art house, psychological, experimental ...
Plot: surrealism, nightmare, insanity, existentialism, baby, psychology, art, dream, psychosis, eccentricity, factory, electricity ...
Time: 70s, year 1977, 20th century
Place: america
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 6.8
 61K
Logan's Run (1976)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: An idyllic sci-fi future has one major drawback: All citizens get a chance of being 'renewed' in a Civic Ceremony at their 30th birthday, unless they run and escape before their time comes.
Style: futuristic, apocalyptic, cult classic, psychotronic, cyber ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: apocalypse, dystopia, cat, robot, utopia, post apocalyptic, artificial intelligence, dystopian future, post apocalypse, space, totalitarianism, biosphere ...
Time: future, 23rd century
Place: washington d.c., usa
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Warriors of the Wasteland (1983)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Two mercenaries help wandering caravans fight off an evil and aimless band of white-clad bikers after the nuclear holocaust.
Style: apocalyptic, fantasy adventure, dieselpunk, cult classic, action adventure ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: post apocalypse, rape, wasteland, post apocalyptic, desert, barbarian, woman with a gun, motorcycle, exploitation, epidemic, underground, blaxploitation ...
Time: future, year 2019, 21st century
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 7.2
 71K
Re-Animator (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A dedicated student at a medical college and his girlfriend become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead tissue when an odd new student arrives on campus.
Style: splatter, lovecraft, black comedy, scary, cult classic ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: zombie, mad scientist, guts, hospital, gory, experiment, insanity, mad doctor, overdose, reanimated corpse, female nudity, laboratory ...
Time: 80s, year 1985, 20th century
Place: zurich switzerland, massachusetts, europe, austria
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Battle of Britain (1969)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 132 min.
Story: In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing the Nazi invasion of Britain.
Style: epic, cult classic, exciting, realistic, spectacular ...
Plot: world war two, aviation, aerial combat, luftwaffe, air battle, fighter pilot, raf, british history, battles, fighter plane, world war, nazi ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 1940
Place: london, poland, england, english channel, europe ...
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Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Some of Sin City's most hard-boiled citizens cross paths with a few of its more reviled inhabitants.
Style: neo noir, surreal, action thriller, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: distopia, femme fatale, vengeance, heroes, superhero, murder, criminal heroes, danger, life is a bitch, escapades, rivalry, stripper ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
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 7.0
 147K
9 (2009)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Luxembourg
Duration: 79 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: adult animation, surreal, suspenseful, serious, futuristic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot: steampunk, apocalypse, post apocalypse, dystopia, survival, danger, technology gone awry, life is a bitch, vestiges of humanity, distopia, fate of humanity, robot ...
Time: future, 1940s, year 2009
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