Movies like A Study in Terror
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A Study in Terror (1965)
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When Watson reads from the newspaper there have been two similar murders near Whitechapel in a few days, Sherlock Holmes' sharp deductive is immediately stimulated to start its merciless method of elimination after observation of every apparently meaningless detail. He guesses right the victims must be street whores, and doesn't need long to work his way trough a pawn shop, an aristocratic family's stately home, a hospital and of course the potential suspects and (even unknowing) witnesses who are the cast of the gradually unraveled story of the murderer and his motive.
Style:
scary, serious, slasher, realistic, suspenseful, gothic, psychotronic
Plot:
sherlock holmes, serial killer, private detective, killer, freemason, prostitute, murder, investigation, who done it, law enforcement, police detective, woman in danger, amateur detective, track down, partners against crime, whodunit, german, stalker, death, aristocrat, pickpocket, brothel, street fight, conspiracy theory, mansion ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1880s, victorian
Place:
england, london, europe
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Most similar movies to A Study in Terror
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and tense films with plots about deadly, murder, investigation, serial killer, law enforcement, danger and who done it mostly in Crime, Mystery and Thriller genres. Some movies like A Study in Terror: The Raven (2012), Hands of a Murderer (1990), Murder by Decree (1979), The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983), Sherlock: Case of Evil (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Spain, Hungary
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A fictionalized account of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe's life, in which the poet is in pursuit of a serial killer whose murders mirror those in the writer's stories.
Style:
gothic, psychological, gothic horror, atmospheric, dark ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, murder mystery, investigation, murder investigation, police investigation, who done it, suspense, riddles and clues, writer's life, murder, writers, edgar allan poe ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, edwardian era, 1840s
Place:
maryland, baltimore, usa, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Mystery, Action, Adventure
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Sherlock Holme must track down his nemesis Professor Moriarty after the villain kidnaps Holme's brother Mycroft. The evil doctor is forcing his captive to decode highly classified military documents.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, stylized
Plot:
sherlock holmes, conspiracy, investigation, espionage, private detective, partners against crime, undercover, chase, uninhibited rivalry, mind game, rescue, criminal heroes ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Holmes (Peter Cushing) and Dr. Watson (John Mills) ponder cases in which the victims seem to have been scared to death.
Style:
serious, realistic, scary, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
investigation, private detective, kidnapping, murder, rescue, ego clash, golden years, law enforcement, amateur detective, aging, rivalry, who done it ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
london, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Sherlock Holmes is drawn into the case of Jack the Ripper who is killing prostitutes in London's East End. Assisted by Dr. Watson, and using information provided by a renowned psychic, Robert Lees, Holmes finds that the murders may have its ...
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, atmospheric, dark, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
sherlock holmes, serial killer, jack the ripper, suspense, murder, conspiracy, track down, private detective, psychic, anarchist, gangsters, greed ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 70s, 1930s, 1880s
Place:
england, scotland, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Sherlock Holmes comes to the aid of his friend Henry Baskerville, who is under a family curse and menaced by a demonic dog that prowls the bogs near his estate and murders people.
Style:
natural horror, scary, tense, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
sherlock holmes, undercover, investigation, private detective, ghost, swamp, animal attack, uncover truth, partners against crime, mind game, supernatural, rivalry ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century
Place:
england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Films like Taking Lives
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Romania, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Early in his crime-solving career, Sherlock Holmes attempts to prevent Moriarty from cornering the heroin market.
Style:
mind bending, serious, suspenseful, clever, realistic ...
Plot:
sherlock holmes, serial killer, murder, drug dealing, riddles and clues, mind game, private detective, investigation, obsessive quest, ego clash, rivalry, chase ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century
Place:
london, europe, england, big ben london
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The corpse of a shabbily dressed young woman has been discovered in the mud flats of the Thames at low tide. Police assume she's a prostitute, but Dr. Watson suspects something more and goes to his old friend Holmes, now retired and at very ...
Style:
realistic, mind bending, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
sherlock holmes, private detective, serial killer, murder, investigation, murder mystery, mastermind, who done it, lookalikes, hotshot hero, life is a bitch, prodigy ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, edwardian era
Place:
england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
An Oregon woman vanishes. In her wake remains a single black rose & a note reading gone but not forgotten. Now a man stands accused: a private eye has gone missing: a detective knows more than she lets on: & a tough female attorney has ...
Style:
tense, realistic, suspenseful, serious, psychological
Plot:
serial killer, private detective, investigation, amateur detective, murder, psychopath, mind game, rivalry, law enforcement, protagonist as suspect, who done it, police investigation ...
Place:
usa, new york, oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The scene of the crime is Whitechapel, the same London district notorious for the recent attacks of Jack the Ripper. Three monks are found dead, the apparent victims of a vampire - now, someone else is out for blood. Or is it something else? As ...
Style:
serious, atmospheric, suspenseful, enigmatic, realistic
Plot:
sherlock holmes, vampire, private detective, uncover truth, investigation, riddles and clues, curse, partners against crime, partners, escapades, murder, suspense ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
london, europe, england, scotland yard
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The mysterious death of Sir Charles Baskerville is blamed on a longstanding curse that has followed the Baskerville family for two hundred years. Enigmatic sleuth Sherlock Holmes is on the case to uncover the truth about a monstrous, supernatural ...
Style:
tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, natural horror, serious ...
Plot:
sherlock holmes, beast, who done it, monster, private detective, investigation, curse, uncover truth, mysterious character, murder, deadly creature, track down ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century
Place:
england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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The Raven related movies
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When an elderly client loses a fortune on an investment, fearless Sally Lockhart will stop at nothing to rectify the situation — even if it means risking everything important to her in the process. As Sally sorts out the threads of the mystery — ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, captivating ...
Plot:
murder, victorian england, detective agency, amateur sleuth, uncover truth, investigation, partners against crime, mind game, dishonesty, partners, amateur detective, private detective ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, edwardian era, 1870s
Place:
europe, england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A journalist investigates a series of murders that follows the discovery of an unpublished novel by Charles Dickens in the cellar of an old Thames-side-pub.
Style:
psychological, realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious ...
Plot:
murder, policewoman, serial murder, journalism, riddles and clues, law enforcement, supernatural ability, amateur detective, murder investigation, serial killer, pub, police inspector ...
Place:
england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A serial killer is loose on the streets of Atlantic City. His ten victims are prostitutes, his methods are ruthless and yet his motives are unknown. Two embattled homicide detectives, Mayfield and Jesse, are in a race against time to catch this ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, slasher, mind bending ...
Plot:
serial killer, homicide detective, race against time, police investigation, amateur detective, law enforcement, who done it, murder, suspense, tough heroes, partners against crime, police officer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
atlantic city, atlantic city new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A friend of Joanna has been killed by a serial killers who leaves the bodies in the woods. A strange guy who says is a private detective: Joanna begins to fear he might be the killer.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, private detective, police detective, law enforcement, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, female protagonist, funeral, death of friend, murder, serial murder, forest ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Canada, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
An obsessed cop is on the trail of a serial killer prowling the streets of Buffalo, N.Y. but when his teenage daughter disappears, he drops any professional restraint to get the killer.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, realistic, rough, scary ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, kidnapping, police detective, investigation, graphic violence, homicide detective, obsession, confined, vigilantism, manhunt, track down, hunting ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Series like The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Sir Charles Baskerville dies on the moor under mysterious circumstances and rumors abound about a demonic hound. When the American heir arrives to take charge, a family friend calls in Holmes and Watson to get to the heart of the mystery.
Style:
gothic, tense, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
sherlock holmes, killer dog, curses spells and rituals, isolation, whodunit, private detective, supernatural, estate, who done it, riddles and clues, mysterious character, deadly creature ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Switzerland, West Germany, Spain
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A serial killer whose mother was a prostitute starts killing streetwalkers as a way of paying back his mother for her abuse.
Style:
bleak, serious, scary, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
serial killer, jack the ripper, murder, maniac, psychopath, who done it, woman in danger, police investigation, mind game, sadism, killer, exploitation ...
Time:
70s, 1880s, 19th century
Place:
england, london, scotland, europe, big ben london
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
D.I. Tom Thorne's latest case puts him on the hunt for not one, but two serial killers, who seem to be working together, yet killing separately.
Style:
rough, tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, police investigation, murder, murderous pair, police detective, fighting crime, law enforcement, murder mystery, strangulation, psychopath, deadly
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story:
Whitechapel is a British television drama series produced by Carnival Films, in which detectives in London's Whitechapel district deal with murders which replicate historical crimes. The first series was first broadcast in the UK on 2 February ...
Style:
atmospheric, serious, rough, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, police detective, murder investigation, forensics, jack the ripper, police investigation, victim, murderer, team, law enforcement, traditional versus modern, hunt down ...
Time:
victorian era, 21st century
Place:
england, london, europe, east end london
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Eve Duncan is contacted, 10 years after the disappearance and murder of her 7-year-old daughter Bonnie, by a man claiming to be her killer. Taunted by his clues about Bonnie's case and his threats to kill again, she throws herself into her ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, track down, haunted by the past, suspense, murder, death, strong female presence, riddles and clues, foster home, lifetime, child abduction ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In order to see magic idol Krell Darius perform his world-famous magic act, a beautiful aspiring young-magician, Tatiana, travels from New York to Las Vegas with her closest friends, BFFs, Elena and Vera. As the layers of illusion unfold, so too do ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, rough
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, haunted by the past, police detective, manipulation, murder, dishonesty, magic, wizards and magicians, mythical creature, mysticism, woman in danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Van Veeteren finds retiring from the police force is easier said than done when two decapitated bodies are found in quick succession. The matching MO in the two grisly murders brings the investigation teams of Maardam and Kaalbringen together - a ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, bleak, realistic
Plot:
serial killer, partners against crime, police investigation, murder, private detective, law enforcement, partners, suspense, nypd, police procedural, fictional country, deadly ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Norway, Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After extricating 17-year-old Lisa Halle from a life of prostitution in Copenhagen, private investigator Varg Veum becomes ensnared in a tangle of parental neglect and bad love when he is hired to locate Lisa's boyfriend, Peter Werner.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, neo noir
Plot:
private investigator, life is a bitch, woman in danger, prostitute, investigation, gangsters, law enforcement, private detective, murder, who done it, missing child, sexual content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
norway, copenhagen
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
At the height of the London blitz, Dr Lennox Collins, pioneer of the new forensic science, is enlisted by DI Wilkins after prostitute Mary Williams is strangled and a swastika carved on her tongue.
Style:
realistic, stylized, captivating, tense, exciting ...
Plot:
world war two, investigation, serial killer, forensics, partners, law enforcement, life is a bitch, suspense, murder mystery, intrigue, police investigation, woman in danger ...
Time:
20th century, year 1940, 1940s
Place:
england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A series of murders has shaken the community to the point where people believe that only a legendary creature from dark times – the mythical Golem – must be responsible.
Style:
gothic, disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, suspense, murder, murder trial, hanging, confession, diary, fame, jealousy, actress, playwright ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1880s, 1870s
Place:
scotland yard, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
636
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Finland
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
This film is based upon the book with the same name, by Håkan Nesser, one of Swedens most appreciated "crime-authors".
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
murder, hit and run, life turned upside down, investigation, uncover truth, private detective, law enforcement, blackmail, doctor, suspense, serial killer, nypd ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A disfigured killer with glazed-over white eyes is doing the dirty work so that an insurance agent-doctor can get the victims' insurance money.
Style:
gothic, serious, realistic, scary, mind bending ...
Plot:
serial killer, suspense, murder, blind man, blindness and impaired vision, nurse, clergy, investigation, dishonesty, law enforcement, amateur detective, criminal heroes ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
london, scotland yard, britain, united kingdom, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Miss Marple and Mr Stringer are witness to the death of the very old and rich Mr. Enderby by heart attack. Yet they have their doubts about what happened. The police don’t believe them thus leading Miss Marple to yet again investigate by herself. ...
Style:
slasher, serious, realistic, suspenseful, talky ...
Plot:
private detective, whodunit, amateur detective, murder mystery, horse riding, last will and testament, heart attack, murder, couples, conspiracy, sherlock holmes, mysticism ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 190 min.
TV show
Story:
Jack the Ripper was a 1988 two-part television movie/mini-series portraying a fictionalized account of the hunt for Jack The Ripper, the killer responsible for the Whitechapel murders of 1888. The series coincided with the 100th anniversary of the ...
Style:
serious, atmospheric, tense, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, jack the ripper, murder, megalomaniac, multiple suspects, mortician, killer, police detective, murder of a prostitute, track down, forensics, police ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1880s
Place:
scotland yard, england, london, europe, east end london
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Genre guru Ulli Lommel (THE BOOGEYMAN, BTK KILLER) directs this horror film about the infamous Zodiac killer. Though decades have passed since the multiple murderer held the state of California hostage with fear, the mystery of his identity has ...
Style:
scary, psychological, serious, suspenseful, psychological thriller
Plot:
serial killer, murder, woman in danger, police investigation, law enforcement, curses spells and rituals, psychopath, journalism, investigation, mind game, amateur detective, killer ...
Time:
70s
Place:
san francisco, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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