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A Study in Terror (1965)
3K
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:
gothic, gothic horror, scary, serious, slasher, realistic, suspenseful, psychotronic, independent film, detective
Plot:
jack the ripper, private detective, sherlock holmes, serial killer, killer, freemason, atmosphere, murder, investigation, chases and races, who done it, danger, law enforcement, police detective, woman in danger, amateur detective, partners against crime, whodunit, stalker, death, victorian england, aristocrat, pickpocket, aristocracy, brothel ...
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 detective films with plots about deadly, murder, investigation, serial killer, who done it, law enforcement and private detective mostly in Crime, Mystery and Thriller genres. Some movies like A Study in Terror: The Raven (2012), Ten Little Indians (1965), Murder by Decree (1979), Jack the Ripper (1988), The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
90K
Genre: Crime, Drama, 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, period piece, gothic horror, costume drama ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, murder mystery, investigation, police investigation, who done it, edgar allan poe, police detective, riddles and clues, writer's life, writers, murder investigation, murder ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, year 2012, 1840s, edwardian era ...
Place:
maryland, baltimore, former yugoslavia, usa, paris france ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, West Germany, Ireland
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Ten strangers are invited as weekend guests to a remote mountain mansion.When the host doesn't show up, the guests start dying, one by one, in uniquely macabre Agatha Christie-style.It is based on Christie's best-selling novel with 100 ...
Style:
suspenseful, talky, black comedy, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
murder mystery, serial killer, isolation, private detective, murder, characters killed one by one, whodunit, investigation, guilt, paranoia, weekend, false accusation ...
Time:
60s, 70s, 1930s
Place:
alps, austria
Similarity:
100%
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:
disturbing, suspense, gothic, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
sherlock holmes, conspiracy, jack the ripper, private detective, serial killer, secret society, murder, danger, anarchist, politics, killer, psychic ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, turn of the century, year 1979, 1800s ...
Place:
england, london, europe, scotland
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min.
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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, suspenseful, tense, detective ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, jack the ripper, multiple suspects, murder, mortician, murder of a prostitute, killer, police detective, danger, forensics, psychopath, police ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1800s, turn of the century, 1880s
Place:
scotland yard, england, london, europe, east end london
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Holmes (Peter Cushing) and Dr. Watson (John Mills) ponder cases in which the victims seem to have been scared to death.
Style:
detective, realistic, serious, scary, rough ...
Plot:
private detective, investigation, murder, kidnapping, rescue, ego clash, amateur detective, danger, rivalry, aging, law enforcement, who done it ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s
Place:
london, europe, england
Similarity:
40%
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:
detective, natural horror, serious, scary, tense ...
Plot:
sherlock holmes, animal attack, private detective, investigation, dog, murder, curse, swamp, undercover, ghost, estate, supernatural ability ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
39%
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:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, psychedelic, mind bending ...
Plot:
sherlock holmes, private detective, serial killer, murder, drug dealing, investigation, mind game, riddles and clues, criminal heroes, chase, rivalry, obsessive quest ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century
Place:
london, europe, england, big ben london
Similarity:
39%
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, serious, suspenseful, detective, mind bending
Plot:
sherlock holmes, private detective, murder mystery, lookalikes, serial killer, murder, investigation, mastermind, who done it, life is a bitch, hotshot hero, prodigy ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, edwardian era
Place:
england, london, europe
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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:
detective, gothic, spooky, tense, serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
sherlock holmes, curses spells and rituals, dog attack, folk horror, whodunit, supernatural, private detective, riddles and clues, who done it, estate, danger, mysterious character ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
38%
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, suspense, gothic ...
Plot:
sherlock holmes, private detective, curse, vampire, dracula, uncover truth, investigation, riddles and clues, escapades, partners against crime, danger, partner ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
london, england, europe, scotland yard
Similarity:
34%
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:
victorian england, murder, amateur sleuth, detective agency, amateur detective, marriage proposal, uncover truth, investigation, partners against crime, partner, friends, danger ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, edwardian era, 1870s
Place:
london, europe, england
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 172 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, psychological, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
serial killer, private detective, amateur detective, danger, investigation, rivalry, murder, psychopath, police investigation, law enforcement, police detective, who done it ...
Time:
year 1995, year 2005
Place:
usa, oregon, new york
Similarity:
34%
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, suspense, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, confession, murder, hanging, detective inspector, murder trial, fame, actress, police inspector, death sentence, diary ...
Time:
victorian era, 1880s, 19th century, 1870s
Place:
scotland yard, london
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Mary Morstan has received a pearl in the post every year since her father's disappearance; this leads Holmes and Watson to the truth about a secret pact between four convicts during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
Style:
detective, realistic, exciting, mind bending, serious ...
Plot:
sherlock holmes, chase, british empire, murder, police detective, spy, writers, river, doctor, private detective, ego clash, investigation ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century
Place:
england, india, london
Similarity:
33%
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, detective, suspense ...
Plot:
sherlock holmes, private detective, swamp, curse, who done it, monster, investigation, mysterious character, uncover truth, murder, rivalry, deadly creature ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century
Place:
europe, england
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 59 min.
TV show
Story:
A drama set in the East End of London in 1889, during the aftermath of the "Ripper" murders. The action centres around the notorious H Division – the police precinct from hell – which is charged with keeping order in the chaotic ...
Style:
atmospheric, tense, serious, suspenseful, gothic ...
Plot:
serial killer, victorian england, danger, murder, victim, jack the ripper, police detective, multiple suspects, investigator, urban, detective inspector, murder investigation ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, future, 1890s, 1880s
Place:
england, london, ireland, britain, europe ...
Similarity:
32%
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:
tense, rough, detective, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, forensics, police detective, jack the ripper, murderer, murder investigation, police investigation, victim, law enforcement, team, traditional versus modern, hunt down ...
Time:
victorian era, 21st century
Place:
england, london, europe, east end london
Similarity:
31%
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, scary, serious, suspenseful, slasher ...
Plot:
jack the ripper, murder, maniac, serial killer, woman in danger, who done it, police investigation, danger, gory, mind game, killer, sadism ...
Time:
victorian era, 70s, 19th century, 1880s
Place:
england, london, europe, scotland, big ben london
Similarity:
31%
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:
amateur sleuth, serial murder, amateur detective, murder, police inspector, policewoman, journalism, riddles and clues, supernatural ability, law enforcement, serial killer, murder investigation ...
Place:
england, london, europe
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.
Style:
detective, tense, serious, suspenseful, dark ...
Plot:
murder mystery, whodunit, amateur detective, murder, investigation, private detective, movie star, serial killer, death, unlikely criminals, haunted by the past, actor's life ...
Time:
1950s, year 1980, 20th century, 50s, year 1953 ...
Place:
england, scotland, united kingdom, europe, scotland yard
Similarity:
30%
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:
detective, gothic, suspense, mind bending, scary ...
Plot:
blind man, serial killer, murder, nurse, blindness and impaired vision, danger, amateur detective, investigation, criminal heroes, dishonesty, clergy, law enforcement ...
Time:
year 1961, 20th century, 60s
Place:
london, united kingdom, britain, scotland yard, england
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Experienced detective Lorenzo Brandoni is devastated after two personal catastrophes: his sister dies of cancer and his wife and son are killed in a car crash he’s mainly responsible for. Throwing himself into his work to ease the pain, he starts ...
Style:
slasher, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, disturbing ...
Plot:
serial killer, nun, police detective, serial murder, woman in danger, murder, brutality, danger, psychopath, violence, who done it, obsession ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
30%
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, tense, realistic, detective ...
Plot:
private investigator, woman in danger, life is a bitch, gangster, murder, who done it, danger, private detective, investigation, law enforcement, nordic, missing child ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
copenhagen
Similarity:
30%
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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, suspense, slasher ...
Plot:
serial killer, homicide detective, race against time, police investigation, law enforcement, amateur detective, murder, who done it, tough heroes, partners against crime, murder investigation, police officer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
atlantic city, new jersey, atlantic city new jersey
Similarity:
30%
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:
crime thriller, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
serial killer, private detective, psychopath, law enforcement, police detective, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, funeral, female protagonist, death of friend, woman in peril, woods, woman in jeopardy ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Sherlock Holmes and his intrepid companion, Dr. Watson solve the mysteries of the disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax, Thor Bridge, Shoscombe Old Place, the Boscombe Valley, an illustrious client, and a creeping man.
Style:
detective, spiritual, anthology, realistic, mind bending ...
Plot:
sherlock holmes, private detective, victorian england, investigation, who done it, serial killer, police, spirituality, writers, private investigator, partners against crime, rivalry ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century
Place:
england
Similarity:
30%
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:
tense, detective, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, police investigation, murderous pair, law enforcement, fighting crime, police detective, psychopath, police procedural, investigation, female victim, cat and mouse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, europe, england
Similarity:
30%
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:
black and white, detective, slasher, crime drama, suspenseful ...
Plot:
private detective, whodunit, amateur detective, last will and testament, heart attack, horse riding, murder mystery, murder, impersonation, cat, companion, dance ...
Time:
year 1963
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A London detective tracking a serial killer finds the killers "truth or die" methods take him to New York to solve the case.
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, suspense, detective ...
Plot:
serial killer, amateur detective, police investigation, danger, law enforcement, riddles and clues, private detective, dishonesty, murder, who done it, murderous pair, gory ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england, new york
Similarity:
29%
682
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, suspense
Plot:
murder, hit and run, life turned upside down, private detective, law enforcement, investigation, uncover truth, blackmail, doctor, nypd, european, serial killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
29%
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