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Sherlock: Case of Evil (2002)
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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, detective, clever, period drama, tragic
Plot:
sherlock holmes, private detective, serial killer, murder, drug dealing, investigation, mind game, riddles and clues, conspiracy, chase, chases and races, rivalry, law enforcement, ego clash, obsessive quest, criminal heroes, partners against crime, tragic romance, serial murder, victorian england, master criminal, woman with a gun, sword fight, cocaine, heroin ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, victorian
Place:
london, england, europe, big ben london
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Most similar movies to Sherlock: Case of Evil
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and detective films with plots about deadly, murder, investigation, who done it, law enforcement, rivalry and danger mostly in Mystery, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like Sherlock: Case of Evil: Hands of a Murderer (1990), The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002), The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976), The Sign of Four (1987), The Hound of the Baskervilles (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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, stylized, suspenseful
Plot:
sherlock holmes, private detective, master criminal, partner, conspiracy, rescue, undercover, danger, uninhibited rivalry, law enforcement, criminal heroes, mind game ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, year 1900, 1900s
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984–1985), The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986–1988), The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1991–1993) and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1994), collectively known as Sherlock Holmes, are a series of ...
Style:
detective, serious, stylized, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
private detective, sherlock holmes, investigation, who done it, riddles and clues, partners against crime, victorian england, murder, mastermind, ego clash, talented, danger ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1880s
Place:
britain
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are called in to unravel a mysterious curse that has plagued the Baskerville family for generations. When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead, his heir, Sir Henry, begs Holmes to save him from the terrifying ...
Style:
gothic, scary, atmospheric, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
sherlock holmes, private detective, murder, heir, nosy, mysterious character, supernatural, deadly creature, danger, partners against crime, curses spells and rituals, winter ...
Time:
19th century, edwardian era, turn of the century, victorian era
Place:
england, london, europe
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Concerned about his friend's cocaine use, Dr. Watson tricks Sherlock Holmes into travelling to Vienna, where Holmes enters the care of Sigmund Freud. Freud attemts to solve the mysteries of Holmes' subconscious, while Holmes devotes ...
Style:
detective, serious, psychological, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
childhood trauma, drug addiction, hypnosis, kidnapping, private detective, sherlock holmes, train, addiction, cocaine, friendship, drug, nobility ...
Time:
19th century, year 1976, 1890s, victorian era
Place:
vienna, london, europe, england, istanbul turkey
Similarity:
100%
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:
45%
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:
43%
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:
39%
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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:
39%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Dr. Watson, finds a mystery in an empty house, while Holmes and he later solve the mysteries of an abbey grange, the Musgrave ritual, a second stain, a man with a twisted lip, the priory school, and a half-dozen plaster busts of Bonaparte.
Style:
detective, gothic, spiritual, mind bending, realistic ...
Plot:
sherlock holmes, private detective, investigation, mind game, spirituality, writers, police, murder mystery, serial killer, uncover truth, prodigy, partners against crime ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century
Place:
england
Similarity:
38%
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 ...
Style:
gothic, gothic horror, slasher, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
jack the ripper, private detective, sherlock holmes, serial killer, atmosphere, freemason, killer, murder, who done it, woman in danger, police detective, law enforcement ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1880s
Place:
england, europe, london
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Action, Thriller, Drama, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
A homicide inspector -- Lindsay Boxer -- who teams with three other professional women to catch an ingenious serial killer targeting newlyweds on their wedding nights.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, dark ...
Plot:
mind game, who done it, murder, partners against crime, master criminal, serial killer, murder investigation, honeymoon, wedding, partner, psychopath, terminal illness ...
Place:
san francisco, usa
Similarity:
36%
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:
36%
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:
35%
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:
35%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 51 min.
TV show
Story:
Holmes, his friend Watson (or his brother Mycroft) work to solve the mysteries of three gables, the dying detective, a golden pince-nez, the red circle, a mazarin stone, and a cardboard box.
Style:
detective, spiritual, gothic, exciting, mind bending ...
Plot:
sherlock holmes, private detective, investigation, spirituality, writers, spy, serial killer, doctor, riddles and clues, dying, intelligence, health situation ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
england
Similarity:
35%
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:
35%
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%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Italy, Belgium, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 187 min.
Story:
Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson get involved with Balkan terrorists to save Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria from an assassination at the opera house and prevent World War I.
Style:
cult classic, serious, realistic, mind bending, talky ...
Plot:
sherlock holmes, valet, murder, dishonesty, investigation, law enforcement, rivalry, undercover, terrorism, love affair, who done it, riddles and clues ...
Time:
1910s, 19th century, edwardian era
Place:
austria, vienna, europe
Similarity:
32%
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:
30%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
One rainy night in an arms factory near Shanghai, a young female worker accused of stealing a box of bullets from the ruthless Boss Ding (Liu Kai Chi) is violently killed in a game of Russian roulette. Half a month later, a series of inexplicable ...
Style:
rough, tense, stylized, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
gangster, police investigation, partner, conspiracy, law enforcement, who done it, danger, riddles and clues, dishonesty, partners against crime, murder, police shootout ...
Time:
20th century, 1920s
Place:
china, hong kong, asia
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Europol Agent Tom Brindle is called to Barcelona, Spain, to track down the notorious serial killer known as Pygmalion. A set of fingerprints lead to a young, volatile soldier, Marco Soler. Agent Brindle arrests Marco and intensely interrogates him, ...
Style:
psychological, serious, scary, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, siblings relations, police investigation, manhunt, dishonesty, danger, police detective, law enforcement, twins, estate, cloning ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain, barcelona
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A washed-up detective discovers his own psychic ability when assigned to investigate a serial murder case. The killer has a deranged obsession with the novel "Alice in Wonderland." As the psychopath's bloody reign of terror continues, ...
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, detective, surprise ending ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, mind game, police investigation, supernatural ability, riddles and clues, rivalry, law enforcement, danger, murder, killer, haunted house ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A serial killer targeting the city's mobsters taunts police with clues and photos left behind at the crime scenes. A veteran cop takes on a rookie partner hoping to crack one last case before retiring. As the web of deception and lies unravels, ...
Style:
tense, serious, rough, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, police investigation, manhunt, psychopath, one last job, danger, rivalry, law enforcement, murder, riddles and clues, supernatural ability, clue ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
30%
216
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When the South Side Gang and the Cut Throat Mafia start a drug war at a local high school in Santa Ana, CA, detective McClure goes undercover to investigate the brutal murder of a young Latina student. The gang members are the key suspects but ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, police detective, criminal heroes, gang, police investigation, juvenile delinquency, gangster, working undercover, urban ghetto life, police corruption, life is a bitch, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Fifteen years after a murderer is convicted he is released and all the witnesses against him begin to be murdered.
Style:
psychological, serious, rough, realistic, scary ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, police investigation, haunted by the past, manhunt, law enforcement, vengeance, rivalry, woman in danger, murder, friendship, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
miami, usa, florida
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Africa, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Samuel Browne is a tracker in Alaska. When his sister meets a grisly death in San Francisco, he goes there to hunt her killer. As more murders occur, police investigator Buckley Clarke reluctantly joins forces with Sam. The brass are convinced this ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, rough, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, amateur detective, psychopath, investigation, murder, haunted by the past, obsessive quest, animal life, vengeance, law enforcement, danger, police investigation ...
Place:
alaska, usa, south africa, san francisco, africa
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Now a detective-for-hire like her infamous brother, Enola Holmes takes on her first official case to find a missing girl, as the sparks of a dangerous conspiracy ignite a mystery that requires the help of friends — and Sherlock himself — to ...
Style:
entertaining, detective, captivating, tense, exciting ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
victorian england, sherlock holmes, female detective, heroine, teenage girl, teenage detective, love, teenager, brother sister relationship, missing girl, sister, journey ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century
Place:
london, england
Similarity:
30%
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:
30%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Sam Dietz, the relentless police detective, returns to Los Angeles from a self-imposed exile to help the police solve another series of brutal killings committed by another crafty serial killer whom targets Dietz's latest love interest.
Style:
slasher, independent film, scary, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, police detective, police officer, die hard, serial murder, police investigation, psychopath, who done it, woman in danger, murder, master criminal, witnessing a crime ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
30%
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