Sherlock holmes movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant sherlock holmes movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out detective, suspenseful, serious, period drama, tense and captivating films and TV shows about / with sherlock holmes, investigation, private detective, murder, riddles and clues, murder mystery, whodunit, friendship, murder investigation and law enforcement plots mostly in Mystery, Crime and Drama genres shot in UK, USA, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as sherlock holmes: Sherlock (2010), Sherlock Holmes (2009), Elementary (2012), The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986), Hands of a Murderer (1990), Lie to Me (2009), The Hound of the Baskervilles (2000), Enola Holmes 2 (2022), Sherlock Holmes (2013), Sherlock: Case of Evil (2002).

List of sherlock holmes movies

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Sherlock (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.
Style: clever, detective, witty, captivating, exciting ...
Audience: teens
Plot: sherlock holmes, investigation, murder mystery, private detective, genius, friendship, mastermind, deduction, murder, british, mind game, riddles and clues ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: london, england, wales, afghanistan, scotland yard ...
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 7.5
 703K
Sherlock Holmes (2009)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Eccentric consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes and Doctor John Watson battle to bring down a new nemesis and unravel a deadly plot that could destroy England.
Style: clever, entertaining, detective, intellectual, period piece ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, manly, adult
Plot: sherlock holmes, private detective, steampunk, investigation, intelligence, riddles and clues, genius, master criminal, deduction, twists and turns, prodigy, clue ...
Time: victorian era, year 2009, 19th century, 1800s, 1890s ...
Place: england, london, britain, europe, tower bridge london ...
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984)
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
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 7.9
 126K
Elementary (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A modern-day drama about a crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD's most impossible cases. Following his fall from grace in London and a stint in rehab, eccentric Sherlock escapes to Manhattan where his wealthy father forces him to live with ...
Style: detective, witty, talky, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience: adult
Plot: investigation, sherlock holmes, private detective, talented, female partner, prodigy, riddles and clues, mind game, unconventional method, law enforcement, resourceful, mastermind ...
Time: 2010s, victorian era, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986)
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
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Hands of a Murderer (1990)
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
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 8.0
 134K
Lie to Me (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: The world's leading deception researcher, Dr. Cal Lightman, studies facial expression, body language and tone of voice to determine when a person is lying and why, which helps law enforcement and government agencies uncover the truth. But his ...
Style: clever, psychological, serious, detective, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: investigation, psychology, team, expert, talented, lie, crime investigation, outsmarting, deception, riddles and clues, sign language, human nature ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, washington d.c.
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (2000)
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
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 6.8
 117K
Enola Holmes 2 (2022)
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
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Sherlock Holmes (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: A Russian crime drama series, based on the Sherlock Holmes detective stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Style: atmospheric, exciting, semi serious, entertaining, detective ...
Plot: sherlock holmes, investigation, who done it, teamwork, friendship, storytelling, power relations, mixed martial arts, eccentricity, adaptation, verbal byplay, clue ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era
Place: london
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Sherlock: Case of Evil (2002)
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
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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1994)
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
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles (1981)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Mystery
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 77 min.
TV show
Story: The Hound of the Baskervilles is a 1981 Soviet film adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's novel The Hound of the Baskervilles. It was the third installment in the TV series about adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson. A potent streak of ...
Style: detective, gothic horror, period piece, suspenseful, creepy ...
Audience: adult
Plot: sherlock holmes, mysterious death, investigation, adaptation, curse, deduction, love, folklore, psychedelia, haunting, doctor, heir ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era
Place: soviet union, england
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Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson meet as boys in an English Boarding school. Holmes is known for his deductive ability even as a youth, amazing his classmates with his abilities. When they discover a plot to murder a series of British business men by ...
Style: clever, detective, stylized, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids
Plot: sherlock holmes, private detective, boarding school, friendship, amateur detective, school, who done it, investigation, danger, murder, high school friend, friends ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, year 1985, 1870s, victorian era ...
Place: england, london, europe, britain, united kingdom ...
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The Sign of Four (1983)
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson try to track down the Great Mogul, the second-largest diamond in the world.
Plot: sherlock holmes, private detective, treasure, relic hunter, river, doctor, past coming back to haunt, assassination plot, cycling, attic, infatuation, belly dancer ...
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 6.6
 243K
Enola Holmes (2020)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: While searching for her missing mother, intrepid teen Enola Holmes uses her sleuthing skills to outsmart big brother Sherlock and help a runaway lord.
Style: detective, costume drama, period piece, mysterious, gothic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot: victorian england, strong female lead, sherlock holmes, feminism, female detective, amateur detective, female protagonist, runaway teen, private detective, teenage protagonist, strong female character, obsessive quest ...
Time: victorian era, future, 2020s, edwardian era, 1880s ...
Place: london, england, scotland yard
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Miss Sherlock (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story: Sherlock has a peculiar character flaw. She does not open her heart to strangers. She is Japanese, but was born in Britain. She now works as an investigation consultant for the police department. Wato Tachibana is an excellent surgeon and is guided ...
Style: detective, exciting, suspense, captivating, intellectual
Plot: sherlock holmes, female protagonist, murder, investigation, police, terrorist, private detective, peril, riddles and clues, talented, uncover truth, twists and turns ...
Place: japan, tokyo
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (1980)
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 67 min.
TV show
Story: Doctor Watson moves in with the eccentric Sherlock Holmes and they get a case to solve. A young heiress seeks Holmes' help when she feels threatened by her brutish stepfather after her sister dies under mysterious circumstances.
Style: intellectual, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, detective ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick, adult
Plot: sherlock holmes, whodunit, crime investigation, murder investigation, murder, friendship between men, literary, deduction, friendship, crime and punishment, justice, twists and turns ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era
Place: london, england
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Murder by Decree (1979)
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
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Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (1979)
Genre: Mystery
Country: Poland, USA
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Shot in Polish-British co-production series of short stories based on themes of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - "father" of the world's most famous detective: Sherlock Holmes. Each episode is a separate entity, revealing another riddle crime ...
Style: captivating, tense, detective
Plot: sherlock holmes, private detective, amateur sleuth, investigation, uncover truth, murder investigation, partners against crime, homicide detective, sleuth, whodunit, crime investigation, crime solving ...
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Sherlock Holmes (1964)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Sherlock Holmes is a series of Sherlock Holmes adaptations produced by British television company BBC between 1965 and 1968. This was the second screen adaption of Sherlock Holmes for BBC Television.
Style: detective, suspenseful, crime drama, atmospheric, intense ...
Plot: sherlock holmes, deduction, whodunit, crime solving, investigation, adaptation, disguise, forensics, police, private detective, cold case, crime scene ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1880s
Place: london, england
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Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: 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.
Style: clever, entertaining, action thriller, stylized, atmospheric ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: sherlock holmes, steampunk, intelligence, riddles and clues, detective inspector, hotshot, private detective, twists and turns, hotshot hero, mind game, conspiracy, buddies ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, year 2011, edwardian era, 2010s ...
Place: england, london, paris france, britain, europe ...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (1988)
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
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The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: What led Arthur Conan Doyle to create, and then destroy the world famous detective, Sherlock Holmes? This compelling drama explores the dark secrets that surround the author and his creation.
Style: captivating, psychological, detective, semi autobiographical, dramatic ...
Plot: sherlock holmes, writers, biopic, writer's life, investigation, lifestyle, private investigation, murder investigation, private detective, forensics, homicide detective, creative process ...
Time: victorian era
Place: edinburgh scotland
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Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: If Arthur Conan Doyle based Sherlock Holmes on a real person to any degree, it was on his former professor, forensic pathologist Dr. Joseph Bell. This series recounts the fictional murder investigations that Bell might have undertaken with the ...
Style: tense, captivating, detective, period drama
Plot: sherlock holmes, private detective, investigation, private investigation, murder, homicide detective, whodunit, murder investigation, uncover truth, unsolved crime, crime investigation, forensics ...
Time: victorian era
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Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Family, Mystery
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 57 min.
Story: A gang of sharp witted street kids save Sherlock Holmes from an accusation of murder and help to foil an audacious robbery.
Style: suspense, tense, captivating
Plot: sherlock holmes, private detective, homicide detective, sleuth, accused of murder, street kid, murder investigation, crime investigation, uncover truth, murder mystery, crime solving, secret revealed ...
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 8.2
 66K
Forever (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Doctor Henry Morgan, New York City’s star medical examiner, has a secret. He doesn't just study the dead to solve criminal cases, he does it to solve the mystery that has eluded him for 200 years—the answer to his own inexplicable ...
Style: atmospheric, captivating, tense, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: immortality, supernatural, investigation, friendship, law enforcement, immortal, crime scene, supernatural ability, secret, medical examiner, friends, deduction ...
Time: 18th century, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four (1983)
Genre: Animation, Crime, Family, Mystery
Country: Australia
Duration: 50 min.
Story: An animated Sherlock Holmes film starring Peter O'Toole.
Style: detective, suspense, period piece, twist ending, anime ...
Plot: sherlock holmes, private detective, deduction, whodunit, crime investigation, adaptation, motive, suspicion, missing father, british empire, treasure hunt, moral ambiguity ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century
Place: london
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Dressed to Kill (1980)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A mysterious, tall, blonde woman, wearing sunglasses murders one of a psychiatrist's patients, and now she's after the prostitute who witnessed it.
Style: sexy, neo noir, erotic, slasher horror, tense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: murder mystery, serial killer, psychopath, voyeurism, female nudity, murder, voyeur, infidelity, blonde, psycho killer, sexual content, sexual desire ...
Time: year 1980, 20th century, 70s, 80s
Place: new york, usa
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 6.1
 19K
The Irregulars (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
TV show
Story: In Victorian London, a gang of troubled street teens are manipulated into solving crimes for the sinister Doctor Watson and his mysterious business partner, the elusive Sherlock Holmes. As the crimes take on a horrifying supernatural edge and a dark ...
Style: suspense, mysterious, costume drama, detective, contemplative ...
Plot: curses spells and rituals, deadly creature, supernatural, victorian england, sherlock holmes, partner, supernatural power, partners against crime, teenager, job, police investigation, obsessive quest ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, 21st century
Place: london, england
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