The Game's Afoot - The Complete Sherlock Holmes

by peterdi315 | created - 12 Nov 2012 | updated - 18 Nov 2012 | Public

Every Sherlock Holmes movie and show I can find. Some are great. Some are awesome. Some are dumb beyond belief. But most are fun. All-Time. Alphabetically.

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1. The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)

PG | 91 min | Comedy, Crime, Music

The younger brother of the consulting detective tries to steal Sherlock's glory by solving an important case assisted by an eccentric Scotland Yard detective and a lovely but suspicious actress.

Director: Gene Wilder | Stars: Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman, Dom DeLuise

Votes: 7,304

2. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1905)

Short, Crime, Drama

The millionaire's child is kidnapped. Sherlock Holmes after many thrilling adventures and narrow escapes rescues the child.

Director: J. Stuart Blackton | Stars: Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, H. Kyrle Bellew, Paul Panzer, J. Barney Sherry

Votes: 53

4. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)

Approved | 85 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

The master sleuth hunts his archenemy, Professor Moriarty, who is planning the crime of the century.

Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Ida Lupino, Alan Marshal

Votes: 7,464

5. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984–1985)

TV-PG | 688 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson solve the mysteries of copper beeches, a Greek interpreter, the Norwood builder, a resident patient, the red-headed league, and one final problem.

Stars: Jeremy Brett, David Burke, Rosalie Williams, Eric Porter

Votes: 24,201

6. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (1980)
Episode: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson: King of Blackmailers (1980)

64 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Mycroft Holmes hands Sherlock Holmes the case of the Master Blackmailer.

Director: Igor Maslennikov | Stars: Vasiliy Livanov, Vitali Solomin, Rina Zelyonaya, Valentina Panina

Votes: 2,261

7. Biography (1987– )
Episode: Sherlock Holmes: The Great Detective (1995)

TV-14 | 46 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Take a short stroll through the shady groves of Holmesian academe, where the great detective lives on and the game is still afoot.

Director: Peter Swain | Stars: Rowan Bosworth-Davies, Jeremy Brett, David Burke, Jane Carr

Votes: 132

8. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984–1985)
Episode: The Red Headed League (1985)

TV-PG | 53 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

What seems at first to be a harmless prank played upon a red-headed man is soon revealed to be much more: a sinister scheme devised by the Napoleon of Crime.

Director: John Bruce | Stars: Jeremy Brett, David Burke, Roger Hammond, Tim McInnerny

Votes: 1,158

9. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984–1985)
Episode: The Resident Patient (1985)

TV-PG | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Sherlock Holmes is contacted by Dr Trevelyan whose medical practice was set up and paid for by Mr Blessington who lives on the premises. Of late Mr Blessington has had spells of intense anxiety. Dr Trevelyan fears for his health and life.

Director: David Carson | Stars: Jeremy Brett, David Burke, Nicholas Clay, Patrick Newell

Votes: 1,008

10. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984–1985)
Episode: The Solitary Cyclist (1984)

TV-PG | 54 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A strange man on a bicycle follows a young music teacher as she bicycles on a lonely road to and from the city.

Director: Paul Annett | Stars: Jeremy Brett, David Burke, Barbara Wilshere, John Castle

Votes: 1,221

11. The Boscombe Valley Mystery (1922)

Short, Drama, Mystery

When William McCarthy is found dead, the son with whom he had just quarreled is charged with murder.

Director: George Ridgwell | Stars: Eille Norwood, Hubert Willis, Hal Martin, Roy Raymond

Votes: 8

12. The Bruce Partington Plans (1922)

Short, Drama, Mystery

Sherlock's brother Mycroft enlists his younger sibling to locate missing patent plans that pertain to a strategically critical state-of-the-art submarine.

Director: George Ridgwell | Stars: Eille Norwood, Hubert Willis, Teddy Arundell, Malcolm Tod

Votes: 8

13. The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire (2002 TV Movie)

90 min | Mystery, Thriller

Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of death rumoured to be caused by a vampire.

Director: Rodney Gibbons | Stars: Matt Frewer, Kenneth Welsh, Shawn Lawrence, Neville Edwards

Votes: 1,075

14. The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1991–1993)

616 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Holmes and Dr. Watson solve the mysteries of the Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax, Thor Bridge, Shoscombe Old Place, The Boscombe Valley Mystery, The Illustrious Client and The Creeping Man.

Stars: Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, Rosalie Williams, Colin Jeavons

Votes: 6,176

15. Crazy House (1943)

Approved | 80 min | Comedy

Olsen and Johnson, stage comedians turned film stars, produce a star-studded musical comedy with an eccentric "millionaire" who hasn't got a dime.

Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson, Cass Daley, Patric Knowles

Votes: 253

16. The Crucifer of Blood (1991 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A beautiful young woman asks Holmes to help her father, a former army captain and hopeless opium addict break free of the curse surrounding a stolen treasure.

Director: Fraser C. Heston | Stars: Charlton Heston, Richard Johnson, Susannah Harker, Edward Fox

Votes: 593

17. The Devil's Foot (1921)

29 min | Mystery, Crime, Drama

A family is at their dining room table, sitting upright and dressed for dinner--except they're all dead. Sherlock Holmes must figure out how--and, more importantly, why--they were murdered.

Director: Maurice Elvey | Stars: Eille Norwood, Hubert Willis, Harvey Braban, Hugh Buckler

Votes: 60

18. Sherlock Holmes: The Grey Lady (1937)

92 min | Crime

The famous British sleuth subverts the plans of a sinister gang to steal important business blueprints.

Director: Erich Engels | Stars: Hermann Speelmans, Trude Marlen, Elisabeth Wendt, Edwin Jürgensen

Votes: 45

19. Dressed to Kill (1946)

Passed | 76 min | Crime, Mystery

Sherlock Holmes sets out to discover why a trio of murderous villains, including a dangerously attractive female, are desperate to obtain three unassuming and inexpensive little music boxes.

Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Patricia Morison, Edmund Breon

Votes: 6,905

20. The Dying Detective (1921)

28 min | Drama, Crime, Mystery

The great detective Sherlock Holmes, near death after having contracted a rare and usually fatal Asiatic disease, is determined to solve one last murder case before he passes on.

Director: Maurice Elvey | Stars: Eille Norwood, Hubert Willis, Cecil Humphreys, Joseph R. Tozer

Votes: 53

21. Elementary (2012–2019)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD's most impossible cases. Following his fall from grace in London, eccentric Sherlock escapes to New York where his father forces him to live with his worst nightmare - a sober companion, Dr. Watson.

Stars: Jonny Lee Miller, Lucy Liu, Aidan Quinn, Jon Michael Hill

Votes: 118,986

22. Elementary My Dear Watson: The Man Behind Sherlock Holmes (2009)

Not Rated | 120 min | Documentary

Gaslights, horse-drawn carriages, a fog-filled London all bring to mind the period of the enigmatic Sherlock Holmes. But there is another character in the story that is often neglected and ... See full summary »

Director: Philip Gardiner | Stars: Nigel Bruce, Arthur Conan Doyle, Peter Cushing, Francis De Wolff

Votes: 10

23. The Empty House (1921)

Crime, Drama, Mystery

A popular aristocrat has been killed, but no one can learn how. No one, that is, until the return of Sherlock Holmes.

Director: Maurice Elvey | Stars: Eille Norwood, Hubert Willis, Austin Fairman, Cecil Kerr

Votes: 9

24. The $500 Reward (1911)

Comedy, Short

A burglar enters the home of a wealthy man and steals a valuable necklace. A reward of $500 is offered for the thief's apprehension. A couple of rube detectives start out to find the robber... See full summary »

Director: Mack Sennett | Stars: Mack Sennett, Fred Mace

Votes: 13

25. The Greek Interpreter (1922)

Short, Drama, Mystery

An unsavory gang kidnaps a Greek interpreter and forces him to relate their demands to an abductee who knows only the Greek tongue.

Director: George Ridgwell | Stars: Eille Norwood, Hubert Willis, Joseph R. Tozer, Robert Vallis

Votes: 10

26. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1921)

Crime, Horror, Mystery

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.

Director: Maurice Elvey | Stars: Eille Norwood, Catina Campbell, Rex McDougall, Lewis Gilbert

Votes: 48

27. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1937)

82 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson look into reports that a huge, vicious hound has killed Lord Charles Baskerville and that Lord Henry Baskerville is the next to be killed.

Director: Karel Lamac | Stars: Peter Voß, Friedrich Kayßler, Alice Brandt, Bruno Güttner

Votes: 170

28. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)

Passed | 80 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson investigate the legend of a supernatural hound, a beast that may be stalking a young heir on the fog-shrouded moorland that makes up his estate.

Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Richard Greene, Wendy Barrie

Votes: 11,682

29. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)

Not Rated | 87 min | Horror, Mystery

When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.

Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Peter Cushing, André Morell, Christopher Lee, Marla Landi

Votes: 12,379

30. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1972 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 74 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

Sherlock Holmes and his assistant, Dr. Watson, try to solve the murder of the heir to the Baskerville fortune.

Director: Barry Crane | Stars: Stewart Granger, Bernard Fox, William Shatner, Anthony Zerbe

Votes: 384

31. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)

Not Rated | 78 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror

A Sherlock Holmes spoof about a family that has been haunted for years by the curse of a horrible hound.

Director: Paul Morrissey | Stars: Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Denholm Elliott, Joan Greenwood

Votes: 1,332

32. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1982)

TV-14 | 30 min | Horror, Mystery, Crime

When a young heir inherits a noble title that apparently has a deadly curse to it, Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.

Stars: Tom Baker, Terence Rigby, Will Knightley, Nicholas Woodeson

Votes: 280

33. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983 TV Movie)

100 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

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.

Director: Douglas Hickox | Stars: Ian Richardson, Donald Churchill, Denholm Elliott, Glynis Barber

Votes: 1,544

34. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1988 TV Movie)

Unrated | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When the latest heir to the Baskerville estate seems to be threatened by a family curse, only the master detective, Sherlock Holmes, can find out the truth.

Director: Brian Mills | Stars: Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, Raymond Adamson, Alastair Duncan

Votes: 5,845

35. The Hound of the Baskervilles (2000 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

The mysterious death of Sir Charles Baskerville is blamed on a longstanding curse that has followed his family for 200 years, a supernatural hound who roams the moors. Detective Sherlock Holmes attempts to uncover the truth.

Director: Rodney Gibbons | Stars: Matt Frewer, Kenneth Welsh, Jason London, Emma Campbell

Votes: 1,218

36. The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002 TV Movie)

100 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson investigate after being told an heir's estate is plagued by a ghostly dog.

Director: David Attwood | Stars: Richard Roxburgh, Ian Hart, Richard E. Grant, Matt Day

Votes: 2,633

37. Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls (1992 TV Movie)

PG | 188 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

King Edward asks Sherlock Holmes to perform one more task before his retirement: to safeguard the Star of Africa on a trip to Cape Town. Soon the fabled jewel is stolen and several people end up being murdered.

Director: Bill Corcoran | Stars: Christopher Lee, Patrick Macnee, Jenny Seagrove, Joss Ackland

Votes: 684

38. The House of Fear (1945)

Passed | 69 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery

Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of deaths at a castle with each foretold by the delivery of orange pips to the victims.

Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Aubrey Mather, Dennis Hoey

Votes: 5,531

39. The Madness of Sherlock Holmes: Conan Doyle and the Realm of the Faeries (2007 Video)

Unrated | 75 min | Documentary, Biography

The Madness of Sherlock Holmes; Conan Doyle and the Realm of the Faeries Sherlock Holmes is probably the most famous detective in the world. The tales of his exploits have been seen in ... See full summary »

Director: Philip Gardiner | Star: Philip Gardiner

Votes: 15

40. The Man with the Twisted Lip (1921)

28 min | Mystery, Crime, Drama

Holmes finds that the disappearance of respectable middle class Neville St. Clair may be linked to a filthy beggar living above an opium den.

Director: Maurice Elvey | Stars: Eille Norwood, Hubert Willis, Robert Vallis, Paulette del Baze

Votes: 74

41. The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes (1985 Video)

57 min | Documentary

Christopher Lee hosts an overview of Sherlock Holmes as Arthur Conan Doyle wrote of him, as portrayed on the stage, on radio, television, and in the motion pictures by dozens of actors from 1900 to 1985.

Director: Michael Muscal | Stars: Christopher Lee, Lionel Atwill, Nigel Bruce, Peter Cushing

Votes: 76

42. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1994)

TV-PG | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The last installment of Sherlock Holmes' investigations.

Stars: Jeremy Brett, Rosalie Williams, Edward Hardwicke, Charles Gray

Votes: 8,323

43. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1994)
Episode: The Dying Detective (1994)

TV-PG | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A man dies of a mysterious tropical disease on which his cousin, his heir, is the sole authority.

Director: Sarah Hellings | Stars: Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, Rosalie Williams, Jonathan Hyde

Votes: 825

44. Murder at the Baskervilles (1937)

Approved | 71 min | Crime, Mystery

Sherlock Holmes takes a vacation and visits his old friend Sir Henry Baskerville. His vacation ends when he suddenly finds himself in the middle of a double-murder mystery. Now he's got to ... See full summary »

Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Arthur Wontner, Ian Fleming, Lyn Harding, John Turnbull

Votes: 785

45. Murder by Decree (1979)

PG | 124 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Sherlock Holmes investigates the murders commited by Jack the Ripper and discovers a conspiracy to protect the killer.

Director: Bob Clark | Stars: Christopher Plummer, James Mason, David Hemmings, Susan Clark

Votes: 6,592

46. Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes (2000–2001)

Crime, Drama, Mystery

Certain events which had an impact on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, while he was still a medical student under the supervision of Dr. Bell, his teacher and mentor, on whom the character of Sherlock Holmes is partly drawn from.

Stars: Ian Richardson, Charles Edwards, Simon Chandler, Mossie Smith

Votes: 774

47. The Noble Bachelor (1921)

Crime, Drama, Mystery

A superior-minded British aristocrat condescends to visit Holmes for help with a spot of bother: his new wife has disappeared. What is the secret of her past? How will the solution affect the haughty "lord?"

Director: Maurice Elvey | Stars: Eille Norwood, Hubert Willis, Arthur Bell, Cyril Percival

48. The Pearl of Death (1944)

Passed | 69 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a valuable pearl with a sinister reputation is stolen, Sherlock Holmes must investigate its link to a series of brutal murders.

Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Dennis Hoey, Evelyn Ankers

Votes: 4,851

49. The Priory School (1921)

Crime, Drama, Mystery

A desperate, but highly respectable schoolmaster collapses at Holmes' door. His prize pupil, the son of a wealthy duke, has vanished, seemingly without a trace. And, why is Holmes getting such poor cooperation in his investigation?

Director: Maurice Elvey | Stars: Eille Norwood, Hubert Willis, Leslie English, Charles Croker-King

50. The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)

PG-13 | 125 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

When a bored Holmes eagerly takes the case of Gabrielle Valladon after an attempt on her life, the search for her missing husband leads to Loch Ness and the legendary monster.

Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Robert Stephens, Christopher Lee, Colin Blakely, Geneviève Page

Votes: 13,302 | Gross: $3.30M

51. Pursuit to Algiers (1945)

Approved | 65 min | Adventure, Crime, Mystery

Holmes is recruited to escort the heir to a European throne safely back to his homeland after his father's assassination.

Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Marjorie Riordan, Rosalind Ivan

Votes: 4,085

52. The Red-Haired League (1921)

Drama, Crime, Mystery

A strange sort of man, with fiery red hair, comes to Holmes with a very pretty little problem. Why has his lucrative assignment of copying the encyclopedia been ended?

Director: Maurice Elvey | Stars: Eille Norwood, Hubert Willis, Teddy Arundell, H. Townsend

53. The Resident Patient (1921)

Drama, Crime, Mystery

A brilliant, promising young London physician comes to Holmes at the request of his benefactor, who is frightened for his life. What is the mystery involved; and can Holmes solve it in time?

Director: Maurice Elvey | Stars: Eille Norwood, Hubert Willis, Arthur Bell, C. Pitt-Chatham

54. The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1929)

71 min | Mystery

Sherlock Holmes dons several disguises to find information, after a retired captain, repenting of having worked with arch criminal Moriarty, is killed.

Director: Basil Dean | Stars: Clive Brook, H. Reeves-Smith, Betty Lawford, Charles Hay

Votes: 61

55. The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986–1988)

TV-PG | 781 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson solve the mysteries of the devil's foot, Silver Blaze, Wisteria Lodge and the Bruce-Partington Plans.

Stars: Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, Rosalie Williams, Colin Jeavons

Votes: 13,397

56. The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1987 TV Movie)

100 min | Mystery

Sherlock Holmes is brought back to life by Watson's female descendant after being cryogenically frozen for eighty years.

Director: Kevin Connor | Stars: Margaret Colin, Lila Kaye, Connie Booth, Nicholas Guest

Votes: 366

57. The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986–1988)
Episode: The Devil's Foot (1988)

TV-PG | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

While convalescing in Cornwall, a depressive Holmes investigates the apparent death from apoplexy of a local woman and the unexplained sudden dementia of her two brothers.

Director: Ken Hannam | Stars: Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, Denis Quilley, Damien Thomas

Votes: 919

58. The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986–1988)
Episode: The Empty House (1986)

TV-PG | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Believed dead after his fatal encounter with Professor Moriarity three years earlier, Sherlock Holmes returns to England to foil a plot to murder him by a former Moriarity gang member.

Director: Howard Baker | Stars: Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, Eric Porter, Patrick Allen

Votes: 983

59. The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986–1988)
Episode: The Man with the Twisted Lip (1986)

TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Responding to a grieving wife, Holmes investigates the apparent murder of her husband in an apartment above an opium den.

Director: Patrick Lau | Stars: Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, Clive Francis, Eleanor David

Votes: 895

60. The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986–1988)
Episode: The Priory School (1986)

TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The headmaster of a prestigious prep school calls on Holmes for help when the ten year old only son of powerful but publicity-shy duke disappears.

Director: John Madden | Stars: Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, Alan Howard, Christopher Benjamin

Votes: 943

61. The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986–1988)
Episode: Silver Blaze (1988)

TV-PG | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Holmes investigates the disappearance of a champion racehorse and the murder of its trainer on a lonely moor.

Director: Brian Mills | Stars: Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, Peter Barkworth, Barry Lowe

Votes: 850

62. The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971–1973)

13+ | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Adaptations of mystery stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's contemporary rivals in the genre.

Stars: Peter Vaughan, Peter Barkworth, Douglas Wilmer, Ronald Hines

Votes: 342

63. The Royal Scandal (2001 TV Movie)

120 min | Mystery, Thriller

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes - the world's greatest detective - faces a most alluring adversary... Legendary opera star Irene Adler is threatening to destroy the King of ... See full summary »

Director: Rodney Gibbons | Stars: Matt Frewer, Kenneth Welsh, Liliana Komorowska, Daniel Brochu

Votes: 452

64. The Scarlet Claw (1944)

Approved | 74 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

When a gentlewoman is found dead with her throat torn out, the villagers blame a supernatural monster. But Sherlock Holmes, who gets drawn into the case from nearby Quebec, suspects a human murderer.

Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Gerald Hamer, Paul Cavanagh

Votes: 5,834

65. The Second Stain (1922)

Short, Crime, Drama

Holmes is asked by the Prime Minister to aid in the recovery of a stolen diplomatic letter, which, if published, might lead the UK into war.

Director: George Ridgwell | Stars: Eille Norwood, Hubert Willis, Teddy Arundell, Cecil Ward

66. The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)

PG | 113 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

To treat his friend's cocaine induced delusions, Watson lures Sherlock Holmes to Sigmund Freud.

Director: Herbert Ross | Stars: Alan Arkin, Vanessa Redgrave, Robert Duvall, Nicol Williamson

Votes: 5,097

67. Sherlock (2002 TV Movie)

R | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Early in his crime-solving career, Sherlock Holmes attempts to prevent Moriarty from cornering the heroin market.

Director: Graham Theakston | Stars: James D'Arcy, Roger Morlidge, Gabrielle Anwar, Vincent D'Onofrio

Votes: 1,236

68. Sherlock (2010–2017)

TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The quirky spin on Conan Doyle's iconic sleuth pitches him as a "high-functioning sociopath" in modern-day London. Assisting him in his investigations: Afghanistan War vet John Watson, who's introduced to Holmes by a mutual acquaintance.

Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Una Stubbs, Rupert Graves

Votes: 997,457

69. Sherlock Holmes (1916)

Not Rated | 116 min | Crime, Mystery

When a couple of swindlers hold young Alice Faulkner against her will in order to discover the whereabouts of letters which could spell scandal for the royal family, Sherlock Holmes is on the case.

Director: Arthur Berthelet | Stars: William Gillette, Marjorie Kay, Ernest Maupain, Edward Fielding

Votes: 473

70. Sherlock Holmes (1922)

Not Rated | 85 min | Drama, Mystery

A young Sherlock Holmes seeks to bring down the criminal mastermind Moriarty as he solves a crime involving a blackmailed prince.

Director: Albert Parker | Stars: John Barrymore, Roland Young, Carol Dempster, Gustav von Seyffertitz

Votes: 730 | Gross: $0.38M

71. Sherlock Holmes (1932)

68 min | Drama, Thriller

The famous detective is pulled away from retirement and his fiancée when the condemned Moriarty escapes from prison and swears vengeance.

Director: William K. Howard | Stars: Clive Brook, Miriam Jordan, Ernest Torrence, Herbert Mundin

Votes: 242

72. Sherlock Holmes (1951)

Mystery

The brilliant detective Sherlock Holmes investigate crimes in Victorian London with the help of his friend Dr. John Watson.

Stars: Alan Wheatley, Raymond Francis, Iris Vandeleur, Bill Owen

Votes: 33

73. Sherlock Holmes (1954–1955)

TV-PG | 30 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The adventures of master detective Sherlock Holmes as he and his assistant, Dr. Watson--and, somewhat reluctantly, the bumbling Inspector Lestrade--battle criminals in London.

Stars: Ronald Howard, Howard Marion-Crawford, Archie Duncan, Richard Larke

Votes: 1,091

74. Sherlock Holmes (1964–1968)

50 min | Crime, Drama, History

A series of Sherlock Holmes adaptations, based on the stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Stars: Nigel Stock, Peter Cushing, Douglas Wilmer, Peter Madden

Votes: 588

75. Sherlock Holmes (1967–1968)

60 min | Crime

The brilliant detective Sherlock Holmes investigate crimes in Victorian London with the help of his friend Dr. John Watson.

Stars: Erich Schellow, Paul Edwin Roth, Manja Kafka, Hans Schellbach

Votes: 55

76. Sherlock Holmes (1968)

90 min | Crime

Here are two Sherlock Holmes stories dramatized for Italian television audiences in the late 1960's: The Valley of Fear and The Hound of the Baskervilles. In the first the great detective ... See full summary »

Stars: Nando Gazzolo, Gianni Bonagura, Paolo Carlini, Antonio Salines

Votes: 16

79. Sherlock Holmes (2009)

PG-13 | 128 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery

57 Metascore

Detective Sherlock Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England.

Director: Guy Ritchie | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong

Votes: 670,727 | Gross: $209.03M

80. Sherlock Holmes (2010 Video)

PG-13 | 89 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi

Sherlock Holmes and Watson are on the trail of a criminal and scientific mastermind who seems to control monsters and creations which defy belief.

Director: Rachel Lee Goldenberg | Stars: Ben Syder, Gareth David-Lloyd, Dominic Keating, William Huw

Votes: 2,152

81. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)

PG-13 | 129 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery

48 Metascore

Detective Sherlock Holmes is on the trail of criminal mastermind Professor Moriarty, who is carrying out a string of random crimes across Europe.

Director: Guy Ritchie | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Jared Harris, Rachel McAdams

Votes: 480,291 | Gross: $186.85M

83. Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars (2007 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Family

A gang of sharp witted street kids save Sherlock Holmes from an accusation of murder and help to foil an audacious robbery while rescuing members of their own gang.

Director: Julian Kemp | Stars: Jonathan Pryce, Bill Paterson, Anna Chancellor, Michael Maloney

Votes: 258

84. Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking (2004 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A serial killer stalking the teen-aged daughters of the aristocracy brings Sherlock Holmes out of his drug-filled semi-retirement.

Director: Simon Cellan Jones | Stars: Rupert Everett, Nicholas Palliser, Neil Dudgeon, Ian Hart

Votes: 2,792

85. Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962)

84 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Sherlock Holmes and Watson do battle with their nemesis, Professor Moriarity, over an ancient necklace attributed to Cleopatra.

Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Christopher Lee, Hans Söhnker, Hans Nielsen, Senta Berger

Votes: 1,222

86. Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson (1980)

25 min | Mystery

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 ... See full summary »

Stars: Geoffrey Whitehead, Donald Pickering, Patrick Newell, Tommy Godfrey

Votes: 184

87. Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady (1991 TV Movie)

PG | 187 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The British government is about to buy the plans to a revolutionary bomb detonator when its plans are stolen and its Austrian inventor murdered. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson go to Vienna to track down the plans.

Director: Peter Sasdy | Stars: Christopher Lee, Patrick Macnee, Morgan Fairchild, John Bennett

Votes: 602

88. Sherlock Holmes and the Masks of Death (1984 TV Movie)

72 min | Crime, Mystery

Sherlock Holmes investigates the case of a string of mysterious deaths with no apparent causes and the case of a missing German Prince that could cause war between England and Germany.

Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: Peter Cushing, John Mills, Anne Baxter, Ray Milland

Votes: 595

89. Sherlock Holmes and the Missing Rembrandt (1932)

84 min | Drama, Mystery

Sherlock Holmes goes on the trail of a Rembrandt painting, stolen by a drug-addicted artist.

Director: Leslie S. Hiscott | Stars: Arthur Wontner, Jane Welsh, Miles Mander, Francis L. Sullivan

Votes: 34

90. Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942)

Approved | 68 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson must protect a Swiss inventor of an advanced bomb sight from falling into German hands.

Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Lionel Atwill, Karen Verne

Votes: 6,640

91. Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear (1983 TV Movie)

G | 50 min | Animation, Family, Mystery

A withdrawn violinist and smoker met with a doctor and attaches him to the criminal world.

Stars: Peter O'Toole, Earle Cross, Brian Adams, Colin Borgonon

Votes: 174

92. Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942)

Passed | 65 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

When a German saboteur jeeringly predicts to the nation new depredations, via their radio "Voice of Terror", the Intelligence Inner Council summons Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) to help in the crisis.

Director: John Rawlins | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Evelyn Ankers, Reginald Denny

Votes: 5,190

93. Sherlock Holmes Baffled (1900)

Not Rated | 1 min | Short, Comedy, Crime

Sherlock Holmes enters his drawing room to find it being burgled, but on confronting the villain is surprised when the latter disappears. Holmes initially attempts to ignore the event by ... See full summary »

Director: Arthur Marvin | Star: Anonymous

Votes: 779

94. Sherlock Holmes Baffled (2004)

3 min | Short, Comedy, History

Sherlock Holmes is baffled when he encounters a burglar who can disappear and gets prank-ed by him with the use of an exploding cigar.

Director: Richard Bradley | Stars: Dan Bean, Richard Bradley, Steven Dewhurst, Chris Grieves

Votes: 14

95. Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)

Passed | 68 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance

During WWII, several murders occur at a convalescent home where Dr. Watson has volunteered his services. He summons Holmes for help and the master detective proceeds to solve the crime from... See full summary »

Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Dennis Hoey, Arthur Margetson

Votes: 5,153

96. Sherlock Holmes' Fatal Hour (1931)

72 min | Crime, Mystery

A card cheat is threatened with exposure into joining a criminal enterprise that Holmes believes is controlled by Professor Moriarty.

Director: Leslie S. Hiscott | Stars: Arthur Wontner, Ian Fleming, Minnie Rayner, Leslie Perrins

Votes: 470

99. Sherlock Holmes in New York (1976 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 99 min | Crime, Mystery

In this mystery, Sherlock Holmes pursues his archenemy Professor James Moriarty to New York City, in which the villainous scoundrel has carried out the ultimate bank robbery. Meanwhile, ... See full summary »

Director: Boris Sagal | Stars: Roger Moore, John Huston, Patrick Macnee, Charlotte Rampling

Votes: 1,112

100. Sherlock Holmes in the Singular Case of the Plural Green Mustache (1965)

Not Rated | 4 min | Animation, Short, Drama

A morality film where Sherlock Holmes solves a case using Boolean logic.

Directors: Charles Eames, Ray Eames | Stars: Patrick O'Moore, Hilary Wontner

Votes: 29



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