Sherlock Holmes
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1. 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
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
3. Arsène Lupin contra Sherlock Holmes (1910)
92 min | Drama, Mystery
Director: Viggo Larsen | Stars: Paul Otto, Viggo Larsen
Votes: 10
4. Sherlock Holmes, Jr. (1911)
Drama, Short
Little Sherlock Holmes, Jr., reads the doughty doings of his hero-god, and at once determines to become a detective himself. Providence at once favors him by giving him a mystery to solve. ... See full summary »
Director: Edwin S. Porter | Stars: Lois Weber, Helen Anderson
Votes: 32
5. 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
6. Sherlock Holmes Solves the Sign of the Four (1913)
Short, Mystery
Major Sholto, a retired British army officer, who has amassed wealth in India in a mysterious manner, dies suddenly. His two sons were unable to find any trace of the wealth. Search the ... See full summary »
Director: Lloyd Lonergan | Stars: Harry Benham, Charles Gunn, Mignon Anderson
Votes: 31
7. A Study in Scarlet (I) (1914)
Drama, Mystery
Sherlock Holmes solves a murder rooted in the Mormon trek of 1850.
Director: George Pearson | Stars: James Bragington, Fred Paul, Agnes Glynne, Henry Paulo
Votes: 22
8. Der Hund von Baskerville (1914)
65 min | Crime, Mystery, Horror
In this early version the classic "Hound of the Baskervilles" mystery is not faithfully adapted, Watson's character is absent and there are two Holmes. Holmes' foe is called Stapleton and he menaces Holmes' client Lord Henry and his fiancée, Laura Lyons, masquerading himself as Holmes. Hidden passages, hand bombs and mechanical devices abound, reminding more of a serial than of a Conan Doyle ... See full summary »
Director: Rudolf Meinert | Stars: Alwin Neuß, Friedrich Kühne, Hanni Weisse, Erwin Fichtner
Votes: 147
9. 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
10. The Valley of Fear (1916)
108 min | Adventure, Crime
An ex-convict tries to kill the detective who once posed as a member of an American hooded clan.
Director: Alexander Butler | Stars: H.A. Saintsbury, Daisy Burrell, Booth Conway, Jack McCauley
Votes: 29
11. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1921)
Drama, Mystery
Director: Maurice Elvey | Stars: Eille Norwood, Hubert Willis
Votes: 16
12. 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
13. A Case of Identity (1921)
Mystery, Crime, Drama
A woman named Mary Sutherland asks the brilliant consulting detective Sherlock Holmes to investigate the sudden disappearance of her fiancé Hosmer Angel on what was to have been their wedding day.
Director: Maurice Elvey | Stars: Eille Norwood, Hubert Willis, Edna Flugrath, Nelson Ramsey
14. A Scandal in Bohemia (1921)
Short, Crime, Drama
Holmes and Watson match wits with an opera star intent on blackmailing a king.
Director: Maurice Elvey | Stars: Eille Norwood, Hubert Willis, Joan Beverley, Alfred Drayton
Votes: 16
15. The Beryl Coronet (1921)
Mystery, Crime, Short
A wealthy banker comes to Holmes desperate to recover a valuable British gem--and to deal with his son's apparent dishonor.
Director: Maurice Elvey | Stars: Eille Norwood, Hubert Willis, Henry Vibart, Molly Adair
16. The Copper Beeches (1921)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
There is a dark mystery in Hampshire, near Winchester. Why does this strange couple insist the governess cut her hair short? Why is she told funny stories? And who is in the tower?
Director: Maurice Elvey | Stars: Eille Norwood, Hubert Willis, Madge White, Lyell Johnstone
Votes: 18
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. 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
19. 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
20. 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
21. 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
22. 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
23. 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
24. 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
25. The Solitary Cyclist (1921)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Holmes is approached by Miss Violet Smith with a most peculiar problem. She has recently accepted a position with Mr. Carruthers as a music teacher for his 10 year old daughter. On ... See full summary »
Director: Maurice Elvey | Stars: Eille Norwood, Hubert Willis, R.D. Sylvester, Violet Hewitt
26. The Tiger of San Pedro (1921)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
A bored Holmes eagerly accepts a case involving the disappearance of an amateur Spanish cartographer as well as his servants from his rented country lodge.
Director: Maurice Elvey | Stars: Eille Norwood, Hubert Willis, Lewis Gilbert, George Harrington
27. The Yellow Face (1921)
Drama, Crime, Mystery
What is the mystery, brought to Holmes and Watson from a remote country home, about a missing British soldier? Why does his elderly father insist he is away traveling?
Director: Maurice Elvey | Stars: Eille Norwood, Hubert Willis, Clifford Heatherley, Norma Whalley
28. 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: 731 | Gross: $0.38M
29. Charles Augustus Milverton (1922)
Short, Crime, Drama
Holmes faces an antagonist he declares is "the worst man in London." To what lengths will he go, accompanied as ever by the trusty Watson, to protect his client from a viscous blackmail plot?
Director: George Ridgwell | Stars: Eille Norwood, Hubert Willis, Teddy Arundell, George Foley
30. Black Peter (1922)
Short, Mystery
Inspector Hopkins of Scotland Yard asks the brilliant consulting detective Sherlock Holmes to help him investigate the murder of Peter Carey, a former captain of a whaling ship whose ... See full summary »
Director: George Ridgwell | Stars: Eille Norwood, Hubert Willis, Teddy Arundell, Fred Paul
31. The Abbey Grange (1922)
Short, Crime, Drama
Holmes is called to a manor house to investigate the brutal murder of a country lord with a fireplace poker and reconcile the story of his bruised and battered wife with the facts.
Director: George Ridgwell | Stars: Eille Norwood, Hubert Willis, Teddy Arundell, Madeline Seymour
32. 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
33. 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
34. The Golden Pince-Nez (1922)
Short, Drama, Mystery
Sherlock Holmes investigates the murder of an amanuensis who clutches a pince-nez and whose last words were, "The professor--it was she."
Director: George Ridgwell | Stars: Eille Norwood, Hubert Willis, Teddy Arundell, Norma Whalley
35. 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
36. The Musgrave Ritual (1922)
Short, Drama, Mystery
An obscure family document containing an enigmatic ritual holds the key to a hidden treasure if Holmes can decipher the mystery.
Director: George Ridgwell | Stars: Eille Norwood, Hubert Willis, Geoffrey Wilmer, Clifton Boyne
Votes: 11
37. The Naval Treaty (1922)
Short, Crime, Drama
Holmes is consulted on a matter of grave national consequence--but with surprisingly little cooperation from the government he seeks to protect. Where is the naval treaty? Why has it not appeared on the continental crime market?
Director: George Ridgwell | Stars: Eille Norwood, Hubert Willis, Jack Hobbs, Francis Duguid
38. The Norwood Builder (1922)
Short, Crime, Drama
An earnest young solicitor comes to Holmes just before he is arrested--for murder. He insists he had only just met the victim, and knows nothing of him, though he finds himself his sole ... See full summary »
Director: George Ridgwell | Stars: Eille Norwood, Hubert Willis, Teddy Arundell, Fred Wright
39. The Red Circle (1922)
Short, Crime, Drama
A London lady comes to Holmes in curiosity about her newest lodger. After first renting the room, arranging for meals and newspaper to be left at the door, and paying a very high fee, he ... See full summary »
Director: George Ridgwell | Stars: Eille Norwood, Hubert Willis, Teddy Arundell, Bertram Burleigh
40. The Reigate Squires (1922)
Short, Crime, Drama
Sherlock Holmes is persuaded to take a vacation for his health. He and his friend Dr. John Watson stay at the home of an old friend of Watson's in the Surrey countryside. Shortly after he ... See full summary »
Director: George Ridgwell | Stars: Eille Norwood, Hubert Willis, Teddy Arundell, Richard Atwood
41. 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
42. The Six Napoleons (1922)
Short, Drama, Mystery
Inspector Lestrade reveals to Holmes that someone has been inexplicably breaking into homes for the senseless purpose of breaking small busts of Napoleon.
Director: George Ridgwell | Stars: Eille Norwood, Teddy Arundell, Hubert Willis, George Bellamy
Votes: 11
43. The Stockbroker's Clerk (1922)
Short, Drama, Mystery
Shortly before Hall Pycroft is due to start work for a prestigious London firm, a man named Arthur Pinner offers him a better paid position in another city. Hall Pycroft agrees to go to ... See full summary »
Director: George Ridgwell | Stars: Eille Norwood, Hubert Willis, Olaf Hytten, Aubrey Fitzgerald
44. The Sign of Four (1923)
83 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A convict seeks revenge on the partners who cheated him of his treasure share.
Director: Maurice Elvey | Stars: Eille Norwood, Isobel Elsom, Fred Raynham, Arthur M. Cullin
Votes: 88
45. Silver Blaze (1923)
Short, Crime, Drama
Holmes investigates the disappearance of a champion racehorse and the murder of its trainer on a lonely moor.
Director: George Ridgwell | Stars: Eille Norwood, Hubert Willis, Knighton Small, Sam Marsh
46. Sherlock Jr. (1924)
Passed | 45 min | Action, Comedy, Romance
A film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meagre skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.
Director: Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Joe Keaton, Erwin Connelly
Votes: 56,952 | Gross: $0.98M
47. 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
48. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1929)
65 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
After the mysterious death of Sir Charles Baskerville, Sherlock Holmes is called in to solve the mystery.
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Carlyle Blackwell, Alexander Murski, Livio Pavanelli, Betty Bird
Votes: 301
49. 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
50. The Speckled Band (1931)
Unrated | 66 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After her sister dies under mysterious circumstances, a young heiress seeks Holmes' help when she feels threatened by her brutish stepfather.
Director: Jack Raymond | Stars: Lyn Harding, Raymond Massey, Angela Baddeley, Nancy Price
Votes: 309
51. 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
52. 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
53. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1931)
72 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.
Director: Gareth Gundrey | Stars: John Stuart, Robert Rendel, Frederick Lloyd, Heather Angel
Votes: 60
54. The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case (1932)
Passed | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A young woman turns to Sherlock Holmes for protection when she's menaced by an escaped killer seeking missing treasure. However, when the woman is kidnapped, Holmes and Watson must penetrate the city's criminal underworld to find her.
Director: Graham Cutts | Stars: Arthur Wontner, Isla Bevan, Ian Hunter, Graham Soutten
Votes: 631
55. A Study in Scarlet (1933)
Passed | 72 min | Mystery, Thriller
Holmes and Watson investigate a secret society with members who keep dying.
Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Reginald Owen, Anna May Wong, June Clyde, Alan Dinehart
Votes: 1,193
56. The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935)
Unrated | 75 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Holmes, retired to Sussex, is drawn into a last case when his arch enemy Moriarty arranges with an American gang to kill one John Douglas, a country gentleman with a mysterious past.
Director: Leslie S. Hiscott | Stars: Arthur Wontner, Lyn Harding, Leslie Perrins, Jane Carr
Votes: 802
57. 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
58. Two Merry Adventurers (1937)
Passed | 116 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
Hans Albers and Heinz Rühmann play two confidence tricksters. They manage to stop a night train for nefarious purposes, and impersonate Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. Romantic involvement ... See full summary »
Director: Karl Hartl | Stars: Hans Albers, Heinz Rühmann, Marieluise Claudius, Hansi Knoteck
Votes: 951
59. 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
60. 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
61. 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
62. 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
63. 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: 6,642
64. 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
65. Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)
Approved | 71 min | Mystery, Thriller, War
Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson travel to Washington D.C. in order to prevent a secret document from falling into enemy hands.
Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Marjorie Lord, Henry Daniell
Votes: 4,743
66. 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
67. 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: 5,835
68. 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: 4,853
69. The Spider Woman (1943)
Passed | 63 min | Mystery, Thriller
Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of so-called "pajama suicides". He knows the female villain behind them is as cunning as Moriarty and as venomous as a spider.
Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Gale Sondergaard, Dennis Hoey
Votes: 5,128
70. 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: 4,087
71. The Woman in Green (1945)
Approved | 68 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger severed. Scotland Yard suspects a madman, but Holmes believes the killings to be part of a diabolical plot.
Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Hillary Brooke, Henry Daniell
Votes: 6,867
72. 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: 5,532
73. 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: 6,906
74. Terror by Night (1946)
Approved | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
When the fabled Star of Rhodesia diamond is stolen on a London to Edinburgh train and the son of its owner is murdered, Sherlock Holmes must discover which of his suspicious fellow passengers is responsible.
Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Alan Mowbray, Dennis Hoey
Votes: 6,915
75. 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
76. Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Disappeared (1951 TV Movie)
26 min | Mystery
An adaptation of the story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle about a very wealthy businessman with a strange secret.
Director: Richard M. Grey | Stars: John Longden, Campbell Singer, Hector Ross, Ninka Dolega
Votes: 91
77. 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
78. 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: 12,380
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79. 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
80. 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
81. A Study in Terror (1965)
95 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John H. Watson join the hunt for the notorious serial killer, Jack the Ripper.
Director: James Hill | Stars: John Neville, Donald Houston, John Fraser, Anthony Quayle
Votes: 2,478
82. 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
83. 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
84. Une aventure de Sherlock Holmes (1967 TV Movie)
Director: Jean-Paul Carrère | Stars: Jacques François, Grégoire Aslan, Jacques Alric, Jacques Castelot
85. 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
86. 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: 13,305 | Gross: $3.30M
87. 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
88. They Might Be Giants (1971)
G | 91 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance
In a Manhattan psychiatric hospital, a man convinced that he is Sherlock Holmes is treated by a female doctor who happens to be named Watson.
Director: Anthony Harvey | Stars: George C. Scott, Joanne Woodward, Jack Gilford, Lester Rawlins
Votes: 3,324
89. 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
90. 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
91. 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
92. 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
93. The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It (1977 TV Movie)
56 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
The grandson of the world's first and foremost consulting detective and his bumbling, bionic sidekick attempt to catch the only living descendant of Professor Moriarty.
Director: Joseph McGrath | Stars: John Cleese, Arthur Lowe, Ron Moody, Holly Palance
Votes: 730
94.
The Sunday Drama (1977–1978)
Episode:
Silver Blaze
(1977)
25 min | Drama
Sherlock Holmes investigates the disappearance of a champion racehorse and the murder of its trainer on a lonely moor.
Director: John Davies | Stars: Christopher Plummer, Thorley Walters, Basil Henson, Gary Watson
Votes: 35
95. 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
96. Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson: The Acquaintance (1980)
67 min | Crime, Mystery
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.
Stars: Vasiliy Livanov, Vitali Solomin, Rina Zelyonaya, Mariya Solomina
Votes: 4,193
97. 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
98.
Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson: The Acquaintance (1980)
Episode:
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Bloody inscription
(1980)
PG-13 | 67 min | Crime, Mystery
When a murder happens with a bloody inscription and a ring left behind, puzzled Scotland Yard detectives go to Sherlock Holmes for help.
Director: Igor Maslennikov | Stars: Vasiliy Livanov, Vitali Solomin, Rina Zelyonaya, Borislav Brondukov
Votes: 2,545
99. The Blue Carbuncle (1980 TV Movie)
75 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Director: Nikolai Lukyanov | Stars: Algimantas Masiulis, Ernst Romanov, Valentina Titova, Oleg Korchikov
Votes: 54
100. 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
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