Sherlock Holmes Through the Years
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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. Sherlock Holmes in the Great Murder Mystery (1908)
Short, Mystery
Our picture relates to a crime committed by a Gorilla who escapes from his cage and through circumstantial evidence a young man, whom we will call in our story Jim, is accused and is just ... See full summary »
Votes: 39
4. Arsène Lupin contra Sherlock Holmes (1910)
92 min | Drama, Mystery
Director: Viggo Larsen | Stars: Paul Otto, Viggo Larsen
Votes: 10
5. The Speckled Band (1912)
Short, Mystery
Director: Adrien Caillard | Stars: Georges Tréville, Mr. Moyse
Votes: 9
6. Silver Blaze (1912)
Short, Mystery
Silver Blaze was the favorite. And a beautiful piece of horseflesh she was. Colonel Ross was expecting a lot from this wonderful animal on Derby Day. And then came despair. Early in the ... See full summary »
Director: Adrien Caillard | Stars: Georges Tréville, Mr. Moyse
7. The Beryl Coronet (1912)
26 min | Short, Mystery
A torn piece of cloth hanging on a nail proved the undoing of Moriarty. Sherlock Holmes' keen methods and his daring actions, when convinced that he is on the right trail, have unraveled ... See full summary »
Director: Georges Tréville | Stars: Georges Tréville, Mr. Moyse
8. The Musgrave Ritual (1912)
18 min | Short, Mystery
The strained expression on the face of one maid servant in a group of six, gives to the mind of Sherlock Holmes, the master of all detectives, the clue to the unraveling of this remarkable ... See full summary »
Director: Georges Tréville | Stars: Georges Tréville, Mr. Moyse
Votes: 62
9. The Reigate Squires (1912)
50 min | Mystery
Director: Georges Tréville | Stars: Georges Tréville, Mr. Moyse
10. The Stolen Papers (1912)
Short, Mystery
The young diplomat Phelps is spending a few days at his fiancée's in the country, when he is suddenly called to London by his Minister to copy some very important documents. Phelps is ... See full summary »
Director: Georges Tréville | Stars: Georges Tréville, Mr. Moyse
11. The Mystery of Boscombe Vale (1912)
Short, Mystery
McCarthy was killed. The very day his slain body was found he and his son has violently quarreled. A little later the youth was seen following the father with a gun under his arm. McCarthy ... See full summary »
Director: Georges Tréville | Stars: Georges Tréville, Mr. Moyse
12. The Copper Beeches (1912)
25 min | Short, Drama, Mystery
An adaptation of the Sherlock Holmes story about a father trying to gain control of his daughter's inheritance does not include Watson.
Director: Adrien Caillard | Star: Georges Tréville
Votes: 97
13. 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
15. 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
16. A Study in Scarlet (II) (1914)
20 min | Mystery, Short
This is the first of the Sherlock Holmes' stories by the famous English author. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes and his friend, Dr. Watson, receives an invitation from Mr. Gregson, ... See full summary »
Director: Francis Ford | Stars: Francis Ford, John Ford, Grace Cunard, Harry Schumm
Votes: 32
17. 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
18. 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: 475
19. The Mystery of the Leaping Fish (1916)
Not Rated | 25 min | Comedy, Short
A bumbling detective comes to the rescue of a damsel in distress when a drug smuggler wants to force her to marry him.
Director: John Emerson | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Bessie Love, Allan Sears, Tom Wilson
Votes: 1,005
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. 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
22. 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
23. 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
24. 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: 732 | Gross: $0.38M
25. 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
26. 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
27. 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
28. The Limejuice Mystery or Who Spat in Grandfather's Porridge? (1930)
9 min | Animation, Comedy, Mystery
In this parody of Sherlock Holmes, the Great Detective goes to an opium den of inequity in the dangerous London district of London and challenges Tong assassins in order to rescue a woman.
Director: Jack Harrison
Votes: 43
29. 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: 472
30. 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: 310
31. 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
32. 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
33. 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: 633
34. Lelícek ve sluzbách Sherlocka Holmesa (1932)
88 min | Comedy
Sherlock Holmes must find someone to impersonate King Fernando XXIII of Puerto Rico, but the double he chooses doesn't prove to be as manageable as the great detective could have hoped.
Director: Karel Lamac | Stars: Vlasta Burian, Martin Fric, Lída Baarová, E. Jansenova
Votes: 191
35. 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: 243
36. 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: 1,198
37. 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: 806
38. 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: 787
39. 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
40. 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
41. 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: 952
42. The Three Garridebs (1937 TV Movie)
Drama, Mystery
Sherlock Holmes receives a letter from a Nathan Garrideb of 136 Little Ryder Street, asking for help in a most peculiar quest. He is looking for another man with his unusual surname, for it... See full summary »
Stars: Violet Bessen, Louis Hector, Arthur Maitland, William Podmore
43. 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: 11,695
44. 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: 7,469
45. 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: 5,193
46. 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: 6,653
47. 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: 4,749
48. 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: 5,163
49. 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: 5,132
50. 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: 5,844
51. 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: 4,857
52. 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: 5,539
53. 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: 6,874
54. 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: 4,093
55. 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: 6,922
56. 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: 6,920
57. 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
58. 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
59. 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: 1,097
60. Deduce, You Say (1956)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Daffy Duck is a detective who is hunting for the Shropshire Slasher.
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, June Foray
Votes: 1,229
61. 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: 12,387
62. 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: 1,225
63. 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: 590
64. 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: 2,484
65. 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
66. 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
67. 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: 13,321 | Gross: $3.30M
68. 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: 3,326
69. Touha Sherlocka Holmese (1971)
97 min | Comedy, Crime
Sherlock Holmes feels that his destiny is music but the life leads him to criminal cases.
Director: Stepán Skalský | Stars: Radovan Lukavský, Václav Voska, Vlasta Fialová, Marie Rosulková
Votes: 37
70. 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: 385
71. Dr. Watson and the Darkwater Hall Mystery (1974 TV Movie)
70 min | Mystery
While Holmes is away recuperating, Watson is left to help a damsel in distress.
Director: James Cellan Jones | Stars: Edward Fox, Elaine Taylor, Christopher Cazenove, Jeremy Clyde
Votes: 14
72. 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: 7,308
73. 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: 5,100
74. The Return of the World's Greatest Detective (1976 TV Movie)
74 min | Comedy, Mystery, Crime
A Los Angeles cop falls off his motorcycle, strikes his head and wakes up believing himself to be Sherlock Holmes. Along with the social worker who is treating him, he sets out to solve the murder of an embezzler.
Director: Dean Hargrove | Stars: Larry Hagman, Jenny O'Hara, Nicholas Colasanto, Woodrow Parfrey
Votes: 116
75. 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: 1,114
76.
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: 34
77. 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
78. 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: 1,334
79. 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: 6,601
80. 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: 4,196
81.
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
82. 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
83. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (1980)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Picking up from Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson: The Acquaintance (1980) adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson continue as they oppose a fierce crime syndicate in one of their greatest challenges.
Stars: Vasiliy Livanov, Vitali Solomin, Rina Zelyonaya, Borislav Brondukov
Votes: 1,428
84. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles (1981)
TV-PG | 154 min | Adventure, Crime, Mystery
When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead in his country house, Dr James Mortimer asks Sherlock Holmes for help to save Sir Henry Baskerville, the only known heir, from the curse that haunts Baskerville family.
Stars: Vasiliy Livanov, Vitali Solomin, Rina Zelyonaya, Irina Kupchenko
Votes: 6,495
85. 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
86. Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House (1982)
30 min | Family, Drama
The youthful years of Sherlock Holmes, which transform him from a brilliant and curious 17-year-old schoolboy, to a brilliant and accomplished detective.
Stars: Guy Henry, Tim Brierley, Christopher Villiers, David Futcher
Votes: 61
87. The Sign of Four (1983 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 97 min | Crime, Mystery
Hired by a young lady, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson investigate the strange recent deaths of her missing father's friends from the army, as well as the whereabouts of the Great Mogul, the second-largest diamond in the world.
Director: Desmond Davis | Stars: Ian Richardson, David Healy, Thorley Walters, Cherie Lunghi
Votes: 843
88. 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: 1,548
89. Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet (1983 TV Movie)
G | 50 min | Animation, Family, Mystery
The great detective investigates a murder that has a far flung revenge motive.
Stars: Peter O'Toole, Earle Cross, Judy Nunn, Ron Haddrick
Votes: 181
90. Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse (1983 TV Movie)
G | 67 min | Animation, Mystery
In this animated tale, detective Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson investigate a cursed family.
Director: Richard Slapczynski | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Ron Haddrick, Earle Cross, Helen Morse
Votes: 203
91. Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four (1983 TV Movie)
50 min | Animation, Crime, Family
When a woman receives a message apparently from the sender of a series of valuable pearls after the disappearance of her father, Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.
Stars: Peter O'Toole, Ron Haddrick, Earle Cross, Lynn Rainbow
Votes: 183
92. 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: 175
93. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Treasures of Agra (1983)
151 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance
Holmes and Dr. Watson help a young lady who is receiving anonymous letters 10 years after her father passed away under shady circumstances. They find themselves in an enigma involving a treasure, murder and a love interest for Watson.
Stars: Vasiliy Livanov, Vitali Solomin, Rina Zelyonaya, Borislav Brondukov
Votes: 3,205
94. The Baker Street Boys (1983)
25 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The adventures of a gang of street urchins living in Victorian London, who assist the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes in solving crimes and find themselves tackling cases of their own.
Stars: Jay Simpson, Damion Napier, Adam Woodyatt, David Garlick
Votes: 39
95. The Case of Marcel Duchamp (1984)
103 min | Drama
Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson come out of retirement to solve a final case concerning the artist Marcel Duchamp.
Director: David Rowan | Stars: Guy Rolfe, Raymond Francis, Juliet Hammond, Jeff Rawle
Votes: 14
96. 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: 598
97. Sherlock Hound (1984–1985)
24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The adventures of the canine detective Sherlock Hound and his loyal companions Dr. Watson, Mrs. Hudson and Inspector Lestrade.
Stars: Taichirô Hirokawa, Kôsei Tomita, Yôko Asagami, Chikao Ôtsuka
Votes: 1,636
98. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984–1985)
TV-PG | 60 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: 24,227
99. Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
PG-13 | 109 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery
When assorted people start having inexplicable delusions that lead to their deaths, a teenage Sherlock Holmes decides to investigate.
Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Nicholas Rowe, Alan Cox, Sophie Ward, Anthony Higgins
Votes: 23,415 | Gross: $19.74M
100. The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
G | 74 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Basil, the rodent Sherlock Holmes, investigates the kidnapping of a toy maker and uncovers its link to his archenemy, Professor Ratigan.
Directors: Ron Clements, Burny Mattinson, David Michener, John Musker | Stars: Vincent Price, Barrie Ingham, Val Bettin, Susanne Pollatschek
Votes: 54,449 | Gross: $38.60M
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