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51. 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: 2,157

52. 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: 776

53. The Pearl of Death (1944)

Passed | 69 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

After 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: 4,877

54. 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: 5,145

55. 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: 5,555

56. 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: 4,107

57. 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: 260

58. 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: 844

59. The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle (2005 TV Movie)

90 min | Biography, Drama

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is the author of the famous Sherlock Holmes books. The film shows us how Doyle came up with the idea of the 'super detective' and how he uses the techniques of his ... See full summary »

Director: Cilla Ware | Stars: Douglas Henshall, Tim McInnerny, Brian Cox, Sinéad Cusack

Votes: 292

60. 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

61. Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century (1999–2001)

TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A defrosted Holmes teams with a robotic Watson and a female Inspector Lestrade to stop the criminal rampage of Moriarty's clone.

Stars: Jason Gray-Stanford, John Payne, Akiko Morison, Viv Leacock

Votes: 541

62. 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: 282

63. The Great Piggy Bank Robbery (1946)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

After reading a Dick Tracy comic, Daffy Duck has a surreal dream in which he is a P.I. pursuing an army of grotesque villains who stole every piggy bank in town, including his own.

Director: Robert Clampett | Star: Mel Blanc

Votes: 2,292

64. 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: 1,085

65. 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: 1,116

66. Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes (2010 Video)

TV-G | 50 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Miss Red is being blackmailed. When she asks Sherlock Holmes for help, he connects her case to a series of jewel thefts and tells his assistant Jerry the Mouse to work with Red's butler Tom the Cat for the duration of this case.

Directors: Spike Brandt, Jeff Siergey | Stars: Michael York, Malcolm McDowell, John Rhys-Davies, Grey Griffin

Votes: 2,075

67. 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: 6,506

68. 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: 1,199

69. O Xangô de Baker Street (2001)

124 min | Comedy, Crime

Rio de Janeiro, 1886. Actress Sarah Bernhardt performs at the city's Municipal Theater, captivating the local audience enthralled by French culture. The city is at her feet, and even the ... See full summary »

Director: Miguel Faria Jr. | Stars: Joaquim de Almeida, Anthony O'Donnell, Maria de Medeiros, Letícia Sabatella

Votes: 1,255

70. 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: 4,208

71. 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

72. 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: 368

73. Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments (2014 Video Game)

M | Adventure, Crime, Mystery

Taking place in London and its suburbs in 1894 and 1895, Sherlock Holmes is out to solve six high profile cases in this game of investigation in the tradition of Conan Doyle.

Stars: Charles Swift, Chris Anderson, Colin Mace, Danny Webb

Votes: 575

74. 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: 1,224

75. 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: 1,436

76. Paramount on Parade (1930)

Passed | 102 min | Comedy, Music

A musical revue that basically has Paramount stars and contract-players doing things some had never done on screen, and wouldn't again; such as Ruth Chatteron , in a French-café setting ... See full summary »

Directors: Dorothy Arzner, Otto Brower, Edmund Goulding, Victor Heerman, Edwin H. Knopf, Rowland V. Lee, Ernst Lubitsch, Lothar Mendes, Victor Schertzinger, A. Edward Sutherland, Frank Tuttle | Stars: Jean Arthur, Clara Bow, Maurice Chevalier, Gary Cooper

Votes: 384

77. 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: 740 | Gross: $0.38M

78. There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension (2020 Video Game)

E10+ | Adventure, Comedy, Mystery

There is no game. So don't go messing things up by clicking everywhere. You don't want to be kicked out of your video game world, do you? Of course not.

Director: Pascal Cammisotto | Stars: Pascal Cammisotto, Julie Shields, Daniel Francis-Berenson, Robert Paterson

Votes: 122

79. 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: 635

80. Sherlock Holmes vs. Frankenstein

123 min | Adventure, Horror, Mystery | Announced

In 1898, Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson travel to Germany to investigate a strange case in the village of Darmstadt near castle Frankenstein.

Director: Gautier Cazenave | Stars: Shane Briant, John Lebar, Eric Godon, Nicolas Robin

81. Heads or Tails (1997)

104 min | Comedy

In order to make money fast to put his company back on track, Dominique finds a job as an antique dealer. But soon he realizes that the only way he will keep his job is by pretending he is ... See full summary »

Director: Claude Fournier | Stars: Roy Dupuis, Patrick Huard, Charlotte Laurier, Albert Millaire

Votes: 456 | Gross: $0.85M

82. 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

83. 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: 789

84. 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: 956

85. Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery (2017 Video)

3 min | Short, Mystery

Get your deerstalker cap on - the play's afoot. From the award-winning mastermind of mayhem, Ken Ludwig (Lend Me a Tenor), comes a fast-paced comedy about everyone's favorite detective ... See full summary »

Director: Chrisjohn Hancock | Star: Harrison Treble

86. Testimony (1987)

Not Rated | 157 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of the great Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) and his life and career during the rule of Stalin.

Director: Tony Palmer | Stars: Ben Kingsley, Sherry Baines, Magdalen Asquith, Mark Asquith

Votes: 288

87. The Sign of Four (2001 TV Movie)

90 min | Mystery

Greed, betrayal and vengeance set the stage for this Sir Arthur Conan Doyle classic. Mary Morstan, a young governess, has been receiving a rare and lustrous pearl annually from an anonymous... See full summary »

Director: Rodney Gibbons | Stars: Matt Frewer, Kenneth Welsh, Sophie Lorain, Marcel Jeannin

Votes: 584

88. Hands of a Murderer (1990 TV Movie)

Approved | 90 min | Mystery, Action, Adventure

Professor Moriarty is loose in London with spies everywhere, and only Sherlock Holmes can figure out what he's up to and stop it.

Director: Stuart Orme | Stars: Edward Woodward, John Hillerman, Anthony Andrews, Kim Thomson

Votes: 277

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: 184

90. 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: 475

91. 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: 477

92. Sherlock Holmes Returns (1993 TV Movie)

96 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Sherlock Holmes is awakened in modern times with a tale that he had invented a method of suspended animation that he had used on himself. Awakened by an earthquake, he is helped by Amy ... See full summary »

Director: Kenneth Johnson | Stars: Anthony Higgins, Debrah Farentino, Mark Adair-Rios, Joy Coghill

Votes: 412

93. 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: 456

94. 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: 244

95. 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

96. 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: 185

97. 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: 784

98. Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter (2016 Video Game)

T | Adventure, Crime, Mystery

Across five linked cases, Holmes confronts dark family secrets, both in his cases and personally, when a visiting woman begins interfering in his personal life, especially with his adopted daughter.

Director: Aurélie Ludot | Stars: Alex Jordan, Andrew Wincott, Ashley Margolis, Charlotte Moore

Votes: 443

99. 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: 93

100. 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: 150