The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976), The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939), Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011), The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939), The Pearl of Death (1944), The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970), Sherlock Holmes (1922), Without a Clue (1988) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Sherlock Holmes movies.
Storyline: Sir Charles Baskerville has suffered an unusual death, causing some to say he was yet another victim of the dreaded family curse, which warns of a fabled hellhound haunting the Scottish moors. Not one prone to superstition, Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett) thinks something else is afoot. Being stuck in London himself, Holmes sends his colleague, Dr. Watson (Edward Hardwicke), to investigate instead. It soon becomes clear to them both that Baskerville's demise was no mere accident.
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Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Holmes and Watson investigate a series of bizarre and apparently unconnected murders, and the death of a possible suspect. The trail leads to a society of hypnotists and a mysterious, glamorous woman. The fiendish Dr James Moriarty, though reported hanged in Montevideo, is suspected of being involved.—Michael Crew <m.crew@bbcnc.org.uk>
Plot Keywords: mystery, crime, detective, film noir, murder, sherlock holmes, serial killer ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: When a Nazi saboteur jeeringly predicts to the nation new depredations via the radio 'Voice of Terror', the Homeland Security Inner Council summons Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) to help in the crisis. Holmes and his companion, Dr. Watson (Nigel Bruce), receive a visitor on the first night of their investigation; a man falls dying from a knife in the back on their doorstep. His last word leads Holmes into the slums where he encounters Kitty (Evelyn Ankers), the sweetheart of the slain man, who promises to help the investigation in any way she can.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@sudenlink.net>
Plot Keywords: detective, mystery, crime, classic, film noir, world war ii, spy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Detective Michael Shayne and his girlfriend Joanne are on their way to be married when a scream from a nearby hotel room draws his attention to a pair of theatrical murders.
Plot Keywords: mystery, crime, detective, sherlock holmes, classic, black and white, british ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: When Watson reads from the newspaper there have been two similar murders near Whitechapel in a few days, Sherlock Holmes' sharp deductive is immediately stimulated to start its merciless method of elimination after observation of every apparently meaningless detail. He guesses right the victims must be street whores, and doesn't need long to work his way trough a pawn shop, an aristocratic family's stately home, a hospital and of course the potential suspects and (even unknowing) witnesses who are the cast of the gradually unraveled story of the murderer and his motive.—KGF Vissers
Plot Keywords: detective, sherlock holmes, mystery, crime, thriller, murder, victorian era ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: While taking a holiday in the country with his mother, Dennis hits on a scheme to impress a girl so that she'll go away on a trip with him as his girlfriend. Although he fails to gain any interest from the girl, the police take a great interest in his story. From this point on, Dennis digs a deeper hole for himself at every turn.—Simon Rowell <srowell@tiac.net>
Plot Keywords: sherlock holmes, mystery, detective, classic literature, adventure, crime, victorian era ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Sherlock Holmes' younger brother is annoyed that he has had to live in Sherlock's shadow for so long. When Sherlock goes to the continent, he sends a case to his brother who constantly tries with varying success, to imitate Sherlock's deductive and observational tricks.—John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
Plot Keywords: comedy, mystery, crime, detective, parody, humorous, british ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Card cheat Ronald Adair hears a disembodied voice coming from a painting of a cardinal threatening him with exposure and disgrace unless he becomes part of a criminal conspiracy involving counterfeit money. Adair is reluctant and is later found shot in the head in a bank. Holmes rightly suspects that his arch-enemy Moriarty, the master of disguise, is behind the plot.—duke1029@aol.com
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Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Holmes, retired to Sussex, is drawn into a last case when arch enemy Moriarty arranges with an American gang to kill one John Douglas, a country gentleman with a mysterious past. Holmes' methods baffle Watson and Lestrade, but his results astonish them. In a long flashback, the victim's wife tells the story of the sinister Vermissa Valley.
Plot Keywords: detective, mystery, crime, classic, british, sherlock holmes, deduction ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In London, a secret society led by lawyer Thaddeus Merrydew collects the assets of any of its deceased members and divides them among the remaining members. Society members start dropping like flies. Sherlock Holmes is approached by member James Murphy's widow, who is miffed at being left penniless by her husband. When Captain Pyke is shot, Holmes keys in on his mysterious Chinese widow as well as the shady Merrydew. Other members keep dying--Malcom Dearing first, then Mr. Baker. There is also an attempt on the life of young Eileen Forrester, who became a reluctant society member upon the death of her father. Holmes' uncanny observations and insights are put to the test.—Gary Jackson <garyjack5@cogeco.ca>
Plot Keywords: detective, sherlock holmes, dr. watson, mystery, crime, murder, deduction ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A humorous take on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic mysteries featuring Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson.
Plot Keywords: comedy, detective, parody, sherlock holmes, humorous, crime, mystery ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In 1886, Sherlock Holmes (James D'Arcy) helps actress Rebecca Doyle (Gabrielle Anwar) get rid of blackmailer Professor Moriarty (Vincent D'Onofrio), chasing the criminal to his apparent death. Holmes' success makes headlines, and he is hired by a drug dealer, Ben Harrington (Struan Rodger), to find the serial killer who's murdering other drug pushers. While examining the bodies with coroner Dr. Watson (Roger Morlidge), Holmes suspects that Moriarty is alive and behind the killings.
Plot Keywords: detective, sherlock holmes, mystery, crime, victorian era, london, serial killer ...
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