Sherlock Holmes (disambiguation)

Sherlock Holmes is the famous literary character created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle that is considered one of the most important staples of the mystery genre. The character has been featured for over a century in various forms of media including feature films and television series.

The following lists the films and television series in the IMFDB featuring the character of Sherlock Holmes:

Theatrical Films

Silent Films

Arthur Wontner

A series of five films from 1931-1937, starring Arthur Wontner as Sherlock Holmes.

The Sleeping Cardinal (1931)
The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case (1932)
Silver Blaze (1937)

Basil Rathbone & Nigel Bruce

A series of fourteen films from 1939-1946, starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson.

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942)
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1943)
Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)
The Spider Woman (1944)
The Scarlet Claw (1944)
The Pearl of Death (1944)
The House of Fear (1945)
The Woman in Green (1945)
Pursuit to Algiers (1945)
Terror by Night (1946)
Dressed to Kill (1946)

Robert Downey Jr.

A series of films directed by Guy Ritchie starring Robert Downey Jr. as Sherlock Holmes and Jude Law as Dr. Watson.

Sherlock Holmes (2009)
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)

Other British/American

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
A Study in Terror (1965)
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)
Murder by Decree (1979)
Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
Without a Clue (1988)
Mr. Holmes (2015)
Holmes & Watson (2018)

Non-British/American

Lelicek in the Services of Sherlock Holmes (Lelícek ve sluzbách Sherlocka Holmesa) (1932, Czech)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Der Hund von Baskerville) (1937, German)
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (Sherlock Holmes und das Halsband des Todes) (1962, German-French-Italian)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sobaka Baskerviley) (1971, Soviet)
My Tenderly Loved Detective (Moy nezhno lyubimyy detektiv) (1987, Soviet)

Television Films

Ian Richardson

Stars Ian Richardson as Sherlock Holmes.

Christopher Lee

Stars Christopher Lee as Sherlock Holmes. Also known as the Sherlock Holmes the Golden Years series.

Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady (1991)
Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls (1992)

Matt Frewer

A series of four Canadian television films starring Matt Frewer as Sherlock Holmes and Kenneth Welsh as Dr. Watson.

The Hound of the Baskervilles (2000)
The Sign of Four (2001)
The Royal Scandal (2002)
The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire (2002)

Ian Hart (as Watson)

Two British television films that share the same actor for Dr. Watson, Ian Hart.

Other British/American

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1972)
Sherlock Holmes in New York (1976)
Hands of a Murderer (1990)
The Hound of London (1993)
Sherlock: Case of Evil (2002)
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars (2007)

Direct-to-video Films

Sherlock Holmes (2010)

Television

Jeremy Brett

A series of four British TV series produced by Granada Television between 1984 and 1994, starring Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes and David Burke, later Edward Hardwicke (from Return onwards) as Dr. Watson.