Movies Like The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
If you liked The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976), a mystery and thriller movie directed by Herbert Ross, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)
★ 6.9/10Also mystery and thrillerDuring 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 a long list of suspects…
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The Sign of Four (1987)
★ 7.4/10Also mystery and thrillerMary Morstan has received a pearl in the post every year since her father's disappearance. This leads Holmes and Watson to the truth about a secret pact between four convicts during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
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Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942)
★ 6.5/10Also mystery and thrillerIn the midst of World War II, Sherlock Holmes rescues the Swiss inventor of a new bomb-sight from the Gestapo and brings him to England, where he quickly falls into the clutches of the evil Professor Moriarty.
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Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)
★ 6.8/10Also mystery and thrillerIn World War II, a British secret agent carrying a vitally important document is kidnapped en route to Washington. The British government calls on Sherlock Holmes to recover it.
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
★ 7.1/10Also mystery and thrillerWhen a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.
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Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
★ 7.1/10Also thriller and mysteryIn 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.
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Inferno (2016)
★ 6.1/10Also mystery and thrillerAfter waking up in a hospital with amnesia, professor Robert Langdon and a doctor must race against time to foil a deadly global plot.
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The House of Fear (1945)
★ 6.9/10Also mystery and thrillerThe Good Comrades are a collection of varied gentlemen who crave one thing - solitude. They reside at Drearcliff House, ancestral home of their eldest member. All seems serene and convivial until one by one the members…
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Terror by Night (1946)
★ 6.6/10Also mystery and thrillerHolmes and Watson board a passenger train bound from London to Edinburgh, to guard the Star of Rhodesia, an enormous diamond worth a fortune belonging to an elderly woman of wealth; but within the first hour of the…
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Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
★ 6.8/10Also mystery and thrillerSherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson meet as boys in an English Boarding school. Holmes is known for his deductive ability even as a youth, amazing his classmates with his abilities. When they discover a plot to murder a…
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The Scarlet Claw (1944)
★ 7/10Also mystery and thrillerWhen a woman is found dead with her throat torn out, the local villagers blame a supernatural monster. But Sherlock Holmes, who gets drawn into the case from nearby Quebec, suspects a human murderer.
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Palmetto (1998)
★ 6/10Also mystery and thrillerAfter being released from prison on a bum charge, Harry Barber is out for payback to regain his lost two years. He's hired by Mrs. Malroux to fake the kidnapping of her stepdaughter (the daughter of a dying…
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The Sense of an Ending (2017)
★ 6.3/10Also mysteryA man becomes haunted by his past and is presented with a mysterious legacy that causes him to re-think his current situation in life.
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Obsession (1976)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller and mysteryA wealthy New Orleans businessman becomes obsessed with a young woman who resembles his late wife.
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Enola Holmes (2020)
★ 7.2/10Also mysteryWhile searching for her missing mother, intrepid teen Enola Holmes uses her sleuthing skills to outsmart big brother Sherlock and help a runaway lord.
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The Woman in Green (1945)
★ 6.5/10Also mystery and thrillerSherlock 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.
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Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
★ 7.3/10Also mystery and thrillerA woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed.
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Night Train to Lisbon (2013)
★ 6.5/10Also mystery and thrillerRaimund Gregorius, having saved a beautiful Portuguese woman from leaping to her death, stumbles upon a mesmerizing book by a Portuguese author, which compels him to suddenly abandon the boring life he has led for…
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The Pearl of Death (1944)
★ 7.1/10Also thriller and mysteryThe famous Borgia Pearl, a valuable gem with a history of bringing murder and misfortune to its owner since the days of the Borgias, is brought to London, thanks in part to Sherlock Holmes. But before long the jewel is…
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Despair (1978)
★ 6.5/10Also thrillerBerlin, 1930, during the rise of Nazism. Hermann Hermann, a Russian emigrant and chocolate manufacturer, married to the capricious Lydia, loses his temper more and more every day when dealing with his workers and other…