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Movies Like A Study in Scarlet

If you liked A Study in Scarlet (1933), a crime and mystery movie directed by Edwin L. Marin, 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.

  1. 1The Scarlet Claw

    The Scarlet Claw (1944)

    ★ 7/10Also mystery and crime

    When 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.

  2. 2Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

    Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)

    ★ 6.9/10Also mystery and crime

    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 a long list of suspects…

  3. 3Sherlock: The Abominable Bride

    Sherlock: The Abominable Bride (2016)

    ★ 7.8/10Also crime and mystery

    Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson find themselves in 1890s London in this holiday special.

  4. 4Young Sherlock Holmes

    Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)

    ★ 6.8/10Also mystery and thriller

    Sherlock 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…

  5. 5The Mirror Crack'd

    The Mirror Crack'd (1980)

    ★ 6.1/10Also mystery and crime

    Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.

  6. 6Lady in the Lake

    Lady in the Lake (1946)

    ★ 6.1/10Also mystery and thriller

    Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But when he's called to the office of editor Adrienne Fromsett, it's not to talk about his story ideas — she wants him to…

  7. 7The House of Fear

    The House of Fear (1945)

    ★ 6.9/10Also mystery and crime

    The 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…

  8. 8The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother

    The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)

    ★ 6/10Also crime and mystery

    After spending decades living in the shadow of his more famous and successful sibling, Consulting Detective Sigerson Holmes is called upon to help solve a crucial case that leads him on a hilarious trail of false…

  9. 9Shadow of a Doubt

    Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

    ★ 7.5/10Also thriller and mystery

    In sleepy Santa Rosa, restless young Charlie’s world brightens when her sophisticated Uncle Charlie arrives for a long visit. But as his behavior grows increasingly strange, she begins to suspect that her beloved uncle…

  10. 10The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

    The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)

    ★ 6.9/10Also crime and mystery

    Having once again avoided criminal conviction, Professor Moriarity develops a murderous plan to “finish off” his last major nemesis, Sherlock Holmes, by making him fail to prevent the perfect crime. Does it involve a…

  11. 11Witness for the Prosecution

    Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

    ★ 8.2/10Also mystery and crime

    An ailing barrister is thrust back into the courtroom in what becomes one of the most unusual and eventful murder cases of the lawyer's career when he finds himself defending a man being tried for the murder of a…

  12. 12A Study in Terror

    A Study in Terror (1965)

    ★ 6.2/10Also crime and mystery

    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…

  13. 13The Naked City

    The Naked City (1948)

    ★ 7.2/10Also crime and mystery

    After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.

  14. 14Madigan

    Madigan (1968)

    ★ 6.2/10Also crime and thriller

    NYPD detectives Bonaro and Madigan lose their guns to fugitive Barney Benesch. As compensation, they are given a weekend to bring Benesch to justice. While they follow various leads, Police Commissioner Russell goes…

  15. 15The Hound of the Baskervilles

    The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)

    ★ 6.8/10Also mystery and thriller

    When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.

  16. 16Murder in Three Acts

    Murder in Three Acts (1986)

    ★ 6/10Also crime and mystery

    In Acapulco, Hercule Poirot attends a dinner party in which one of the guests clutches his throat and suddenly dies. The causes seem to be natural until another party with most of the same guests produces another corpse.

  17. 17The Night Stalker

    The Night Stalker (1972)

    ★ 6.9/10Also mystery and thriller

    Wisecracking reporter Carl Kolchak investigates a string of murders in Las Vegas and suspects the culprit is a vampire. His editor thinks he's crazy and the police think he's a nuisance, so Kolchak takes matters into…

  18. 18Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors

    Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors (1992)

    ★ 6.9/10Also mystery and crime

    At the insistence of Ruth Van Rydock, an old schoolfriend who is convinced that there is something wrong, Miss Marple agrees to visit 'Stonygates', the country house of Ruth's sister.

  19. 19Time Without Pity

    Time Without Pity (1957)

    ★ 6.5/10Also crime and thriller

    Alec Graham is sentenced to death for the murder of his girlfriend Jennie, with whom he spent a weekend at the English country home of the parents of his friend Brian Stanford. Alec’s father, David Graham, a…

  20. 20Pickup on South Street

    Pickup on South Street (1953)

    ★ 7.4/10Also thriller and crime

    In New York City, an insolent pickpocket, Skip McCoy, inadvertently sets off a chain of events when he targets ex-prostitute Candy and steals her wallet. Unaware that she has been making deliveries of highly classified…

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