Movies Like A Study in Terror

If you liked A Study in Terror (1965), a crime and drama movie directed by James Hill, 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
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
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
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride (2016)
★ 7.8/10Also crime and drama
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson find themselves in 1890s London in this holiday special.
4
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
Murder in Three Acts (1986)
★ 6/10Also crime and drama
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.
6
Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)
★ 6.8/10Also mystery and crime
In 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.
7
The Blue Gardenia (1953)
★ 6.5/10Also crime and mystery
Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspect that she murdered him while…
8
The Pearl of Death (1944)
★ 7.1/10Also thriller and mystery
The 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…
9
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927)
★ 7.2/10Also crime and thriller
London. A mysterious serial killer brutally murders young blond women by stalking them in the night fog. One foggy, sinister night, a young man who claims his name is Jonathan Drew arrives at the guest house run by the…
10
Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors (1992)
★ 6.9/10Also mystery and drama
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.
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Terror by Night (1946)
★ 6.6/10Also mystery and crime
Holmes 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…
12
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…
13
The Organization (1971)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and mystery
After a group of young revolutionaries break into a company's corporate headquarters and steal $5,000,000 worth of heroin to keep it off the street, they call on San Francisco Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs for…
14
The Limits of Control (2009)
★ 6/10Also crime and mystery
A mysterious stranger works outside the law and keeps his objectives hidden, trusting no one. While his demeanor is paradoxically focused and dreamlike all at once, he embarks on a journey that not only takes him…
15
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
★ 7.1/10Also mystery and crime
When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.
16
Enola Holmes 3 (2026)
★ 6.7/10Also crime and mystery
Adventure follows detective Enola Holmes to Malta, where her plans to tie the knot unravel when Sherlock's disappearance plunges her into a perilous case.
17
Sherlock Holmes (2009)
★ 7.2/10Also mystery and crime
Eccentric consulting detective Sherlock Holmes and Doctor John Watson battle to bring down a new nemesis and unravel a deadly plot that could destroy England.
18
The Sign of Four (1987)
★ 7.4/10Also crime and mystery
Mary 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.
19
Footsteps in the Fog (1955)
★ 7/10Also thriller and drama
A Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid who discovers that her employer may have killed his first wife.
20
Limbo (2023)
★ 6.1/10Also crime and drama
Travis, a jaded detective, arrives in the remote outback town of Limbo to investigate the cold case murder of local Indigenous girl Charlotte Hayes 20 years ago. As truths about the murder begin to unfold, the…