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Movies Like Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes

If you liked Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes (2000), a crime and mystery movie directed by Paul Seed, 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. 1Sherlock 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…

  2. 2Sherlock: The Abominable Bride

    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.

  3. 3The 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…

  4. 4Sherlock: Case of Evil

    Sherlock: Case of Evil (2002)

    ★ 6.3/10Also mystery and crime

    Early in his crime-solving career, Sherlock Holmes attempts to prevent Moriarty from cornering the heroin market.

  5. 5Murder in Three Acts

    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. 6Mr. Holmes

    Mr. Holmes (2015)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and mystery

    In 1947, long-retired and near the end of his life, Sherlock Holmes grapples with an unreliable memory and must rely on his housekeeper's son as he revisits the still-unsolved case that led to his retirement.

  7. 7The Pearl of Death

    The Pearl of Death (1944)

    ★ 7.1/10Also mystery and crime

    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…

  8. 8Sherlock Holmes

    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.

  9. 9Boston Strangler

    Boston Strangler (2023)

    ★ 6.6/10Also crime and mystery

    Reporters Loretta McLaughlin and Jean Cole bravely pursue the story of the Boston Strangler at great personal risk, putting their own lives on the line in their quest to uncover the truth.

  10. 10Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington

    Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington (1987)

    ★ 7.5/10Also crime and mystery

    Travelling on the 4.50 from Paddington, Mrs McGillicuddy witnesses a murder on a passing train - but where is the body?

  11. 11A Walk Among the Tombstones

    A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014)

    ★ 6.3/10Also crime and drama

    Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.

  12. 12Thirteen at Dinner

    Thirteen at Dinner (1985)

    ★ 5.9/10Also crime and mystery

    Actress Jane Wilkinson wants a divorce, but her husband, Lord Edgware, refuses. She convinces Hercule Poirot to use his famed tact and logic to make her case. Lord Edgware turns up murdered, a well-placed knife wound…

  13. 13Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side

    Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (1992)

    ★ 7.4/10Also crime and drama

    A town busybody is poisoned at a busy reception in the home of famous film star Marina Gregg. The poisoned drink seemed intended for Marina, but Miss Marple is not so sure. She sets out to discover the true identity of…

  14. 14Sherlock Holmes in Washington

    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.

  15. 15Crooked House

    Crooked House (2017)

    ★ 6.4/10Also mystery and crime

    A private investigator helps a former flame solve the murder of her wealthy grandfather, who lived in a sprawling estate surrounded by his idiosyncratic family.

  16. 16Insomnia

    Insomnia (2002)

    ★ 7/10Also crime and drama

    Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.

  17. 17The Woman in Green

    The Woman in Green (1945)

    ★ 6.5/10Also mystery and crime

    Sherlock 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.

  18. 18The 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.

  19. 19Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage

    Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage (1986)

    ★ 6.7/10Also mystery and drama

    Faced with two false confessions and numerous suspects after a despised civil magistrate is found shot in the local vicarage, Detective Inspector Slack reluctantly accepts help from Miss Marple.

  20. 20Dead Man's Folly

    Dead Man's Folly (1986)

    ★ 6.4/10Also crime and mystery

    During a murder hunt game at a country house, to which Hercule Poirot is invited as an "expert", a real murder occurs.

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