The internet is a great resource for finding Sherlockian film and video, even those from the early days of recording. Many of the Sherlock Holmes stories are available for you to watch online, and we have collected those links for you below. On this page, you can explore the world of Holmes on film from 1900 to the present day. Thank you to @cavernism, @DStuartDavies and @her_nerdiness for suggesting entries and locating links.
The Early Years
- Sherlock Holmes Baffled (1900)
- The Copper Beeches (Georges Treville, 1912)
- The Musgrave Ritual (Georges Treville, 1912)
- The Valley of Fear (H. A. Sainsbury with Arthur M. Cullen, 1916)
- The Burstup Homes Murder Case (1913)
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Eille Norwood, 1921) (The Man with the Twisted Lip, The Dying Detective, The Devil's Foot)
- Sherlock Holmes (John Barrymore with Reginald Owen, 1922) ($)
- Sherlock Jr. (Buster Keaton, 1924)
- Mutt and Jeff in Slick Sleuths (1926)
- The Speckled Band (Raymond Massey with Athole Stewart, 1931)
- A Study in Scarlet (Reginald Owen with Warburton Gamble, 1933)
- The Case of the Screaming Bishop (1944, animated)
- The Speckled Band (Alan Napier, 1949)
Arthur Wontner with Ian Fleming
- The Sleeping Cardinal (Sherlock Holmes' Fatal Hour) (1931)
- The Sign of Four (1932)
- The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935)
Basil Rathbone with Nigel Bruce
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
- Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1943) • 1985 spoof ($)
- 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)• 1993 spoof ($)
- Dressed to Kill (1946) • 1985 spoof ($)
Ronald Howard with Howard Marion Crawford (1954-55)
The 1950s, 60s, 70s
- The Man Who Disappeared (1951)
- Unsold television pilot (Alfred Napier, 1951)
- Sting of Death (Boris Karloff, 1955)
- The Hound of the Baskervilles (Peter Cushing with André Morell, 1959) ($)
- Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (Christopher Lee with Thorley Walters, 1962)
- The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Robert Stephens with Colin Blakely, 1970) ($) • Amazon Prime
- The Hound of the Baskervilles (Stewart Granger with Bernard Fox, 1972)
- The Hound of the Baskervilles (Peter Cook with Dudley Moore, 1978)
- Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (Geoffrey Whitehead and Donald Pickering, 1979, multiple episodes each in two parts) •
- The Speckled Band, dubbed into Italian
Peter Cushing with Nigel Stock, 1964-68
Jeremy Brett with David Burke, later Edward Hardwicke (Granada)
First series (1984)
- A Scandal in Bohemia
- The Dancing Men
- The Naval Treaty
- The Solitary Cyclist
- The Crooked Man
- The Blue Carbuncle
Second series (1985)
Third series (1986)
- The Empty House
- The Abbey Grange
- The Musgrave Ritual
- The Second Stain
- The Man with the Twisted Lip
- The Priory School
- The Six Napoleons
Fourth series (1987)
- The Sign of Four
- The Devil’s Foot
- Silver Blaze
- The Bruce-Partington Plans
- Wisteria Lodge
- The Hound of the Baskervilles
Fifth series (1991-93)
- The Illustrious Client
- The Creeping Man
- Thor Bridge
- The Boscombe Valley Mystery
- Lady Frances Carfax
- The Master Blackmailer
- The Last Vampyre
- The Eligible Bachelor
Sixth series (1994)
The 1980s and 1990s
- Sherlock Holmes (Frank Langella with Richard Woods, 1981)
- The Valley of Fear (animated, Peter O'Toole with Earle Cross, 1982) ($)
- The Baskerville Curse (1983 animated)
- Young Sherlock Holmes (Nicholas Rowe with Alan Cox, 1985) ($)
- The Great Mouse Detective (1986) ($)
- Murder on the Bluebell Line (Hugh Fraser, 1987)
- Incident at Victoria Falls (Christopher Lee with Patrick Macnee, 1992) ($)
- Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady (Christopher Lee with Patrick Macnee, 1992) ($)
- Sherlock Holmes und die sieben Zwerge (SH and the Seven Dwarfs), 8 episodes in German (1992)
- 1994 Baker Street: Sherlock Holmes Returns (Anthony Higgins, 1994)
Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century
- Season 1 (1999) ($)
First season (1999-2000)
- The Fall and Rise of Sherlock Holmes
- The Crime Machine
- The Hounds of the Baskervilles
- The Empty House
- The Crooked Man
- The Deranged Detective
- The Sussex Vampire Lot
- The Scales of Justice
- The Resident Patient
- The Sign of Four
- The Dancing Men
- The Musgrave Ritual
- The Blue Carbuncle
- Silver Blaze
- The Five Orange Pips
- The Red-Headed League
- The Man with the Twisted Lip
Second season (2001)
- The Secret Safe
- The Second Stain
- The Engineer’s Thumb
- The Gloria Scott
- The Six Napoleons
- The Creeping Man
- The Beryl Board
- The Mazarin Chip
- A Case of Identity
The 2000s
- Sherlock: Case of Evil (James D'Arcy with Roger Morlidge, 2002) ($)
- Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars (Part 1), Jonathan Pryce with Bill Paterson, 2007) ($)
- Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars (Part 2), Jonathan Pryce with Bill Paterson, 2007) ($)
- Sherlock Holmes (Dominic Keating with Gareth David-Lloyd, 2010)
- No Place Like Holmes (web comedy-drama, 2010-2013)
- Tom and Jerry: Sherlock Holmes (2011) ($)
- Sherlock Holmes (Kevin Glaser, 2011) ($)
- Sherlock Holmes and Little Black Men (Russian cartoon, 2012, six episodes)
- The Case of Violet Smith (Nathan Carter with Lewis Wheelhouse, 2013)
- The Case of Maria Gibson (Nathan Carter with Lewis Wheelhouse, 2013)
- Sherlock Holmes: The Baskerville Curse (animated, 2013) ($)
Robert Downey Jr. with Jude Law
Benedict Cumberbatch with Martin Freeman (BBC Sherlock)
- Season 1 (2010): A Study in Pink, The Blind Banker, The Great Game ($)
- Season 2 (2012): A Scandal in Belgravia, The Hounds of Baskerville, The Reichenbach Fall ($)
- Series 3 teaser
- Season 3 (2014): The Empty Hearse, The Sign of Three, His Last Vow ($)
- Oklahomo (parody)
- Mind Phallus (parody)
- The Case of the Missing Shoulder (parody)
Jonny Lee Miller with Lucy Liu (CBS Elementary)
- YouTube channel
- Season 1 (2012-13), Amazon Instant Video ($)
- Season 2 (2013-14), Amazon Instant Video ($)