Movies like The Adventure of the Speckled Band (1949)
The best movies like The Adventure of the Speckled Band (1949) are Sherlock: Case of Evil (2002), The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975) and Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking (2004). If The Adventure of the Speckled Band hooked you with its mystery and crime, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedSherlock: The Abominable Bride (2016)7.8/10 from 2,392 votes
- NewestEnola Holmes 3 (2026)Released 2026
Sherlock: Case of Evil (2002)
Early in his crime-solving career, Sherlock Holmes attempts to prevent Moriarty from cornering the heroin market.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)
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 identities, stolen documents, secret codes... and exposed backsides.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking (2004)
The corpse of a shabbily dressed young woman has been discovered in the mud flats of the Thames at low tide. Police assume she's a prostitute, but Dr. Watson suspects something more and goes to his old friend Holmes, now retired and at very loose ends.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Hound of the Baskervilles (1983)
When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEnola Holmes 3 (2026)
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.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSherlock: The Abominable Bride (2016)
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson find themselves in 1890s London in this holiday special.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & mystery
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)
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.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSherlock Holmes (2009)
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.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisA Study in Terror (1965)
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 observation of every apparently meaningless detail. He guesses right the victims must be street whores, and doesn't need long to work his way trough a pawn shop, an aristocratic family's stately home, a hospital and of course the potential suspects and (even unknowing) witnesses who are the cast of the gradually unraveled story of the murderer and his motive.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEnola Holmes 2 (2022)
Enola takes on her first official case as a detective, but to solve the mystery of a missing girl, she'll need help from friends — and brother Sherlock.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)
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 including the owners of the home, the staff and the patients recovering there.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Sign of Four (1987)
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.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & mystery
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Scarlet Claw (1944)
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.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWHAT DID JACK DO? (2017)
In a locked down train station, a homicide detective conducts an interview with a tormented monkey who is suspected of murder.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Hound of the Baskervilles (1988)
When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery
Worth the HypeMovies like thisYoung Sherlock Holmes (1985)
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 series of British business men by an Egyptian cult, they move to stop it.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMr. Holmes (2015)
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.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes (2010)
Tom and Jerry need to learn to work together in order to help Sherlock Holmes with an investigation of a jewel theft. But still, they are cat and mouse!
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMute (2022)
William, a middle-aged traveling salesman, confesses his life story to a deaf and mute hitchhiker.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both mystery & crime
The Symphony Murder Mystery (1932)
A cellist is murdered during a symphony concert. Shortly afterwards, the manager of the hall is found dead, an apparent suicide. But is it?
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both crime & mystery
The Double (2012)
In a gloomy era of Taiwan under Japanese rule, there's a noble family, the mother of the twins of different sexes died early, and their father works for the government away from home. YU, the twin brother, have nightmares every night about being drowned by someone. He is lonely and longing to talk to his sister, but he could not meet her. Because AMEKO, the twin sister, has been in illness isolation since childhood. Things become strange while their cousin WEN CHENG was returning from Japan. YU finds out a big secret of the whole family, about his sister and the killer in the dream.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both mystery
Absolution, Parsin (2022)
The imagined perpetrator in a famously unsolved true-crime case, “Who Put Bella Down the Wych Elm”, is confronted about his past by an unearthly Bison in this Stop-Motion animated short film.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both crime
The Mystery of That Swimming Pool (2020)
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both mystery
Kibble (2022)
A young man is dared by his friends to trek deeper into dangerous territory, with bait, in order to finally once and for all prove or disprove the legendary rumors surrounding an abandoned barn.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both mystery
Anthill (2021)
Nine-year-old Dojin often spends time alone at home. One day he heads to the backyard to make an anthill and witnesses a murder. He brings home the bloodied brick used as murder weapon.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both mystery
The Trans-Atlantic Mystery (1932)
A couple of murderous crooks try to smuggle the famous Stanhope diamonds into New York but they're double-crossed and killed before reaching New York.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both mystery
David (2011)
The story of a man who dreams of his own murder and searches for the killer.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both crime
Jungle (2021)
A young woman awakens to find herself in the midst of a living nightmare.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both crime
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Adventure of the Speckled Band?
The closest matches to The Adventure of the Speckled Band are Sherlock: Case of Evil (2002), The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975) and Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking (2004). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Adventure of the Speckled Band?
Start with Sherlock: Case of Evil (2002), the closest match to The Adventure of the Speckled Band.
What is the highest-rated movie like The Adventure of the Speckled Band?
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride (2016), rated 7.8/10 by 2,392 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Adventure of the Speckled Band?
Enola Holmes 3 (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Adventure of the Speckled Band?
Yes: Sherlock: Case of Evil (2002), The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975) and Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking (2004).
How are movies similar to The Adventure of the Speckled Band chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Adventure of the Speckled Band, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.