Movies like Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)
The best movies like Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943) are Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943), Jack the Ripper (1959) and Shadow of the Thin Man (1941). If Sherlock Holmes Faces Death 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 ratedSpellbound (1945)7.4/10 from 1,044 votes
- NewestJack the Ripper (1959)Released 1959
- Same seriesSherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone)
Sherlock 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: Same series: Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) · both mystery & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJack the Ripper (1959)
A serial killer is murdering women in the Whitechapel district of London. An American policeman is brought in to help Scotland Yard solve the case.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & crime
Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
While attending a major horse race with their young son, Nick Jr., Nick and Nora Charles witnesse a shocking murder from the crowded grandstand. What first appears to be an isolated killing soon leads to a maze of corruption, blackmail, gambling scandals, and criminal intrigue. As Nick investigates, he encounters suspicious bookmakers, dishonest officials, rival gangsters, and a mysterious killer determined to stay ahead of the law. Nora, as always, is never far from the action, bringing her quick wit and fearless curiosity to the case.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & mystery
Worth the HypeMovies like thisNumber Seventeen (1932)
A gang of jewel thieves hides out in an abandoned London house after a robbery, unaware that a detective is among them in disguise.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisSong of the Thin Man (1947)
While attending a glamorous jazz cruise on New York’s East River, Nick and Nora Charles witness the fatal shooting of a wealthy patron. When suspicion falls on a young bandleader and his musicians, the couple steps in to clear their friends and uncover the real killer. Their investigation leads through a lively world of jazz clubs, radio personalities, high society, and backstage rivalries, where almost everyone has a secret and the next clue may be hidden in the music.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies 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: Same series: Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) · both mystery & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAnother Thin Man (1939)
Nick and Nora Charles are back - and this time, they have a baby, a wealthy new client, and another murder to solve! Retired detective Nick is enjoying family life with Nora and their young son, Nick Jr., when eccentric industrialist Colonel MacFay asks for protection after receiving threatening messages. When MacFay is found dead at his isolated estate, Nick and Nora spring into action, questioning a houseful of suspicious guests and uncovering greed, blackmail, family secrets, and a dangerous inheritance plot. With their trademark wit and sophistication, the glamorous couple balances parenthood, parties, and peril as they race to expose the killer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDressed to Kill (1946)
A convicted thief in Dartmoor prison hides the location of the stolen Bank of England printing plates inside three music boxes. When the innocent purchasers of the boxes start to be murdered, Holmes and Watson investigate.
Why it matches: Same series: Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) · both mystery & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSaboteur (1942)
Aircraft factory worker Barry Kane flees across the United States after he is wrongly accused of starting the fire that killed his best friend.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942)
In the midst of World War II, Sherlock Holmes rescues the Swiss inventor of a new bomb-sight from the Gestapo and brings him to England, where he quickly falls into the clutches of the evil Professor Moriarty.
Why it matches: Same series: Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) · both mystery & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies 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: Same series: Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) · both mystery & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Spider Woman (1943)
Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of so-called "pajama suicides". He knows the female villain behind them is as cunning as Moriarty and as venomous as a spider.
Why it matches: Same series: Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) · both mystery & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
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 family curse, the crown jewels of England, or something else…
Why it matches: Same series: Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) · both crime & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe House of Fear (1945)
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 begin to perish in the most grisly of manners. Foul play is suspected by the Good Comrades' insurance agent, who turns to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson for guidance.
Why it matches: Same series: Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) · both mystery & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTerror by Night (1946)
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 trip, the woman's son is murdered and the diamond stolen and any of the passengers in their car could be the killer thief.
Why it matches: Same series: Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) · both mystery & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Thin Man Goes Home (1944)
Hoping for a peaceful visit with his parents in the small town of Sycamore Springs, Nick Charles and his wife Nora soon find themselves surrounded by old rivalries, family tensions, and a mysterious murder. Nick’s father, a respected retired doctor, would much rather see his son give up detective work, but a suspicious shooting quickly draws Nick back into action. As Nick and Nora investigate, they uncover jealousy, deception, hidden motives, and a dangerous secret involving the town’s prominent citizens.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Pearl of Death (1944)
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 stolen, due to an error on Holmes' part, and shortly thereafter, a series of horrible murders begin, the murderer leaving his victims with their spines snapped and surrounded by a mass of smashed china.
Why it matches: Same series: Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) · both thriller & mystery
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPursuit to Algiers (1945)
After the King of Rovenia has been assassinated, Holmes and Watson are engaged to escort his son to Europe via Algiers, aboard a transatlantic ocean liner which also carries a number of suspicious persons, any of whom may be involved in a plot to also assassinate him.
Why it matches: Same series: Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) · both mystery & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942)
England, at the start of World War Two. Mysterious wireless broadcasts, apparently from Nazi Germany are heard over the BBC. They warn of acts of terror in England, just before they take place. Baffled, the Defense Committee call in Sherlock Holmes.
Why it matches: Same series: Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) · both crime & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Woman in Green (1945)
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.
Why it matches: Same series: Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) · both mystery & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMinistry of Fear (1944)
Stephen Neale is released into WWII England after two years in an asylum, but it doesn't seem so sane outside either. On his way back to London to rejoin civilization, he stumbles across a murderous spy ring and doesn't quite know to whom to turn.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSpellbound (1945)
When Dr. Anthony Edwardes arrives at a Vermont mental hospital to replace the outgoing hospital director, Dr. Constance Peterson, a psychoanalyst, discovers Edwardes is actually an impostor. The man confesses that the real Dr. Edwardes is dead and fears he may have killed him, but cannot recall anything. Dr. Peterson, however is convinced his impostor is innocent of the man's murder, and joins him on a quest to unravel his amnesia through psychoanalysis.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMurder! (1930)
When actress Diana Baring is found in a daze beside her colleague’s murdered body, all evidence points to her guilt. During the trial, juror Sir John Menier doubts the verdict, but yields to pressure. Haunted by remorse, he launches his own investigation.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisSabotage (1936)
Karl Anton Verloc and his wife own a small cinema in a quiet London suburb where they live seemingly happily. But Mrs. Verloc does not know that her husband has a secret that will affect their relationship and threaten her teenage brother's life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935)
Holmes, retired to Sussex, is drawn into a last case when his arch enemy Moriarty arranges with an American gang to kill one John Douglas, a country gentleman with a mysterious past. Holmes' methods baffle Watson and Lestrade, but his results astonish them. In a long flashback, the victim's wife tells the story of the sinister Vermissa Valley.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & mystery
The 39 Steps (1935)
Richard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed - with a knife in her back. Having a bit of trouble explaining it all to Scotland Yard, he heads for the hills of Scotland to try to clear his name by locating the spy ring known as The 39 Steps.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisJamaica Inn (1939)
In early 19th-century Cornwall, young Mary Yellan travels to live with her aunt and uncle at the remote Jamaica Inn, where she discovers the inn is a front for a violent gang of wreckers who lure ships to their doom along the coast. As she becomes entangled in their crimes, Mary must fight to survive and uncover the truth behind the terror that haunts the moors.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisForeign Correspondent (1940)
American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the imminent war. When he walks into the middle of an assassination and stumbles on a spy ring, he seeks help from a beautiful politician’s daughter and an urbane English journalist to uncover the truth.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & mystery
Worth the HypeMovies like thisYoung and Innocent (1937)
When a young writer is falsely accused of murdering a famous actress, he escapes custody and joins forces with the daughter of a police constable to prove his innocence.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSecret Agent (1936)
During World War I, a novelist declared dead is recruited by British intelligence and sent to Switzerland under a new identity to assassinate a German spy. Teamed with a fellow agent posing as his wife and an eccentric assassin known as “the General,” the trio close in on their target — until two of them grow ambivalent when their duty to the mission clashes with their consciences.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & mystery
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Sherlock Holmes Faces Death?
The closest matches to Sherlock Holmes Faces Death are Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943), Jack the Ripper (1959) and Shadow of the Thin Man (1941). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Sherlock Holmes Faces Death?
People who watched Sherlock Holmes Faces Death most often go on to Jack the Ripper (1959), Shadow of the Thin Man (1941) and Number Seventeen (1932).
What is the highest-rated movie like Sherlock Holmes Faces Death?
Spellbound (1945), rated 7.4/10 by 1,044 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Sherlock Holmes Faces Death?
Jack the Ripper (1959) is the most recent release on this list.
Is Sherlock Holmes Faces Death part of a series?
Yes. It belongs to Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone), which includes Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943), The Scarlet Claw (1944), Dressed to Kill (1946) and Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942).
Are there English movies like Sherlock Holmes Faces Death?
Yes: Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943), Jack the Ripper (1959) and Shadow of the Thin Man (1941).
How are movies similar to Sherlock Holmes Faces Death chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Sherlock Holmes Faces Death, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.