Film "Sherlock Holmes"2009 is noteworthy for many: the cast (Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law), a decent budget ($ 90 million), and Guy Ritchie in the director's chair is also an important factor.
But the most surprising is that even though the main characters are taken from the books of Arthur Conan Doyle, the plot itself is completely original. Not everyone believed that something would come of it, but fees of over $ 500 million proved that everything worked out.
Sherlock Holmes is such a large-scale personality that it’s impossible to tell within the framework of one film, so for all fans of this hero we have collected 10 films and series similar to “Sherlock Holmes” with Downey Jr.
10. Poirot (1989)
The series based on the works of the Queen Detective began to be filmed in 1989, and the initiator was the daughter of Agatha Christie - Rosalind Hicks.
The British actor David Suchet was invited to the role of Hercule Poirot, to whom this series brought worldwide fame.
Interesting, that the debut season received 4 BAFTA nominations, winning 3. The most interesting - the series received one award for the best graphics, which are not there.
9. Blacklist (2013)
In the center of the plot of the series "Black list”Is Raymond Reddington (James Spider): one of the most wanted criminals. He is incredibly smart and cunning, so the FBI has been trying unsuccessfully for many years to catch him.
No one expected that he himself would voluntarily come to them and not just give up, but would offer his help in capturing other bandits. True, he has one condition: he agrees to work only in tandem with Elizabeth Keane (Megan Boone).
Elizabeth is new to the FBI and inferior to many colleagues in experience and skills, but Reddington considers her special.
Why does he treat her like that and how significant a contribution to the work of agents this criminal genius can make - the viewer will learn all this during the course of the story.
At the moment, 6 seasons have appeared (133 series), but in the spring of 2019 it became known that the channel extended the show to the seventh, so the adventures of this extraordinary couple are not over yet.
8. Elementary (2012)
American series "Elementary"Came out after the British Sherlock, which turned out to be incredibly successful. At first, everyone thought that CBS decided to brazenly “hype” through the efforts of HBO, but in fact, everything is completely wrong.
First, CBS turned to British colleagues with a proposal to allow them to remove the Sherlock remake, but the HBO categorically refused. Not wanting to give up so easily, the Americans went the other way and simply removed their own version, different from the British one.
Standard episodes of ~ 45 minutes and the course of the narrative, as in typical procedures, make "Elementary" a completely independent product.
As for the plot, it is also completely original (meaning adaptation to modern realities, everyone has one basis).
Sherlock Holmes is here (Johnny Lee Miller) a former drug addict who has just recently left the clinic. Out of boredom and in order to occupy himself with something, he begins to help an old acquaintance in the police, where, although they are admired, they do not like him.
Dr. Watson (Lucy Liu) is a female curator for drug addicts who previously worked as a surgeon. Helping the detective not to sit on the needle again, she at the same time begins to help him in the investigation of cases, getting more and more involved. Watch all fans of the hero Conan Doyle without fail.
7. Deceive me (2009)
The protagonist of the series "fool me"(Another variant of the name"Lie theory") - this is not Holmes or Poirot. Dr. Cal Lightman, played by Tim Roth, is a new character, but with his charisma and ability to get to the bottom of the truth, he can compete with anyone.
His weapon is not deduction and not a brilliant mind, given by nature, but a science that he spent decades studying.
He is able to determine whether a person is lying by the movement of his eyelids, eyebrows, smirk and other signs that cannot be completely controlled.
Together with his team, he helps the police, the FBI and even the CIA, splitting the most abusive liars and catching criminals.
6. League of distinguished gentlemen (2003)
«League of Outstanding Gentlemen" - it's kind of «Avengers» or "Justice League" "at the minimum."
The main characters here are completely superheroes, but of an older type. Alan Quatermain (Sean Connery) from the book Mines of King Solomon, Captain Nemo from 20 Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, as well as Tom Sawyer, Dorian Gray and others.
With the help of logic, strength, cunning and superpowers, this whole company will confront the mysterious Phantom who wants to start a new World War.
5. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984)
TV series "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", In which the role of a genius detective played Jeremy Brett, many rightly consider it perhaps the most reliable adaptation of Conan Doyle's stories.
All characters are shown as authentically as possible and the scriptwriters practically did not allow liberties in the narration.
The series lasted 10 years, during which 4 seasons were filmed (41 episodes). Filming stopped due to tragedy: Jeremy Brett passed away at the age of 62. However, in any case, he was going to abandon the role, as he believed that he was not suitable for the role of Sherlock and also had health problems.
4. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Mortal Kombat (1980)
«Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Mortal Kombat"- this is part of a large-scale Soviet television movie, consisting of three parts (we will talk about the other two later). In The Last Clash, Sherlock, performed by the legendary Vasily Livanov, confronts the English crime syndicate led by Moriarty.
3. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Tiger Hunt (1980)
Plot of the film "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Tiger Hunt"Begins with the fact that Watson decides to finish the case of Holmes, whom he considers dead (without a spoiler there is nowhere).
To do this, he disguises himself and goes on reconnaissance, but everything does not go according to plan: he is recognized several times, he has to remove makeup, and in the end he still becomes the main suspect in the murder.
The thing, they say, smells like kerosene for the doctor, but all of a sudden (he and Mrs. Hudson even fainted) Sherlock comes home alive and well. With him, of course, to prove Watson's innocence is not difficult.
2. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The King of Blackmail (1980)
The final part of the television movie (although it is the first in the chronology) called "Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: King of Blackmail"Based on the story" The End of Charles Augustus Milverton. "
Here Sherlock and Watson are trying to cope with Charles Milverton - a cunning and vile blackmailer who, having captured the love letters of powerful women, got a lot of money from them.
The detective’s brother, Mycroft, gives him a letter asking him to help one of these ladies and Holmes, taking a doctor with him, gets down to business.
1. Sherlock (2010-2017)
It is impossible to unequivocally state that the HBO series is the best adaptation of Conan Doyle’s works, but “Sherlock"Definitely the most famous teleadaptation.
Benedict Cumberbatch is probably not the best Sherlock Holmes, but certainly the most memorable. Morgan Freeman - maybe not the perfect Dr. Watson, but obviously not the worst. In the same way in other aspects: if not perfect, then close to this.