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✧ Sherlock Holmes Tracking ✧


How do I read this? Most of these should be intuitive enough. Only two things to note: The rating is, as specified, personal, and therefore it isn't an objective opinion and doesn't intend to be. It's based purely on how much I enjoyed each adaptation! The notes are extracts from my own personal writings and as such they may not be that acurrate to how I feel about the series right now, or may be unpopular personal opinons - I only intend to archive all of these little notes and thoughts I had throughout each version.

TV Shows


Name Release / emission date Started Finished Personal rating (1-5) Notes
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
 1979 - 1986 31-08-2024 07-11-2024 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
  • My favorite one so far! Got me back into Sherlock, it's very charming, full of detail and overall super nice and fun to watch.
Sherlock Holmes
1984 - 1994 08-11-2024 07-12-2024 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
  • Definitive Sherlock Holmes by far
  • Jeremy Brett's interpretation of the character is amazing!!!
  • I didn't particularly like the specials but giving it anything below five stars is unfair
Sherlock Holmes
1954 - 1955 13-12-2024 23-12-2024 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
  • I really like Howard's young and energetic interpretation of the character!
  • Holmes and Watson's dynamic is very entertaining and fun to watch
  • Pretty good rendition of Watson's character! He's still kind of meant to be comedic and is a bit dumb at times, but manages to complement Holmes very well.
  • Ended up being one of my favorite adaptations so far. It's great!
Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson
1979 - 1980 09-01-2025 08-04-2025 ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
  • I really liked Watson on this show... one of my favorite interpretations ever!
  • Holmes is a bit dull but I like him a lot either way
  • Some of the cases are badly written :( Lots of plot holes and such
  • Character interactions are really fun!
Sherlock Holmes
 1968 06-02-2025 11-03-2025 ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
  • So many episodes lost! D:
  • Peter Cushings interpretation of Holmes is excellent as always. The movie is leagues better but the very few episodes that are left are pretty fun to watch as well.
  • I really like the way the episodes are paced and shot, it looks and feels a lot like watching a play
  • Overall pretty enjoyable. I wish I got to see more of this Holmes )-:
Elementary
 2012 - 2019 27-02-25 15-05-25 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
  • INCREDIBLE modern adaptation oh my god
  • its good as both a procedural show AND a sherlock holmes adaptation. sometimes it derails a lot from the books canon and you end up forgetting its a sherlock holmes adaptation BUT i feel like it does a good enough job at it that it doesnt end up being annoying. loved whenever they made references to any of the original cases though. i feel like most of them wouldnt really work in a modern setting and it explains the decision to not adapt (almost) any of them
  • its really, really hard to adapt the stories to fit any other historical period properly but i feel like elementary does it pretty well
  • also its just a GOOD show. genuinely
  • the character development is incredible! very gradual as well, i often found myself looking back and thinking about how much the characters have grown and changed without me noticing
Sherlock Holmes
 2013 02-04-25 04-04-25 ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
  • wow okay. lots of thoughts
  • REALLY good. incredibly underappreciated adaptation!
  • has its faults though. it manages to touch upon a lot of complex and relevant issues incredibly BUT i have to say its a really weird sherlock holmes adaptation. interesting take on the characters that either improves them a LOT (watson) or fucks them up so badly that you have to make an active effort to keep watching the series and not drop it instantly (irene). theres also some middle ground like holmes because its just such a weird, weird take on the character that i dont really know where i stand. i think it manages to keep its characters very realistic and thats what comes off as a bit off-putting or conflicting, for a sherlock holmes adaptation i mean
  • would NOT recommend to anyone that hasnt seen a fair amount of adaptations already. otherwise i think youd miss a bit of the contrast this one has with literally every other adaptation ever. id definitely recommend watching the 79 soviet version before this one
Sherlock Hound
 1984 11-04-25 14-06-25 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
  • the animation is incredible and the characters are super charismatic! overall really nice and entertaining to watch id recommend this to literally anyone doesnt matter if theyre a holmes fan or not
  • it DOES get INCREDIBLY repetitive though. i had to take breaks from time to time because i was getting a bit bored with it. all the episodes follow the same structure and having moriarty be the culprit every single time does make it a bit dull. in a way he reminds me a lot of lupin so im not complaining exactly, i really do like the character, but i wish the culprits would wary from time to time
Sherlock & Daughter
 2025 18-04-25 12-06-25 ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
  • was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the production and the set and costume design, but the plot is a bit lacking
  • i mean the premise could be interesting but it played out in such a predictable and overall BORING way that i didnt end up liking it much
  • amelias character was pretty nice though. was very surprised by how much i ended up liking her! i feel like her interactions with holmes are also very well written and it makes for an interesting dynamic
  • her being his actual biological daughter was SO lame though. genuinely dissapointed like wow. yet another lost kid story god it was so predictable. also amelia is in love with moriartys SON??? why is moriarty alive whyyyyy is his son the main villain. im killing everybody
Sherlock Holmes
 1964 20-05-25 24-05-25 ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
  • This is technically the first season of the 1965 Peter Cushing show but idgafff its so different from the second its practically a separate show
  • I really like Wilmer's Holmes. I feel like he has better chemistry with Nigel Bruce's Watson than Cushing, and it makes the show very enjoyable to watch
  • LOVE the costumes and sets


Movies


Name Release date Watched Personal rating (1-5) Notes
The Hound of the Baskervilles
 31 March 1939 7-12-2024 ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
  • Basil Rathbone is amazing!
  • I don't like Nigel Bruce's Watson :( He feels too dumbed down, which is fine, but he doesn't match my personal interpretation of the character
  • Takes lots of liberties story-wise that don't make much sense to me. It is essentially the same as the novel but with small insignificant changes?
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
 1 September 1939 9-12-2024 ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
  • I uh… can't remember much. I liked it though.
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
 18 September 1942 9-12-2024 ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
  • I was NOT expecting this much war propaganda. I understand the historical context so I should have expected it but it's a bit hard to watch nowadays.
  • The case is fine I guess
The Pearl of Death
 22 September 1944 7-12-2024 ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
  • haha Sherlock messing up... love to see it
  • Pretty fun!
  • Watched way too soon on accident and was very confused at it being contemporaneous
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
 29 October 1970 08-12-2024 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
  • That rating is completely subjective (so are all of my ratings but PARTICULARLY this one), it's not that good
  • The story kind of feels incomplete and well. There's no actual depiction of Sherlocks private life, just another case
  • I still fucking LOVED IT oh my god. Had the time of my life watching this at 2am
  • Very very fun and charming. Plus it's funny
Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Furtive Festivity
 14 May 2018 09-11-2024 ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
  • Forgot I had watched this!
  • I enjoyed it a lot :)
  • CANON JOHNLOCK... very important
The Great Mouse Detective
 2 July 1986 26-12-2024 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
  • I don't have much to comment on this movie but this was so fun to watch! The interpretation of the characters was super nice and I had a really good time.
My Dearly Beloved Detective
 3 Nov 1986 18-01-2025 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
  • YEAAAHHAA DETECTIVE YURI
  • but seriously i LOVED this movie its very nice. im enamoured with these iterations of holmes and watson!!!
  • First Holmes/Watson kiss on screen
A Study in Terror
 1 Oct 1965 24-01-2025 ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
  • Pretty good!
  • The story is a bit predictable, I think. Overall entertaning though!
  • Very good interpretations of both Holmes and Watson
  • Murder scenes are really bad though LMFAO
The Hound of the Baskervilles
 4 May 1969 06-02-2025 ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
  • Loved Peter Cushing as Holmes!
  • I really like the interpretation of both Holmes and Watson
  • Overall very fun movie to watch. I had a very good time
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking
 26 Dec 2004 23-02-2025 ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
  • There's something about this Holmes that I don't like but I can't quite place it. The actor is very similar to Paget's original illustrations but. That's kind of it.
  • Watson on the other hand was pretty good. An active, intelligent and capaple iteration of the character.
  • It has one of the weirdest premises for a Sherlock Holmes case ever and I can't quite fathom how exactly they came up with this and somehow managed to execute it decently.
  • A pretty fun watch overall though
Sherlock: A Case of Evil
 25 Oct 2002 23-02-2025 ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆
  • Well this was. hm
  • It's a movie alright. I was very mislead by the 4.1 Letterboxd rating. Who the hell rated this movie
  • Very boring very heterosexual Holmes. Cool reimaginings of Watson, Moriarty, Mycroft and Lestrade but the lead falls short which ends up making the movie unbearably boring at times
  • There's a threesome scene. Why am I watching Holmes have a threesome. Where did I go wrong in life
  • Don't trust Letterboxd average ratings. I learnt it the hard way
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
 25 Dec 1942 24-02-2025 ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ N/A
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
 17 Sep 1943 25-02-2025 ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
  • This one actually feels like an ACD story!!!!!!!!
  • I was getting so tired of the WW2 movies. sorry. godbles
  • I actually enjoyed this one I can't believe it. I'm warming up to this Watson as well
The Spider Woman
 10 Dec 1943 25-02-2025 ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
  • I REALLY enjoyed this one! The story is a pretty fun combination of a lot of the originals that works quite well.
  • The tension between Holmes and the culprit was fun to watch. Honestly the entire thing was very enjoyable - certainly my favorite Rathbone movie so far.
The Scarlet Claw
 26 May 1944 26-02-2025 ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ N/A
Murder by Decree
 1 Feb 1979 09-03-2025 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
  • Ok wow I was pleasantly surprised by how much I ended up liking this movie
  • Its a much more complicated take on the Jack the Ripper case compared to A Study in Terror but I feel like this one was executed much better. Or at least I enjoyed its conclusion a lot more
  • Also I really like how emotional this Holmes is. Not to an excess but I like how human it makes him look. The dynamic between him and Watson is excellent as well. The movie has a bunch of little conversations and moments between the two that are very enjoyable
  • Overall I really enjoyed both the mystery and its solution
  • EDIT 15/05/25: so um. i later found out this movie is based on an ACTUAL (disproven) theory about the jack the ripper case. explains why it feels a bit far-fetched
The Hound of the Baskervilles
 3 Nov 1983 12-03-2025 ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
  • I really like this Holmes! He's a bit more lighthearted and cheery than usual which is always a welcome change to see LOL
  • I have to admit that the very few changes to the original story confused me a bit but they're pretty small details which still make sense
  • I like this Stapleton. He was way closer to how I imagined him while reading the novel than other adaptations.
  • All of the sets of the movie are really good!
  • The ending scenes are SO cool. I loved Holmes' fight with the hound (the movie manages to make the dog terrifying without leaning too much in the supernatural aspect which usually makes it feel very out of place in a Sherlock Holmes story) and Stapleton's death scene was incredible.
The Woman in Green
 15 Jun 1945 15-03-2025 ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
  • I did not care much for this movie but it was fun
Sherlock Holmes Baffled
 21 May 1900 24-03-2025 ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
  • does this even count lfmaoo. its the first ever movie to feature sherlock holmes so im assuming it does
  • pretty clear that this has barely anything to do with holmes and is more of an effects demostration but still pretty fun
  • sherlock holmes was already being used as a selling point all the way back in 1900. isnt that crazy
Pursuit to Algiers
26 Oct 1945 08-04-2025 ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ N/A
Terror by Night
1 Feb 1946 08-04-2025 ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ N/A
Dressed to Kill
24 May 1946 09-04-2025 ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ N/A
Silver Blaze
20 Jan 1977 15-04-2025 ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆
  • Plummer was excellent as Holmes as per usual
  • It's a bit "awkward" at times (for lack of a better word) but it's a pretty solid adaptation of the original either way
Sherlock Holmes
 14 Dec 2009 16-04-2025 ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
  • started watching this all the way back in december. took me 4 months to finish it that is all im saying about it
Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows
 16 Dec 2011 09-05-2025 ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
  • okayyy i liked this one better than the first
  • it still has some things that piss me off but overall i found the plot more enjoyable
  • i dont like action movies though. sorry. perhaps i would have had a better time if the entire thing wasnt an action movie
  • i also kept forgetting that this is a sherlock holmes movie. like i genuinely had to remind myself that guy is holmes
Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes
 16 Aug 2010 31-05-2025 ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆
  • well
Sherlock Jr.
 21 Apr 1924 07-06-2025 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
  • absolute peak cinema not really a holmes adaptation but who gaf
Young Sherlock Holmes
 4 Dec 1985 14-06-2025 ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
  • it was a bit underwhelming idk. maybe i didnt like it that much because its a kids movie LOL but i feel like its not very entertaining
  • interesting take on the original storiesI GUESS. i liked watson but holmes was insufferable to me at times. the romance thing was stupid though
The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes’ Greatest Case
 12 May 1932 16-06-2025 ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
  • i mean its alright
  • genuinely not much for me to say about this movie i didnt dislike it. wontners holmes is excellent and i found this watson cute LOL
The Sleeping Cardinal
 15 Feb 1931 17-06-2025 ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
  • yet again it is just alright
  • i liked the lighting direction on this one though. cool stuff going on with the shadows idk
  • wontner is really good as per usual and i also really liked ian flemings (not that ian fleming) watson
  • the story was a bit over the place and the poor audio and video quality did not help me understand what was going on
The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes
 24 Mar 1935 18-06-2025 ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆
  • okay this is also alright but its a bit worse. based on the valley of fear which is my least favorite novel (sorry) so i wasnt expecting to enjoy it much but the movie itself was just. mediocre at best
Silver Blaze
 01 Jul 1937 18-06-2025 ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
  • the better one out of the 4 still available wontner films for sure but also this plot is a bit insane. they mish-mashed like 3 or 4 stories together and what came out was a bit. confusing if anything but id say its the most entertaining one for sure
  • the alternative title is very misleading this is basically a silver blaze adaptation but henry baskerville is there. for some reason. and the entire ordeal happens in his neighbourhood i guess. also moriarty is there YET AGAIN
  • i really liked both wontner and fleming on this film though
  • oh also idk if these films are trying to be funny or not but the bit where everytime holmes mentions moriarty everyone around him (specially watson) treats him like hes a bit insane is hilarious and i cant believe they reused it for EVERY SINGLE MOVIE
  • speaking of which these movies are not linear they keep catching moriarty in every single movie and they completely forget about his existence in the next im going to assume these are all standalones


Videogames


Name Release date Status Personal rating (1-5) Notes
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments
 30 Sep 2014 Finished ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
  • starting these notes over i have lots of new thoughts
  • I LOVE this game so far omfg genuinely the best one of the first series. overall its really really fun and i love that you can get different endings based on the deductions you make
  • some of the minigames are dumb and pointless and the load time is a bit annoying and my poor, poor 12 year old ps3 is suffering through it but its just. so so fun and the amount of detail and thought put into it is incredible. you can tell it was made by fans for fans of sherlock holmes
Sherlock Holmes: The Mystery of the Mummy
 15 May 2009 (on Nintendo DS) Finished ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
  • It's a game alright
  • I finished it in 2 hours. Short but fun, I guess? The story was a bit confusing to me at times and overall it's nothing more than an average DS point and click mystery game (I'd say below average, actually) but it was enjoyable nonetheless
Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Osborne House
 24 June 2010 Finished ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
  • why am I doing this to myself again
  • your average nintendo ds puzzle game but it has sherlock holmes name on it i guess
  • would be much more fun if the touch screen WORKED!!!!!!!!!!!
  • made me mad i just gave mystery of the mummy 1 more star because this one pissed me off
Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Silver Earring
 27 August 2004 Finished ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
  • OKAYY I liked this one!
  • The mystery itself was pretty interesting and the game was fun. I really liked doing the quizzes in particular
  • Overall a vast improvement from Mystery of the Mummy in my opinion
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened
 24 November 2006 Finished ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆
  • trying so hard to not drop this game rn. lord give me strength IM SO BOREDDDDDDDDD
  • okay i didnt drop it. but i did find it incredibly boring. sorry
  • was still better then the mystery of osborne house so it gets another star for merit
  • wasnt a bad game whatsoever. its a pretty solid entry even. its just not my thing
The Beekeeper's Picnic
 26 March 2025 Finished ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
  • ??!???
  • this is genuinely amazing the AMOUNT of detail and work this game has is absolutely insane
Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis
 25 Oct 2007 Finished ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
  • I ACTUALLY LIKED THIS ONE... this is a moment in history
  • honestly the puzzles were pretty fun. and i also just really like lupin i may be biased here idk
Sherlock Holmes Versus Jack the Ripper
 24 May 2009 Finished ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
  • wow I liked this one too. awesome
  • adds pretty interesting mechanics and stays pretty historically accurrate from what i can tell. overall its an enjoyable game!
  • i generally liked the puzzles as well
  • i really really liked the deduction mechanic. and the fact there wasnt any "type in" prompts omfg i had to search those up every single time in the previous games
The Testament of Sherlock Holmes
 25 Sep 2012 Finished ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
  • wow i didnt know i was going to like it this much!!!! the overarching plot was really good
  • i was genuinely mad at holmes during the entire first part omfg. hes so mean to watson. die
  • puzzles were pretty fun
  • random thing i wrote down in my notes for some reason is that the ui is really ugly
  • oh also its a nice change of style! loved all the details and the character models look pretty good



Pastiches & Books


Name Author Publication date Started Finished Personal rating (1-5) Notes
The House of Silk Anthony Horowitz 1 Nov 2011 22-12-2024 13-01-2025 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
  • peak
My Dearest Holmes Rohase Piercy 14 Apr 1988 31-03-2025 01-04-2025 ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
  • This was really good!
  • Felt super in character for me. Loved how both characters are written
  • Genuinely had a really good time with it
  • The only thing I don't know how to feel about is Mycroft's character in this. It's a bit weird and I'm not sure if it was necessary for the story to progress
Sherlock en Buenos Aires Mario Méndez 2018 04-04-2025 05-04-2025 ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
  • es un libro para nenes qué me voy a poner a escribir acá
  • estas son las cosas que una hiperfijacion me lleva a leer. se dan cuenta
  • igual para ser un libro infantil está bueno yqs YA ESTOY GRANDE en mi defensa la idea de Holmes en Argentina me causaba demasiada intriga y el libro tiene 80 páginas nada más
Starring Sherlock Holmes: A Century of the Master Detective on Screen David Stuart Davies 2006 16-03-25 N/A N/A N/A
The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes Adrian Conan Doyle 1954 04-05-25 25-05-25 ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
  • honestly its pretty good. i feel like a lot of the later cases are based a LOT on some of the originals which kind of made it a bit boring but i think the attention to detail and the overall writing style are quite reminiscent of the originals
  • so basically the cases could be better but the characterization of both holmes and watson is really nice and theres a lot of moments that i really really liked. it was very enjoyable. definitely not the same as reading the originals but its still super nice
  • almost forgot to mention that i really like the concept of this pastiche. it basically takes some of the lines from the originals that reference other, unwritten stories and comes up with cases for them. honestly a really nice concept i just wish i could have enjoyed some of the later ones more... but overall they were pretty good
Sherlock Holmes Arrives Too Late Maurice Leblanc 15 Jun 1906 22-05-25 22-05-25 ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
  • lupin being basically a sherlock holmes fan character is hilarious im giving it points for that
  • overall the story was enjoyable and the characterization of holmes was pretty fun. really funny that he LOSES to lupin on their first encounter ever but i loved reading about a slightly older holmes idk i liked it. and once again i like lupin so im biased
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Holmes Loren D. Estleman 1979 25-05-25 27-05-25 ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
  • not sure what to put here i liked it. i thought it was going to be worse from the premise
The Return of the Pharaoh Nicholas Meyer 2021 28-05-25 30-05-25 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
  • really good plot wise! at the end the culprit ends up being a bit obvious but i think it manages to stay really interesting throughout the entire thing
  • besides that this pastiche is absolutely insane on the johnlock angst department. INSANE i could not believe my eyes during the last two chapters
  • also always love seeing an older version of the characters (pre-retirement). really nice
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution Nicholas Meyer 1974 31-05-25 N/A N/A N/A
Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes Maurice Leblanc 1908 31-05-25 N/A N/A N/A



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