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Sherlock Holmes

2009 film directed by Guy Ritchie
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Summary

Sherlock Holmes is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18,877 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: Guy Ritchie[3]
  • Director: Guy Ritchie[4]
  • Screenwriter: Simon Kinberg[5], Anthony Peckham[6], Mike Johnson[7], Guy Ritchie[8]
  • Composer: Hans Zimmer[9]
  • Genre: adventure film[10], crime thriller film[11], action film[12], buddy cop film[13], mystery film[14]
  • Based on: canon of Sherlock Holmes[15]
  • Followed by: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows[16]
  • Cast member: Robert Downey Jr.[17], Jude Law[18], Rachel McAdams[19], Mark Strong[20], Eddie Marsan[21], Kelly Reilly[22], James Fox[23], William Hope[24], Hans Matheson[25], Robert Maillet[26], Geraldine James[27], Clive Russell[28], Bronagh Gallagher[29], William Houston[30]
  • Producer: Susan Downey[31], Joel Silver[32], Lionel Wigram[33], Dan Lin[34]
  • Production company: Silver Pictures[35], Village Roadshow Pictures[36]
  • Director of photography: Philippe Rousselot[37]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[38]
  • Commons category: Sherlock Holmes (2009 film)[39]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[40]
  • Review score: 6.2/10[41], 69%[42], 57/100[43]
  • Color: color[44]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[45], Australia[46], United States[47], Germany[48]
  • Publication date: December 24, 2009[49], January 28, 2010[50], January 7, 2010[51], February 3, 2010[52], December 25, 2009[53], December 26, 2009[54]
  • Distributed by: InterCom[55], Netflix[56], Amazon Prime Video[57]
  • Narrative location: London[58], England[59]
  • Official website: https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/sherlock-holmes[60]
  • Filming location: New York City[61]
  • Film editor: James Herbert[62]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Production Design[63], Academy Award for Best Original Score[64]
  • Title: Sherlock Holmes[65]

Why It Matters

Sherlock Holmes has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[66] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[67]

Related Entities

Arthur Conan Doyle Australia Eddie Marsan England film Germany Guy Ritchie Hans Zimmer James Fox Jude Law Kelly Reilly London Mark Strong Netflix New York City Rachel McAdams Robert Downey Jr. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows United Kingdom United States

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [66] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [67] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21d ago · Máté · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Cineuropa film id → 146643
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  2. 21d ago · MrRobertman · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Blu-ray.com film id → 20990
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  3. 9w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  7. 15w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +2009-12-24T00:00:00Z, +2010-01-28T00:00:00Z, +2010-01-07T00:00:00Z +3
    Screenwriter → Simon Kinberg, Anthony Peckham, Mike Johnson +1
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