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Sherlock Holmes
MEANRANK
74/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1667
- IMDb #972
- Google retired #324
- Rotten Tomatoes #2171
- Metacritic #2025
- Letterboxd #2155
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2784
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1900
- Metacritic Critics #2731
- Metacritic Audience #849
- Criticker #1515
- Douban #893
- Kinopoisk #225
- AlloCiné #805
- Trakt #762
Every rating
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Lowest is Criticker on 51, highest is Google on 94. Critics average 63, everyone else 76.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →The brilliant but unorthodox detective Sherlock Holmes and his steadfast partner, Dr. Watson, use their unique skills to investigate a series of brutal ritualistic murders. Their inquiry brings them into conflict with a mysterious adversary who seems to wield dark, supernatural powers and threatens all of England with a terrifying new world order.
Details
- Director
- Guy Ritchie
- Based on
- canon of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Released
- 23 December 2009
- Country
- United States, Germany
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 129 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $90.0M
- Box office
- $524.0M
- Awards
- 3 wins, 13 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 16 →1 major award won · 3 wins from 16 nominations across 6 ceremonies
| Golden Globe Awards 2009 | Best Actor – Musical or Comedy | Robert Downey Jr. | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2009 | Best Art Direction | Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2009 | Best Original Score | Hans Zimmer | Nominee |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association 2009 | Best Score | Hans Zimmer | Nominee |
| Empire Awards 2009 | Best Thriller | Winner | |
| Empire Awards 2009 | Best Actor | Robert Downey Jr. | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 2009 | Best Production Design | Sarah Greenwood | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 2009 | Best Music | Hans Zimmer | Nominee |
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16 awards — Sherlock Holmes
×| Best Actor – Musical or Comedy | Robert Downey Jr. | Winner |
| Best Art Direction | Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | Hans Zimmer | Nominee |
| Best Thriller | Winner | |
| Best Actor | Robert Downey Jr. | Nominee |
| Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture | Jonathan Fawkner, Chas Jarrett, David Vickery, Dan Barrow | Winner |
| Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture | Kate Windibank, Jan Adamczyk, Sam Osborne, Alex Cumming | Nominee |
| Best Action or Adventure Film | Nominee | |
| Best Actor | Robert Downey Jr. | Nominee |
| Best Costume | Jenny Beavan | Nominee |
| Best Director | Guy Ritchie | Nominee |
| Best Music | Hans Zimmer | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Sarah Greenwood | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Jude Law | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Rachel McAdams | Nominee |
| Best Score | Hans Zimmer | Nominee |