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Sherlock Holmes is a 2009 action adventure and mystery film directed by Guy Ritchie, inspired by the famous detective character created by Arthur Conan Doyle. The film, which was released in Türkiye on 15 January 2010, has a runtime of approximately 128 minutes.
Sherlock Holmes 2009 Trailer(Warner Bros.)
The film centers on Detective Sherlock Holmes and his partner Dr. Watson as they strive to thwart a major conspiracy threatening London. The duo works to stop Lord Blackwood, whose seemingly supernatural powers endanger national security. In this adaptation, Sherlock Holmes employs not only his analytical intellect but also physical combat techniques as weapons.
The main characters and the actors portraying them are as follows:
Guy Ritchie directed the film. The screenplay was written by Anthony Peckham Simon Kinberg Lionel Wigram and Michael Robert Johnson. The film’s music was composed by renowned composer Hans Zimmer. The production budget is estimated at approximately 90 million USD.
The film holds a 70 percent "Tomatometer" score on the review aggregation platform Rotten Tomatoes with Robert Downey Jr.’s performance particularly praised by critics【1】. On the Turkish audience platform Sinemalar.com it received an average rating of 8.1 out of 10. The film was watched by a total of 269864 spectators in Türkiye and generated a box office revenue of 2828949 ₺【2】. Robert Downey Jr. won a Golden Globe Award for his role in this film and the film received a total of 10 awards from various organizations and was nominated for two Oscars.
This film is the first installment in the Sherlock Holmes film series. The second film in the series Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows was released in 2011. The third film Sherlock Holmes 3 is currently in development with Dexter Fletcher named as the prospective director.
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Rotten Tomatoes. "The Best Sherlock Holmes Movies and TV Shows By Release Order," Rotten Tomatoes, accessed 30 January 2026. https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/sherlock-holmes-movies-series-best-worst/
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Sinemalar.com, "Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes) - Film 2009," Sinemalar.com, accessed 30 January 2026. https://www.sinemalar.com/film/189670/sherlock-holmes
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