Sherlock: The Abominable Bride vs The Professor and the Madman

Sherlock: The Abominable Bride has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 7.1/10 for The Professor and the Madman). Sherlock: The Abominable Bride is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 2h 4m. Sherlock: The Abominable Bride is the older of the two (2016 against 2019). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Sherlock: The Abominable Bride posterSherlock: The Abominable Bride2016 VS The Professor and the Madman posterThe Professor and the Madman2019
Sherlock: The Abominable BrideThe Professor and the Madman
Audience score★ 7.8/10★ 7.1/10
Year20162019
Length1h 30m2h 4m
GenresCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, TV MovieDrama, History, Mystery, Thriller
CountryUnited Kingdom–
DirectorDouglas MackinnonFarhad Safinia
Main castMark Gatiss, Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Andrew Scott, Jonathan ArisMel Gibson, Eddie Marsan, Natalie Dormer, Jeremy Irvine, Ioan Gruffudd

Synopsis

Sherlock: The Abominable Bride

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson find themselves in 1890s London in this holiday special.

The Professor and the Madman

Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Minor.

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