Sherlock Holmes (2009)

This excellent heart and soul of Guy Ritche's Sherlock Holmes makes up for all the things it does badly. Firstly, it has one of the dullest Holmes villains of all time, Lord Blackwood (Mark Strong), who sneers a lot and wishes to take over the world (yawn). It also goes on far too long (128 minutes), doesn't have much to do with Arthur Conan Doyle, and too much of old London is either demolished or blown to bits.

Rachel McAdams plays a modern-style badass Irene Adler, who is so awesome she scares even Holmes. It's all fairly ridiculous, but Ritchie knows how to play ridiculous, and the overall movie is a lot of fun.