Check out From Hell (2001) - this is a great mystery/horror film, set in the late 1800's in London, in the Whitechapel district. Oh yeah, it's about the Jack the Ripper killings.
Johnny Depp does an excellent job in the role Inspector Abberline, based on the real Inspector Abberline (let me emphasize "based on"). The Hughes Brothers directed, and captured a nice look for the period, lots dark foreboding scenes, and giving the audience a solution based on one of the many Jack the Ripper theories.
Yes - the story is still a bit romanticized, and Heather Graham playing the role of Mary Kelly, a poor street walking prostitute, was not "great", but overall a very enjoyable film, with some intense moments. Robbie Coltrane of Harry Potter fame plays Abberline's partner.
If possible, check out the Limited Edition DVD, which has lots of great extras - plenty of deleted scenes, and the 2nd disc has a very informative interactive Jack the Ripper investigation with lots of historical information about the case.
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