Best Investigation movies that are award winners or nominees

Actors : Nick Nolte, Frank McRae, Eddie Murphy, Annette O'Toole,
Directors : Walter Hill,

A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.

Actors : Tobey Maguire, Cate Blanchett, George Clooney, Beau Bridges,
Directors : Steven Soderbergh,

While in post-war Berlin to cover the Potsdam Conference, an American military journalist is drawn into a murder investigation which involves his former mistress and his driver.

Actors : Matthew McConaughey, Nicole Kidman, John Cusack, Zac Efron,
Directors : Lee Daniels,

A reporter returns to his Florida home-town to investigate a case involving a death row inmate.

Actors : Reika Kirishima, Yoo-rim Park, Tôko Miura, Hidetoshi Nishijima,
Directors : Ryûsuke Hamaguchi,

Yusuke Kafuku is a stage actor and director happily married to his playwright wife. Then one day she disappears.

Actors : Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Curd Jürgens, Richard Kiel,
Directors : Lewis Gilbert,

James Bond investigates the hijacking of British and Russian submarines carrying nuclear warheads, with the help of a K.G.B. Agent, whose lover he killed.

Actors : Sean Connery, Lana Wood, Jill St. John, Charles Gray,
Directors : Guy Hamilton,

A diamond smuggling investigation leads James Bond to Las Vegas, where he uncovers an evil plot involving a rich business tycoon.

Actors : Michel Auclair, Alan Badel, Terence Alexander, Edward Fox,
Directors : Fred Zinnemann,

A professional assassin codenamed "Jackal" plots to kill Charles de Gaulle, the President of France.

Actors : Roger Moore, Clifton James, Jane Seymour, Yaphet Kotto,
Directors : Guy Hamilton,

007 is sent to stop a diabolically brilliant heroin magnate armed with a complex organization and a reliable psychic tarot card reader.

Actors : Sharon Stone, Jeanne Tripplehorn, George Dzundza, Michael Douglas,
Directors : Paul Verhoeven,

A violent, suspended police detective investigates a brutal murder, in which a manipulative and seductive woman could be involved.

Actors : Susan Sarandon, Mary-Louise Parker, Brad Renfro, Tommy Lee Jones,
Directors : Joel Schumacher,

A young boy who witnessed the suicide of a mafia lawyer hires an attorney to protect him when the District Attorney tries to use him to take down a mob family.

Actors : Toni Collette, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Christian Bale, Ewan McGregor,
Directors : Todd Haynes,

In 1984, British journalist Arthur Stuart investigates the career of 1970s glam superstar Brian Slade, who was heavily influenced in his early years by hard-living and rebellious American singer Curt Wild.

Actors : Andy Garcia, Emma Thompson, Derek Jacobi, Kenneth Branagh,
Directors : Kenneth Branagh,

An amnesiac and a private eye find they might have a past life connection.

Actors : Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif,
Directors : Alan Parker,

Two F.B.I. Agents, with wildly different styles, arrive in Mississippi to investigate the disappearance of some civil rights activists.

Actors : Colin Farrell, Denzel Washington, Lynda Gravatt, Carmen Ejogo,
Directors : Dan Gilroy,

Roman J. Israel, Esq., a driven, idealistic defense attorney, finds himself in a tumultuous series of events that lead to a crisis and the necessity for extreme action.

Actors : Gregg Henry, Deborah Shelton, Craig Wasson, Melanie Griffith,
Directors : Brian De Palma,

A young actor's obsession with spying on a beautiful woman who lives nearby leads to a baffling series of events with drastic consequences.

Actors : Grace Jones, Roger Moore, Tanya Roberts, Christopher Walken,
Directors : John Glen,

An investigation of a horse-racing scam leads 007 to a mad industrialist who plans to create a worldwide microchip monopoly by destroying California's Silicon Valley.

Actors : Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, Michael Rooker, John Goodman,
Directors : Harold Becker,

A detective investigating a series of murders becomes involved with a woman who may be the culprit.

Actors : Arthur Hill, James Olson, David Wayne, Kate Reid,
Directors : Robert Wise,

A group of scientists investigate a deadly new alien virus before it can spread.

Actors : Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Robert De Niro, Donald Sutherland,
Directors : Ron Howard,

Two Chicago firefighter brothers who don't get along have to work together while a dangerous arsonist is on the loose.

Actors : Reeve Carney, Max von Sydow, Ethan Hawke, Yûki Kudô,
Directors : Scott Hicks,

A Japanese-American fisherman is accused of killing his neighbor at sea. In the 1950s, race figures into the trial. So does reporter Ishmael.