Best Investigation movies of 1988

Actors : O.J. Simpson, Priscilla Presley, Leslie Nielsen, Ricardo Montalban,
Directors : David Zucker,

Incompetent police detective Frank Drebin must foil an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.

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 : Clint Eastwood, Patricia Clarkson, Liam Neeson, Evan C. Kim,
Directors : Buddy Van Horn,

Dirty Harry Callahan must stop a sick secret contest to murder local celebrities, which includes himself as a target.

Actors : Danielle Harris, Donald Pleasence, Ellie Cornell, George P. Wilbur,
Directors : Dwight H. Little,

Ten years after his original massacre, the invalid Michael Myers awakens and returns to Haddonfield to kill his seven-year-old niece on Halloween. Can Dr. Loomis stop him?

Actors : Mandy Patinkin, Terence Stamp, Kevyn Major Howard, James Caan,
Directors : Graham Baker,

In 1988, Earth makes the first contact with an alien civilization. In 1991, these aliens, known as Newcomers, slowly begin to be integrated into human society after three years of quarantine.

Actors : Chris Sarandon, Alex Vincent, Catherine Hicks, Brad Dourif,
Directors : Tom Holland,

A single mother gives her son a much sought after doll for his birthday, only to discover that it is possessed by the soul of a serial killer.

Actors : Sean Connery, Mark Harmon, Jack Warden, Meg Ryan,
Directors : Peter Hyams,

A San Francisco civilian police detective is forced to work on a series of murders with his former enemy commanding officer while dating his daughter.

Actors : Djiby Soumare, Betty Buckley, Emmanuelle Seigner, Harrison Ford,
Directors : Roman Polanski,

In a hotel room in Paris, a doctor comes out of the shower and finds that his wife has disappeared. He soon finds himself caught up in a world of intrigue, espionage, gangsters, drugs and murder.

Actors : Suzanne Snyder, John Allen Nelson, Grant Cramer, John Vernon,
Directors : Stephen Chiodo,

Aliens who look like clowns come from outer space and terrorize a small town.

Actors : Ron Dean, Steven Seagal, Henry Silva, Pam Grier,
Directors : Andrew Davis,

A former Special Operations Vietnam vet works as a Chicago cop, and uncovers C.I.A. wrongdoing.

Actors : Carl Weathers, Sharon Stone, Vanity, Craig T. Nelson,
Directors : Craig R. Baxley,

Vengence drives a tough Detroit cop to stay on the trail of a power hungry auto magnate who's systematically eliminating his competition.

Actors : Pamela Springsteen, Tony Higgins, Valerie Hartman, Renée Estevez,
Directors : Michael A. Simpson,

Angela, supposedly reformed and living under an assumed surname, is working at a summer camp. However, when the campers start misbehaving, she soon reverts to her old ways.

Actors : James Woods, Charles Durning, Charles Haid, Lesley Ann Warren,
Directors : James B. Harris,

An obsessive, insubordinate homicide cop is convinced a serial killer is loose in the Hollywood area and disobeys orders in order to catch him.

Actors : Daniel Stern, Charlotte Rampling, Dennis Quaid, Meg Ryan,

Dexter Cornell, an English Professor becomes embroiled in a series of murders involving people around him. Dexter has good reason to want to find the murderer but hasn't much time. He finds...

Actors : Malcolm McDowell, Bruce Willis, James Garner, Mariel Hemingway,
Directors : Blake Edwards,

Tom Mix and Wyatt Earp team up to solve a murder at the Academy Awards in 1929 Hollywood.

Actors : Gary Oldman, Kevin Bacon, Tess Harper, Karen Young,
Directors : Martin Campbell,

Oldman plays a lawyer who defends a killer, but, soon after he wins he finds out that the killer is guilty.

Actors : Hidde Maas, Monique van de Ven, Serge-Henri Valcke, Huub Stapel,
Directors : Dick Maas,

A mysterious diver hiding in Amsterdam's canal system embarks on a rampage of gruesome murders, terrifying city officials and leaving few clues for the city's best detective, who doesn't ...

Actors : Fred Ward, Willem Dafoe, Gregory Hines, Amanda Pays,
Directors : Christopher Crowe,

McGriff and Albaby are probably doing the worst law enforcement job in the world - they are plain clothes U.S. military policemen on duty in war-time Saigon. However, their job becomes even...

Actors : Robert Picardo, James Spader, Jim Haynie, Cynthia Gibb,
Directors : Rowdy Herrington,

A serial killer in Los Angeles celebrates Jack the Ripper's 100th birthday by committing similar murders and only one has a chance of stopping him.

Actors : Lauren Bacall, John Gielgud, Peter Ustinov, Carrie Fisher,
Directors : Michael Winner,

When a former prison wardress who dominates the lives of her three adult stepchildren and her daughter is found dead at an archaeological dig near the Dead Sea, there are a great many suspects.