Best Investigation movies of 1997

Actors : Guy Pearce, Kevin Spacey, Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe,
Directors : Curtis Hanson,

As corruption grows in 1950s LA, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice.

Actors : Courteney Cox, Neve Campbell, David Arquette, Jada Pinkett Smith,
Directors : Wes Craven,

Two years after the first series of murders, a new psychopath dons the Ghostface costume and a new string of killings begins.

Actors : Gore Vidal, Uma Thurman, Jude Law, Ethan Hawke,
Directors : Andrew Niccol,

A genetically inferior man assumes the identity of a superior one in order to pursue his lifelong dream of space travel.

Actors : Sylvester Stallone, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro,
Directors : James Mangold,

The sheriff of a suburban New Jersey community populated by New York City police officers slowly discovers the town is a front for mob connections and corruption.

Actors : John Malkovich, John Cusack, Nicolas Cage, Colm Meaney,
Directors : Simon West,

Newly paroled ex-con and former U.S. Ranger Cameron Poe finds himself trapped in a prisoner transport plane when the passengers seize control.

Actors : Kathleen Quinlan, Sam Neill, Laurence Fishburne, Joely Richardson,
Directors : Paul W.S. Anderson,

A rescue crew investigates a spaceship that disappeared into a black hole and has now returned...with someone or something new on-board.

Actors : Ed Harris, Gene Hackman, Clint Eastwood, Laura Linney,
Directors : Clint Eastwood,

A career thief witnesses a horrific crime involving the U.S. President.

Actors : Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, James Coburn, Brigid Tierney,
Directors : Paul Schrader,

A deeply troubled small town cop investigates a suspicious hunting death while events occur that cause him to mentally disintergrate.

Actors : Ashley Judd, Morgan Freeman, Alex McArthur, Cary Elwes,
Directors : Gary Fleder,

Police hunting for a serial kidnapper are helped when a victim manages to escape for the first time.

Actors : Kôji Yakusho, Masato Hagiwara, Anna Nakagawa, Tsuyoshi Ujiki,
Directors : Kiyoshi Kurosawa,

A frustrated detective deals with the case of several gruesome murders committed by people who have no recollection of what they've done.

Actors : Tom Sizemore, James Whitmore, Linda Hunt, Penelope Ann Miller,
Directors : Peter Hyams,

A homicide detective and an anthropologist try to destroy a South American lizard-like god, who's on a people eating rampage in a Chicago museum.

Actors : Daniel Benzali, Dennis Miller, Wesley Snipes, Diane Lane,
Directors : Dwight H. Little,

A 25 year old female White House staffer, Carla Town, is murdered in the White House. D.C. homicide detective Regis is assigned to investigate, only to find evidence suppressed by the ...

Actors : Jason Priestley, John Hurt, Fiona Loewi, Sheila Hancock,
Directors : Richard Kwietniowski,

Giles De'Ath is a widower who doesn't like anything modern. He goes to movies and falls in love with film star Ronnie Bostock. He then investigates everything about the movie and Ronnie. ...

Actors : Ona Fletcher, Agga Olsen, Julia Ormond, Patrick Field,
Directors : Bille August,

Based on Peter Hoeg's bestseller, this film is set in snowy Copenhagen where a small boy is found dead after he fell off a roof. Smilla Jasperson, a close friend who lives in the same house...

Actors : Nick Nolte, Erich Anderson, Ewan McGregor, Anais Evans,
Directors : Ole Bornedal,

A law student, who takes a job as a night watchman at a morgue, begins to discover clues that implicate him as the suspect of a series of murders.

Actors : Bai Ling, Byron Mann, Bradley Whitford, Richard Gere,
Directors : Jon Avnet,

An American attorney on business in China is wrongfully arrested and put on trial for murder, with a female defense lawyer from the country the only key to proving his innocence.

Actors : Ian Nelson, Danny Glover, Claudia Stedelin, Dennis Quaid,
Directors : Jeb Stuart,

An FBI agent tries to catch a serial killer who kidnapped his son.

Actors : Freddy Rodríguez, Pat Skipper, John Leguizamo, Jeffrey Jones,
Directors : Paul Miller,

A Miami con man agrees to be the human target for a Neo-Nazi manhunter, in order to collect $50,000 if he survives.

Actors : Michael Rooker, Renée Zellweger, Tim Roth, Chris Penn,

Textile company heir Wayland is accused of murder of a prostitute named Elizabeth, whose body was found cut in two in the park. The murder is investigated by tough detective Kennesaw and ...

Actors : Lela Rochon, Tupac Shakur, James Belushi, Dennis Quaid,
Directors : Jim Kouf,

Two corrupt cops murder an undercover DEA agent by mistake, and frantically try to cover their tracks by framing a homeless man for the crime. That involves juggling evidence, coaching ...