Best Murder Mystery movies of 1990s

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 : Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster, Lawrence A. Bonney, Kasi Lemmons,
Directors : Jonathan Demme,

A young F.B.I. cadet must confide in an incarcerated and manipulative killer to receive his help on catching another serial killer who skins his victims.

Actors : Julianne Moore, Sela Ward, Tommy Lee Jones, Harrison Ford,
Directors : Andrew Davis,

Dr. Richard Kimble, unjustly accused of murdering his wife, must find the real killer while being the target of a nationwide manhunt lead by a seasoned US Marshall.

Actors : Christian Bale, Justin Theroux, Bill Sage, Josh Lucas,
Directors : Mary Harron,

A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he delves deeper into his violent, hedonistic fantasies.

Actors : David Morse, Michael Clarke Duncan, Bonnie Hunt, Tom Hanks,
Directors : Frank Darabont,

The lives of guards on Death Row are affected by one of their charges: a black man accused of child murder and rape, yet who has a mysterious gift.

Actors : Gene Hackman, Will Smith, Lisa Bonet, Jon Voight,
Directors : Tony Scott,

A lawyer becomes a target by a corrupt politician and his NSA goons when he accidentally receives key evidence to a serious politically motivated crime.

Actors : Clint Eastwood, John Malkovich, Rene Russo, Dylan McDermott,
Directors : Wolfgang Petersen,

Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan couldn't save Kennedy, but he's determined not to let a clever assassin take out this president.

Actors : Jennifer Beals, Tom Sizemore, Don Cheadle, Denzel Washington,
Directors : Carl Franklin,

An African-American man is hired to find a woman, and gets mixed up in a murderous political scandal.

Actors : Jennifer Esposito, Mira Sorvino, John Leguizamo, Adrien Brody,
Directors : Spike Lee,

Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American Northeast Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another.

Actors : Tom Sizemore, Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Rodney Dangerfield,
Directors : Oliver Stone,

Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and psychopathic serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.

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 : David Morse, Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey, Ron Rifkin,
Directors : F. Gary Gray,

In a desperate attempt to prove his innocence, a skilled police negotiator accused of corruption and murder takes hostages in a government office to gain the time he needs to find the truth.

Actors : Angelina Jolie, Michael Rooker, Queen Latifah, Denzel Washington,
Directors : Phillip Noyce,

A quadriplegic ex-homicide detective and his female partner try to track down a serial killer who is terrorizing New York City.

Actors : Matthew McConaughey, Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey, Sandra Bullock,
Directors : Joel Schumacher,

In Canton, Mississippi, a fearless young lawyer and his assistant defend a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, inciting violent retribution and revenge from the Ku Klux Klan.

Actors : Gary Sinise, John Heard, Carla Gugino, Nicolas Cage,
Directors : Brian De Palma,

A shady police detective finds himself in the middle of a murder conspiracy at an important boxing match in an Atlantic City casino.

Actors : Madeleine Stowe, James Cromwell, Timothy Hutton, John Travolta,
Directors : Simon West,

When the daughter of a well-known and well-respected base commander is murdered, an undercover detective is summoned to look into the matter and finds a slew of cover-ups at West Point.

Actors : Delroy Lindo, Mekhi Phifer, Harvey Keitel, John Turturro,
Directors : Spike Lee,

Young drug pushers in the projects of Brooklyn live hard dangerous lives, trapped between their drug bosses and the detectives out to stop them.

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 : Julia Roberts, John Heard, Sam Shepard, Denzel Washington,
Directors : Alan J. Pakula,

A law student uncovers a conspiracy, putting herself and others in danger.

Actors : Judy Parfitt, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kathy Bates, Christopher Plummer,
Directors : Taylor Hackford,

A big-city reporter travels to the small town where her mother has been arrested for the murder of an elderly woman that she works for as a maid.