Best Murder Mystery 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 : 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 : Ed Harris, Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Laura Linney,
Directors : Clint Eastwood,

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

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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Gisken Armand, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Stellan Skarsgård, Maria Mathiesen,
Directors : Erik Skjoldbjærg,

In a Norwegian city with a 24-hour daylight cycle a Swedish murder investigator has been brought in on a special case. Sleep deprived, he makes a horrible mistake which is discovered by the killer he has been hunting.

Actors : Daniel Kuzniecka, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Héctor Alterio, Cecilia Roth,
Directors : Marcelo Piñeyro,

A judge falls from the roof of the Federal Courthouse. A woman is murdered. Between them and the three sons of the judge there is a connection that will be investigated by a woman judge who...

Actors : Andrzej Seweryn, Michel Piccoli, Melvil Poupaud, Catherine Deneuve,
Directors : Raoul Ruiz,

At her son's funeral, Solange, a lawyer famous for losing hopeless cases, agrees to defend René, her son's age, accused of murdering his wealthy aunt, Jeanne, who's part of the ...

Actors : Akshay Kumar, Mohnish Bahl, Sonali Bendre, Amrish Puri,
Directors : Vimal Kumar,

Honest and diligent police inspector Ram Yadav investigations into the burning to death of a female college student lead him to conclude that Janardan the son of notorious gangster, Appa ...

Actors : Cynthia Rothrock, Robert Forster, Frank Pesce, Fred Williamson,
Directors : Gil Bettman,

A homicide investigator goes after a media-obsessed serial murderer who videotapes his victims's deaths

Actors : Margot Kidder, Shaun Johnston, Lorraine Bracco, Rick Ash,
Directors : Paul Ziller,

A woman has a miscarriage. After her grief becomes bearable, she attempts to adopt a baby, but discovers evidence that her baby might not have been dead when it was removed from her stomach. If so, who took the baby, why and where?

Actors : Kjersti Elvik, Gjertrud L. Jynge, Nils Ole Oftebro, Lasse Kolsrud,
Directors : Carl Jørgen Kiønig,

A crime wave hits Oslo just as summer arrives. There has been found several violent blood splattered scenes with no bodies found. It's only a matter of time before the bodies has to surface, and the start of a run against the clock.

Actors : Sari Havas, Vesa Vierikko, Taisto Reimaluoto, Taneli Mäkelä,
Directors : Kari Väänänen,

After his predecessor on a long-festering wilderness village murder case resigns for "reasons of health", a young police detective decides it's time for more forceful methods. But there's ...

Actors : Frederic Forrest, Peta Wilson, Currie Graham, Michael Ironside,
Directors : David Winning,

Michael Ironside headlines the cast as Jack, a Denver cop investigating the case of a murdered army sergeant. Things heat up when we learn that the death may be linked to a massive weapons ...