Best Investigation movies

Actors : Richard Crenna, William Hurt, Ted Danson, Kathleen Turner,
Directors : Lawrence Kasdan,

In the midst of a searing Florida heat wave, a woman persuades her lover, a small-town lawyer, to murder her rich husband.

Actors : Iliza Shlesinger, Alan Arkin, Mark Wahlberg, Winston Duke,
Directors : Peter Berg,

When two Boston police officers are murdered, ex-cop Spenser teams up with his no-nonsense roommate, Hawk, to take down criminals.

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 : Juan Carlos Hernández, Cory Fernandez, Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan,
Directors : Kevin Smith,

Jimmy's rare baseball card is robbed. Since it's his only hope to pay for his daughter's upcoming wedding, he recruits his cop partner Paul to track down the robber, a memorabilia-obsessed gangster.

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 : Roger Moore, Kristina Wayborn, Louis Jourdan, Maud Adams,
Directors : John Glen,

A fake Fabergé egg and a fellow agent's death lead James Bond to uncover an international jewel-smuggling operation, headed by the mysterious Octopussy, being used to disguise a nuclear attack on N.A.T.O. forces.

Actors : Julia Roberts, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Nicole Kidman, Dean Norris,
Directors : Billy Ray,

A tight-knit team of rising investigators, along with their supervisor, is suddenly torn apart when they discover that one of their own teenage daughters has been brutally murdered.

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 : Sean Connery, Akiko Wakabayashi, Mie Hama, Tetsurô Tanba,
Directors : Lewis Gilbert,

Agent 007 and the Japanese secret service ninja force must find and stop the true culprit of a series of spacejackings before nuclear war is provoked.

Actors : Sean Young, Gene Hackman, Will Patton, Kevin Costner,
Directors : Roger Donaldson,

A coverup and witchhunt occur after a politician accidentally kills his mistress.

Actors : Aubrey Plaza, Chris Evans, Margaret Qualley,
Directors : Ethan Coen,

A small-town private investigator delves into a series of strange deaths tied to a mysterious church.

Actors : Mila Kunis, Mark Wahlberg, Beau Bridges, Ludacris,
Directors : John Moore,

Coming together to solve a series of murders in New York City are a police detective whose family was slain as part of a conspiracy and an assassin out to avenge her sister's death. The duo will be hunted by the police, the mob, and a ruthless corporation.

Actors : Sam Claflin, Holliday Grainger, Rachel Weisz, Iain Glen,
Directors : Roger Michell,

A young Englishman plots revenge against his late cousin's mysterious, beautiful wife, believing her responsible for his death. But his feelings become complicated as he finds himself falling under the beguiling spell of her charms.

Actors : Michael Gross, Fred Ward, Kevin Bacon, Finn Carter,
Directors : Ron Underwood,

Natives of a small isolated town defend themselves against strange underground creatures which are killing them one by one.

Actors : Samantha Morton, Tim Robbins, Togo Igawa, Om Puri,
Directors : Michael Winterbottom,

A futuristic Brief Encounter (1945), this is a love story in which the romance is doomed by genetic incompatibility.

Actors : Dayo Okeniyi, JD Pardo, Alice Braga, Ben Affleck,
Directors : Robert Rodriguez,

A detective investigates a mystery involving his missing daughter and a secret government program.

Actors : Reika Kirishima, Tôko Miura, Yoo-rim Park, 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 : Brian McElroy, Frankie Acciarito, Peggy Gormley, Harvey Keitel,
Directors : Abel Ferrara,

While investigating a young nun's rape, a corrupt New York City police detective, with a serious drug and gambling addiction, tries to change his ways and find forgiveness.

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 : 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.