Best Investigation movies of 1979

Actors : Renato Pozzetto, Max von Sydow, Shelley Winters, Alberto Lionello,
Directors : Mauro Bolognini,

Black Journal (originally titled Gran Bollito) is a 1977 Italian drama film directed by Mauro Bolognini. It is based on the real life events of Leonarda Cianciulli, the Italian serial killer best known as the "Soap-Maker of Correggio".

Actors : Vinod Mehra, Sunil Dutt, Shatrughan Sinha, Sanjeev Kumar,
Directors : Rajkumar Kohli,

A newly married bride disappears after her marriage.

Actors : Mithun Chakraborty, Jeevan, Jagdeep, Ranjeeta Kaur,
Directors : Ravikant Nagaich,

In a bid to locate a missing employee, Jackson, the Central Bureau of Investigation assigns Agent Gopi to locate him. Gopi accepts this assignment and must battle women; venomous snakes; ...

Actors : Diogenes Castillo, Franklin Dominguez, Richard Douglas, Victor Pujols Faneyte,
Directors : Clemente de la Cerda,

Based on the real story of the murder of a lawyer by a paramilitary group in Venezuela.

Actors : Yun-min Lee, Tao Chiang, Hwang-ki Baek, Dragon Lee,

Golden Dragon (Dragon Lee) comes to town to investigate the mysterious death of his brother. You know that it will face many criminals, but is a specialist in martial arts and also his friend Silver Snake accompanies him.

Actors : Tony Gacon, Vincent Meehan, Colette Laffont, Rose English,
Directors : Sally Potter,

What happens after the curtain falls on the death of Mimi, tragic heroine of Puccini's La boh?me? In Thriller, Mimi teams up with the opera's comic heroine Musetta to investigate her own death.

Actors : Kei Satô, Shin Kishida, Emi Yokoyama, Kaoru Janbo,
Directors : Chûsei Sone,

Mika Hino is a sharp-shooting investigator that belongs to the infamous "Gator Branch." When an executive board member of a trading company is accused of being involved in a bribery, Mika is assigned to keep watch over him.

Actors : Aruna Irani, Rekha, Nirupa Roy, Dharmendra,
Directors : Mohan Segal,

Vijay Kumar, a forest officer returns to the forest where his dad met an untimely end. Will his secret plan to snare poachers succeed? Sandalwood, ivory,animal hides and raw power is at the nexus of money and corruption.

Actors : Aruray, Julie Vega, Alicia Alonzo, Hero Bautista,
Directors : Lauro Pacheco,

It is a story of a young female hero unjustly accused for the murder of someone. She was intimidated to say that she committed the crime so that her family would not be harmed. The wise lawyer in the courtroom was able to help her.

Actors : Ingrid Pelicori, Jorge Hayes, Román García Azcárate, Rubén Szuchmacher,
Directors : Miguel Bejo,

A comic strip detective and a superhero are hired to investigate separated ly the successive murders of CEOs within a real life corporation symbolizing a nation, while subversive groups and...

Actors : Susan Hogan, Richard Gabourie, Tony Curtis, Michael Wincott,
Directors : Les Rose,

In Toronto, Canada, a troubled police detective investigates fixed betting and corruption in the world of heavyweight boxing. He uncovers a plot by a crime boss to use computerised data to ...

Actors : Jagoda Kaloper, Stojan 'Stole' Arandjelovic, Slobodan Dimitrijevic, Eva Ras,
Directors : Karolj Vicek,

A committee made up to investigate illegal masonry in Yugoslavia causes more problems both for the builders and government, and in fact no one have any use of it. The pressure from all sides makes committee work less diligently.

Actors : Raul Julia, Henry Darrow, Miguel Ángel Suárez, Miriam Colon,
Directors : Efraín López Neris,

Pablo, a Caribbean peasant and Isabel, a politician's mistress, open a brothel that becomes internationally famous. Though they gain wealth and power, the one thing that Isabel seeks continues to elude her. In HD.

Actors : Min-Yi Huang, Ya Ying Liu, Yat Fan Lau, Wai-Man Chan,
Directors : Shen Liang,

When Wang Chung decides to leave his life of crime, his boss won't let him go, so he commits a series of heinous killings, and fabricates evidence, suggesting Wang is the murderer. Wang ...

Actors : Hiroki Matsukata, Guts Ishimatsu, Teruhiko Aoi, Minori Terada,
Directors : Sadao Nakajima,

Generel Sanada, seeking retribution for the murder of his father and a lost battle, both conceived by the Shogun, devises a series of brilliant plans to thwart the Shogun's overwhelming strength.

Actors : Yen Tsan Tang, Phillip Ko, John Liu, Dragon Lee,
Directors : Godfrey Ho,

John Liu, the legendary Northern Kick expert and master of the strike rock fist is sent to investigate an antiques smuggling gang working out of Canton. Meanwhile another descendant of the ...

Actors : Ling Chia, Chia-Lin Sun, Hsieh Ouyang, Ling Chung,
Directors : Shan-Hsi Ting,

A blind martial arts practitioner is out to find her father's killers and hopefully regain her sight in this chop-and-kick-filled combat film.

Actors : Carol Kane, Harriet Andersson, Jon Finch, Ángela Molina,
Directors : José Luis Borau,

English scholar visits a small Spanish town in the Andalusian mountains to investigate the disappearance of another English scholar long ago. He learns of the legend of Sabina, a mysterious dragon woman who becomes his obsession.

Actors : Antoine Vitez, Sami Frey, Anne Parillaud, Catherine Deneuve,
Directors : Hugo Santiago,

Young aristocrat Arnaud de Maule hires female private detective Claude Alphand to investigate a strange cult, the Church of the Final Revival, that tried to recruit his girlfriend Chloé, who then disappeared, and it now stalks him.

Actors : Jana Sulcová, Juraj Kukura, Ilja Prachar, Hana Cízková,
Directors : Ivo Novák,

The outstanding hockey player Jindrich Vacula (Juraj Kukura) is accused of accepting a bribe and banned from playing pending the investigation. His attractive lover Alena (Hana Cízková) ...