Best Investigation movies of 2000s

Actors : Abigail Breslin, Rory Culkin, Joaquin Phoenix, Mel Gibson,
Directors : M. Night Shyamalan,

A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something more frightening to come.

Actors : Mark Strong, Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Robert Downey Jr.,
Directors : Guy Ritchie,

Detective Sherlock Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England.

Actors : Colin Farrell, Li Gong, Jamie Foxx, Naomie Harris,
Directors : Michael Mann,

Based on the 1980s TV action/drama, this update focuses on vice detectives Crockett and Tubbs as their respective personal and professional lives become dangerously intertwined.

Actors : John Cusack, Ray Liotta, John Hawkes, Amanda Peet,
Directors : James Mangold,

Stranded at a desolate Nevada motel during a nasty rain-storm, ten strangers become acquainted with each other when they realize that they're being killed off one by one.

Actors : Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Ewan McGregor,
Directors : Tim Burton,

A frustrated son tries to determine the fact from fiction in his dying father's life.

Actors : George Clooney, Ulrich Tukur, Natascha McElhone, Viola Davis,
Directors : Steven Soderbergh,

A troubled psychologist is sent to investigate the crew of an isolated research station orbiting a bizarre planet.

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 : Mike Myers, Beyoncé Knowles, Michael York, Seth Green,
Directors : Jay Roach,

Upon learning that his father has been kidnapped, Austin Powers must travel to 1975 and defeat the aptly named villain Goldmember - who is working with Dr. Evil.

Actors : Hayden Christensen, Christopher Lee, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman,
Directors : George Lucas,

Ten years after initially meeting, Anakin Skywalker shares a forbidden romance with Padmé, while Obi-Wan investigates an assassination attempt on the Senator and discovers a secret clone army crafted for the Jedi.

Actors : Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lukas Haas, Emilie de Ravin, Meagan Good,
Directors : Rian Johnson,

A teenage loner pushes his way into the underworld of a high school crime ring to investigate the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend.

Actors : Edward Norton, Ralph Fiennes, Harvey Keitel, Anthony Hopkins,
Directors : Brett Ratner,

A retired F.B.I. Agent with psychological gifts, is assigned to help track down "The Tooth Fairy", a mysterious serial killer. Aiding him, is imprisoned forensic psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter.

Actors : Russell M. Haeuser, Val Kilmer, Eva Mendes, Nicolas Cage,
Directors : Werner Herzog,

Terence McDonagh is a drug- and gambling-addled detective in post-Katrina New Orleans investigating the killing of five Senegalese immigrants.

Actors : Martin Henderson, David Dorfman, Naomi Watts, Brian Cox,
Directors : Gore Verbinski,

A journalist must investigate a mysterious videotape which seems to cause the death of anyone in a week of viewing it.

Actors : Sarah Roemer, David Morse, Carrie-Anne Moss, Shia LaBeouf,
Directors : D.J. Caruso,

A teen living under house arrest becomes convinced his neighbor is a serial killer.

Actors : Catherine Keener, Nicole Kidman, Jesper Christensen, Sean Penn,
Directors : Sydney Pollack,

Political intrigue and deception unfold inside the United Nations, where a U.S. Secret Service agent is assigned to investigate an interpreter who overhears an assassination plot.

Actors : Halle Berry, Toby Stephens, Pierce Brosnan, Rosamund Pike,
Directors : Lee Tamahori,

James Bond is sent to investigate the connection between a North Korean terrorist and a diamond mogul who is funding the development of an international space weapon.

Actors : Jonathan Tucker, Tommy Lee Jones, Jason Patric, Charlize Theron,
Directors : Paul Haggis,

A retired military investigator works with a police detective to uncover the truth behind his son's disappearance following his return from a tour of duty in Iraq.

Actors : Paula Patton, Denzel Washington, Val Kilmer, Jim Caviezel,
Directors : Tony Scott,

After a ferry is bombed in New Orleans, an A.T.F. agent joins a unique investigation using experimental surveillance technology to find the bomber, but soon finds himself becoming obsessed with one of the victims.

Actors : Colin Farrell, Kiefer Sutherland, Radha Mitchell, Forest Whitaker,
Directors : Joel Schumacher,

Stuart Shepard finds himself trapped in a phone booth, pinned down by an extortionist's sniper rifle.

Actors : Ray Liotta, Jason Patric, Chi McBride, Dan Leis,
Directors : Joe Carnahan,

When the trail goes cold on a murder investigation of a policeman an undercover narcotics officer is lured back to the force to help solve the case.