Best Investigation movies of 1997

Actors : Graham Greene, Nancy Beatty, Geneviève Bujold, Emily Hampshire,
Directors : Sara Botsford,

Suzanne, a single parent and succesful lawyer, returns home to find her daughter missing. About to call the police, she is confronted by a disembodied voice warning her that if she attempts...

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 : Kristy Swanson, Ron Perlman, Joe Pantoliano, Arye Gross,
Directors : Tony Spiridakis,

In Hollywood it's all about who you know, and the only person two friends know is a serial killer.

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 : Lydia Bosch, Bud Spencer, Juanjo Puigcorbé, Béatrice Dalle,
Directors : Eduardo Campoy,

This Spanish-French thriller is set in Madrid where late-night radio talk-show host Elena gets a call from serial killer Javier Barea who claims he will kill within the hour. Lawyer Maria ...

Actors : Gunnar Hansen, Debbie Rochon, Brian Kelly, Jon Miller,
Directors : Paul Talbot,

In a haunted death row cellblock, a deranged female serial killer reads a trio of twisted tales to her executioner.

Actors : Nick Spano, Damon Sharpe, Steve Wilder, Mario Lopez,
Directors : David DeCoteau,

Most of Earth has been destroyed by an asteroid. A small military colony, New America, has managed to survive in the Arctic. When a soldier goes missing at the colony, authorities send Ryan Murphy to investigate.

Actors : Jill Hennessy, Peter Greene, Richmond Arquette, Lewis Arquette,
Directors : Jordan Alan,

A performance artist turns up dead with a carrot up her butt by LAX. Three detectives interview her friends to find out who killed her and why.

Actors : Vanessa King, JoBeth Williams, William Russ, Michael Manasseri,
Directors : David E. Peckinpah,

A psych intern in the county jail bonds with a brilliant paranoid schizophrenic who shows up dead in her basement. She must solve his murder to clear her name.

Actors : Pablo Bryant, James McManus, Ellen Goldwasser, H.M. Wynant,
Directors : Jack Perez,

A woman hires P.I. Lloyd Meadows to investigate her husband, a respectable social worker. What seemed to be a simple case of adultery turns into an ugly mess fast.

Actors : Otávio Augusto, Cláudia Abreu, Ary Fontoura, Paulo Betti,
Directors : Alain Fresnot,

A detective is hired by a mysterious woman to find her missing husband, a master of disguises, and important industry executive.

Actors : Jeffrey Donovan, Jeff Fahey, Mario Ernesto Sánchez, Andrew Fiscella,
Directors : Rick King,

Undercover cop Doyle is working on a serial killer case that's left a trail of dead transvestites. Then, moonlighting as a private eye, Doyle and his girlfriend are hired by a rich young ...

Actors : Jeff Phillips, Duane Whitaker, Krista Allen, Don Stroud,

A mysterious ship is found adrift in mid-ocean without a crew. But this mystery is soon forgotten when Captain Ramsey, his two sexy first mates and the crew discover its precious cargo of ...

Actors : Brett Cullen, Carlos Bernard, Wes Studi, Tamlyn Tomita,
Directors : Evan Crooke,

Michael Sanford and his wife move to his old town so he can take over the family business. However, gruesome murders of children start to happen. Meanwhile, Michael starts to become slowly ...

Actors : Toshiyuki Nagashima, Hiroshi Abe, Reila Aphrodite, Yûko Moriyama,
Directors : Keita Amemiya,

A retired warrior comes to see his former lord and learns that someone is making indestructible swords from some unknown metal. He is sent together with a swordsman to investigate the ...

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 : Steve Railsback, Bruce Dinsmore, Michele Greene, Kathleen Kinmont,
Directors : Rodney Gibbons,

A botched diamond burglary and a dead publishing company executive set off a string of murders and betrayal in this suspensful, nonstop thriller!

Actors : Jeff Murphy, Nancy Murphy, Stephanie Beaton,
Directors : Michael W. Johnson,

Ted is a depraved serial killer...until he meets Leah. Then he becomes a real monster. Together the two of them go on a bloody, murder-happy rampage of unparalleled brutality, stalking then...

Actors : Hank Flynn, Frank Giglio, Cyre, Amy Lynn Baxter,
Directors : Evan Seplow,

Kenny seeks revenge against mafia leader 'Falcone' for his fathers death. Teaming up with a mysterious man named Thomas, together they try to stop the evil Falcone before he takes over the ...