Best Investigation movies

Actors : Mark Harmon, Meg Ryan, Sean Connery, Jack Warden,
Directors : Peter Hyams,

A San Francisco civilian police detective is forced to work on a series of murders with his former enemy commanding officer while dating his daughter.

Actors : Betsy Palmer, Amy Steel, John Furey, Adrienne King,
Directors : Steve Miner,

Mrs. Voorhees is dead, and Camp Crystal Lake is shut down, but a camp next to the infamous place is stalked by an unknown assailant.

Actors : Noble Willingham, Bruce Willis, Chelsea Field, Damon Wayans,
Directors : Tony Scott,

A down and out cynical detective teams up with a down and out ex-quarterback to try and solve a murder case involving a pro football team and a politician.

Actors : Simon Pegg, Clare Higgins, Paul Freeman, Amara Karan,

A crime novelist, whose research on Victorian serial killers has turned him into a paranoid wreck, must confront his worst fears, when a film executive takes a sudden interest in his movie script.

Actors : Glen Campbell, Kim Darby, Jeremy Slate, John Wayne,
Directors : Henry Hathaway,

A drunken, hard-nosed U.S. Marshal and a Texas Ranger help a stubborn teenager track down her father's murderer in Indian territory.

Actors : Raul Julia, Greta Scacchi, Brian Dennehy, Harrison Ford,
Directors : Alan J. Pakula,

As a lawyer investigates the murder of a colleague, he finds himself more connected to the crime than anyone else.

Actors : Dyan Cannon, Christopher Reeve, Irene Worth, Michael Caine,
Directors : Sidney Lumet,

A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script.

Actors : Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Dave Goelz, Kathryn Mullen,

On another planet in the distant past, a Gelfling embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of a magical crystal, and so restore order to his world.

Actors : Greta Gerwig, Raffey Cassidy, Jodie Turner-Smith, Adam Driver,
Directors : Noah Baumbach,

Dramatizes a contemporary American family's attempts to deal with the mundane conflicts of everyday life while grappling with the universal mysteries of love, death, and the possibility of happiness in an uncertain world.

Actors : Scott Speedman, James Rebhorn, Willem Dafoe, Don Harvey,
Directors : Henry Miller,

A psychological thriller based on the concept of anamorphosis, a painting technique that manipulates the laws of perspective to create two competing images on a single canvas.

Actors : Mimi Rogers, Kate Mara, David Oyelowo, Michael Kenneth Williams,
Directors : Jerry Jameson,

A single mother struggling with drug addiction is taken hostage in her own apartment by a man on the run who has broken out of jail and murdered the judge assigned to his case.

Actors : Paprika Steen, Søren Malling, Sus Wilkins, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau,
Directors : Brian De Palma,

A Copenhagen police officer seeks justice for his partner's murder by a mysterious man.

Actors : Tina Fey, Christopher Denham, Oona Roche, Nick Mohammed, Jon Hamm,
Directors : John Slattery,

Police Chief Sanders (Jon Hamm) investigates the bizarre murders of two women with the same name and unravels a web of small-town lies. He meets and quickly falls for Rita (Tina Fey), a nosy neighbor who is eager to help solve the mystery.

Actors : Peter Dinklage, Matt Ellis, Jordana Largy, Martin Donovan,
Directors : Mark Palansky,

The widow of a wise professor stumbles upon one of his inventions that's able to record and play a person's memory.

Actors : Elizabeth Banks, Danielle Macdonald, Dakota Fanning, Diane Lane,
Directors : Amy Berg,

A detective looks to unravel a mystery surrounding missing children and the prime suspects: two young women who, seven years ago, were put away for an infant's death.

Actors : Edward G. Robinson, Leigh Taylor-Young, Charlton Heston, Chuck Connors,
Directors : Richard Fleischer,

In the world ravaged by the greenhouse effect and overpopulation, an NYPD detective investigates the murder of a big company CEO.

Actors : Chao Deng, Bingbing Li, Carina Lau, Tony Ka Fai Leung,
Directors : Hark Tsui,

An exiled detective is recruited to solve a series of mysterious deaths that threaten to delay the inauguration of Empress Wu.

Actors : Pepe Serna, Kazuki Kitamura, Yasuyo Shiba, Ayako Fujitani,
Directors : Dave Boyle,

A mystery outside of San Francisco brings together small-town sheriff Paul Del Moral, Japanese author Aki Akahori, and a traveler from Reno who soon disappears, leaving behind his suitcase and a trail of questions.

Actors : Nikki Reed, Jeff Goldblum, Carrie-Anne Moss, Alec Baldwin,
Directors : Nick Guthe,

A rebellious girl hooks up with an escort agency where her stepfather is a client.

Actors : Kevin Peter Hall, Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Rubén Blades,
Directors : Stephen Hopkins,

Amidst a territorial gang war in 1997, a sophisticated alien hunter stalks the citizens of Los Angeles and the only man between him and his prey is veteran L.A.P.D. officer, Lieutenant Mike Harrigan.