Best Investigation movies

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 : Jeremy Slate, Kim Darby, Glen Campbell, 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 : 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 : 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 : Irene Worth, Dyan Cannon, Michael Caine, Christopher Reeve,
Directors : Sidney Lumet,

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

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 : 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 : James Rebhorn, Willem Dafoe, Scott Speedman, 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 : François Damiens, Agathe Dronne, Ellora Torchia, Finnegan Oldfield,
Directors : Thomas Bidegain,

When his daughter goes missing from their prairie town east of France, Alain and his young son, Kid, head out to find her. The journey takes the men to some far-off and unsettling places in what begins to feel like an endless quest.

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 : Tina Fey, Oona Roche, Christopher Denham, 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 : Danielle Macdonald, Dakota Fanning, Diane Lane, Elizabeth Banks,
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 : Nikki Reed, Carrie-Anne Moss, Alec Baldwin, Jeff Goldblum,
Directors : Nick Guthe,

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

Actors : Jordana Largy, Peter Dinklage, Martin Donovan, Matt Ellis,
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 : 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.

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 : 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 : 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 : Richard Burton, Max von Sydow, Linda Blair, Louise Fletcher,
Directors : John Boorman,

A teenage girl once possessed by a demon finds that it still lurks within her. Meanwhile, a priest investigates the death of the girl's exorcist.

Actors : Dylan Baker, Anna Paquin, Rochelle Aytes, Brian Cox,
Directors : Michael Dougherty,

Five interwoven stories that occur on Halloween: An everyday high school principal has a secret life as a serial killer; a college virgin might have just met the guy for her; a group of teenagers pull a mean prank; a woman who loathes the night has to contend with her holiday-obsessed husband; and a mean old man meets his match with a demonic, supernatural trick-or-treater.