Best Investigation movies of 1990s

Actors : William Forsythe, Christopher Lloyd, Andy Garcia, Christopher Walken,
Directors : Gary Fleder,

Five different criminals face imminent death after botching a job quite badly.

Actors : Timothy Hutton, Amy Madigan, Michael Rooker, Julie Harris,
Directors : George A. Romero,

A writer's fictional alter ego wants to take over his life...at any price.

Actors : John Hurt, Sheila Hancock, Jason Priestley, Fiona Loewi,
Directors : Richard Kwietniowski,

Giles De'Ath is a widower who doesn't like anything modern. He goes to movies and falls in love with film star Ronnie Bostock. He then investigates everything about the movie and Ronnie. ...

Actors : Elizabeth Hurley, Catherine McCormack, Sarah Polley, Sean Penn,
Directors : Kathryn Bigelow,

A newspaper photographer, Jean, researches the lurid and sensational axe murder of two women in 1873 as an editorial tie-in with a brutal modern double murder. She discovers a cache of ...

Actors : Sean Nelson, Omar Epps, Elayn J. Taylor, Richard T. Jones,
Directors : Rick Famuyiwa,

While dealing with a friend's cold feet on his wedding day, a writer reminisces about his youth with his best friends.

Actors : Kelly Lynch, Stephen Spinella, Russell Crowe, Denzel Washington,
Directors : Brett Leonard,

When a virtual reality simulation created using the personalities of multiple serial killers manages to escape into the real world, an ex-cop is tasked with stopping its reign of terror.

Actors : Gregory Sporleder, Janeane Garofalo, Vince Vaughn, Joaquin Phoenix,
Directors : David Dobkin,

Clay is a young man in a small town who witnesses his friend kill himself because of the ongoing affair that Clay was having with the man's wife. Feeling guilty, Clay now resists the widow ...

Actors : Rebecca Gayheart, Judy Greer, Rose McGowan, Julie Benz,
Directors : Darren Stein,

Three of the most popular girls at Reagan High accidentally kill the prom queen with a jawbreaker when a kidnapping goes horribly wrong.

Actors : Neve Campbell, Jamie Lee Curtis, Danny DeVito, Bette Midler,
Directors : Nick Gomez,

When a woman drives a car into the river to her death, everyone in town becomes a suspect.

Actors : Ona Fletcher, Agga Olsen, Patrick Field, Julia Ormond,
Directors : Bille August,

Based on Peter Hoeg's bestseller, this film is set in snowy Copenhagen where a small boy is found dead after he fell off a roof. Smilla Jasperson, a close friend who lives in the same house...

Actors : Jonathan Jackson, Whoopi Goldberg, Treat Williams, Michelle Pfeiffer,
Directors : Ulu Grosbard,

The Deep End of The Ocean is a film about a family's reaction when Ben, the youngest son is kidnapped and then found nine years later, living in the same town, where his family had just moved.

Actors : Jack Nicholson, Madeleine Stowe, Meg Tilly, Harvey Keitel,
Directors : Jack Nicholson,

The sequel to Chinatown (1974) finds Jake Gittes investigating adultery and murder... and the money that comes from oil.

Actors : Sheryl Crow, Owen Wilson, Dwight Yoakam, Dennis Haysbert,
Directors : Hampton Fancher,

A cold-blooded serial killer floats around the country and chooses his victims from people who complain about their lives and indicate a willingness to be killed. His murders are introduced...

Actors : Embeth Davidtz, Denzel Washington, John Goodman, Donald Sutherland,
Directors : Gregory Hoblit,

Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution the killings start again, and they are very similar to Reese's style.

Actors : Edward Norton, Laura Linney, John Mahoney, Richard Gere,
Directors : Gregory Hoblit,

An altar boy is accused of murdering a priest, and the truth is buried several layers deep.

Actors : Dermot Mulroney, William McNamara, Sigourney Weaver, Holly Hunter,
Directors : Jon Amiel,

An agoraphobic psychologist and a female detective must work together to take down a serial killer who copies serial killers from the past.

Actors : Eddie Murphy, Kadeem Hardison, Allen Payne, Angela Bassett,
Directors : Wes Craven,

Maximillian is the only survivor from a race of vampires on a Caribbean Island, and as a vampire, he must find a mate to keep the line from ending. He knows that a child had been born to a ...

Actors : Julie Carmen, David Warner, Sam Neill, Jürgen Prochnow,
Directors : John Carpenter,

An insurance investigator begins discovering that the impact a horror writer's books have on his fans is more than inspirational.

Actors : Samuel L. Jackson, Vanessa Williams, Jeffrey Wright, Christian Bale,
Directors : John Singleton,

New York City police detective John Shaft (nephew of the original 1970s detective) goes on a personal mission to make sure the son of a real estate tycoon is brought to justice after a racially-motivated murder.

Actors : Kiefer Sutherland, Reese Witherspoon, Bokeem Woodbine, Paul Perri,
Directors : Matthew Bright,

A twisted take on 'Little Red Riding Hood' with a teenage juvenile delinquent on the run from a social worker traveling to her grandmother's house and being hounded by a charming, but sadistic, serial killer/pedophile.