Best Investigation movies of 1990s

Actors : Michael Rooker, Renée Zellweger, Tim Roth, Chris Penn,

Textile company heir Wayland is accused of murder of a prostitute named Elizabeth, whose body was found cut in two in the park. The murder is investigated by tough detective Kennesaw and ...

Actors : Tracy Pollan, Eric Thal, John Pankow, Melanie Griffith,
Directors : Sidney Lumet,

Detective Emily Eden is a tough New York City cop forced to go undercover to solve a puzzling murder. Her search for the truth takes her into a secret world of unwritten law and unspoken ...

Actors : Kaori Mizushima, Hinano Yoshikawa, Shinji Takeda, Tetta Sugimoto,
Directors : Jean-Pierre Limosin,

The police are tracking a man who shoots at people. But the young sister of a detective find that he's not the mad vigilante portrayed in newspapers.

Actors : Christopher McDonald, Linda Fiorentino, Peter Coyote, Ray Liotta,
Directors : John Dahl,

Unsuccessfully framed for his wife's murder, Dr. David Krane attempts to find the real culprit by utilizing a new drug that allows him to experience the memories of other people first-hand....

Actors : Ed Flanders, Jason Miller, George C. Scott, Brad Dourif,
Directors : William Peter Blatty,

A police lieutenant uncovers more than he bargained for as his investigation of a series of murders, which have all the hallmarks of the deceased 'Gemini' serial killer, lead him to question the patients of a psychiatric ward.

Actors : Fred Ward, Cecilia Pérez-Cervera, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Alec Baldwin,
Directors : George Armitage,

When Fred Frenger gets out of prison, he decides to start over in Miami, Florida, where he starts a violent one-man crime wave. He soon meets up with amiable college student/prostitute ...

Actors : Miguel Ferrer, John Slattery, John Livingston, Yasiin Bey,
Directors : Daniel Pyne,

After making a 3-hour fiasco about New York City's water supply, a two-man film crew decides to take it up a notch by documenting life in the private investigator offices of "Boone and ...

Actors : Stephen Lang, Linda Hamilton, Charlie Sheen, Donald Sutherland,
Directors : George P. Cosmatos,

Bobby Bishop (Sheen) is a special assistant to the President of the United States. Accidentally, he meets his friend professor Pochenko on the street. Pochenko has time to tell Bishop about...

Actors : Rebecca De Mornay, Antonio Banderas, Len Cariou, Dennis Miller,
Directors : Peter Hall,

Sarah Taylor, a criminal psychologist, embarks on a torrid affair with a seductive stranger. However, she begins doubting whether she can trust him when a mysterious stalker begins harassing her.

Actors : Lela Rochon, James Belushi, Tupac Shakur, Dennis Quaid,
Directors : Jim Kouf,

Two corrupt cops murder an undercover DEA agent by mistake, and frantically try to cover their tracks by framing a homeless man for the crime. That involves juggling evidence, coaching ...

Actors : J.J. Johnston, William H. Macy, Joe Mantegna, Vincent Guastaferro,
Directors : David Mamet,

A Jewish homicide detective investigates a seemingly minor murder and falls in with a Zionist group as a result.

Actors : Eric Mabius, Fred Ward, Kirsten Dunst, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe,
Directors : Bharat Nalluri,

Alex Corvis returns to the world of the living to solve the murder of a young woman that he was wrongly accused of.

Actors : Patricia Arquette, Dermot Mulroney, Mary-Louise Parker, Ellen DeGeneres,
Directors : Roland Joffé,

Ben and Sandra are hot and provocative lovers, but Sandra is unfortunately married to Ben's younger brother Jake, and soon Jake will find out about Ben.

Actors : Nick Nolte, Patrick O'Neal, Timothy Hutton, Armand Assante,
Directors : Sidney Lumet,

A young district attorney seeking to prove a case against a corrupt police detective encounters a former lover and her new protector, a crime boss who refuses to help him in this gritty ...

Actors : Barbara Tyson, Gailard Sartain, Jim Varney, Bill Byrge,
Directors : John R. Cherry III,

Bumbling Ernest P. Worrell is assigned to jury duty, where a crooked lawyer notices a resemblance with crime boss Mr. Nash, and arranges a switch. Nash assumes Ernest's job as a bank ...

Actors : Samuel L. Jackson, Willem Dafoe, Mickey Rourke, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio,
Directors : Roger Donaldson,

A small southwestern town sheriff finds a body in the desert with a suitcase and $500,000. He impersonates the man and stumbles into an FBI investigation.

Actors : Keenen Ivory Wayans, Jada Pinkett Smith, Charles S. Dutton, Salli Richardson-Whitfield,
Directors : Keenen Ivory Wayans,

A black detective becomes embroiled in a web of danger while searching for a fortune in missing drug money.During the course of his investigation, he encounters various old connections, ...

Actors : Reggie Lee, Andy Steinlen, Jonathon Roessler, Desi del Valle,
Directors : Quentin Lee,

At his agent's party, Ryan, a young screenwriter, and Joel, Ryan's boyfriend, meet Leo, an aspiring novelist and a college student. During an intense conversation about serial killers, Ryan...

Actors : Kiyotaka Nanbara, Hai-Ping Yang, Masatoshi Nagase, Shirô Sano,
Directors : Kaizô Hayashi,

Maiku Hama is a private detective working in Yokohama. Hama comes to the aid of a Taiwanese waiter named Yang and agrees to track down his missing brother. Through a series of ...

Actors : Charles Rocket, Brad Renfro, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Eric Schweig,
Directors : Peter Hewitt,

Two best friends witness a murder and embark on a series of adventures in order to prove the innocence of the man wrongly accused of the crime.