Best Investigation movies

Actors : Michel Auclair, Alan Badel, Terence Alexander, Edward Fox,
Directors : Fred Zinnemann,

A professional assassin codenamed "Jackal" plots to kill Charles de Gaulle, the President of France.

Actors : Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh, Adrienne Barbeau, John Houseman,
Directors : John Carpenter,

Legend says that Antonio Bay was built in 1880 with blood money obtained from shipwrecked lepers, which no one believes. On the eve of the town's centennial, many plan to attend the celebrations, including the murdered lepers.

Actors : Hilary Swank, David Morrissey, Idris Elba, AnnaSophia Robb,
Directors : Stephen Hopkins,

A former Christian missionary, who specializes in debunking religious phenomena, investigates a small town which seems to be suffering from the 10 biblical plagues.

Actors : Jean Reno, Emily Mortimer, Andy Garcia, Steve Martin,
Directors : Harald Zwart,

Insp. Jacques Clouseau teams up with a squad of International detectives who are just as bumbling as he is. Their mission: Stop a globe-trotting thief who specializes in stealing historical artifacts.

Actors : Temuera Morrison, Dave Bautista, Jason Momoa,
Directors : Angel Manuel Soto,

Estranged half-brothers Jonny and James reunite after their father's mysterious death. As they search for the truth, buried secrets reveal a conspiracy threatening to tear their family apart.

Actors : Ellen Burstyn, Kate Beahan, Leelee Sobieski, Nicolas Cage,
Directors : Neil LaBute,

A sheriff investigating the disappearance of a young girl from a small island discovers there's a larger mystery to solve among the island's secretive, neo-pagan community.

Actors : Roger Moore, Clifton James, Jane Seymour, Yaphet Kotto,
Directors : Guy Hamilton,

007 is sent to stop a diabolically brilliant heroin magnate armed with a complex organization and a reliable psychic tarot card reader.

Actors : Pierre Niney, Ernst Stötzner, Paula Beer, Marie Gruber,
Directors : François Ozon,

In the aftermath of WWI, a young German who grieves the death of her fiancé in France meets a mysterious Frenchman who visits the fiancé's grave to lay flowers.

Actors : Reggie Bannister, A. Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, Kathy Lester,
Directors : Don Coscarelli,

A teenage boy and his friends face off against a mysterious grave robber known only as the Tall Man, who keeps a lethal arsenal of terrible weapons with him.

Actors : Gary Sinise, Connie Nielsen, Don Cheadle, Tim Robbins,
Directors : Brian De Palma,

When the first manned mission to Mars meets with a catastrophic and mysterious disaster after reporting an unidentified structure, a rescue mission is launched to investigate the tragedy and bring back any survivors.

Actors : Mekhi Phifer, John Turturro, Delroy Lindo, Harvey Keitel,
Directors : Spike Lee,

Young drug pushers in the projects of Brooklyn live hard dangerous lives, trapped between their drug bosses and the detectives out to stop them.

Actors : Elias Koteas, Will Patton, Milla Jovovich, Hakeem Kae-Kazim,
Directors : Olatunde Osunsanmi,

A thriller involving an ongoing unsolved mystery in Alaska, where one town has seen an extraordinary number of unexplained disappearances during the past 40 years and there are accusations of a federal cover up.

Actors : Susan Sarandon, Mary-Louise Parker, Brad Renfro, Tommy Lee Jones,
Directors : Joel Schumacher,

A young boy who witnessed the suicide of a mafia lawyer hires an attorney to protect him when the District Attorney tries to use him to take down a mob family.

Actors : Edward Burns, Robert De Niro, Kelsey Grammer, Avery Brooks,
Directors : John Herzfeld,

A homicide detective and a fire marshal must stop a pair of murderers who commit videotaped crimes to become media darlings.

Actors : Peter Greene, Luke Wilson, Dave Chappelle, Martin Lawrence,
Directors : Les Mayfield,

A former convict poses as a cop to retrieve a diamond he stole years ago.

Actors : Michael Keaton, Chandra West, Ian McNeice, Deborah Kara Unger,
Directors : Geoffrey Sax,

An architect's desire to speak with his wife from beyond the grave, becomes an obsession with supernatural repercussions.

Actors : Gabriel Byrne, Amy Ryan, Lola Kirke, Thomasin McKenzie,
Directors : Liz Garbus,

When Mari Gilbert's daughter disappears, police inaction drives her own investigation into the gated Long Island community where Shannan was last seen. Her search brings attention to over a dozen murdered sex workers.

Actors : Eion Bailey, Christian Slater, LL Cool J, Val Kilmer,
Directors : Renny Harlin,

Trainees in the FBI's psychological profiling program must put their training into practice when they discover a killer in their midst.

Actors : Jahi Di'Allo Winston, Erica Ash, Anthony Mackie, David Harbour,
Directors : Christopher Landon,

Finding a ghost named Ernest haunting their new home turns Kevin's family into overnight social media sensations. But when Kevin and Ernest investigate the mystery of Ernest's past, they become a target of the CIA.

Actors : Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen, Forest Whitaker, Liam Neeson,
Directors : Olivier Megaton,

Ex-government operative Bryan Mills is accused of a ruthless murder he never committed or witnessed. As he is tracked and pursued, Mills brings out his particular set of skills to find the true killer and clear his name.