Best Investigation movies

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 : 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.

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 : 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 : Tamara Smart, Lara McDonnell, Ferdia Shaw, Josh Gad,
Directors : Kenneth Branagh,

Artemis Fowl, a young criminal prodigy, hunts down a secret society of fairies to find his missing father.

Actors : Benjamin Bratt, Tom Sizemore, Carrie-Anne Moss, Val Kilmer,
Directors : Antony Hoffman,

Astronauts, and their robotic dog AMEE (Autonomous Mapping Evaluation and Evasion), search for solutions to save a dying Earth by searching on Mars, only to have the mission go terribly awry.

Actors : Douglas Silva, Darlan Cunha, Jonathan Haagensen, Rodrigo dos Santos,
Directors : Paulo Morelli,

Best buddies Acerola and Laranjinha, about to turn 18, discover things about their missing fathers' pasts which will shatter their solid friendship, in the middle of a war between rival drug gangs from Rio's favelas.

Actors : Judy Parfitt, Kathy Bates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Christopher Plummer,
Directors : Taylor Hackford,

A big-city reporter travels to the small town where her mother has been arrested for the murder of an elderly woman that she works for as a maid.

Actors : Eoin Macken, Osamu Tanpopo, Stephanie Vogt, Natalie Dormer,
Directors : Jason Zada,

A woman goes into Japan's Suicide Forest to find her twin sister, and confronts supernatural terror.

Actors : Toni Collette, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Christian Bale, Ewan McGregor,
Directors : Todd Haynes,

In 1984, British journalist Arthur Stuart investigates the career of 1970s glam superstar Brian Slade, who was heavily influenced in his early years by hard-living and rebellious American singer Curt Wild.

Actors : Joe Pesci, Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Rene Russo,
Directors : Richard Donner,

With personal crises and age weighing in on them, LAPD officers Riggs and Murtaugh must contend with deadly Chinese triads that are trying to free their former leaders out of prison and onto American soil.

Actors : Elizabeth Olsen, Cillian Murphy, Sigourney Weaver, Robert De Niro,
Directors : Rodrigo Cortés,

Psychologist Margaret Matheson and her assistant study paranormal activity, which leads them to investigate a world-renowned psychic who has resurfaced years after his toughest critic mysteriously passed away.

Actors : Ed Harris, Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Laura Linney,
Directors : Clint Eastwood,

A career thief witnesses a horrific crime involving the U.S. President.

Actors : Junko Bailey, Zoe Fish, David Lawrence Brown, Tara Westwood,
Directors : Nicolas Pesce,

A house is cursed by a vengeful ghost that dooms those who enter it with a violent death.

Actors : Adam Brody, Kaleb Horn, Kaitlyn Chalmers-Rizzato, Wendy Crewson,
Directors : Evan Morgan,

A once-celebrated kid detective, now 32, continues to solve the same trivial mysteries between hangovers and bouts of self-pity. Until a naive client brings him his first 'adult' case, to find out who brutally murdered her boyfriend.

Actors : David Suchet, Michael Douglas, Viggo Mortensen, Gwyneth Paltrow,
Directors : Andrew Davis,

A remake of the Alfred Hitchcock classic Dial M for Murder (1954).

Actors : Nick Stahl, Bijou Phillips, Brad Renfro, Rachel Miner,
Directors : Larry Clark,

A pack of naïve teenagers conspire to murder a mutual friend, whose aggressive demeanor has proved too much.

Actors : Gary Oldman, Joel Kinnaman, Noomi Rapace, Tom Hardy,
Directors : Daniel Espinosa,

A disgraced member of the Russian military police investigates a series of child murders during the Stalin-era Soviet Union.

Actors : Julia Roberts, John Heard, Sam Shepard, Denzel Washington,
Directors : Alan J. Pakula,

A law student uncovers a conspiracy, putting herself and others in danger.

Actors : Elena Lyons, Bill Paxton, Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan,
Directors : Jay Chandrasekhar,

When a serial killer interrupts the fun at the swanky Coconut Pete's Coconut Beach Resort--a hedonistic island paradise for swingers--it's up to the club's staff to stop the violence...or at least hide it.