Best Investigation movies of 1990s

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 : Delroy Lindo, Mekhi Phifer, Harvey Keitel, John Turturro,
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 : Sharon Stone, Jeanne Tripplehorn, George Dzundza, Michael Douglas,
Directors : Paul Verhoeven,

A violent, suspended police detective investigates a brutal murder, in which a manipulative and seductive woman could be involved.

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 : Kathleen Quinlan, Sam Neill, Laurence Fishburne, Joely Richardson,
Directors : Paul W.S. Anderson,

A rescue crew investigates a spaceship that disappeared into a black hole and has now returned...with someone or something new on-board.

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

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

Actors : Tom Sizemore, Benjamin Bratt, 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 : 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 : Judy Parfitt, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kathy Bates, 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 : Ed Harris, Gene Hackman, Clint Eastwood, Laura Linney,
Directors : Clint Eastwood,

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

Actors : Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, James Coburn, Brigid Tierney,
Directors : Paul Schrader,

A deeply troubled small town cop investigates a suspicious hunting death while events occur that cause him to mentally disintergrate.

Actors : Joe Pesci, Rene Russo, Mel Gibson, Danny Glover,
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 : David Suchet, Viggo Mortensen, Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow,
Directors : Andrew Davis,

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

Actors : Andy Garcia, Emma Thompson, Derek Jacobi, Kenneth Branagh,
Directors : Kenneth Branagh,

An amnesiac and a private eye find they might have a past life connection.

Actors : Tone Loc, Sean Young, Courteney Cox, Jim Carrey,
Directors : Tom Shadyac,

A goofy detective specializing in animals goes in search of the missing mascot of the Miami Dolphins.

Actors : Geena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson, Craig Bierko, Yvonne Zima,
Directors : Renny Harlin,

A woman suffering from amnesia begins to recover her memories after trouble from her past finds her again.

Actors : Sean Connery, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Harvey Keitel, Wesley Snipes,
Directors : Philip Kaufman,

When an escort girl is found dead in the offices of a Japanese company in Los Angeles, detectives Web Smith and John Connor act as liaison between the company's executives and the investigating cop Tom Graham.

Actors : Jeremy Davies, Guy Pearce, Robert Carlyle, David Arquette,
Directors : Antonia Bird,

In a remote military outpost in the 19th Century, Captain John Boyd and his regiment embark on a rescue mission which takes a dark turn when they are ambushed by a sadistic cannibal.

Actors : Patricia Arquette, Jonathan Pryce, Nia Long, Gabriel Byrne,
Directors : Rupert Wainwright,

When a young woman becomes afflicted by stigmata, a priest is sent to investigate her case, which may have severe ramifications for his faith and for the Catholic Church itself.