Best Investigation movies of 1997

Actors : Cynthia Rothrock, Robert Forster, Frank Pesce, Fred Williamson,
Directors : Gil Bettman,

A homicide investigator goes after a media-obsessed serial murderer who videotapes his victims's deaths

Actors : Nick Spano, Damon Sharpe, Steve Wilder, Mario Lopez,
Directors : David DeCoteau,

Most of Earth has been destroyed by an asteroid. A small military colony, New America, has managed to survive in the Arctic. When a soldier goes missing at the colony, authorities send Ryan Murphy to investigate.

Actors : Margot Kidder, Shaun Johnston, Lorraine Bracco, Rick Ash,
Directors : Paul Ziller,

A woman has a miscarriage. After her grief becomes bearable, she attempts to adopt a baby, but discovers evidence that her baby might not have been dead when it was removed from her stomach. If so, who took the baby, why and where?

Actors : Steve Railsback, Bruce Dinsmore, Michele Greene, Kathleen Kinmont,
Directors : Rodney Gibbons,

A botched diamond burglary and a dead publishing company executive set off a string of murders and betrayal in this suspensful, nonstop thriller!

Actors : Otávio Augusto, Cláudia Abreu, Ary Fontoura, Paulo Betti,
Directors : Alain Fresnot,

A detective is hired by a mysterious woman to find her missing husband, a master of disguises, and important industry executive.

Actors : Sari Havas, Vesa Vierikko, Taisto Reimaluoto, Taneli Mäkelä,
Directors : Kari Väänänen,

After his predecessor on a long-festering wilderness village murder case resigns for "reasons of health", a young police detective decides it's time for more forceful methods. But there's ...

Actors : Duane Whitaker, Krista Allen, Jeff Phillips, Don Stroud,

A mysterious ship is found adrift in mid-ocean without a crew. But this mystery is soon forgotten when Captain Ramsey, his two sexy first mates and the crew discover its precious cargo of ...

Actors : Pablo Bryant, James McManus, Ellen Goldwasser, H.M. Wynant,
Directors : Jack Perez,

A woman hires P.I. Lloyd Meadows to investigate her husband, a respectable social worker. What seemed to be a simple case of adultery turns into an ugly mess fast.

Actors : Lydia Bosch, Bud Spencer, Juanjo Puigcorbé, Béatrice Dalle,
Directors : Eduardo Campoy,

This Spanish-French thriller is set in Madrid where late-night radio talk-show host Elena gets a call from serial killer Javier Barea who claims he will kill within the hour. Lawyer Maria ...

Actors : Sean Young, Soleil Moon Frye, Robert Vaughn, Rob Stewart,
Directors : Sam Firstenberg,

Kyle Rivers has joined the Dpt of Defense as an investigator. Her first assignment is to do a background check on Lana Hawking, scientist for a top secret clearance.

Actors : Ljubo Kapor, Ivo Gregurevic, Barbara Nola, Goran Grgic,
Directors : Lukas Nola,

Determined to find her sister's killers, Ida Palamar decides to become a prostitute in an elite Zagreb brothel where the murder probably took place. The brothel is run by Vuk, violent and ...

Actors : Brett Cullen, Carlos Bernard, Wes Studi, Tamlyn Tomita,
Directors : Evan Crooke,

Michael Sanford and his wife move to his old town so he can take over the family business. However, gruesome murders of children start to happen. Meanwhile, Michael starts to become slowly ...

Actors : Gunnar Hansen, Debbie Rochon, Brian Kelly, Jon Miller,
Directors : Paul Talbot,

In a haunted death row cellblock, a deranged female serial killer reads a trio of twisted tales to her executioner.

Actors : James L. Edwards, Ariauna Albright, Randy Rupp, Nina Angeloff,
Directors : Matthew Jason Walsh,

A young woman, fascinated with mass murderers, tracks down the world's most famous uncaught serial killer and becomes his apprentice; together they go on a killing spree.

Actors : Jill Hennessy, Richmond Arquette, Peter Greene, Lewis Arquette,
Directors : Jordan Alan,

A performance artist turns up dead with a carrot up her butt by LAX. Three detectives interview her friends to find out who killed her and why.

Actors : Toshiyuki Nagashima, Hiroshi Abe, Reila Aphrodite, Yûko Moriyama,
Directors : Keita Amemiya,

A retired warrior comes to see his former lord and learns that someone is making indestructible swords from some unknown metal. He is sent together with a swordsman to investigate the ...

Actors : Graham Greene, Nancy Beatty, Geneviève Bujold, Emily Hampshire,
Directors : Sara Botsford,

Suzanne, a single parent and succesful lawyer, returns home to find her daughter missing. About to call the police, she is confronted by a disembodied voice warning her that if she attempts...

Actors : Sandra Purpuro, Robert Balderson, LoriDawn Messuri, Ken Del Conte,
Directors : Peter Daskaloff,

In tradition of Crash, Sunsplit is an absorbing tale of three unique Los Angeles individuals.

Actors : Alejandra Cruz, Stacy Keach, Rick Dean, Zaina Juliette,
Directors : Gary T. McDonald,

Thrown overboard while conducting an environmental investigation, Humphrey Van Weyden is as good as dead. But before he can meet his watery doom, he is plucked up by the crew of the ...