Best Murder Mystery movies of 1990s

Actors : Dermot Mulroney, Gabriel Byrne, Bridget Fonda, Miguel Ferrer,
Directors : John Badham,

Drug addict Maggie Hayward's consistent violence, even in police custody, ends in the execution chamber. However, top-secret US government agent 'Bob' arranges a staged death, so Maggie can...

Actors : Nick Nolte, Jennifer Connelly, Chazz Palminteri, Melanie Griffith,
Directors : Lee Tamahori,

In 1950's Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.

Actors : Ed Harris, Kiefer Sutherland, Sally Field, Olivia Burnette,
Directors : John Schlesinger,

When the courts fail to keep behind bars the man who raped and murdered her daughter, a woman seeks her own form of justice.

Actors : Brendan Cowell, Susie Porter, Abbie Cornish, Kelly McGillis,
Directors : Samantha Lang,

A lesbian private detective dives head first into murder, manipulation and the consuming power of sex.

Actors : Steven Seagal, Frederick Coffin, Kelly LeBrock, William Sadler,
Directors : Bruce Malmuth,

Left for dead with his wife killed in their house, L.A. Detective Mason Storm will have to make a quick recovery, expose those behind the murder and take revenge.

Actors : Nancy Travis, Andy Garcia, Laurie Metcalf, Richard Gere,
Directors : Mike Figgis,

An Internal Affairs agent becomes obsessed with bringing down a cop who has managed to maintain a spotless reputation despite being involved in a web of corruption.

Actors : Linda Fiorentino, Richard Crenna, Chazz Palminteri, David Caruso,
Directors : William Friedkin,

A bright assistant D.A. investigates a gruesome hatchet murder and hides a clue he found at the crime scene. Under professional threats and an attempt on his life, he goes on heartbroken because evidence point to the woman he still loves.

Actors : Bai Ling, Bradley Whitford, Byron Mann, Richard Gere,
Directors : Jon Avnet,

An American attorney on business in China is wrongfully arrested and put on trial for murder, with a female defense lawyer from the country the only key to proving his innocence.

Actors : Ian Nelson, Danny Glover, Claudia Stedelin, Dennis Quaid,
Directors : Jeb Stuart,

An FBI agent tries to catch a serial killer who kidnapped his son.

Actors : Fred Ward, Graham Greene, Sam Shepard, Val Kilmer,
Directors : Michael Apted,

A young mixed-blood FBI agent is assigned to work with a cynical veteran investigator on a murder on a poverty-stricken Sioux reservation.

Actors : Christopher Walken, Annabella Sciorra, Isabella Rossellini, Chris Penn,
Directors : Abel Ferrara,

In the 30's, in New York, the coffin of the leftist gangster Johnny Tempio is brought to the house of his older brother Ray for the wake of family and friends. Ray is a cold gangster that ...

Actors : Dana Delany, David Clennon, Susan Sarandon, Willem Dafoe,
Directors : Paul Schrader,

A drug dealer reconsiders his profession when his boss plans to go straight and an old flame reappears.

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, John Pankow, Eric Thal, 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 : 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 : J.J. Johnston, William H. Macy, Vincent Guastaferro, Joe Mantegna,
Directors : David Mamet,

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

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 : Robert Guillaume, Cynthia Gibb, Jean-Claude Van Damme, George Dickerson,
Directors : Deran Sarafian,

In a violent and corrupt prison, decorated cop Louis Burke must infiltrate the jail to find answers to a number of inside murders. What he finds is a struggle of life and death tied in to his own past.

Actors : Graham Beckel, Uma Thurman, Andy Garcia, Lance Henriksen,
Directors : Bruce Robinson,

A big-city cop from L.A. moves to a small-town police force and immediately finds himself investigating a murder. Using theories rejected by his colleagues, the cop, John Berlin, meets a ...

Actors : Gisken Armand, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Stellan Skarsgård, Maria Mathiesen,
Directors : Erik Skjoldbjærg,

In a Norwegian city with a 24-hour daylight cycle a Swedish murder investigator has been brought in on a special case. Sleep deprived, he makes a horrible mistake which is discovered by the killer he has been hunting.