Best Investigation movies of 1990s

Actors : Michael Rooker, Timothy Hutton, Julie Harris, Amy Madigan,
Directors : George A. Romero,

A writer's fictional alter ego wants to take over his life...at any price.

Actors : Andy Garcia, Christopher Walken, Christopher Lloyd, William Forsythe,
Directors : Gary Fleder,

Five different criminals face imminent death after botching a job quite badly.

Actors : Catherine McCormack, Elizabeth Hurley, Sarah Polley, Sean Penn,
Directors : Kathryn Bigelow,

A newspaper photographer, Jean, researches the lurid and sensational axe murder of two women in 1873 as an editorial tie-in with a brutal modern double murder. She discovers a cache of ...

Actors : Kelly Lynch, Denzel Washington, Stephen Spinella, Russell Crowe,
Directors : Brett Leonard,

When a virtual reality simulation created using the personalities of multiple serial killers manages to escape into the real world, an ex-cop is tasked with stopping its reign of terror.

Actors : Jason Priestley, John Hurt, Fiona Loewi, Sheila Hancock,
Directors : Richard Kwietniowski,

Giles De'Ath is a widower who doesn't like anything modern. He goes to movies and falls in love with film star Ronnie Bostock. He then investigates everything about the movie and Ronnie. ...

Actors : Gregory Sporleder, Vince Vaughn, Janeane Garofalo, Joaquin Phoenix,
Directors : David Dobkin,

Clay is a young man in a small town who witnesses his friend kill himself because of the ongoing affair that Clay was having with the man's wife. Feeling guilty, Clay now resists the widow ...

Actors : Sean Nelson, Richard T. Jones, Omar Epps, Elayn J. Taylor,
Directors : Rick Famuyiwa,

While dealing with a friend's cold feet on his wedding day, a writer reminisces about his youth with his best friends.

Actors : Neve Campbell, Bette Midler, Jamie Lee Curtis, Danny DeVito,
Directors : Nick Gomez,

When a woman drives a car into the river to her death, everyone in town becomes a suspect.

Actors : Julie Benz, Rebecca Gayheart, Judy Greer, Rose McGowan,
Directors : Darren Stein,

Three of the most popular girls at Reagan High accidentally kill the prom queen with a jawbreaker when a kidnapping goes horribly wrong.

Actors : Ona Fletcher, Agga Olsen, Julia Ormond, Patrick Field,
Directors : Bille August,

Based on Peter Hoeg's bestseller, this film is set in snowy Copenhagen where a small boy is found dead after he fell off a roof. Smilla Jasperson, a close friend who lives in the same house...

Actors : Jonathan Jackson, Whoopi Goldberg, Treat Williams, Michelle Pfeiffer,
Directors : Ulu Grosbard,

The Deep End of The Ocean is a film about a family's reaction when Ben, the youngest son is kidnapped and then found nine years later, living in the same town, where his family had just moved.

Actors : Madeleine Stowe, Meg Tilly, Harvey Keitel, Jack Nicholson,
Directors : Jack Nicholson,

The sequel to Chinatown (1974) finds Jake Gittes investigating adultery and murder... and the money that comes from oil.

Actors : Edward Norton, John Mahoney, Laura Linney, Richard Gere,
Directors : Gregory Hoblit,

An altar boy is accused of murdering a priest, and the truth is buried several layers deep.

Actors : Embeth Davidtz, Denzel Washington, John Goodman, Donald Sutherland,
Directors : Gregory Hoblit,

Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution the killings start again, and they are very similar to Reese's style.

Actors : Sheryl Crow, Owen Wilson, Dwight Yoakam, Dennis Haysbert,
Directors : Hampton Fancher,

A cold-blooded serial killer floats around the country and chooses his victims from people who complain about their lives and indicate a willingness to be killed. His murders are introduced...

Actors : Samuel L. Jackson, Vanessa Williams, Jeffrey Wright, Christian Bale,
Directors : John Singleton,

New York City police detective John Shaft (nephew of the original 1970s detective) goes on a personal mission to make sure the son of a real estate tycoon is brought to justice after a racially-motivated murder.

Actors : Sam Neill, David Warner, Julie Carmen, Jürgen Prochnow,
Directors : John Carpenter,

An insurance investigator begins discovering that the impact a horror writer's books have on his fans is more than inspirational.

Actors : Dermot Mulroney, William McNamara, Holly Hunter, Sigourney Weaver,
Directors : Jon Amiel,

An agoraphobic psychologist and a female detective must work together to take down a serial killer who copies serial killers from the past.

Actors : Kadeem Hardison, Allen Payne, Eddie Murphy, Angela Bassett,
Directors : Wes Craven,

Maximillian is the only survivor from a race of vampires on a Caribbean Island, and as a vampire, he must find a mate to keep the line from ending. He knows that a child had been born to a ...

Actors : Jean Reno, Nadia Farès, Dominique Sanda, Vincent Cassel,
Directors : Mathieu Kassovitz,

A murder detective must follow the footsteps of a brutal killer within the secrets of a classist college.