Best Mystery movies of 1990s

Actors : William B. Davis, John Neville, David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson,
Directors : Rob Bowman,

Mulder and Scully must fight the government in a conspiracy and find the truth about an alien colonization of Earth.

Actors : Jennifer Morrison, Hart Bochner, Loretta Devine, Matthew Davis,
Directors : John Ottman,

A film school is the center of a fresh spate of killings based on urban legends.

Actors : János Derzsi, Peter Fitz, Hanna Schygulla, Lars Rudolph,

An innocent young man witnesses violence breaks out after an isolated village is inflamed by the arrival of a circus and its peculiar attractions, a giant whale and a mysterious man named "The Prince".

Actors : Jeremy Davies, Jimmy Smits, Milla Jovovich, Mel Gibson,
Directors : Wim Wenders,

Tragi-comic, romantic whodunnit set in a run down hotel which plays host to mentally ill people too poor to afford medical insurance.

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 : Campbell Scott, Rebecca Pidgeon, Steve Martin, Ben Gazzara,
Directors : David Mamet,

An employee of a corporation with a lucrative secret process is tempted to betray it. But there's more to it than that.

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 : David Warner, Julie Carmen, Sam Neill, 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 : 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.

Actors : Bruno Cremer, Charlotte Rampling, Jacques Nolot, Alexandra Stewart,
Directors : François Ozon,

When her husband goes missing at the beach, a female professor begins to mentally disintegrate as her denial of his disappearance becomes delusional.

Actors : Chete Lera, Fele Martínez, Eduardo Noriega, Penélope Cruz,
Directors : Alejandro Amenábar,

A very handsome man finds the love of his life, but he suffers an accident and needs to have his face rebuilt by surgery after it is severely disfigured.

Actors : Carlo Cecchi, Christoph Koncz, Jean-Luc Bideau, Jason Flemyng,
Directors : François Girard,

A perfect red-colored violin inspires passion, making its way through three centuries over several owners and countries, eventually ending up at an auction where it may find a new owner.

Actors : Raul Julia, Greta Scacchi, Brian Dennehy, Harrison Ford,
Directors : Alan J. Pakula,

As a lawyer investigates the murder of a colleague, he finds himself more connected to the crime than anyone else.

Actors : Sophie Guillemin, Sergi López, Laurent Lucas, Mathilde Seigner,
Directors : Dominik Moll,

Harry knew Michel in high school; they meet again by accident, Harry inserts himself in Michel's life... and things take a sinister turn.

Actors : Joel Grey, Ian Holm, Jeremy Irons, Theresa Russell,
Directors : Steven Soderbergh,

Kafka works during the day at an insurance company, where events lead him to discover a mysterious underground society with strange suppressive goals.

Actors : Anne Heche, Vince Vaughn, Julianne Moore, Viggo Mortensen,
Directors : Gus Van Sant,

A young female embezzler arrives at the Bates Motel, which has terrible secrets of its own.

Actors : Nanako Matsushima, Hitomi Satô, Miki Nakatani, Yûko Takeuchi,
Directors : Hideo Nakata,

A reporter and her ex-husband investigate a cursed video tape that is rumored to kill the viewer seven days after watching it.

Actors : Rolf Hoppe, Woody Harrelson, Elisabeth Shue, Gina Gershon,
Directors : Volker Schlöndorff,

A recently released ex-con gets involved in a fake kidnapping scheme that turns very real.