Best Investigation movies that are oscar winners or nominees

Actors : Jerry O'Connell, River Phoenix, Wil Wheaton, Corey Feldman,
Directors : Rob Reiner,

After the death of a friend, a writer recounts a boyhood journey to find the body of a missing boy.

Actors : Josh Hartnett, Hilary Swank, Scarlett Johansson, Aaron Eckhart,
Directors : Brian De Palma,

Two policemen see their personal and professional lives fall apart in the wake of the "Black Dahlia" murder investigation.

Actors : Al Pacino, John Randolph, Jack Kehoe, Biff McGuire,
Directors : Sidney Lumet,

An honest New York cop named Frank Serpico blows the whistle on rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.

Actors : Gary Oldman, Jack Lemmon, Kevin Costner, Walter Matthau,
Directors : Oliver Stone,

New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story.

Actors : Clint Eastwood, Rene Russo, John Malkovich, Dylan McDermott,
Directors : Wolfgang Petersen,

Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan couldn't save Kennedy, but he's determined not to let a clever assassin take out this president.

Actors : Gore Vidal, Uma Thurman, Jude Law, Ethan Hawke,
Directors : Andrew Niccol,

A genetically inferior man assumes the identity of a superior one in order to pursue his lifelong dream of space travel.

Actors : Bill Bernstein, Woody Allen, Martin Landau, Claire Bloom,
Directors : Woody Allen,

An ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated with another woman.

Actors : Tom Cruise, Kevin Bacon, Demi Moore, Jack Nicholson,
Directors : Rob Reiner,

Neo military lawyer Kaffee defends Marines accused of murder; they contend they were acting under orders.

Actors : Joe Pesci, Mitchell Whitfield, Marisa Tomei, Ralph Macchio,
Directors : Jonathan Lynn,

Two New Yorkers are accused of murder in rural Alabama while on their way back to college, and one of their cousins--an inexperienced, loudmouth lawyer not accustomed to Southern rules and manners--comes in to defend them.

Actors : Vince Vaughn, Vincent D'Onofrio, Jennifer Lopez, Colton James,
Directors : Tarsem Singh,

An FBI agent persuades a social worker, who is adept with a new experimental technology, to enter the mind of a comatose serial killer in order to learn where he has hidden his latest kidnap victim.

Actors : Lisa Eilbacher, John Ashton, Judge Reinhold, Eddie Murphy,
Directors : Martin Brest,

A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills.

Actors : Cate Blanchett, Tobey Maguire, George Clooney, Beau Bridges,
Directors : Steven Soderbergh,

While in post-war Berlin to cover the Potsdam Conference, an American military journalist is drawn into a murder investigation which involves his former mistress and his driver.

Actors : Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne, David Naughton, Joe Belcher,
Directors : John Landis,

Two American college students on a walking tour of Britain are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists.

Actors : John Malkovich, John Cusack, Nicolas Cage, Colm Meaney,
Directors : Simon West,

Newly paroled ex-con and former U.S. Ranger Cameron Poe finds himself trapped in a prisoner transport plane when the passengers seize control.

Actors : Sean Connery, Jill St. John, Lana Wood, Charles Gray,
Directors : Guy Hamilton,

A diamond smuggling investigation leads James Bond to Las Vegas, where he uncovers an evil plot involving a rich business tycoon.

Actors : Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Curd Jürgens, Richard Kiel,
Directors : Lewis Gilbert,

James Bond investigates the hijacking of British and Russian submarines carrying nuclear warheads, with the help of a K.G.B. Agent, whose lover he killed.

Actors : Reika Kirishima, Yoo-rim Park, Tôko Miura, Hidetoshi Nishijima,
Directors : Ryûsuke Hamaguchi,

Yusuke Kafuku is a stage actor and director happily married to his playwright wife. Then one day she disappears.

Actors : Roger Moore, Clifton James, Jane Seymour, Yaphet Kotto,
Directors : Guy Hamilton,

007 is sent to stop a diabolically brilliant heroin magnate armed with a complex organization and a reliable psychic tarot card reader.

Actors : Michel Auclair, Alan Badel, Terence Alexander, Edward Fox,
Directors : Fred Zinnemann,

A professional assassin codenamed "Jackal" plots to kill Charles de Gaulle, the President of France.

Actors : Jeanne Tripplehorn, Sharon Stone, 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.