Best "investigation" Movies of All Time

577 movies found (page 1/20):

Agent Game(2022)

FSK: 16+ years

2.5/5 (with 35 votes)

Harris, a CIA interrogator at an Agency black site, finds himself the target of a rendition operation after being scapegoated for an interrogation gone horribly wrong. As the team tasked to bring Harris in begins to question their orders -- and each other --Olsen, a senior intelligence officer, and his subordinate, Visser, raise the stakes. Now, it's up to Harris and some newfound allies to uncover the truth and turn the tables.

Directed by Grant S. Johnson - With Dermot Mulroney, Mel Gibson, Katherine McNamara, Rhys Coiro, Annie Ilonzeh, Katie Cassidy, ...

Gone Girl(2014)

FSK: 16+ years

| 2h 29min | Mystery, Thriller, Drama

3.9/5 (with 8,772 votes)

With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.

Directed by David Fincher - With Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Missi Pyle, Tyler Perry, Kim Dickens, ...

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Law Abiding Citizen(2009)

FSK: 16+ years

| 1h 49min | Drama, Crime, Thriller

3.7/5 (with 2,192 votes)

A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney and others involved in the deal.

Directed by F. Gary Gray - With Jamie Foxx, Gerard Butler, Bruce McGill, Colm Meaney, Leslie Bibb, Michael Irby, ...

Se7en(1995)

FSK: 16+ years

| 2h 7min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

4.2/5 (with 9,525 votes)

Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Sommerset researches each sin in an effort to get inside the killer's mind, while his novice partner, Mills, scoffs at his efforts to unravel the case.

Directed by David Fincher - With Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kevin Spacey, R. Lee Ermey, John C. McGinley, ...

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery(2022)

2h 19min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

3.5/5 (with 2,033 votes)

World-famous detective Benoit Blanc heads to Greece to peel back the layers of a mystery surrounding a tech billionaire and his eclectic crew of friends.

Directed by Rian Johnson - With Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., Jessica Henwick, ...

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Shutter Island(2010)

FSK: 16+ years

| 2h 18min | Drama, Thriller, Mystery

4.1/5 (with 11,268 votes)

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by troubling visions and a mysterious doctor.

Directed by Martin Scorsese - With Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Michelle Williams, Patricia Clarkson, Max von Sydow, ...

Now You See Me(2013)

FSK: 12+ years

| 1h 56min | Thriller, Crime

3.7/5 (with 7,176 votes)

An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with the money.

Directed by Louis Leterrier - With Mark Ruffalo, Morgan Freeman, Jesse Eisenberg, Isla Fisher, Mélanie Laurent, Michael Caine, ...

Jack Reacher(2012)

FSK: 16+ years

| 2h 10min | Crime, Drama, Thriller, Action

3.3/5 (with 3,116 votes)

When a gunman takes five lives with six shots, all evidence points to the suspect in custody. On interrogation, the suspect offers up a single note: "Get Jack Reacher!" So begins an extraordinary chase for the truth, pitting Jack Reacher against an unexpected enemy, with a skill for violence and a secret to keep.

Directed by Christopher McQuarrie - With Rosamund Pike, Richard Jenkins, Werner Herzog, David Oyelowo, Robert Duvall, Jai Courtney, ...

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Knives Out(2019)

FSK: 12+ years

| 2h 11min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

3.9/5 (with 5,655 votes)

When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.

Directed by Rian Johnson - With Daniel Craig, Michael Shannon, Chris Evans, LaKeith Stanfield, Don Johnson, Christopher Plummer, ...

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Prisoners(2013)

FSK: 16+ years

| 2h 33min | Drama, Thriller, Crime

4.0/5 (with 5,260 votes)

Keller Dover faces a parent's worst nightmare when his 6-year-old daughter, Anna, and her friend go missing. The only lead is an old motorhome that had been parked on their street. The head of the investigation, Detective Loki, arrests the driver, but a lack of evidence forces Loki to release his only suspect. Dover, knowing that his daughter's life is at stake, decides that he has no choice but to take matters into his own hands.

Directed by Denis Villeneuve - With Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Melissa Leo, Paul Dano, Maria Bello, Viola Davis, ...

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Murder on the Orient Express(2017)

FSK: 12+ years

| 1h 54min | Drama, Mystery, Crime

3.4/5 (with 4,502 votes)

Genius Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of an American tycoon aboard the Orient Express train.

Directed by Kenneth Branagh - With Kenneth Branagh, Johnny Depp, Daisy Ridley, Michelle Pfeiffer, Lucy Boynton, Josh Gad, ...

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Decision to Leave(2022)

2h 18min | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance / Love

3.7/5 (with 332 votes)

From a mountain peak in South Korea, a man plummets to his death. Did he jump, or was he pushed? When detective Hae-joon arrives on the scene, he begins to suspect the dead man’s wife Seo-rae. But as he digs deeper into the investigation, he finds himself trapped in a web of deception and desire.

Directed by Park Chan-wook - With Park Hae-il, Tang Wei, Lee Jeong-hyeon, Ko Kyung-pyo, Park Yong-woo, Jung Yi-seo, ...

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Source Code(2011)

FSK: 16+ years

| 1h 33min | Thriller, Science Fiction, Mystery

3.6/5 (with 3,881 votes)

When decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens wakes up in the body of an unknown man, he discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train.

Directed by Duncan Jones - With Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga, Jeffrey Wright, Russell Peters, Frédérick De Grandpré, ...

The Ring(2002)

FSK: 16+ years

| 1h 55min | Horror, Mystery

3.3/5 (with 2,891 votes)

Rachel Keller is a journalist investigating a videotape that may have killed four teenagers. There is an urban legend about this tape: the viewer will die seven days after watching it. Rachel tracks down the video... and watches it. Now she has just seven days to unravel the mystery of the Ring so she can save herself and her son.

Directed by Gore Verbinski - With Brian Cox, Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, David Dorfman, Jane Alexander, Rachael Bella, ...

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To Catch a Killer(2023)

FSK: 16+ years

| 1h 59min | Thriller

3.5/5 (with 375 votes)

Baltimore. New Year's Eve. A talented but troubled police officer is recruited by the FBI's chief investigator to help profile and track down a mass murderer.

Directed by Damián Szifron - With Shailene Woodley, Ben Mendelsohn, Jovan Adepo, Ralph Ineson, Michael Cram, Mark Camacho, ...

What Happened to Monday(2017)

FSK: 16+ years

| 2h 3min | Science Fiction, Thriller, Drama, Mystery, Action

3.6/5 (with 2,804 votes)

In a world where families are limited to one child due to overpopulation, a set of identical septuplets must avoid being put to a long sleep by the government and dangerous infighting while investigating the disappearance of one of their own.

Directed by Tommy Wirkola - With Willem Dafoe, Noomi Rapace, Glenn Close, Pål Sverre Hagen, Vegar Hoel, Stig Frode Henriksen, ...

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Zodiac(2007)

FSK: 16+ years

| 2h 37min | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

3.8/5 (with 4,569 votes)

A cartoonist teams up with an ace reporter and a law enforcement officer to track down an elusive serial killer.

Directed by David Fincher - With Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr., Anthony Edwards, Brian Cox, Elias Koteas, ...

Wind River(2017)

FSK: 16+ years

| 1h 47min | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

3.7/5 (with 2,403 votes)

An FBI agent teams with the town's veteran game tracker to investigate a murder that occurred on a Native American reservation.

Directed by Taylor Sheridan - With Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen, Gil Birmingham, Jon Bernthal, Julia Jones, Kelsey Asbille, ...

Rings(2017)

FSK: 16+ years

| 1h 42min | Horror

2.5/5 (with 1,175 votes)

Julia becomes worried about her boyfriend Holt when he explores the dark urban legend of a mysterious videotape said to kill the watcher seven days after viewing. She sacrifices herself to save her boyfriend and in doing so makes a horrifying discovery: there is a "movie within the movie" that no one has ever seen before.

Directed by Francisco Javier Gutiérrez - With Alex Roe, Johnny Galecki, Aimee Teegarden, Laura Slade Wiggins, Bonnie Morgan, Vincent D'Onofrio, ...

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Angel Heart(1987)

FSK: 18+ years

| 1h 53min | Horror, Mystery

3.6/5 (with 636 votes)

Down-and-out private detective Harry Angel is ordered by the mysterious Louis Cyphre to go on a mission to find a missing person. His routine failure soon leads to a bloody spar with himself, as he goes on a supernatural journey into his own soul.

Directed by Alan Parker - With Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Lisa Bonet, Charlotte Rampling, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Brownie McGhee, ...

Let's Be Cops(2014)

FSK: 12+ years

| 1h 44min | Comedy

3.2/5 (with 1,252 votes)

It's the ultimate buddy cop movie except for one thing: they're not cops. When two struggling pals dress as police officers for a costume party, they become neighborhood sensations. But when these newly-minted “heroes” get tangled in a real life web of mobsters and dirty detectives, they must put their fake badges on the line.

Directed by Luke Greenfield - With Jake Johnson, Damon Wayans Jr., Rob Riggle, Nina Dobrev, James D'Arcy, Keegan-Michael Key, ...

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22 Bullets(2010)

FSK: 18+ years

| 1h 57min | Drama, Crime, Thriller

3.3/5 (with 536 votes)

Charly Matteï has turned his back on his life as an outlaw. For the last three years, he's led a peaceful life devoting himself to his wife and two children. Then, one winter morning, he's left for dead in the parking garage in Marseille's Old Port, with 22 bullets in his body. Against all the odds, he doesn't die...

Directed by Richard Berry - With Jean Reno, Kad Merad, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Marina Foïs, Richard Berry, JoeyStarr, ...

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Beverly Hills Cop(1984)

FSK: 12+ years

| 1h 45min | Action, Comedy, Crime

3.6/5 (with 1,734 votes)

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

Directed by Martin Brest - With Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Ronny Cox, Steven Berkoff, Jonathan Banks, ...

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21 Jump Street(2012)

FSK: 12+ years

| 1h 49min | Action, Comedy, Crime

3.4/5 (with 4,643 votes)

In high school, Schmidt was a dork and Jenko was the popular jock. After graduation, both of them joined the police force and ended up as partners riding bicycles in the city park. Since they are young and look like high school students, they are assigned to an undercover unit to infiltrate a drug ring that is supplying high school students synthetic drugs.

Directed by Chris Miller, Phil Lord - With Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, Brie Larson, Dave Franco, Ice Cube, Jake Johnson, ...

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Flight(2012)

FSK: 12+ years

| 2h 18min | Drama

3.4/5 (with 2,686 votes)

Commercial airline pilot Whip Whitaker has a problem with drugs and alcohol, though so far he's managed to complete his flights safely. His luck runs out when a disastrous mechanical malfunction sends his plane hurtling toward the ground. Whip pulls off a miraculous crash-landing that results in only six lives lost. Shaken to the core, Whip vows to get sober -- but when the crash investigation exposes his addiction, he finds himself in an even worse situation.

Directed by Robert Zemeckis - With Denzel Washington, John Goodman, Kelly Reilly, Melissa Leo, Don Cheadle, Nadine Velazquez, ...

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Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones(2002)

FSK: 12+ years

| 2h 22min | Adventure, Action, Science Fiction

3.3/5 (with 6,054 votes)

Following an assassination attempt on Senator Padmé Amidala, Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi investigate a mysterious plot that could change the galaxy forever.

Directed by George Lucas - With Natalie Portman, Ewan McGregor, Samuel L. Jackson, Christopher Lee, Hayden Christensen, Ian McDiarmid, ...

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Time Trap(2017)

1h 35min | Science Fiction, Adventure

3.1/5 (with 489 votes)

A group of students become trapped inside a mysterious cave where they discover time passes differently underground than on the surface.

Directed by Mark Dennis, Ben Foster - With Andrew Wilson, Cassidy Gifford

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Beverly Hills Cop II(1987)

FSK: 12+ years

| 1h 43min | Action, Comedy, Crime

3.2/5 (with 1,055 votes)

Axel heads for the land of sunshine and palm trees to find out who shot police Captain Andrew Bogomil. Thanks to a couple of old friends, Axel's investigation uncovers a series of robberies masterminded by a heartless weapons kingpin—and the chase is on.

Directed by Tony Scott - With Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Jürgen Prochnow, Ronny Cox, Brigitte Nielsen, ...

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R.I.P.D.(2013)

FSK: 12+ years

| 1h 36min | Fantasy, Action, Comedy

2.9/5 (with 1,830 votes)

A recently slain cop joins a team of undead police officers working for the Rest in Peace Department and tries to find the man who murdered him.

Directed by Robert Schwentke - With Jeff Bridges, Ryan Reynolds, Kevin Bacon, Mary-Louise Parker, Robert Knepper, Stephanie Szostak, ...

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Miss Congeniality(2000)

FSK: 12+ years

| 1h 51min | Comedy, Crime, Action

3.3/5 (with 1,698 votes)

When the local FBI office receives a letter from a terrorist known only as 'The Citizen', it's quickly determined that he's planning his next act at the Miss America beauty pageant. Because tough-as-nails Gracie Hart is the only female Agent at the office, she's chosen to go undercover as the contestant from New Jersey.

Directed by Donald Petrie - With William Shatner, Sandra Bullock, Benjamin Bratt, Candice Bergen, Michael Caine, Ernie Hudson, ...

Movies: Best "investigation" Movies

Agent Game(2022)

Gone Girl(2014)

Law Abiding Citizen(2009)

Se7en(1995)

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery(2022)

Shutter Island(2010)

Now You See Me(2013)

Jack Reacher(2012)

Knives Out(2019)

Prisoners(2013)

Murder on the Orient Express(2017)

Decision to Leave(2022)

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Source Code(2011)

The Ring(2002)

To Catch a Killer(2023)

What Happened to Monday(2017)

Zodiac(2007)

Wind River(2017)

Rings(2017)

Angel Heart(1987)

Let's Be Cops(2014)

22 Bullets(2010)

Beverly Hills Cop(1984)

21 Jump Street(2012)

Flight(2012)

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones(2002)

Time Trap(2017)

Beverly Hills Cop II(1987)

R.I.P.D.(2013)

Miss Congeniality(2000)

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