Best Prison movies of 2000

Actors : Kate Winslet, Joaquin Phoenix, Geoffrey Rush, Michael Caine,
Directors : Philip Kaufman,

In a Napoleonic era insane asylum, an inmate, the irrepressible Marquis De Sade, fights a battle of wills against a tyrannically prudish doctor.

Actors : Keith David, Cole Hauser, Radha Mitchell, Vin Diesel,
Directors : David Twohy,

A commercial transport ship and its crew are marooned on a planet full of bloodthirsty creatures that only come out to feast at night. But then, they learn that a month-long eclipse is about to occur.

Actors : Eric Bana, Simon Lyndon, Renée Brack, Vince Colosimo,
Directors : Andrew Dominik,

Chopper tells the intense story of Mark "Chopper" Read, a legendary criminal who wrote his autobiography while serving a jail sentence in prison. His book, "From the Inside", upon which the film is based, was a best-seller.

Actors : Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, James Caan, Charlize Theron,
Directors : James Gray,

In the rail yards of Queens, contractors repair and rebuild the city's subway cars. These contracts are lucrative, so graft and corruption are rife. When Leo Handler gets out of prison, he ...

Actors : James Frain, Gary Sinise, Ben Affleck, Charlize Theron,
Directors : John Frankenheimer,

After assuming his dead cellmate's identity to get with his girlfriend, an ex-con finds himself the reluctant participant in a casino heist.

Actors : Ice Cube, Justin Pierce, John Witherspoon, Mike Epps,
Directors : Steve Carr,

Uncle Elroy and Day Day owe money on taxes so Craig finds a way to steal from the next door neighbors to pay off the taxes so Uncle Elroy's house doesn't get put up for auction.

Actors : David Thewlis, Malcolm McDowell, Saffron Burrows, Paul Bettany,
Directors : Paul McGuigan,

Chronicles the rise and fall of a prominent, and particularly ruthless English gangster.

Actors : Willem Dafoe, Danny Trejo, Mark Boone Junior, Edward Furlong,
Directors : Steve Buscemi,

A young man goes to prison and a tough, older convict takes him under his wing as a mentor.

Actors : Jonny Lee Miller, Justine Waddell, Christopher Plummer, Gerard Butler,
Directors : Patrick Lussier,

A group of thieves break into a chamber expecting to find paintings, but instead they release the count himself, who travels to New Orleans to find his nemesis' daughter, Mary Van Helsing.

Actors : Clive Owen, David Kelly, Helen Mirren, Warren Clarke,
Directors : Joel Hershman,

A prison inmate with a green thumb goes on to compete in a national gardening competition. Based on a true story.

Actors : Grégoire Colin, Daniel Auteuil, Marianne Denicourt, Jeanne Balibar,
Directors : Benoît Jacquot,

A man prepares himself to be transferred to a detention center and rest home where he will relive one more time the highlights of his youth.

Actors : Jeanne Tripplehorn, Kevin Pollak, Janeane Garofalo, Vincent D'Onofrio,
Directors : Robert Greenwald,

Five years after Yippie founder Abbie Hoffman goes underground to avoid a drug-related prison sentence, he contacts a reporter to get out the story of the FBI's covert spying, harassment ...

Actors : Obba Babatundé, Charmin Lee White, Terrell Mitchell, Rae Dawn Chong,
Directors : Jordan Walker-Pearlman,

A young man dying in prison brings his family together for a fateful visit, and proceeds to put his life back together.

Actors : Chieko Misaka, Kenji Matsuda, Hideo Sakaki, Tak Sakaguchi,
Directors : Ryûhei Kitamura,

There are 666 portals that connect this world to the other side. These are concealed from all human beings. Somewhere in Japan exists the 444th portal.... The forest of resurrection.

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 : Richard T. Jones, De'aundre Bonds, Gabriel Casseus, Master P,
Directors : John Luessenhop,

Avery (Jones) returns to college as a competitive swimmer after getting his life back on track. But his life takes another unexpected turn when he and his two friends (Bonds, Casseus) are wrongly accused of murder and end up in prison.

Actors : Nicholas Lamont, Dominic Carter, Nicholas Moss, Neil Fitzmaurice,
Directors : Jim Doyle,

After surviving prison, a man has to forge a career in the crime world.

Actors : Chiwetel Ejiofor, Max Beesley, James Bolam, Nicola Stapleton,
Directors : Metin Hüseyin,

An ex-con gets caught in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Actors : Nicolaj Kopernikus, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Paprika Steen,
Directors : Trine Piil Christensen,

Released after three years in prison, Max finds out her father, a wealthy businessman, has hired a stranger to play his son. Meanwhile, the ex-husband of the Rent-a-Family director plans to rob Max' father.

Actors : Giorgos Kimoulis, Nikos Kalogeropoulos, Evelina Papoulia, Mimis Chrisomalis,
Directors : Nikos Zapatinas,

A convict out of prison to visit his mother, followed by two policemen. A lunatic out of the asylum, followed by two doctors. Their meeting is the beginning of the most hilarious situations...