Best Prison movies of 2006

Actors : Steve Zahn, Zach Grenier, Jeremy Davies, Christian Bale,
Directors : Werner Herzog,

A U.S. fighter pilot's epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War.

Actors : Rosario Dawson, Robert Downey Jr., Shia LaBeouf, Dianne Wiest,
Directors : Dito Montiel,

The movie is a coming-of-age drama about a boy growing up in Astoria, New York during the 1980s. As his friends end up dead, on drugs, or in prison. He comes to believe he has been saved from their fates by various so-called saints.

Actors : Leon Rippy, Dwayne Johnson, Xzibit, L. Scott Caldwell,
Directors : Phil Joanou,

Teenagers at a juvenile detention center, under the leadership of their counselor, gain self-esteem by playing football together.

Actors : Sam Bottoms, Ryan Simpkins, Michelle Hurst, Maggie Gyllenhaal,
Directors : Laurie Collyer,

Sherry tries to integrate again into society and become a good mother.

Actors : Will Arnett, Dax Shepard, David Koechner, Chi McBride,
Directors : Bob Odenkirk,

When a career criminal's plan for revenge is thwarted by unlikely circumstances, he puts his intended victim's son in his place by putting him in prison...and then joining him.

Actors : Stephen Wight, Sean Pertwee, Alex Reid, Toby Kebbell,
Directors : Michael J. Bassett,

Juvenile delinquents gets sent to a small British island after a fellow prisoners death, where they have to fight for survival.

Actors : Ray Panthaki, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Miranda Richardson, Naveen Andrews,
Directors : Jag Mundhra,

It's the true story of a Punjabi woman named Kiranjit Ahluwalia who leaves India to marry a London-based guy, only to be badly abused. She ends up in prison for murdering her abusive husband.

Actors : Tony Todd, Carla Greene, Nina Hodoruk, Michael Quinlan,
Directors : Derek Wan,

Evil voodoo-practicing serial killer Shadow gets executed for murdering pregnant women. Twenty years later the prison Shadow was put to death at has been turned into an experimental women's...

Actors : Nazareno Casero, Lautaro Delgado, Pablo Echarri, Rodrigo De la Serna,
Directors : Israel Adrián Caetano,

The goalkeeper of a little-known soccer team is kidnapped by a Argentinean government squad and sent to a detention center. After months of torture, he plots his escape with three other young men.

Actors : Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Masanobu Andô, Ryûhei Matsuda, Shunsuke Kubozuka,
Directors : Takashi Miike,

A visually stylish tale of two male prisoners bonded by emotion, love and murder.

Actors : In-jae Heo, Eun-pyo Jeong, In-seong Hwang, Jeong-su Han,
Directors : Seok-beom Kang,

Released from prison, Taesik goes to live with an adopted mother. He takes a job and tries to live a quiet life with his new family. His efforts are threatened when a politician seeks to knock the family restaurant down to build a mall.

Actors : Patrick Bergin, Eriq La Salle, Laurence Kinlan, Vinnie Jones,
Directors : Mark Hammond,

Johnny Doyle escapes a violent past in Ireland to lie low in London, until his former mentor Flynn breaks out of Brixton Prison, hell bent on derailing the Irish peace process with a few ...

Actors : Anthony LaPaglia, Gabriel Byrne, Val Kilmer, Vinnie Jones,
Directors : Sean Stanek,

An examination of the malevolent London underworld with its despicable criminal underground. Ray (Mick Rossi) just finished an eight-year prison sentence after getting set up. Now he is back on the streets to settle the score.

Actors : Vahide Perçin, Tarik Pabuccuoglu, Çetin Tekindor, Halit Ergenç,
Directors : Nihat Durak,

A Turkish coastal town, in 1990: The unexpected visit of his long lost brother Asaf disturbs Azmi Arifoglu. 4o years ago Asaf was a prisoner of war, and Azmi managed to let him pronounce ...

Actors : Alessio Boni, Isabella Ferrari, Michele Placido, Alina Nedelea,
Directors : Michele Soavi,

Giorgio Pellegrini, a former left-wing activist turned terrorist has fled to Central America and fought with a guerrilla movement. Fifteen years later he is fed up with living in the jungle...

Actors : Jeremy Renner, Christine Ebersole, Jonathan Tucker, Ginnifer Goodwin,
Directors : Kyle Bergersen,

A young man is hired as the executioner at a prison where his brother sits on death row. Things get more surreal when he falls in love with his brother's ex-girlfriend -- who's imprisoned herself.

Actors : Jun Kunimura, Ken Matsudaira, Hiroshi Abe, Bruno Ganz,
Directors : Masanobu Deme,

German soldiers are transported to a prisoner-of-war camp in Japan after the First World War.

Actors : Asad Farr, David A.R. White, John Gilbert, Kevin Downes,
Directors : Wes Llewellyn,

After a dramatic escape from death row, former FBI agent Adam Riley (David White) reunites with his friend and mentor Jacob Krause (Brad Heller) leader of The Way, and his small remnant of ...

Actors : Minissha Lamba, Anusha Dhandekar, Arshad Warsi, Sanjay Dutt,
Directors : Raj Kaushal,

Two men, an assassin and his victim is a small time crook and a question lies between the men is WHO IS ANTHONY?

Actors : Els Dottermans, Matthias Schoenaerts, Damiaan De Schrijver, Veerle Baetens,
Directors : Hilde Van Mieghem,

Shy, gentle half-wit Dennis, whose only obsession is train-spotting, is released early on account of good behavior after a rape sentence. His parents who run a modest barbershop, skeptic ...