Best Prison movies of 2000s

Actors : Denise Weinberg, Lee Taylor, Eucir de Souza, Andrea Beltrão,
Directors : Sergio Rezende,

The widow piano teacher Lúcia and her unemployed teenage son Rafa move to a poor neighborhood in the periphery of São Paulo after the bankrupting of her pension plan. Rafa a.k.a. Pilot ...

Actors : Clara Voda, Gheorghe Visu, Gheorghe Dinica, Marius Stanescu,
Directors : Titus Muntean,

While fully enjoying the life of the 70's, in communist Romania, a young man is arrested and accused of a terrible crime. Freed a few years later and deeply affected by his sinister ...

Actors : Ekin Cheng, Karen Mok, Kin-Lung Au, Bond Chan,
Directors : Jingle Ma,

Dragon is determined to leave his life of crime after leaving prison but denying the temptations of the free world won't be easy.

Actors : Patrice Robitaille, Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge, Viviane Audet, Gilles Renaud,
Directors : Philippe Gagnon,

Takes place in 1665 in New France at a time when a part of Canada was colonialized by France. Joseph Côté escapes from a prison in order to avoid death by hanging. Moreover, while some ...

Actors : Elith Nulle Nykjær, Ditte Gråbøl, Jesper Asholt, Erik Clausen,
Directors : Erik Clausen,

John gets accompanied parole from prison, to attend his son's wedding. He's planned his escape, but nothing goes according to plan.

Actors : João César Monteiro, Rita Pereira Marques, Joaquina Chicau, Manuela de Freitas,
Directors : João César Monteiro,

João Vuvu, lives alone in a house that requires regeneration but due to being alone he is unable to do the work. On his son's release from prison and João's ensuing deception triggers a series of somber events.

Actors : Manolo Ozuna, Phillip Rodríguez, Giovanny Cruz, Raymond Pozo,
Directors : Ángel Muñiz,

Three convicted criminals escape from prison carrying only a Güira, a Tambora and an Accordion. During their journey they meet with a bunch of interesting characters and are forced to use their musical skills to help them get home.

Actors : Leo Rossi, Tony Danza, Dayanara Torres, William Forsythe,
Directors : James Quattrochi,

After spending 8 years in prison for an unfortunate accident, heavy-weight boxer Joey Nardone returns to a solitary life in Philadelphia. His time in prison and the opportunity to reflect ...

Actors : Phil LaMarr, Kirstie Alley, Rodney Dangerfield, Randy Quaid,
Directors : Harry Basil,

The warden of a small, rundown, minimum-security prison plots revenge against the prison's dishonest owner by having four inmates break out and plan a department store robbery to spruce up the prison's faculties.

Actors : Sandrine Kiberlain, Vincent Lindon, François Berléand, Sylvie Testud,
Directors : Pierre Jolivet,

After a shoplifter finds herself unexpectedly released on parole, she pays a call on the judge at her flat. The judge, Carole Rewinsky, does not tell Tina that her elease was only a ...

Actors : Andrzej Chyra, Marian Dziedziel, Jerzy Trela, Piotr Adamczyk,
Directors : Jan Hryniak,

Kidnappers demand six million in ransom, but the United Nations does not negotiate with terrorist. One of the best counterfeiters is serving a lengthy prison term and the agent who arrested him needs his help.

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 : Fridtjov Såheim, Thorbjørn Harr, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Rolf Kristian Larsen,
Directors : Eva Isaksen,

At the psychiatric clinic Varden the attendants are mad and the inmates are sane. Here you find life in all it's different faces. Through 24 year old Aina we get to know the insane gang, bringing back her lust for life.

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 : Mystikal, Mark Parra, Ashley Tucker, Lorenzo Lamas,
Directors : Art Camacho,

Set in a prison, a death row inmate has a secret and the warden will go to any lengths to get it. Things dont go as planned as you would expect. A good action film with alot of good fight ...

Actors : Dylan Duffus, Orhan Whyte, Yohance Watson, Duncan Tobias,
Directors : Penny Woolcock,

1 Day follows 24 hours in the life of Flash, an inner-city hustler who's day steadily gets worse when he finds out local gang leader Angel is being released from prison and wants his £500k he left with him for safekeeping.

Actors : Chalad Na Songkhla, Sorachai Sang-aakaat, Chirapat Wongpaisanlux, Watchara Tangkaprasert,
Directors : Pleo Sirisuwan,

A young police officer, a local guide and his daughter follows the trail of a prison escapee, Nasor, into a mysterious forest with many hidden secrets, one of which directly relates to the ...

Actors : Nana Natsume, Dylan Kuo, Emme Wong, Miki Mizuno,
Directors : Joe Ma,

A ruthless pack of thugs force mild-mannered, caught-in-the-middle-of-something-bigger Nami to murder her fiance's sister, decidedly ruining her pending marriage and landing the poor girl ...

Actors : Kankurô Kudô, Tsurube Shôfukutei, Takashi Sorimachi, Tsutomu Yamazaki,
Directors : Masahiko Nagasawa,

A released inmate is hired to solve a murder case.

Actors : Gene Bicknell, Petri Hawkins-Byrd, Monty Cox, Michele Dalcin,
Directors : Richard Friedman,

An escaped convict redeems himself through the love of two young children.