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 : 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 : Sofia Helin, Reine Brynolfsson, Liam Norberg, Mats Helin,
Directors : Daniel Fridell,

30-year-old Jon is released after seven years in prison and decides to put all his criminal activities behind him and start a new life.

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 : 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 : Alex A. Quinn, Candise Lakota, Jessie Camacho, José Solano,
Directors : Daniel Zirilli,

A terrifying horror within the walls of the infamous Alcatraz Prison. The last film ever shot on The Rock!

Actors : James Russo, Mark Parra, Brad Dourif, Theresa Russell,
Directors : Richard Pepin,

When Frank comes out of prison, and meets Marie, it's a start of a new life, until she accidentally kills her abusive night club owner-ex. Frank helps burying him, when they discover a box, which turns their life upside down.

Actors : Minissha Lamba, Arshad Warsi, Anusha Dhandekar, 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 : Moussa Maaskri, Julie-Anne Roth, Jo Prestia, Patrick Dell'Isola,
Directors : Hervé Renoh,

Four prisoners escape and seek refuge in a Cistercian monastery, where nothing is what it seems. Isolated from the rest of the world, begins a nightmare among the fugitives, willing to kill...

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 : Diogo Infante, Andreas Wilson, Emma Griffiths Malin, Ed Stoppard,
Directors : Rose Bosch,

Thomas, a brilliant young geneticist, has focused too much on his research and is in danger of being fired. In order to prove the validity of this work, he needs a human subject.

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 : Sunil Shetty, Ajay Jadeja, Celina Jaitly, Sunny Deol,
Directors : Yusuf Khan,

Two friends falling in love with the same girl leads to murder and intrigue.

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 : 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 : Stockard Channing, David Bradley, Pete Postlethwaite, Ron Silver,
Directors : Roy Battersby,

Three young Muslim men, part of a terror cell, are making a bomb in a London flat, when they get a call to vacate immediately with their gear. The police have been alerted and they are ...

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 : Bharat Jha, Vikram Gokhale, Varun Bhagwat, Zakir Hussain,
Directors : Faruk Kabir,

Two impoverished youth take to crime, are held in a juvenile home, and become gangsters after being discharged.

Actors : Reni Santoni, Derek Barbosa, Coolio, Robert Vaughn,
Directors : Chris McIntyre,

L.A.'s top Latino gang leader is release from jail on a technicality, swearing to kill both the cop who put him away and the priest who testified against him.