Best Prison movies of 2000s

Actors : David E. Baisley, Vic Chao, Marc Coddette, Angie Corley,
Directors : Chris McIntyre,

Two prison guards have 48 hours to capture two dangerous prisoners that escaped during a jail transfer.

Actors : Erik Allen, Randy Baranczyk, Chris Carlson, Ben Coler,
Directors : Gene Teigland,

In the eyes of his classmates, Francis Larson is nothing more than an overweight social outcast. After being sent to prison when he's forced to confess to the murder, everyone including his...

Actors : Janelle Bayard, Vanessa Branch, Chris D'Elia, Ryan Larsen Davis,

Marc is released from prison after seven years. As he tries to get back to his old life, he reconnects with his best buddy, Jay. They both go through somewhat of a "quarter-life crisis".

Actors : Roberto Govin, Ramón Merlo, Franciska Ródenas, Azucena De La Fuente,
Directors : Fernando Merinero,

Lazarus is a Cuban appeal that makes a living in Madrid. When his girlfriend Dolores travels from Cuba to Spain to live with him, he is in prison for kidnapping and attempted rape. Dolores ...

Actors : Christina Trevino, C.H. Morris, Sebastian Trevino, Daniela Somers,
Directors : Justin Price,

When an elementary school teacher named Angelica gets involved with a newly relocated family, she discovers that they are hiding from more than just a broken marriage. What do you do when Daddy comes home?

Actors : Edu Manzano, Maricel Soriano, Angelu De Leon, Jay Manalo,
Directors : Joel Lamangan,

After finishing prison sentence in Canada and came back to the Philippines, Gemma wants to recover her son after she was abandoned by her husband, Edwin. To do so, she worked as a nanny and...

Actors : Vangelis Mourikis, Takis Spiridakis, Katerina Daskalaki, Stefanos Riskas,
Directors : Thodoros Maragos,

In a prison cell two lifers meet, a former truck driver and the other one a "volunteer" who entered the prison because he believes that life as an inmate prisoner is better than outside.

Actors : Lorenzo Acquaviva, Vittorio Amandola, Gabriella Barbuti, Barbora Bobulova,
Directors : Stefano Pasetto,

Fabrizio Rongione plays a young man who, after time in prison for causing gbh in a fight (he has an explosive temper which he tries to control)... See full synopsis »

Actors : Michael Drayer, Masayuki Imai, Cameron Van Hoy, Timothy V. Murphy,
Directors : Mike Bruce,

Two boys with a get rich quick scheme end up in prison, but when they meet a famed treasure hunter named Blake West with a plan to break out they agree to journey out into the unforgiving ...

Actors : Carlos Ayala, Raul Bautista, Matthew R. Cazares, Connie Fregoso,
Directors : Magdaleno Robles Jr.,

Released after a five-year stretch for a crime he did not commit, Trusty knows he must change his ways. Trusty lives by the unwritten code of the streets. Upon his return to the place where...

Actors : Michael Antonik, Bill Billions, Michael Blum, Shari Blum,
Directors : Michael Blum,

After a major nuclear war happens millions and millions have lost their lives. One government takes over the rule of the whole planet. Men women and children are put in prison camps . One ...

Actors : Anne Heche, Ione Skye, Pam Grier,
Directors : Sharon Zurek,

A camp, affectionate look at women in prison films - the girls you love to hate and hate to love.

Actors : Siboney Lo, Noel Gugliemi, Rafael Pony Boy Ochoa, Manuel Skribe Garcia,
Directors : Juan Frausto,

After Spending years in prison, Pony Boy is finally returning to the world he has missed so much, his old neighborhood. A former gang member, pony is now a changed man and vows never to go ...

Actors : Johanna Andraos, Marjorie Dubesset, Vincent Lecompte, Sophie Michard,
Directors : Philippe Robert,

A fun trip turns upside down when 3 guys and 3 girls enjoying themselves in the countryside become the perfect prey to a prison escapee who's out for blood.

Actors : Phillip Allen-Taylor, Dale Bickerton, Rosie Bilton, Ed Capes,
Directors : Paul Phillip Johnson,

A gripping tale of revenge. A man wrongly convicted of murder seeks revenge after serving nine years in prison.

Actors : Nina Petri, Sylvester Groth, Andrea Sawatzki, Dieter Schaad,
Directors : Marcus Lauterbach,

Ulrike, a young German woman, has just been released from prison, having served a term for murdering her child. She sees life as punishment, which she deserves, for her terrible crime, ...

Actors : Gwendolyn Edwards, Louis Mandylor, Costas Mandylor, James Marshall,
Directors : Louis Mandylor,

Jack Newman lectures at the local University, is preparing for a new life with his fiancée, Gwen, and has finally adapted to the challenges of a sudden accident that left him blind several ...

Actors : Yeung-Ming Tan, Laura Black, Bill Kerr, Geoff Miethe,
Directors : Mark Defriest,

Southern Cross is an Australian family drama. Two immigrant children's mom dies, and her children are put in a detention center. Instead of waiting around, the children plan to escape and ...

Actors : Fabrizia Carminati, Mara Chemini, Federica Gili, Frank Adonis,
Directors : Max Chicco,

The story is about two Italian contractors in AbuGhraib prison. Their task is to guard a very important prisoner in Abu Ghraib prison: Saddam Hussein.

Actors : Walter Olkewicz, Kenneth White, Kenn Whitaker, Gabriel Jarret,
Directors : Mark J. Harris,

A walled off, "by the book" State Executioner befriends a man on death row and is humanized by the experience.