Best Prison movies of 2000s

Actors : Racheal Blankenbaker, W. Paul Bodie, Richard Antonio, Michelle Asselin,
Directors : Jose H. Garofalo,

Five strangers arrive at a bus terminal, each carrying a dark secret. Unresolved issues including crimes of passion, greed and murder haunt them. Assisted by an obscure and stoic Trailways ...

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 : Sachin Nayak, Pradip Sagar, Pradeep Kabra, Rajat Kapoor,
Directors : Pryas Gupta,

An ex-convict/aspiring writer's briefcase gets switched with that of a gangster.

Actors : Denise Quiñones, Frank Perozo, Jorge Alberti, Joel Contreras,
Directors : Andres Ramirez,

After 20 years in prison, the most dangerous and powerful drug dealer of the Caribbean manages to escape. Unable to trust his own police force, the Governor creates a special task force ...

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 : Joyce Jimenez, Richard Grieco, Will Stewart, Athena Massey,
Directors : Craig Corman,

Ty's pal J.J. frames him in a murder and cocaine theft in Hong Kong in 1992. Ty's wife Rachel may be in on the con, so, when Ty gets early release from prison as a gesture of good will from...

Actors : John Reidy, Pat Lautato, Stephanie-Marie Baker, Gary M. Planken,
Directors : John Reidy,

A NYC police office returns home after 6 years in prison for a crime he did not commit.

Actors : Jimmy Burke, Frannie Byrne, Michael Foot, Wade Gallagher,
Directors : Mike O'Dea,

After being released from prison, Mickey goes back to his hometown, only to find that murder and revenge is taking brother for brother and friend for friend until the vicious circle of bloody violence finally comes around to him.

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 : Michael Drayer, Cameron Van Hoy, Masayuki Imai, 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 : Adalia Braydon, Kurt Bauman, Roxane Sondrup, Michelle Beisner,

Beautiful girls and lethal weapons go hand-in-hand in this deadly, tongue-in-cheek, women in prison escape romp through the surburban streets of Detroit.

Actors : Magali Noël, Luciano Curreli, Rossella Or, Victor Cavallo,
Directors : Nico D'Alessandria,

"Regina Coeli" is the nickname with which inmates call Regina, voluntary assistant in Rome's Rebibbia jail, very involved in solidarity but lonely in his private life. The jail director ...

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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Brian J. Saville Allard, Ian Coneys, Nick Fondulis, Carson Hinners,
Directors : Matt Coneys,

Lost and lonely Ben is a prisoner in his own life. His mysterious curse has isolated him from the rest of the world. As his friends and family struggle to understand his true nature, Ben ...

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 : Venniradai Moorthy, 'Ganja' Karuppu, Arjun, Haripriya,
Directors : A. Venkatesh,

Arjun comes out of jail and reaches 'Vallakottai' with an agenda.

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.