Best Prison movies of 2000s

Actors : Taye Diggs, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Renée Zellweger, Richard Gere,
Directors : Rob Marshall,

Murderesses Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows in 1920s Chicago.

Actors : Thomas Kretschmann, Emilia Fox, Adrien Brody, Frank Finlay,
Directors : Roman Polanski,

A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II.

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 : Brian Milligan, Liam McMahon, Stuart Graham, Laine Megaw,
Directors : Steve McQueen,

Irish republican Bobby Sands leads the inmates of a Northern Irish prison in a hunger strike.

Actors : Halle Berry, Taylor Simpson, Gabrielle Witcher, Billy Bob Thornton,
Directors : Marc Forster,

After a family tragedy, a racist prison guard reexamines his attitudes while falling in love with the African American wife of the last prisoner he executed.

Actors : Eileen Walsh, Dorothy Duffy, Nora-Jane Noone, Anne-Marie Duff,
Directors : Peter Mullan,

Three young Irish women struggle to maintain their spirits while they endure dehumanizing abuse as inmates of a Magdalene Sisters Asylum.

Actors : Leslie Mann, Ewan McGregor, Rodrigo Santoro, Jim Carrey,

A cop turns con man once he comes out of the closet. Once imprisoned, he meets the second love of his life, whom he'll stop at nothing to be with.

Actors : Ed Harris, Dragos Bucur, Colin Farrell, Jim Sturgess,
Directors : Peter Weir,

Siberian gulag escapees travel 4,000 miles by foot to freedom in India.

Actors : Kate Winslet, Geoffrey Rush, Joaquin Phoenix, Michael Caine,
Directors : Philip Kaufman,

In a Napoleonic era insane asylum, an inmate, the irrepressible Marquis De Sade, fights a battle of wills against a tyrannically prudish doctor.

Actors : Liam Neeson, Michael Buie, Elizabeth Banks, Russell Crowe,
Directors : Paul Haggis,

A married couple's life is turned upside down when the wife is accused of a murder.

Actors : Cate Blanchett, Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Troy Garity,
Directors : Barry Levinson,

Two bank robbers fall in love with the girl they've kidnapped.

Actors : Kevin Bacon, David Alan Grier, Kyra Sedgwick, Yasiin Bey,
Directors : Nicole Kassell,

A child molester returns to his hometown after 12 years in prison and attempts to start a new life.

Actors : Kelly Adams, Luing Andrews, Katy Barker, Tom Hardy,
Directors : Nicolas Winding Refn,

A young man who was sentenced to seven years in prison for robbing a post office ends up spending three decades in solitary confinement. During this time, his own personality is supplanted by his alter-ego, Charles Bronson.

Actors : Nelly, Burt Reynolds, Chris Rock, Adam Sandler,
Directors : Peter Segal,

Prison inmates form a football team to challenge the prison guards.

Actors : Gabriel Byrne, Laurence Fishburne, Maria Bello, Ethan Hawke,
Directors : Jean-François Richet,

A police sergeant must rally the cops and prisoners together to protect themselves on New Year's Eve, just as corrupt policeman surround the station with the intent of killing all to keep their deception in the ranks.

Actors : Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Alexa PenaVega, Daryl Sabara,
Directors : Robert Rodriguez,

Carmen's caught in a virtual reality game designed by the Kids' new nemesis, the Toymaker. It's up to Juni to save his sister, and ultimately the world.

Actors : Ian McShane, Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Tyrese Gibson,
Directors : Paul W.S. Anderson,

Ex-con Jensen Ames is forced by the warden of a notorious prison to compete in our post-industrial world's most popular sport: a car race in which inmates must brutalize and kill one another on the road to victory.

Actors : Cole Hauser, Keith David, Radha Mitchell, Vin Diesel,
Directors : David Twohy,

A commercial transport ship and its crew are marooned on a planet full of bloodthirsty creatures that only come out to feast at night. But then, they learn that a month-long eclipse is about to occur.

Actors : Robin Wright, Alison Lohman, Renée Zellweger, Michelle Pfeiffer,
Directors : Peter Kosminsky,

A teenager journeys through a series of foster homes after her mother goes to prison for committing a crime of passion.

Actors : Andy Garcia, Julianna Margulies, Emily Mortimer, Steven Strait,
Directors : Raymond De Felitta,

The Rizzos, a family who doesn't share their habits, aspirations, and careers with one another, find their delicate web of lies disturbed by the arrival of a young ex-con (Strait) brought ...