Best Prison movies of 2000s

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 : Timothy Altmeyer, Todd Swenson, Michael Buscemi, Kris Carr,
Directors : Brett Wagner,

Renee Unger is living the life she always hoped for: a little red-brick house in the small town of New Russia, Ohio, a good husband, a prospering construction business, and a baby on the ...

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 : Toshiyuki Nishida, Tarô Yamamoto, Ittoku Kishibe, Takako Tokiwa,
Directors : Kazuyuki Izutsu,

A James Brown fanatic gangster decided to disband his own gang and see his long lost daughter before entering prison. Hoping to change his mind, his underlings planned to kidnap James Brown...

Actors : Fernanda Espíndola, Matt Wiggins, Amy Wehrell, Michael Weiss,
Directors : Hari Mahesh,

Jack is waiting for his sweatheart (Rusty), his entire life. Rusty is in prison for life. Will their Love make it?

Actors : Jung-ki Kim, Seok-Hwan An, Il-hwa Choi, Dong-yeob Ko,
Directors : Ki-Seon Hong,

The movie is based upon the true story of Kim Seon-myung, a communist who steadfastly refuses to recant his beliefs and becomes the world's longest-serving political prisoner of conscience ...

Actors : Scott Brown, Steve Reaser, Jackamoe Buzzell, Gerrence George,

Antonio owes the Robaldo family a hundred G's, Gray wants revenge on the street gang who mugged him, Jimmy's escaped from prison, and his brother/accomplice David has many serious mental ...

Actors : Karen Jezek, Kenneth Jezek, Ann Ault, Helen Gibson,
Directors : Helen Gibson,

Based on a true story that rocked the world. An emotional journey that takes a former drug-crazed prostitute and convicted pickax killer from the depths of despair to personal triumph on Texas death row.

Actors : Kristian Alfonso, David Lee Rawlings, Jeff Fahey, David Alexander Johnston,
Directors : Anthony J. Christopher,

Small-town retired sheriff Frank Everly finds his life on the skids after his wife Mary is murdered by the ruthless maniac Vincent Pope. When Pope escapes from prison, Everly comes out of ...

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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Donald Cabana, Jude Cambise, Daniel Dupont, Mimi Loftus,
Directors : Steven Scaffidi,

At the beginning of our story it's 1995 and two fledgling filmmakers, Richard and Daniel, are on their way to make a documentary about life in prison. As a favor to Richard's uncle, the ...

Actors : Robert Lohr, Andreas Schmidt, Jule Böwe, Eva Löbau,
Directors : Iain Dilthey,

In a German town, teacher Irene leads an inconspicuous, boring, lonely life. One day, a man rings at her door and slips in. It's an armed convict from the prison next door, escaped with a ...

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 : 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 : 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...