Best Prison movies of 2000s

Actors : Obba Babatundé, Charmin Lee White, Terrell Mitchell, Rae Dawn Chong,
Directors : Jordan Walker-Pearlman,

A young man dying in prison brings his family together for a fateful visit, and proceeds to put his life back together.

Actors : Jennifer Morrison, David Carradine, Rob Schneider, Sally Kirkland,
Directors : Rob Schneider,

A weak con man panics when he learns he's going to prison for fraud. He hires a mysterious martial arts guru who helps transform him into a martial arts expert who can fight off inmates who want to hurt or love him.

Actors : Lancelot Roch, Olivier Marchal, Diane Kruger, Vincent Lindon,
Directors : Fred Cavayé,

With no legal means left to him, a high school teacher devises a daring plan to rescue his wrongfully imprisoned wife from jail.

Actors : Alberto Ammann, Manuel Morón, Antonio Resines, Luis Tosar,
Directors : Daniel Monzón,

The story of two men on different sides of a prison riot -- the inmate leading the rebellion and the young guard trapped in the revolt, who poses as a prisoner in a desperate attempt to survive the ordeal.

Actors : Camilla Belle, Kevin Spacey, Heather Graham, Johnny Knoxville,
Directors : Trent Cooper,

After 8 years in prison, inventor Robert Axle struggles to win over his estranged family and catch up on current technology as he works to once again become the king of the infomercial.

Actors : Diane Kruger, Patrick Lyster, Joseph Fiennes, Dennis Haysbert,
Directors : Bille August,

GOODBYE BAFANA is the true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The prisoner's name was Nelson Mandela.

Actors : Maggie Grace, Forest Whitaker, Cam Gigandet, Adrien Brody,
Directors : Paul Scheuring,

26 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.

Actors : Chieko Misaka, Kenji Matsuda, Hideo Sakaki, Tak Sakaguchi,
Directors : Ryûhei Kitamura,

There are 666 portals that connect this world to the other side. These are concealed from all human beings. Somewhere in Japan exists the 444th portal.... The forest of resurrection.

Actors : Tim Allen, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Sigourney Weaver, Ray Liotta,
Directors : Tim Allen,

A recently paroled ex-con who has trouble adjusting to the wacky normalcy of life outside of prison. He has spent the last three years behind bars after getting caught committing a crime and taking the rap for his much more dangerous pal.

Actors : Eric Mabius, Fred Ward, Kirsten Dunst, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe,
Directors : Bharat Nalluri,

Alex Corvis returns to the world of the living to solve the murder of a young woman that he was wrongly accused of.

Actors : Colm Feore, Rhona Mitra, Jim Caviezel, Frankie Faison,
Directors : Robert Harmon,

Rennie Cray (Caviezel) embarks on a bloodthirsty rampage to avenge the death of his wife who was struck down by a serial killer - a man who hunts and kills women using his '72 El Dorado.

Actors : Paul Walker, Piper Perabo, Bob Gunton, Brooklynn Proulx,
Directors : John Glenn,

A former criminal is drawn into a criminal endeavor and subsequently finds himself living an inexplicable new life working at a psychiatric facility.

Actors : Lawrence Taylor, Lloyd Battista, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Carlos Gómez,
Directors : Ringo Lam,

A man must survive a prison where hardened criminals battle to the death for the wardens' entertainment.

Actors : Ferhan Sensoy, Ali Çatalbas, Zeki Alasya, Rasim Öztekin,
Directors : Mert Baykal,

Based on a true event, Pardon tells the tragicomic story of three friends who end up in prison when they are mistaken as members of a terrorist organization. Ibrahim's fear of uniforms ...

Actors : Stephen Wight, Sean Pertwee, Alex Reid, Toby Kebbell,
Directors : Michael J. Bassett,

Juvenile delinquents gets sent to a small British island after a fellow prisoners death, where they have to fight for survival.

Actors : Trond Nilssen, Kristoffer Joner, Stellan Skarsgård, Benjamin Helstad,
Directors : Marius Holst,

Norwegian winter, early 20th century. On the boys home Bastoy, a new inmate leads the boys to a violent uprising against a brutal regime. How far is he willing to go to attain freedom?

Actors : Alex Alvardo, Ruben Amaya, Lorraine Amaya, George Angelo,
Directors : Barry Shay,

The saga about a young Latino boy who due to circumstances joins a gang and ultimately winds up in prison. After he does his time he meets a man who helps him from falling back into the gang life. In essence he finds "The Way".

Actors : Olivia Wilde, Paul Walker, Laurence Fishburne, Jason Flemyng,
Directors : John Herzfeld,

A DEA agent provides former Marine Tim Kearney with a way out of his prison sentence: impersonate Bobby Z, a recently deceased drug dealer, in a hostage switch with a crime lord.

Actors : LisaRaye McCoy, Monica Calhoun, N'Bushe Wright, Yasiin Bey,
Directors : Neema Barnette,

Women prisoners strike up a friendship with a young law student who works as a part-time prison guard. Together they discover that a corporation funds and is profitting from the ...

Actors : Famke Janssen, Bobby Cannavale, Ed Westwick, Michael Paré,
Directors : Eric Red,

After Marnie Watson kills her abusive husband in self-defense, she is condemned to house arrest... only to discover that the house is possessed by the enraged and violent spirit of her dead husband.