Direction: Iain Softley

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Iain Softley. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


K-Pax

2001 · Movie · 120 min. · United States

Direction Iain Softley

Cast Kevin Spacey · Jeff Bridges · Alfre Woodard · Mary McCormack

Synopsis After being mugged, Prot (Spacey) is sent to a mental institution when he mentions to the cops that the light on Earth is far brighter than on his own planet K-PAX. Prot soon meets seasoned psychiatrist Dr. Mark Powell (Bridges)...

6.9

36K votes

6.9

36K votes

The Wings of the Dove

1997 · Movie · 102 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Iain Softley

Cast Helena Bonham Carter · Linus Roache · Alison Elliott · Elizabeth McGovern

Synopsis Kate Croy's mother was born to wealth and privilege, but she threw it all away to marry Kate's father, a penniless opium addict who admits to having stolen from his wife. After her mother's death, Kate is offered an opportunity...

6.5

945 votes

6.5

945 votes

The Outcast (TV Miniseries)

2015 · Series · 89 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Iain Softley

Cast Jessica Brown Findlay · George MacKay · Hattie Morahan · Greg Wise

Synopsis TV Miniseries (2015). 2 Episodes. Lewis Aldridge is only ten years old when he witnesses the death of his beautiful, doting mother. Left alone with his emotionally distant father Gilbert, Lewis is forced to bury his grief. When Gilbert marries...

6.2

104 votes

6.2

104 votes

Backbeat

1994 · Movie · 100 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Iain Softley

Cast Stephen Dorff · Ian Hart · Sheryl Lee · Gary Bakewell

Synopsis Backbeat chronicles the early days of The Beatles in Hamburg, Germany. The film focuses primarily on the relationship between Stuart Sutcliffe (Stephen Dorff) and John Lennon (Ian Hart), and also with Sutcliffe's German girlfriend Astrid Kirchherr (Sheryl Lee).

5.8

2K votes

5.8

2K votes

The Shepherd

2023 · Movie · 38 min. · United States

Direction Iain Softley

Cast Ben Radcliffe · John Travolta · Steven Mackintosh · Luca Slade

Synopsis On Christmas Eve, a fighter pilot on his way home gets lost mid-flight over water and needs a miracle to land safely.

5.7

332 votes

5.7

332 votes

The Skeleton Key

2005 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

Direction Iain Softley

Cast Kate Hudson · Gena Rowlands · Peter Sarsgaard · John Hurt

Synopsis Caroline (Kate Hudson), a live-in nurse, is hired to care for an elderly woman's (Gena Rowlands) ailing husband in their home -- a foreboding and decrepit Gothic mansion in the marshy backwoods just outside of New Orleans. Intrigued by the...

5.7

11K votes

5.7

11K votes

Hackers

1995 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Iain Softley

Cast Jonny Lee Miller · Angelina Jolie · Fisher Stevens · Lorraine Bracco

Synopsis A young hacker prodigy meets other kids like himself when he and his mother move cross-country and settle in New York City. High school takes on a new light when Dade (Jonny Lee Miller) meets a group of misfits and...

5.1

9K votes

5.1

9K votes

Inkheart

2008 · Movie · 106 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Iain Softley

Cast Brendan Fraser · Andy Serkis · Sienna Guillory · Eliza Bennett

Synopsis Inkheart is a thrilling adventure that stars Brendan Fraser as Mo Folchart, a father who possesses a secret ability to bring characters from books to life when he reads them aloud. But when Mo accidentally brings a power-hungry villain from...

5.1

7K votes

5.1

7K votes

Trap For Cinderella

2013 · Movie · 100 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Iain Softley

Cast Tuppence Middleton · Alexandra Roach · Kerry Fox · Aneurin Barnard

Synopsis A young girl suffering from amnesia after surviving a house fire that takes her childhood friend's life, begins a tormented road to recovery.

4.8

33 votes

4.8

33 votes

Curve

2015 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

Direction Iain Softley

Cast Julianne Hough · Teddy Sears · Madalyn Horcher · Drew Rausch

Synopsis A young woman becomes trapped in her car after a hitchhiker causes her to have an automobile accident.

4.8

1K votes

4.8

1K votes