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Lyès Salem

Lyès Salem

Actor · Born July 7, 1973 (53) · Alger, Algeria

Lyès Salem (Algiers, 1973) is an Algerian actor and film director. His first film as director, Masquerades, won several prizes in France. Source: Article "Lyes Salem" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
July 7, 1973 (53)
From
Alger, Algeria
Works as
Actor
Titles
24 on MovieCove · 56 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 65 days to Oct 28Up 22% in 30 days

What are Lyès Salem's films like?

Across their 15 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 62nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 43rd percentile
: browse their Drama movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
34%
Self
29%
Morality
13%
Survival
12%
Society
5%
Power
4%
Ideas
4%
Family bonds7 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity5 titles, browse their movies with this themeMarriage2 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception2 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief2 titles, browse their movies with this themeMemory2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 14 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 6 · Serious 3 · Dark 5

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 10 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 2 · Charged 12 · Intense 0

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 6 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 4

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 7 · Funny 2

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 8 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 5 · Engaged 9 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 8 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

2 analyzed roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
8
Warm
8
Melancholic
7
Contemplative
3
Bittersweet
3
Other
8

How their films linger

Bittersweet8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 4 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet13

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Lyès Salem's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 24 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Lyès Salem's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

56 credits, 24 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • C'est quoi l'amour?(2025)

    as Sofiane

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Rodrigue in Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Serge

  • Free Drum Kit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Actor

  • Maria(2024)

    as Waiter

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Meet the Leroys(2024)

    as Claude

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Paternel(2024)

    as Amine

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Ma part de Gaulois (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Actor

  • A Gentleman in Moscow(2024)

    Show as Andrey

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • Veuillez nous excuser pour la gêne occasionnée(2023)

    as Le père d'Adel

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Pour la France(2022)

    as Colonel Mohamedi

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • The (In)Famous Youssef Salem(2022)

    as Rachid

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • The Fragile Colossus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Tristan

  • Final Cut(2022)

    as Mounir

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • The Family(2021)

    as Driss, Anna's husband

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • DNA(2020)

    as The Man from the Consulate

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Honey Cigar(2020)

    as Selma's Father

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Ramdam (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Amine

  • Abou Leila (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Lotfi

  • Les Justes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Stepan Fedorov

  • Le Grand Bazar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 6 episodes · Writer · as Mohamed

  • Nefta Football Club(2018)

    as Salim

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Unveiled(2018)

    as Jibril

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • In the Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Hicham Soualem

  • Just to Be Sure(2017)

    as Madjid

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Sparring (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Omar

  • Carole Matthieu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Alain

  • I'm All Yours(2015)

    as Le douanier algérien

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • No One Will Be Any the Wiser (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Director

  • L'Oranais (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director · Writer · as Djaffar

  • Rock the Casbah(2013)

    as Youssef

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Il était une fois... peut-être pas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Mohamed

  • Burners (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as The Fisherman

  • Nobody Else But You(2011)

    as Gus

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Top Floor Left Wing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Hamza Barriba

  • Young Girls in Black (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Le docteur

  • Histoires de vies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 1 episode · as Kamel

  • My Afternoons with Margueritte(2010)

    as Youssef

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Le Silence Du Sphinx (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Slim

  • Drôle de famille ! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 1 episode · as Youssef

  • Mascarades (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director · Screenplay · as Mounir Mekbel

  • The First Day of the Rest of Your Life(2008)

    as Le type saoul qui veut du Abba

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • L'Affaire Ben Barka (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Achaachi

  • Délice Paloma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Maître Djaffar

  • Good Night Malik (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Refused customer

  • Munich(2005)

    as Arab Guard

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Alex (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Karim

  • District B13(2004)

    as Samy

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • In Your Image (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Antoine

  • Cousines (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Director · Writer · as Driss

  • Only Girls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as L'avocat jeune beur

  • Bliss (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Un invité

  • Clan Destin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Actor

  • American Cuisine(1998)

    as Karim

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Highlander(1992)

    Show 1 episode · as Aram

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows

  • Before the Storm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Les Derniers jours de R.M (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as R.M.

Career shape

Star power in the 96th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 55 titles, 53 of them dated from 1992 to 2026; peak year 2023.

Biggest box office

Just to Be Sure (2017)

$6.7M worldwide

Highest rated

The Family (2021)

Midcredits 87th

Most popular right now

A Gentleman in Moscow (2024)

Film career

19922026

Peak 2023 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 1 MovieCove title. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting54 of 55: 50 only acting, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score62ndDirecting4 of 55: 1 only directing, 3 with another roleWriting4 of 55: 0 only writing, 4 with another role

55 titles, 4 with more than one role — acting and directing overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

1990s3 · acting2000s13 · 13 acting · 2 crew2010s20 · 19 acting · 3 crew2020s17 · acting

Billing

usually 9th · top billed in 0% of 20 roles
0419

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Lyès Salem's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 62nd percentile, the median of all 22; across their 14 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 63rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

63rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 14

Approval · how many liked their films

57thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 14

Reach · how many have seen their films

71stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 14

Midcredits score across 24 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up6
  • 50th to 74th11
  • 25th to 49th6
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

None of their 24 titles divides audiences: 13 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Crowd Pleaser13
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed7

Most loved · actor

The First Day of the Rest of Your Life (2008)

Midcredits 95th · 84% liked

Reviewers score the acting 76/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles; fans 82, detractors 32. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Lyès Salem work with?

People who share at least 2 of Lyès Salem's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Fabien Gorgeart shares the most, 2.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers

Producers