Simon Istolainen is a French film producer, known for his work with Alain Goldman. Source: Article "Simon Istolainen" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Biography from TMDB.
- November 6, 1984 (41)
- Producer and writer
- 7 on MovieCove · 9 credits in all
What are Simon Istolainen's films like?
Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Power.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 1 · Earnest 5
Light 5 · Serious 2 · Dark 0
Grounded 5 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1
Gentle 1 · Charged 5 · Intense 1
Steady 2 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 3
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 0
Casual 4 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1
A split, not a type: Easy watch 3 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 0
Resolved 6 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy4
- Bittersweet2
- Ambiguous1
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 Simon Istolainen's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Simon Istolainen'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
9 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page.
Boutchou(2020)
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
Sublet(2020)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Brutus vs César(2020)
Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
Bad Seeds(2018)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
The Angel(2018)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
The Bar Mitzvah (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
All Three of Us(2015)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Robin Hood: The True Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Les Gamins(2013)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 8 titles from 2013 to 2020.
Biggest box office
Les Gamins (2013)
Highest rated
Bad Seeds (2018)
Most popular right now
The Angel (2018)
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.
How do Simon Istolainen's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 72nd percentile, the median of all 7; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 68th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
None of their 7 titles divides audiences: 4 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Panned2
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Broadly Agreed1
Reviewers score the dialogue 53/100 and the plot and story 53/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
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 Simon Istolainen work with?
People who share at least 2 of Simon Istolainen's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Antoine Stioui shares the most, 5.
Directors
- KheironShared titles: Boutchou (2020), Brutus vs César (2020), Bad Seeds (2018), All Three of Us (2015)See all 4 shared titles with Kheiron
Actors
- Gérard DarmonShared titles: Boutchou (2020), Brutus vs César (2020), All Three of Us (2015)See all 3 shared titles with Gérard Darmon
- Alban LenoirShared titles: Bad Seeds (2018), Les Gamins (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Alban Lenoir
Cinematographers and editors
- Lucas LeconteShared titles: Boutchou (2020), Brutus vs César (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Lucas Leconte
- Anny DanchéShared titles: Bad Seeds (2018), All Three of Us (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Anny Danché
- Jean-Paul AgostiniShared titles: Bad Seeds (2018), Les Gamins (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Jean-Paul Agostini
Producers
- Antoine StiouiShared titles: Brutus vs César (2020), Bad Seeds (2018), The Angel (2018), All Three of Us (2015), Les Gamins (2013)See all 5 shared titles with Antoine Stioui
- Frantz RichardShared titles: Brutus vs César (2020), Bad Seeds (2018), All Three of Us (2015), Les Gamins (2013)See all 4 shared titles with Frantz Richard
- Bastien SirodotShared titles: Boutchou (2020), Brutus vs César (2020), Bad Seeds (2018)See all 3 shared titles with Bastien Sirodot
- Cloé GarbayShared titles: Boutchou (2020), Brutus vs César (2020), Bad Seeds (2018)See all 3 shared titles with Cloé Garbay
