La La Land vs The Ballad of Wallis Island
La La Land has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 7.2/10 for The Ballad of Wallis Island). The Ballad of Wallis Island is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 2h 9m. La La Land is the older of the two (2016 against 2025). Both are comedy, drama, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.
La La Land
The Ballad of Wallis Island| La La Land | The Ballad of Wallis Island | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.9/10 | ★ 7.2/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 2025 |
| Length | 2h 9m | 1h 40m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Music |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Damien Chazelle | James Griffiths |
| Main cast | Rosemarie DeWitt, Ryan Gosling, J.K. Simmons, Emma Stone, Sonoya Mizuno | Carey Mulligan, Tim Key, Sian Clifford, Tom Basden, Steve Marsh |
Synopsis
La La Land
Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.
The Ballad of Wallis Island
An eccentric lottery winner who lives alone on a remote island tries to make his fantasies come true by getting his favourite musicians to perform at his home.
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