Sing Street vs The Stories
Sing Street has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 7.4/10 for The Stories). The Stories is the shorter watch at 1h 41m compared with 1h 45m. Sing Street is the older of the two (2016 against 2026). Both are comedy, drama, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Sing Street
The Stories| Sing Street | The Stories | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.9/10 | ★ 7.4/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 2026 |
| Length | 1h 45m | 1h 41m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Music |
| Country | – | Egypt |
| Director | John Carney | Abu Bakr Shawky |
| Main cast | Aidan Gillen, Mark McKenna, Lucy Boynton, Jack Reynor, Maria Doyle Kennedy | Nelly Karim, Amir El-Masry, Valerie Pachner, Amr Abed, Ahmed Kamal |
Synopsis
Sing Street
A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band to impress the mysterious girl he likes.
The Stories
The Stories is a decades-spanning Egyptian family saga and love story set between the late 1960s and 1980s. The film follows Ahmed, a young man from a Middle-Class Cairo family who dreams of becoming a concert pianist. During the tense summer of 1967, as war looms over Egypt, he begins a pen-pal correspondence with an Austrian woman named Elizabeth (“Liz”). A semi-autobiographical film based on the director's parents and how they met.
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