The Ballad of Buster Scruggs vs The Stories
The Stories has the higher audience score (7.4/10 against 7.1/10 for The Ballad of Buster Scruggs). The Stories is the shorter watch at 1h 41m compared with 2h 12m. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is the older of the two (2018 against 2026). Both are comedy, drama, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
The Stories| The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | The Stories | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.1/10 | ★ 7.4/10 |
| Year | 2018 | 2026 |
| Length | 2h 12m | 1h 41m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Music, Mystery, Romance, Western | Comedy, Drama, Music |
| Country | United States of America | Egypt |
| Director | Ethan Coen, Joel Coen | Abu Bakr Shawky |
| Main cast | David Krumholtz, Clancy Brown, Tim Blake Nelson, James Franco, Willie Watson | Nelly Karim, Amir El-Masry, Valerie Pachner, Amr Abed, Ahmed Kamal |
Synopsis
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Vignettes weaving together the stories of six individuals in the old West at the end of the Civil War. Following the tales of a sharp-shooting songster, a wannabe bank robber, two weary traveling performers, a lone gold prospector, a woman traveling the West to an uncertain future, and a motley crew of strangers undertaking a carriage ride.
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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