The Ballad of Wallis Island vs The Stories
The Stories has the higher audience score (7.4/10 against 7.2/10 for The Ballad of Wallis Island). The Ballad of Wallis Island is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 1h 41m. The Ballad of Wallis Island is the older of the two (2025 against 2026). Both are comedy, drama, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The Ballad of Wallis Island
The Stories| The Ballad of Wallis Island | The Stories | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.2/10 | ★ 7.4/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2026 |
| Length | 1h 40m | 1h 41m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Music | Comedy, Drama, Music |
| Country | – | Egypt |
| Director | James Griffiths | Abu Bakr Shawky |
| Main cast | Carey Mulligan, Tim Key, Sian Clifford, Tom Basden, Steve Marsh | Nelly Karim, Amir El-Masry, Valerie Pachner, Amr Abed, Ahmed Kamal |
Synopsis
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.
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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