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The Ballad of Wallis Island
MEANRANK
78/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #970
- IMDb #1356
- Metacritic #1003
- Letterboxd #871
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #180
- Metacritic Critics #814
+2 more
- Metacritic Audience #1610
- Kinopoisk #2650
Every rating
Split
Lowest is AlloCiné on 60, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 97. Critics average 88, everyone else 75.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A drifter with a hidden past arrives on a remote, storm-battered island community, taking a job as a caretaker for a reclusive old man. The islanders are deeply superstitious and bound by strange traditions. The drifter becomes entangled in a long-standing feud between two families, a conflict rooted in a generations-old mystery surrounding a shipwreck. He is drawn into the island’s secrets, which seem to revolve around the enigmatic old man he serves.
Details
- Director
- James Griffiths
- Writers
- Tim Key, Tom Basden
- Studio
- Baby Cow Productions, Moxie Pictures
- Released
- 28 March 2025
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Box office
- $737.0K
- Awards
- 3 wins, 10 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 13 →3 wins from 13 nominations across 4 ceremonies
| British Academy Film Awards 2026 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Carey Mulligan | Nominee |
| British Academy Film Awards 2026 | Outstanding British Film | James Griffiths, Rupert Majendie, Tom Basden, and Tim Key | Nominee |
| British Academy Film Awards 2026 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Tom Basden and Tim Key | Nominee |
| Astra Midseason Movie Awards 2025 | Best Screenplay | Tom Basden and Tim Key | Nominee |
| British Independent Film Awards 2025 | Best Original Music | Tom Basden and Adem Ilhan | Winner |
| British Independent Film Awards 2025 | Best British Independent Film | James Griffiths, Tom Basden, Tim Key and Rupert Majendie | Nominee |
| British Independent Film Awards 2025 | Best Joint Lead Performance | Tom Basden and Tim Key | Winner |
| British Independent Film Awards 2025 | Best Screenplay | Tom Basden and Tim Key | Winner |
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×| Best Joint Lead Performance | Tom Basden and Tim Key | Winner |
| Best Original Music | Tom Basden and Adem Ilhan | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Tom Basden and Tim Key | Winner |
| Best British Independent Film | James Griffiths, Tom Basden, Tim Key and Rupert Majendie | Nominee |
| Best Debut Screenwriter | Tom Basden and Tim Key | Nominee |
| Music Supervision – Film | Gary Welch | Nominee |
| Music Themed Film, Biopic or Musical | The Ballad of Wallis Island | Nominee |
| Original Score – Independent Film | Adem Ilhan | Nominee |
| Song – Onscreen Performance (Film) | Tom Basden and Carey Mulligan (for "Our Love") | Nominee |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Carey Mulligan | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Tom Basden and Tim Key | Nominee |
| Outstanding British Film | James Griffiths, Rupert Majendie, Tom Basden, and Tim Key | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Tom Basden and Tim Key | Nominee |