from typing import List


def compare_lists(local_list: List[str], remote_list: List[str]) -> List[str]:
    """
    Comapre local and remote list of files and return the list of local files not stored in remote database.
    :param local_list: list of names of local files
    :param remote_list: list of names of remote files
    :return: list of names of files not stored in remote database
    """
    return list(set(local_list) - set(remote_list))