Beach Rats vs Where the Wind Blows

Where the Wind Blows has the higher audience score (9/10 against 6.1/10 for Beach Rats). Where the Wind Blows is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 39m. Beach Rats is the older of the two (2017 against 2025). Both are drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Beach Rats posterBeach Rats2017 VS Where the Wind Blows posterWhere the Wind Blows2025
Beach RatsWhere the Wind Blows
Audience score★ 6.1/10★ 9.0/10
Year20172025
Length1h 39m1h 30m
GenresDrama, RomanceDrama, Romance, Western
Country–United States of America
DirectorEliza HittmanJohn Schimke
Main castNeal Huff, Kris Eivers, Harris Dickinson, Madeline Weinstein, Kate HodgeMichelle Hurd, Lochlyn Munro, Gabriel Clark, C. Thomas Howell, Rob Mayes

Synopsis

Beach Rats

On the outskirts of Brooklyn, Frankie, an aimless teenager, suffocates under the oppressive glare cast by his family and a toxic group of delinquent friends. Struggling with his own identity, Frankie begins to scour hookup sites for older men.

Where the Wind Blows

Chase, a rugged cowboy and solitary drifter who closed off his heart long ago—until the day he impulsively does a kindness for a beautiful young woman, and everything changes over the course of three days.

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