Before Sunset vs Where the Wind Blows

Where the Wind Blows has the higher audience score (9/10 against 7.8/10 for Before Sunset). Before Sunset is the shorter watch at 1h 20m compared with 1h 30m. Before Sunset is the older of the two (2004 against 2025). Both are drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Before Sunset posterBefore Sunset2004 VS Where the Wind Blows posterWhere the Wind Blows2025
Before SunsetWhere the Wind Blows
Audience score★ 7.8/10★ 9.0/10
Year20042025
Length1h 20m1h 30m
GenresDrama, RomanceDrama, Romance, Western
Country–United States of America
DirectorRichard LinklaterJohn Schimke
Main castEthan Hawke, Albert Delpy, Julie Delpy, Vernon Dobtcheff, Louise Lemoine TorrèsMichelle Hurd, Lochlyn Munro, Gabriel Clark, C. Thomas Howell, Rob Mayes

Synopsis

Before Sunset

Nine years later, Jesse travels across Europe giving readings from a book he wrote about the night he spent in Vienna with Celine. After his reading in Paris, Celine finds him, and they spend part of the day together before Jesse has to again leave for a flight. They are both in relationships now, and Jesse has a son, but as their strong feelings for each other start to return, both confess a longing for more.

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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