Leaving Las Vegas vs Where the Wind Blows
Where the Wind Blows has the higher audience score (9/10 against 7.3/10 for Leaving Las Vegas). Where the Wind Blows is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 51m. Leaving Las Vegas is the older of the two (1995 against 2025). Both are drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Leaving Las Vegas
Where the Wind Blows| Leaving Las Vegas | Where the Wind Blows | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.3/10 | ★ 9.0/10 |
| Year | 1995 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 51m | 1h 30m |
| Genres | Drama, Romance | Drama, Romance, Western |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Mike Figgis | John Schimke |
| Main cast | Elisabeth Shue, Steven Weber, Nicolas Cage, Julian Sands, Valeria Golino | Michelle Hurd, Lochlyn Munro, Gabriel Clark, C. Thomas Howell, Rob Mayes |
Synopsis
Leaving Las Vegas
Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.
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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