Leyla and Mecnun vs Where the Wind Blows
Where the Wind Blows has the higher audience score (9/10 against 6.7/10 for Leyla and Mecnun). Where the Wind Blows is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 35m. Leyla and Mecnun is the older of the two (1983 against 2025). Both are romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Leyla and Mecnun
Where the Wind Blows| Leyla and Mecnun | Where the Wind Blows | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.7/10 | ★ 9.0/10 |
| Year | 1983 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 35m | 1h 30m |
| Genres | Romance | Drama, Romance, Western |
| Country | Turkey | United States of America |
| Director | Halit Refiğ | John Schimke |
| Main cast | Orhan Gencebay, Gülşen Bubikoğlu, Yılmaz Köksal, Emel Tümer, Hüseyin Peyda | Michelle Hurd, Lochlyn Munro, Gabriel Clark, C. Thomas Howell, Rob Mayes |
Synopsis
Leyla and Mecnun
A fortune-teller reveals the Sultan that his daughter will get married to somebody poor, born on the same day with her. So, the Sultan gets all the baby boys born on the same day are killed and only Kadir is saved. Kadir and Leyla grow up together. Leyla wants to marry him but the Sultan refuses this idea. He orders Kadir to be killed, yet Kadir survives fatally wounded. Leyla finds Kadir's place where he is kept as a prisoner. As they escape…
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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