The Boxer vs Where the Wind Blows
Where the Wind Blows has the higher audience score (9/10 against 6.7/10 for The Boxer). Where the Wind Blows is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 54m. The Boxer is the older of the two (1997 against 2025). Both are drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The Boxer
Where the Wind Blows| The Boxer | Where the Wind Blows | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.7/10 | ★ 9.0/10 |
| Year | 1997 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 54m | 1h 30m |
| Genres | Drama, Romance | Drama, Romance, Western |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Jim Sheridan | John Schimke |
| Main cast | David Hayman, Brian Cox, Emily Watson, Kenneth Cranham, Ken Stott | Michelle Hurd, Lochlyn Munro, Gabriel Clark, C. Thomas Howell, Rob Mayes |
Synopsis
The Boxer
Nineteen-year-old Danny Flynn is imprisoned for his involvement with the I.R.A. in Belfast. He leaves behind his family and his sixteen-year-old girlfriend, Maggie Hamill. Fourteen years later, Danny is released from prison and returns to his old working class neighborhood to resume his life as a boxer.
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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