Welcome vs Where the Wind Blows

Where the Wind Blows has the higher audience score (9/10 against 7.2/10 for Welcome). Where the Wind Blows is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 50m. Welcome is the older of the two (2009 against 2025). Both are drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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WelcomeWhere the Wind Blows
Audience score★ 7.2/10★ 9.0/10
Year20092025
Length1h 50m1h 30m
GenresDrama, RomanceDrama, Romance, Western
Country–United States of America
DirectorPhilippe LioretJohn Schimke
Main castMurat Subaşı, Yannick Renier, Thierry Godard, Blandine Pélissier, Vincent LindonMichelle Hurd, Lochlyn Munro, Gabriel Clark, C. Thomas Howell, Rob Mayes

Synopsis

Welcome

Bilal is 17 years old, a Kurdish boy from Iraq. He sets off on an adventure-filled journey across Europe. He wants to get to England to see his love who lives there. Bilal finally reaches Calais, but how do you cover 32 kilometers of the English Channel when you can't swim? The boy soon discovers that his trip won't be as easy as he imagined... The community of struggling illegal aliens in Calais

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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