City of Angels vs Ride Your Wave
Ride Your Wave has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 6.8/10 for City of Angels). Ride Your Wave is the shorter watch at 1h 34m compared with 1h 54m. City of Angels is the older of the two (1998 against 2019). Both are drama, fantasy, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
City of Angels
Ride Your Wave| City of Angels | Ride Your Wave | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.8/10 | ★ 7.6/10 |
| Year | 1998 | 2019 |
| Length | 1h 54m | 1h 34m |
| Genres | Drama, Fantasy, Romance | Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance |
| Country | – | Japan |
| Director | Brad Silberling | Masaaki Yuasa |
| Main cast | Andre Braugher, Colm Feore, Nicolas Cage, Lauri Johnson, Meg Ryan | Rina Kawaei, Haruki Ishiya, Kentaro Ito, Ryota Katayose, Honoka Matsumoto |
Synopsis
City of Angels
When a guardian angel – who invisibly watches over the citizens of Los Angeles – becomes captivated by a strong-willed heart surgeon, he ponders trading in his pure, otherworldly existence for a mortal life with his beloved. The couple embarks on a tender but forbidden romance spanning heaven and Earth.
Ride Your Wave
Hinako is a surf-loving college student who has just moved to a small seaside town. When a sudden fire breaks out at her apartment building, she is rescued by Minato, a handsome firefighter, and the two soon fall in love.
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