Just Like Heaven vs Ride Your Wave
Ride Your Wave has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 7/10 for Just Like Heaven). Ride Your Wave is the shorter watch at 1h 34m compared with 1h 35m. Just Like Heaven is the older of the two (2005 against 2019). Both are comedy, drama, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Just Like Heaven | Ride Your Wave | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.0/10 | ★ 7.6/10 |
| Year | 2005 | 2019 |
| Length | 1h 35m | 1h 34m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance | Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance |
| Country | – | Japan |
| Director | Mark Waters | Masaaki Yuasa |
| Main cast | Caroline Aaron, Rosalind Chao, Donal Logue, Kerris Dorsey, Reese Witherspoon | Rina Kawaei, Haruki Ishiya, Kentaro Ito, Ryota Katayose, Honoka Matsumoto |
Synopsis
Just Like Heaven
Shortly after David Abbott moves into his new San Francisco digs, he has an unwelcome visitor on his hands: winsome Elizabeth Masterson, who asserts that the apartment is hers -- and promptly vanishes. When she starts appearing and disappearing at will, David thinks she's a ghost, while Elizabeth is convinced she's alive.
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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