Meet Joe Black vs Ride Your Wave

Ride Your Wave has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 7.4/10 for Meet Joe Black). Ride Your Wave is the shorter watch at 1h 34m compared with 2h 58m. Meet Joe Black is the older of the two (1998 against 2019). Both are drama, fantasy, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Meet Joe Black posterMeet Joe Black1998 VS Ride Your Wave posterRide Your Wave2019
Meet Joe BlackRide Your Wave
Audience score★ 7.4/10★ 7.6/10
Year19982019
Length2h 58m1h 34m
GenresDrama, Fantasy, RomanceAnimation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
CountryUnited States of AmericaJapan
DirectorMartin BrestMasaaki Yuasa
Main castAnthony Hopkins, Brad Pitt, Jeffrey Tambor, Marcia Gay Harden, Jake WeberRina Kawaei, Haruki Ishiya, Kentaro Ito, Ryota Katayose, Honoka Matsumoto

Synopsis

Meet Joe Black

Bill Parrish has it all - success, wealth and power. Days before his 65th birthday, he receives a visit from a mysterious stranger, Joe Black, who soon reveals himself as Death. In exchange for extra time, Bill agrees to serve as Joe's earthly guide. But will he regret his choice when Joe unexpectedly falls in love with Bill's beautiful daughter Susan?

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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