Ride Your Wave vs Time Was
Ride Your Wave has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 6.2/10 for Time Was). Time Was is the shorter watch at 1h 13m compared with 1h 34m. Ride Your Wave is the older of the two (2019 against 2025). Both are drama, fantasy, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Ride Your Wave
Time Was| Ride Your Wave | Time Was | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.6/10 | ★ 6.2/10 |
| Year | 2019 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 34m | 1h 13m |
| Genres | Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance | Drama, Fantasy, Romance |
| Country | Japan | – |
| Director | Masaaki Yuasa | Jade Winters |
| Main cast | Rina Kawaei, Haruki Ishiya, Kentaro Ito, Ryota Katayose, Honoka Matsumoto | Eleanor Barr-Sim, Ella McCready, Bryony Miller, Kathryn O'Reilly |
Synopsis
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.
Time Was
Beth's new house is supposed to be a fresh start, but eerie disturbances make it feel anything but home. Then she meets Melissa-an alluring designer who offers her help. As they work together, Beth finds herself drawn to her in ways she can't explain. But as strange events intensify, so do Beth's doubts. Is she losing her grip on reality, or is something far more unexplainable at play?
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