Ride Your Wave vs What Marielle Knows

Ride Your Wave has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 6.5/10 for What Marielle Knows). What Marielle Knows is the shorter watch at 1h 26m compared with 1h 34m. Ride Your Wave is the older of the two (2019 against 2025). Both are comedy, drama, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Ride Your Wave posterRide Your Wave2019 VS What Marielle Knows posterWhat Marielle Knows2025
Ride Your WaveWhat Marielle Knows
Audience score★ 7.6/10★ 6.5/10
Year20192025
Length1h 34m1h 26m
GenresAnimation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, RomanceComedy, Drama, Fantasy
CountryJapan–
DirectorMasaaki YuasaFrédéric Hambalek
Main castRina Kawaei, Haruki Ishiya, Kentaro Ito, Ryota Katayose, Honoka MatsumotoMehmet Ateşçi, Felix Kramer, Julia Jentsch, Sissy Höfferer, Victoria Mayer

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.

What Marielle Knows

Julia and Tobias discover that their daughter Marielle has suddenly developed telepathic abilities and can see and hear everything they do. This leads to situations ranging from the awkward to the absurd as uncomfortable truths are revealed.

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