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10 Best Movies Like Ride Your Wave

If you loved Ride Your Wave, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Summer Ghost

Summer Ghost

2021★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ride Your Wave for fans of Animation & Drama & Fantasy. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An urban legend says that lighting fireworks at an abandoned airfield will beckon the "summer ghost," a spirit that can answer any question. Three teenagers, Tomoya, Aoi, and Ryo, ...

#2
A Silent Voice: The Movie

A Silent Voice: The Movie

2016★ 8.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ride Your Wave for fans of Animation & Romance & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Shouya Ishida starts bullying the new girl in class, Shouko Nishimiya, because she is deaf. But as the teasing continues, the rest of the class starts to turn on Shouya for his lac...

#3
Fruits Basket -prelude-

Fruits Basket -prelude-

2022★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ride Your Wave for fans of Animation & Romance & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Kyoko, who couldn't believe anything in the world and lived a desolate life, meets Katsuya Honda, who has been assigned as an educational trainee. She is at the mercy of Katsuya, w...

#4
Aura: Koga Maryuin's Last War

Aura: Koga Maryuin's Last War

2013★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ride Your Wave for fans of Animation & Romance & Comedy & Drama & Fantasy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Satou Ichirou once called himself 'Maryuuin Kouga' and behaved as if he were a hero in a fantasy world. His strange behavior caused his classmates to bully him and he left the scho...

#5
Over the Sky

Over the Sky

2020★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ride Your Wave for fans of Animation & Romance & Drama & Fantasy. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Mio is a girl in high school who slacks off. She and her childhood friend Arata and best friend Madoka spend their after-school days in Ikebukuro hanging out. One day, Madoka tells...

#6
Ocean Waves

Ocean Waves

1993★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ride Your Wave for fans of Animation & Romance & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

At Kichijōji Station, Tokyo, Taku Morisaki glimpses a familiar woman on the platform opposite boarding a train. Later, her photo falls from a shelf as he exits his apartment before...

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