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Films like Ride Your Wave.

Ride Your Wave (2019) reads as Warm, kinetic, measured romance / fantasy, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, tender. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

Modest Heroes (2018) poster
1. Modest Heroes2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Frankenweenie (2012) poster
2. Frankenweenie2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

A Cat in Paris (2010) (2010) poster
3. A Cat in Paris2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Marona's Fantastic Tale (2019) poster
4. Marona's Fantastic Tale2019

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Penguin Highway (2018) poster
5. Penguin Highway2018

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

A Letter to Momo (2011) poster
6. A Letter to Momo2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

My Old Ass (2024) (2024) poster
7. My Old Ass2024

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Black Pharaoh, the Savage and the Princess (2022) poster
8. The Black Pharaoh, the Savage and the Princess2022

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Closet Monster (2016) poster
9. Closet Monster2016

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Approved for Adoption (2012) poster
10. Approved for Adoption2012

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Wolf Children (2012) poster
11. Wolf Children2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Slash/Back (2022) poster
12. Slash/Back2022

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a unmistakable directorial hand.

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