A Hatful of Rain vs Hair of the Bear

Hair of the Bear has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.8/10 for A Hatful of Rain). Hair of the Bear is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 49m. A Hatful of Rain is the older of the two (1957 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

A Hatful of Rain posterA Hatful of Rain1957 VS Hair of the Bear posterHair of the Bear2026
A Hatful of RainHair of the Bear
Audience score★ 6.8/10★ 10.0/10
Year19572026
Length1h 49m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama, Thriller
Country–Canada
DirectorFred ZinnemannAlexandre Trudeau, James McLellan
Main castWilliam Hickey, Henry Silva, Eva Marie Saint, Anthony Franciosa, Don MurrayMalia Baker, Robert Naylor, Roy Dupuis, Catherine Bérubé, Jonathan Lawrence

Synopsis

A Hatful of Rain

A Korean War veteran's morphine addiction wreaks havoc upon his family.

Hair of the Bear

Refusing to go to school, anxious 16-year-old Tori is driven by her mother to her grandfather's rustic cabin in Eastern Manitoba on the remote American-Canadian border. As Tori struggles to adapt to the woodsman ways of her French Canadian grandfather, she ultimately must embrace the outdoors if she is to survive the deadly game of cat and mouse she is thrust into.

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