Both Eyes Open vs Hair of the Bear

Hair of the Bear has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.4/10 for Both Eyes Open). Hair of the Bear is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 40m. Both Eyes Open is the older of the two (2025 against 2026). Both are thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Both Eyes Open posterBoth Eyes Open2025 VS Hair of the Bear posterHair of the Bear2026
Both Eyes OpenHair of the Bear
Audience score★ 6.4/10★ 10.0/10
Year20252026
Length1h 40m1h 32m
GenresThrillerDrama, Thriller
Country–Canada
DirectorAriel Julia HairstonAlexandre Trudeau, James McLellan
Main castGail Bean, Taye Diggs, Joy Brunson, Tristan Mack Wilds, Christie LeveretteMalia Baker, Robert Naylor, Roy Dupuis, Catherine Bérubé, Jonathan Lawrence

Synopsis

Both Eyes Open

Ally escapes an abusive relationship but hallucinates about her abuser. She receives cryptic messages suggesting he's nearby. As the messages intensify and her reality unravels, Ally realizes the truth may be closer than she thought.

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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