Brain on Fire vs Hair of the Bear
Hair of the Bear has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7/10 for Brain on Fire). Brain on Fire is the shorter watch at 1h 28m compared with 1h 32m. Brain on Fire is the older of the two (2017 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Brain on Fire
Hair of the Bear| Brain on Fire | Hair of the Bear | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.0/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2017 | 2026 |
| Length | 1h 28m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama, Thriller |
| Country | – | Canada |
| Director | Gerard Barrett | Alexandre Trudeau, James McLellan |
| Main cast | Navid Negahban, Richard Armitage, Carrie-Anne Moss, Agam Darshi, Ken Tremblett | Malia Baker, Robert Naylor, Roy Dupuis, Catherine Bérubé, Jonathan Lawrence |
Synopsis
Brain on Fire
Susannah Cahalan, an up-and-coming journalist at the New York Post becomes plagued by voices in her head and seizures, causing a rapid descent into insanity.
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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