Code Unknown vs Hair of the Bear
Hair of the Bear has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.7/10 for Code Unknown). Hair of the Bear is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 58m. Code Unknown is the older of the two (2000 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Code Unknown | Hair of the Bear | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.7/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2000 | 2026 |
| Length | 1h 58m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama, Thriller |
| Country | – | Canada |
| Director | Michael Haneke | Alexandre Trudeau, James McLellan |
| Main cast | Bruno Todeschini, Juliette Binoche, Thierry Neuvic, Josef Bierbichler, Alexandre Hamidi | Malia Baker, Robert Naylor, Roy Dupuis, Catherine Bérubé, Jonathan Lawrence |
Synopsis
Code Unknown
A series of events unfold like a chain reaction, all stemming from a minor event that brings the film's five characters together. Set in Paris, France, Anne is an actress whose boyfriend Georges photographs the war in Kosovo. Georges' brother, Jean, is looking for the entry code to Georges' apartment. These characters' lives interconnect with a Romanian immigrant and a deaf teacher.
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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