Cold in July vs Hair of the Bear

Hair of the Bear has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.5/10 for Cold in July). Hair of the Bear is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 49m. Cold in July is the older of the two (2014 against 2026). Both are drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Cold in July posterCold in July2014 VS Hair of the Bear posterHair of the Bear2026
Cold in JulyHair of the Bear
Audience score★ 6.5/10★ 10.0/10
Year20142026
Length1h 49m1h 32m
GenresDrama, ThrillerDrama, Thriller
CountryFranceCanada
DirectorJim MickleAlexandre Trudeau, James McLellan
Main castMichael C. Hall, Wyatt Russell, Don Johnson, Lanny Flaherty, Sam ShepardMalia Baker, Robert Naylor, Roy Dupuis, Catherine Bérubé, Jonathan Lawrence

Synopsis

Cold in July

While investigating noises in his house one balmy Texas night in 1989, Richard Dane puts a bullet in the brain of a low-life burglar. Although he’s hailed as a small-town hero, Dane soon finds himself fearing for his family’s safety when Freddy’s ex-con father rolls into town, hell-bent on revenge.

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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