Fences vs Hair of the Bear
Hair of the Bear has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.9/10 for Fences). Hair of the Bear is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 19m. Fences is the older of the two (2016 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Fences | Hair of the Bear | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.9/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 2026 |
| Length | 2h 19m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama, Thriller |
| Country | United States of America | Canada |
| Director | Denzel Washington | Alexandre Trudeau, James McLellan |
| Main cast | Jovan Adepo, Russell Hornsby, Saniyya Sidney, Denzel Washington, Viola Davis | Malia Baker, Robert Naylor, Roy Dupuis, Catherine Bérubé, Jonathan Lawrence |
Synopsis
Fences
In 1950s Pittsburgh, a frustrated African-American father struggles with the constraints of poverty, racism, and his own inner demons as he tries to raise a 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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