Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story vs Hair of the Bear

Hair of the Bear has the higher audience score (10/10 against 4/10 for Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story). Hair of the Bear is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 57m. Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story is the older of the two (2025 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story posterFighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story2025 VS Hair of the Bear posterHair of the Bear2026
Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry StoryHair of the Bear
Audience score★ 4.0/10★ 10.0/10
Year20252026
Length1h 57m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama, Thriller
Country–Canada
DirectorJoe CarrollAlexandre Trudeau, James McLellan
Main castD.B. Woodside, A.J. Johnson, Dyllón Burnside, Scott Swope, Maurice AlpharicioMalia Baker, Robert Naylor, Roy Dupuis, Catherine Bérubé, Jonathan Lawrence

Synopsis

Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

Based on a powerful true-life story, Detroit native Dwen Curry moves to Oakland, California as a teen in the early 90s and overcomes depression, suicidal thoughts and drug addiction. He finds success as a salon owner and celebrity stylist to LisaRaye McCoy, Mariah Carey, YoYo, Missy Elliot, DMX, and more. Fueled by his desire for a lavish lifestyle and a drive to take care of those around him, Dwen leads a secret life as the criminal mastermind…

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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