Hair of the Bear vs Joy
Hair of the Bear has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.9/10 for Joy). Hair of the Bear is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 55m. Joy is the older of the two (2024 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Hair of the Bear
Joy| Hair of the Bear | Joy | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.9/10 |
| Year | 2026 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 55m |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller | Drama |
| Country | Canada | – |
| Director | Alexandre Trudeau, James McLellan | Ben Taylor |
| Main cast | Malia Baker, Robert Naylor, Roy Dupuis, Catherine Bérubé, Jonathan Lawrence | Bill Nighy, James Norton, Charlie Murphy, Thomasin McKenzie, Rish Shah |
Synopsis
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.
Joy
A young nurse, a visionary scientist and an innovative surgeon face opposition from the church, state, media and medical establishment, in their pursuit of the world’s first ‘test tube baby’, Louise Joy Brown.
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