Hair of the Bear vs Misery

Hair of the Bear has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.7/10 for Misery). Hair of the Bear is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 47m. Misery is the older of the two (1990 against 2026). Both are drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Hair of the Bear posterHair of the Bear2026 VS Misery posterMisery1990
Hair of the BearMisery
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 7.7/10
Year20261990
Length1h 32m1h 47m
GenresDrama, ThrillerDrama, Thriller
CountryCanada–
DirectorAlexandre Trudeau, James McLellanRob Reiner
Main castMalia Baker, Robert Naylor, Roy Dupuis, Catherine Bérubé, Jonathan LawrenceKathy Bates, James Caan, Rob Reiner, Richard Farnsworth, Lauren Bacall

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.

Misery

After an accident, acclaimed novelist Paul Sheldon is rescued by a nurse who claims to be his biggest fan. Her obsession takes a dark turn when she holds him captive in her remote Colorado home and forces him to write back to life the popular literary character he killed off.

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