Hair of the Bear vs Oslo, August 31st

Hair of the Bear has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.5/10 for Oslo, August 31st). Oslo, August 31st is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 32m. Oslo, August 31st is the older of the two (2011 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Hair of the Bear posterHair of the Bear2026 VS Oslo, August 31st posterOslo, August 31st2011
Hair of the BearOslo, August 31st
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 7.5/10
Year20262011
Length1h 32m1h 30m
GenresDrama, ThrillerDrama
CountryCanada–
DirectorAlexandre Trudeau, James McLellanJoachim Trier
Main castMalia Baker, Robert Naylor, Roy Dupuis, Catherine Bérubé, Jonathan LawrenceRenate Reinsve, Øystein Røger, Anders Danielsen Lie, Malin Crépin, Hans Olav Brenner

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.

Oslo, August 31st

A recovering drug addict is granted a day’s leave from rehab and returns to Oslo, where he reconnects with friends, faces the weight of his past, and struggles with uncertainty about his future. Over the course of one day, he drifts through encounters that reflect his longing for connection and his deep sense of alienation.

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