Hair of the Bear vs Pike River
Hair of the Bear has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.7/10 for Pike River). Hair of the Bear is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 11m. Pike River is the older of the two (2025 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Hair of the Bear
Pike River| Hair of the Bear | Pike River | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.7/10 |
| Year | 2026 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 2h 11m |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller | Drama |
| Country | Canada | New Zealand |
| Director | Alexandre Trudeau, James McLellan | Robert Sarkies |
| Main cast | Malia Baker, Robert Naylor, Roy Dupuis, Catherine Bérubé, Jonathan Lawrence | Melanie Lynskey, Richard Crouchley, Elizabeth Hawthorne, Robyn Malcolm, Erroll Shand |
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.
Pike River
In the aftermath of an explosion that rocked the Pike River Mine and took the lives of 29 West Coasters, two women step up to fight for accountability.
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