Hair of the Bear vs The Absent One
Hair of the Bear has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7/10 for The Absent One). Hair of the Bear is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 56m. The Absent One is the older of the two (2014 against 2026). Both are thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Hair of the Bear | The Absent One | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 2026 | 2014 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 56m |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller | Thriller |
| Country | Canada | – |
| Director | Alexandre Trudeau, James McLellan | Mikkel Nørgaard |
| Main cast | Malia Baker, Robert Naylor, Roy Dupuis, Catherine Bérubé, Jonathan Lawrence | Marco Ilsø, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, David Dencik, Peter Christoffersen |
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.
The Absent One
Denmark, 2014. A former police officer asks Carl Mørck, head of Department Q, to find out who brutally killed his young twins in 1994. Although a local inhabitant confessed and was convicted of murder, Carl and his partner Assad soon realize that there is something in the case resolution that is terribly wrong.
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