Hair of the Bear vs The Bookshop
Hair of the Bear has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.5/10 for The Bookshop). Hair of the Bear is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 50m. The Bookshop is the older of the two (2017 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Hair of the Bear
The Bookshop| Hair of the Bear | The Bookshop | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.5/10 |
| Year | 2026 | 2017 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 50m |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller | Drama |
| Country | Canada | Germany |
| Director | Alexandre Trudeau, James McLellan | Isabel Coixet |
| Main cast | Malia Baker, Robert Naylor, Roy Dupuis, Catherine Bérubé, Jonathan Lawrence | Patricia Clarkson, Frances Barber, Bill Nighy, Charlotte Vega, Emily Mortimer |
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 Bookshop
Set in a small English town in 1959, a woman decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop, a decision which becomes a political minefield.
Where to watch
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