Hair of the Bear vs The Friend
Hair of the Bear has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.7/10 for The Friend). Hair of the Bear is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 59m. The Friend is the older of the two (2025 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Hair of the Bear
The Friend| Hair of the Bear | The Friend | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.7/10 |
| Year | 2026 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 59m |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller | Drama |
| Country | Canada | – |
| Director | Alexandre Trudeau, James McLellan | David Siegel, Scott McGehee |
| Main cast | Malia Baker, Robert Naylor, Roy Dupuis, Catherine Bérubé, Jonathan Lawrence | Carla Gugino, Felix Solis, Noma Dumezweni, Bill Murray, Owen Teague |
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 Friend
New York City writer Iris finds her comfortable, solitary life thrown into disarray after her closest friend and mentor bequeaths her a Great Dane named Apollo. The huge dog immediately creates practical problems for Iris, from furniture destruction to eviction notices, as well as more existential ones. Yet as Iris finds herself unexpectedly bonding with Apollo, she begins to come to terms with her past, and her own creative inner life.
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