Hair of the Bear vs The Handmaiden
Hair of the Bear has the higher audience score (10/10 against 8.2/10 for The Handmaiden). Hair of the Bear is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 25m. The Handmaiden is the older of the two (2016 against 2026). Both are drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Hair of the Bear
The Handmaiden| Hair of the Bear | The Handmaiden | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 8.2/10 |
| Year | 2026 | 2016 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 2h 25m |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller | Drama, Romance, Thriller |
| Country | Canada | – |
| Director | Alexandre Trudeau, James McLellan | Park Chan-wook |
| Main cast | Malia Baker, Robert Naylor, Roy Dupuis, Catherine Bérubé, Jonathan Lawrence | Kim Tae-ri, Lee Dong-hwi, Cho Jin-woong, Lee Yong-nyeo, Ha Jung-woo |
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 Handmaiden
1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sookee, is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle Kouzuki. But the maid has a secret. She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese Count to help him seduce the Lady to elope with him, rob her of her fortune, and lock her up in a madhouse. The plan seems to proceed…
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