Hair of the Bear vs The Kidnapping of Arabella
Hair of the Bear has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.5/10 for The Kidnapping of Arabella). Hair of the Bear is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 47m. The Kidnapping of Arabella is the older of the two (2025 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Hair of the Bear
The Kidnapping of Arabella| Hair of the Bear | The Kidnapping of Arabella | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.5/10 |
| Year | 2026 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 47m |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller | Drama |
| Country | Canada | – |
| Director | Alexandre Trudeau, James McLellan | Carolina Cavalli |
| Main cast | Malia Baker, Robert Naylor, Roy Dupuis, Catherine Bérubé, Jonathan Lawrence | Monica Nappo, Benedetta Porcaroli, Chris Pine, Roberto Zibetti, Roberta da Soller |
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 Kidnapping of Arabella
Holly spends days at her dead-end job fantasizing about holes in the space-time continuum and wondering where her life went wrong. When she meets Arabella, an eight-year-old rebel hoping to run away from her self-absorbed author father, Holly becomes convinced their meeting is a cosmic sign, and that Arabella is, in fact, her past self sent back for a second chance. The two embark on an unconventional road trip between two lost souls who might…
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