Hair of the Bear vs The Motive

Hair of the Bear has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.2/10 for The Motive). Hair of the Bear is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 44m. The Motive is the older of the two (2017 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Hair of the Bear posterHair of the Bear2026 VS The Motive posterThe Motive2017
Hair of the BearThe Motive
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 6.2/10
Year20262017
Length1h 32m1h 44m
GenresDrama, ThrillerDrama
CountryCanadaMexico
DirectorAlexandre Trudeau, James McLellanManuel Martín Cuenca
Main castMalia Baker, Robert Naylor, Roy Dupuis, Catherine Bérubé, Jonathan LawrenceAdriana Paz, Tenoch Huerta Mejía, Javier Gutiérrez, Antonio de la Torre, Adelfa Calvo

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 Motive

Álvaro, a man obsessed with the idea of writing what he brands as “high literature,” manipulates the lives and feelings of the people around him to write about the consequences caused by his devious acts.

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