Hair of the Bear vs The Surfer
Hair of the Bear has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.9/10 for The Surfer). Hair of the Bear is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 40m. The Surfer is the older of the two (2025 against 2026). Both are drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Hair of the Bear
The Surfer| Hair of the Bear | The Surfer | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 5.9/10 |
| Year | 2026 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 40m |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller | Drama, Thriller |
| Country | Canada | – |
| Director | Alexandre Trudeau, James McLellan | Lorcan Finnegan |
| Main cast | Malia Baker, Robert Naylor, Roy Dupuis, Catherine Bérubé, Jonathan Lawrence | Finn Little, Justin Rosniak, Nicolas Cage, Rahel Romahn, Charlotte Maggi |
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 Surfer
A man returns to the idyllic beach of his childhood to surf with his son. When he is humiliated by a group of locals, the man is drawn into a conflict that keeps rising and pushes him to his breaking point.
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