Regeneration (1998) *

While the blitzkriegs of WWII make for dynamic war movies, the static trench warfare of WWI seems better suited for anti-war allegories. This heavy and depressing drama, set in a Scottish sanatorium for shell-shocked soldiers in 1917, makes its pacifistic point with all the ponderousness required. With pro-war movies so exciting, and anti-war movies so dreary, no wonder armies never lack eager volunteers.