Regeneration

Regeneration

Between duty and destiny, loyalty and love, lies the road to...

Directed by Gillies MacKinnon

Produced by BBC

1997114 min5.5 / 10

A contemplative, historically grounded drama about traumatized WWI poets finding fragile healing and connection in a psychiatric hospital, grappling with duty, trauma, and the cost of war.

Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon, two of England's most important World War I poets are sent, along with other traumatized combatants, to a rest home in order to treat their emotional troubles, caused by the psychological fatigue that suffer the soldiers fighting in the no man's land.

Questions people ask

  • Is Regeneration sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of films.

  • Is Regeneration scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.

  • Does Regeneration end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 61% of films.

  • Is Regeneration violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Regeneration easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

15/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity47

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise3

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love8

How much audiences actually like it

The highest scores in the catalogue →

Ensemble

Like Regeneration

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Regeneration

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Regeneration, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Regeneration, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Regeneration, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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