Gandhi ( film ) - wikipedia Gandhi ( film ) Gandhi Theatrical release poster Directed by Richard Attenborough Produced by Richard Attenborough Written by John Briley Starring Candice Bergen Edward Fox John Gielgud Trevor Howard John Mills Martin Sheen Ben Kingsley Music by Ravi Shankar George Fenton Cinematography Billy Williams Ronnie Taylor Edited by John Bloom Production companies Goldcrest Films International Film Investors National Film Development Corporation of India Indo - British Films Distributed by Columbia Pictures Release date 30 November 1982 ( 1982 - 11 - 30 ) ( New Delhi ) 3 December 1982 ( 1982 - 12 - 03 ) ( United Kingdom ) 10 December 1982 ( 1982 - 12 - 10 ) ( United States ) Running time 191 minutes Country United Kingdom India Language English Budget $22 million Box office $127.8 million Gandhi is a 1982 British - Indian epic historical drama film based on the life of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the leader of India 's non-violent, non-cooperative independence movement against the United Kingdom 's rule of the country during the 20th century. Gandhi was written by John Briley and produced and directed by Richard Attenborough. It stars Ben Kingsley in the title role. The film covers Gandhi 's life from a defining moment in 1893, as he is thrown off a South African train for being in a whites - only compartment, and concludes with his assassination and funeral in 1948. Although a practising Hindu, Gandhi 's embracing of other faiths, particularly Christianity and Islam, is also depicted. Gandhi was released in India on 30 November 1982, in the United Kingdom on 3 December, and in the United States on 10 December. It was nominated for Academy Awards in eleven categories, winning eight, including Best Picture and Best Director for Attenborough, Best Actor for Ben Kingsley, and Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen for Briley. The film was screened retrospectively on 12 August 2016 as the Opening Film at the Independence Day Film Festival jointly presented by the Indian Directorate of Film Festivals and Ministry of Defence, commemorating 70th Indian Independence Day. The screenplay of Gandhi is available as a published book. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 3.1 Casting 4 Release and reception 4.1 Box office 4.2 Critical response 4.3 Awards and nominations 5 See also 6 References 7 External links Plot On 30 January 1948, after an evening prayer, an elderly Gandhi is helped out for his evening walk to meet a large number of greeters and admirers. One visitor, Nathuram Godse, shoots him point blank in the chest. Gandhi exclaims, `` Oh, God ! '', and then falls dead. In 1893, the 23 - year - old Gandhi is thrown off a South African train for being an Indian sitting in a first - class compartment despite having a first - class ticket. Realising the laws are biased against Indians, he then decides to start a nonviolent protest campaign for the rights of all Indians in South Africa. After numerous arrests and unwelcome international attention, the government finally relents by recognising some rights for Indians. In 1915, as a result of his victory in South Africa, Gandhi is invited back to India, where he is now considered something of a national hero. He is urged to take up the fight for India 's independence, ( Swaraj, Quit India ) from the British Empire. Gandhi agrees, and mounts a nonviolent non-cooperation campaign of unprecedented scale, coordinating millions of Indians nationwide. There are some setbacks, such as violence against the protesters and Gandhi 's occasional imprisonment. The 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre is also depicted in the film. Nevertheless, the campaign generates great attention, and Britain faces intense public pressure. In 1930, Gandhi protests against the British - imposed salt tax via the highly symbolic Salt March. He also travels to London for a conference concerning Britain 's possible departure from India ; this, however, proves fruitless. After the Second World War, Britain finally grants Indian independence. Indians celebrate this victory, but their troubles are far from over. The country is subsequently divided by religion. It is decided that the northwest area and the eastern part of India ( current - day Bangladesh ), both places where Muslims are in the majority, will become a new country called Pakistan. It is hoped that by encouraging the Muslims to live in a separate country, violence will abate. Gandhi is opposed to the idea, and is even willing to allow Muhammad Ali Jinnah to become the first prime minister of India, but the Partition of India is carried out nevertheless. Religious tensions between Hindus and Muslims erupt into nationwide violence. Horrified, Gandhi declares a hunger strike, saying he will not eat until the fighting stops. The fighting does stop eventually. Gandhi spends his last days trying to bring about peace between both nations. He thereby angers many dissidents on both sides, one of whom ( Godse ) is involved in a conspiracy to assassinate him. Gandhi is cremated and his ashes are scattered on the holy Ganga. As this happens, viewers hear Gandhi in another voiceover from earlier in the film. Cast Ben Kingsley as Mahatma Gandhi Rohini Hattangadi as Kasturba Gandhi Roshan Seth as Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Saeed Jaffrey as Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Virendra Razdan as Maulana Azad Candice Bergen as Margaret Bourke - White Edward Fox as Brigadier General Reginald Dyer John Gielgud as the 1st Baron Irwin Trevor Howard as Judge R.S. Broomfield, the presiding judge in Gandhi 's sedition trial. John Mills as the 3rd Baron Chelmsford Shane Rimmer as Commentator Martin Sheen as Vince Walker, a fictional journalist based partially on Webb Miller. Ian Charleson as Reverend Charles Freer Andrews Athol Fugard as General Jan Smuts Geraldine James as Mirabehn ( Madeleine Slade ) Alyque Padamsee as Muhammad Ali Jinnah Amrish Puri as Khan ( in South Africa ) Ian Bannen as Senior Officer Fields Richard Griffiths as Collins Nigel Hawthorne as Kinnoch Richard Vernon as Sir Edward Albert Gait, Lieutenant - Governor of Bihar and Orissa Michael Hordern as Sir George Hodge Shreeram Lagoo as Gopal Krishna Gokhale Terrence Hardiman as Ramsay MacDonald Om Puri as Nahari Bernard Hill as Sergeant Putnam Daniel Day - Lewis as Colin, a young man who insults Gandhi and Andrews John Ratzenberger as American Lt. Driver for Bourke - White Pankaj Kapur as Gandhi 's second secretary, Pyarelal Nayyar Anang Desai as Acharya Kripalani Dilsher Singh as Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan ( Frontier Gandhi ) Günther Maria Halmer as Dr. Hermann Kallenbach Peter Harlowe as Lord Louis Mountbatten Harsh Nayyar as Nathuram Godse Supriya Pathak as Manu Neena Gupta as Abha Tom Alter as Doctor at Aga Khan Palace Alok Nath as Tyeb Mohammed Mohan Agashe as Tyeb Mohammed 's Friend Production This film had been Richard Attenborough 's dream project, although two previous attempts at filming had failed. In 1952, Gabriel Pascal secured an agreement with the Prime Minister of India ( Pandit Nehru ) to produce a film of Gandhi 's life. However, Pascal died in 1954 before preparations were completed. In 1962 Attenborough was contacted by Motilal Kothari, an Indian - born civil servant working with the Indian High Commission in London and a devout follower of Gandhi. Kothari insisted that Attenborough meet him to discuss a film about Gandhi. Attenborough agreed, after reading Louis Fischer 's biography of Gandhi and spent the next 18 years attempting to get the film made. He was able to meet prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and his daughter Indira Gandhi through a connection with Lord Louis Mountbatten, the last Viceroy of India. Nehru approved of the film and promised to help support its production, but his death in 1964 was one of the film 's many setbacks. Attenborough would dedicate the film to the memory of Kothari, Mountbatten, and Nehru. David Lean and Sam Spiegel had planned to make a film about Gandhi after completing The Bridge on the River Kwai, reportedly with Alec Guinness as Gandhi. Ultimately, the project was abandoned in favour of Lawrence of Arabia ( 1962 ). Attenborough reluctantly approached Lean with his own Gandhi project in the late 1960s, and Lean agreed to direct the film and offered Attenborough the lead role. Instead Lean began filming Ryan 's Daughter, during which time Motilai Kothari had died and the project fell apart. Attenborough again attempted to resurrect the project in 1976 with backing from Warner Brothers. Then prime minister Indira Gandhi declared a state of emergency in India and shooting would be impossible. Co-producer Rani Dube persuaded prime minister Indira Gandhi to provide the first $10 million from the National Film Development Corporation of India, chaired by D.V.S. Raju at that time, on the back of which the remainder of the funding was finally raised. Finally in 1980 Attenborough was able to secure the remainder of the funding needed to make the film. Screenwriter John Briley had introduced him to Jake Eberts, the chief executive at the new Goldcrest production company that raised approximately two - thirds of the film 's budget. Shooting began on 26 November 1980 and ended on 10 May 1981. Over 300,000 extras were used in the funeral scene, the most for any film according to Guinness World Records. Casting During pre-production, there was much speculation as to who would play the role of Gandhi. The choice was Ben Kingsley, who is partly of Indian heritage ( his father was Gujarati and his birth name is Krishna Bhanji ). Release and reception Gandhi premiered in New Delhi, India on 30 November 1982. Two days later, on 2 December, it had a Royal Premiere at the Odeon Leicester Square in London in the presence of Prince Charles and Princess Diana. The film had a limited release in the US on 8 December 1982, followed by a wider release in January 1983. Box Office In North America, Gandhi grossed a total of US $ 52,767,889. It became the 12th highest - grossing film of 1982 there. Outside of North America, the film grossed US $75 million in the rest of the world. It was the year 's third highest - grossing film outside of North America. In the United Kingdom, the film grossed £ 22.3 million ( $38,955,367 ). It was the year 's highest - grossing film in the United Kingdom, and is one of the top ten highest - grossing British independent films of all time. In India, it was one of the highest - grossing films of all - time ( and the highest for a foreign film ) during the time of its release by earning over ₹ 100 crore or 1 billion rupees. At today 's exchange rate, that amounts to US $14.9 million, still making it one of the highest - grossing imported films in the country. It was shown tax free in Bombay ( known as Mumbai since 1995 ) and Delhi. Critical response Reviews were broadly positive not only domestically ( in India ) but also internationally. The film was discussed or reviewed in Newsweek, Time, the Washington Post, The Public Historian, Cross Currents, The Journal of Asian Studies, Film Quarterly, The Progressive, The Christian Century and elsewhere. Ben Kingsley 's performance was especially praised. Among the few who took a more negative view of the film, historian Lawrence James called it `` pure hagiography '' while anthropologist Akhil Gupta said it `` suffers from tepid direction and a superficial and misleading interpretation of history. '' The film was also criticised by some right - wing commentators who objected to the film 's advocacy of nonviolence, including Pat Buchanan, Emmett Tyrrell, and especially Richard Grenier. In Time, Richard Schickel wrote that in portraying Gandhi 's `` spiritual presence... Kingsley is nothing short of astonishing. '' A `` singular virtue '' of the film is that `` its title figure is also a character in the usual dramatic sense of the term. '' Schickel viewed Attenborough 's directorial style as having `` a conventional handsomeness that is more predictable than enlivening, '' but this `` stylistic self - denial serves to keep one 's attention fastened where it belongs : on a persuasive, if perhaps debatable vision of Gandhi 's spirit, and on the remarkable actor who has caught its light in all its seasons. '' Roger Ebert gave the film four - stars and called it a `` remarkable experience '', and placed it 5th on his 10 best films of 1983. In Newsweek, Jack Kroll stated that `` There are very few movies that absolutely must be seen. Sir Richard Attenborough 's Gandhi is one of them. '' The movie `` deals with a subject of great importance... with a mixture of high intelligence and immediate emotional impact... ( and ) Ben Kingsley... gives what is possibly the most astonishing biographical performance in screen history. '' Kroll stated that the screenplay 's `` least persuasive characters are Gandhi 's Western allies and acolytes '' such as an English cleric and an American journalist, but that `` Attenborough 's ' old - fashioned ' style is exactly right for the no - tricks, no - phony - psychologizing quality he wants. '' Furthermore, Attenborough mounts a powerful challenge to his audience by presenting Gandhi as the most profound and effective of revolutionaries, creating out of a fierce personal discipline a chain reaction that led to tremendous historical consequences. At a time of deep political unrest, economic dislocation and nuclear anxiety, seeing `` Gandhi '' is an experience that will change many minds and hearts. According to the Museum of Broadcast Communications there was `` a cycle of film and television productions which emerged during the first half of the 1980s, which seemed to indicate Britain 's growing preoccupation with India, Empire and a particular aspect of British cultural history ''. In addition to Gandhi, this cycle also included Heat and Dust ( 1983 ), Octopussy ( 1983 ), The Jewel in the Crown ( 1984 ), The Far Pavilions ( 1984 ) and A Passage to India ( 1984 ). Patrick French negatively reviewed the film, writing in The Telegraph : `` An important origin of one myth about Gandhi was Richard Attenborough 's 1982 film. Take the episode when the newly arrived Gandhi is ejected from a first - class railway carriage at Pietermaritzburg after a white passenger objects to sharing space with a `` coolie '' ( an Indian indentured labourer ). In fact, Gandhi 's demand to be allowed to travel first - class was accepted by the railway company. Rather than marking the start of a campaign against racial oppression, as legend has it, this episode was the start of a campaign to extend racial segregation in South Africa. Gandhi was adamant that `` respectable Indians '' should not be obliged to use the same facilities as `` raw Kaffirs ''. He petitioned the authorities in the port city of Durban, where he practised law, to end the indignity of making Indians use the same entrance to the post office as blacks, and counted it a victory when three doors were introduced : one for Europeans, one for Asiatics and one for Natives. '' Richard Grenier in his 1983 article, The Gandhi Nobody Knows, which was also the title of the book of the same name and topic, also criticised the film, arguing it misportrayed him as a `` saint ''. He also alleged the Indian government admitted to financing about a third of the film 's budget. Grenier 's book later became an inspiration for G.B. Singh 's book Gandhi : Behind the Mask of Divinity. Parts of the book also discuss the film negatively. Singh, a long term critic of Gandhi, also went on to co-author Gandhi Under Cross Examination with Timothy Watson. In the DVD edition of the 1998 film Jinnah, the director 's commentary of the film makes mention of the 1982 film. In the commentary, both Sir Christopher Lee, who portrayed the older Muhammed Ali Jinnah, and director Jamil Dehlavi criticised the film Gandhi for its portrayal of Jinnah, arguing it to be demonising and historically inaccurate. Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes retrospectively collected 53 reviews and judged 85 % of them to be positive, with an average rating of 8 / 10. The website 's critical consensus reads : `` Director Richard Attenborough is typically sympathetic and sure - handed, but it 's Ben Kingsley 's magnetic performance that acts as the linchpin for this sprawling, lengthy biopic. '' Metacritic gave the film a score of 79 out of 100 based on 16 critical reviews, indicating `` generally favorable reviews ''. CinemaScore reported that audiences gave the film a rare `` A + '' grade. In 2010, the Independent Film & Television Alliance selected the film as one of the 30 Most Significant Independent Films of the last 30 years Awards and nominations Award Recipients and nominees Result 55th Academy Awards Academy Award for Best Picture Richard Attenborough Won Academy Award for Best Director Richard Attenborough Won Academy Award for Best Actor Ben Kingsley Won Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen John Briley Won Academy Award for Best Original Score Ravi Shankar and George Fenton Nominated Academy Award for Best Sound Gerry Humphreys, Robin O'Donoghue, Jonathan Bates and Simon Kaye Nominated Academy Award for Best Art Direction Art Direction : Stuart Craig and Robert W. Laing ; Set Decoration : Michael Seirton Won Academy Award for Best Cinematography Billy Williams and Ronnie Taylor Won Academy Award for Best Makeup Tom Smith Nominated Academy Award for Best Costume Design John Mollo and Bhanu Athaiya Won Academy Award for Best Film Editing John Bloom Won American Cinema Editors American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film -- Dramatic John Bloom Won 36th British Academy Film Awards BAFTA Award for Best Film Richard Attenborough Won BAFTA Award for Best Direction BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Ben Kingsley Won BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay John Briley Nominated BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Edward Fox Nominated Roshan Seth Nominated BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Candice Bergen Nominated Rohini Hattangadi Won BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer Ben Kingsley Won BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography Billy Williams, Ronnie Taylor Nominated BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design John Mollo, Bhanu Athaiya Nominated BAFTA Award for Best Editing John Bloom Nominated BAFTA Award for Best Makeup Tom Smith Nominated BAFTA Award for Best Production Design Stuart Craig Nominated BAFTA Award for Best Film Music Ravi Shankar, George Fenton Nominated BAFTA Award for Best Sound Gerry Humphreys, Robin O'Donoghue, Jonathan Bates, Simon Kaye Nominated British Society of Cinematographers Billy Williams, Ronnie Taylor Won David di Donatello Awards David di Donatello for Best Foreign Film Richard Attenborough Won David di Donatello for Best Foreign Producer David di Donatello European David Directors Guild of America Award Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing -- Feature Film Richard Attenborough Won Evening Standard British Film Awards Best Actor Ben Kingsley Won 40th Golden Globe Awards Golden Globe Award for Best Director Richard Attenborough Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actor -- Motion Picture Drama Ben Kingsley Won Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Film Richard Attenborough Won Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay John Briley Won Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year -- Actor Ben Kingsley Won 26th Grammy Awards Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Ravi Shankar, George Fenton Nominated Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards 1982 Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Ben Kingsley Won London Film Critics ' Circle London Film Critics Circle Award for Actor of the Year Ben Kingsley Won Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 1982 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Film Richard Attenborough 2nd place Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Director Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Ben Kingsley Won National Board of Review Awards 1982 National Board of Review Award for Best Film Richard Attenborough Won National Board of Review : Top Ten Films Won National Board of Review Award for Best Actor Ben Kingsley Won National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor Ben Kingsley 2nd place 1982 New York Film Critics Circle Awards New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film Richard Attenborough Won New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Ben Kingsley Won See also BFI Top 100 British films List of artistic depictions of Mahatma Gandhi List of Indian Academy Award winners and nominees List of historical drama films of Asia References Jump up ^ `` Gandhi ''. British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 9 January 2015. ^ Jump up to : `` Gandhi ( 1982 ) - Box Office Data, DVD and Blu - ray Sales, Movie News, Cast and Crew Information ''. The Numbers. Retrieved 27 January 2015. Jump up ^ `` Gandhi ''. Box Office Mojo. 10 December 1982. Retrieved 22 January 2017. Jump up ^ http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/pune-a-film-festival-that-celebrates-freedom2962539/ Jump up ^ http://dff.nic.in/70thIndependance_Day/70_Saal_Independance_Day.pdf Jump up ^ Briley, John ( 1982 ). Gandhi : The Screenplay. London : Duckworth. ISBN 0 - 7156 - 1708 - 7. ^ Jump up to : Briley, John ( 1983 ). Gandhi : The Screenplay. New York : Grove Press. ISBN 0 - 394 - 62471 - 8. Jump up ^ pp. 21 -- 24, Briley ( 1983 ). Jump up ^ Briley ( 1983 ), p. 54, represents Gandhi 's final victory in South Africa by depicting General Smuts as telling Gandhi, `` a Royal Commission to ' investigate ' the new legislation... I think I could guarantee they would recommend the Act be repealed... You yourself are free from this moment. ''. Jump up ^ Second World War is alluded to in three scenes in the film. Briley ( 1983 ) first presents Gandhi, soon after his return from London in the early 1930, as saying `` They are preparing for war. I will not support it, but I do not intend to take advantage of their danger '' ( p. 146 ). Second, after war is underway ( as indicated by a newspaper headline ), Gandhi is prevented by the British from speaking when he says he will `` speak against war '' ( p. 147 ) ; Kasturba then tells the British : `` If you take my husband, I intend to speak in his place '' ( p. 147 ), although she too is prevented from speaking. Third, Margaret Bourke - White and Gandhi discuss whether nonviolence could be effective against Hitler ( Gandhi says : `` What you can not do is accept injustice. From Hitler -- or anyone... '', p. 151 ). Jump up ^ The British commitment to support Indian independence is indicated in the first scene set after WWII, in which Mountbatten arrives at Delhi Airport and then, in press conference, announces : `` We have come to crown victory with friendship -- to assist at the birth of an independent India and to welcome her as an equal member in the British Commonwealth of Nations... I am here to see that I am the last British Viceroy '' ( Briley, 1983, p. 155 ). Jump up ^ Briley ( 1983 ), Gandhi to Jinnah : `` I am asking Panditji to stand down. I want you to be the first Prime Minister of India '' ( p. 158 ). Jump up ^ In Briley ( 1983 ), Gandhi mentions he is on a `` fast '' ( p. 168 ), and later says that he wants `` That the fighting will stop -- that you make me believe it will never start again '' ( p. 172 ). Jump up ^ Briley ( 1983 ), p. 179. Jump up ^ Briley ( 1983 ), p. 180 ; in the movie / screenplay, the river is not identified. Jump up ^ See Pascal, Valerie ( 1970 ). 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Jump up ^ Ebert 's 10 Best Lists : 1967 to Present. Roger Ebert of The Chicago Sun - Times via the Internet Archive. Retrieved 18 October 2016. Jump up ^ JEWEL IN THE CROWN, Museum of Broadcast Communication Jump up ^ `` Gandhi, film review : ' amazing epic ' ''. Martin Chilton. The Telegraph. Jump up ^ `` The Gandhi Nobody Knows ''. Richard Grenier. Commentary magazine. Jump up ^ `` Gandhi ( 1985 ) ''. Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved March 1, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Gandhi Reviews ''. Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 1, 2018. Jump up ^ Pamela McClintock ( 19 August 2011 ). `` Why CinemaScore Matters for Box Office ''. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 14 September 2016. Jump up ^ `` UPDATE : How `` Toxic '' Is IFTA 's Best Indies ? ``. Deadline. Retrieved 23 January 2017. Jump up ^ `` The 55th Academy Awards ( 1983 ) Nominees and Winners ''. oscars.org. Retrieved 2011 - 10 - 09. Further reading Attenborough, Richard. 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What a Lovely War ( 1969 ) Young Winston ( 1972 ) A Bridge Too Far ( 1977 ) Magic ( 1978 ) Gandhi ( 1982 ) A Chorus Line ( 1985 ) Cry Freedom ( 1987 ) Chaplin ( 1992 ) Shadowlands ( 1993 ) In Love and War ( 1996 ) Grey Owl ( 1999 ) Closing the Ring ( 2007 ) Family Sheila Sim ( wife ) Michael Attenborough ( son ) Frederick Attenborough ( father ) David Attenborough ( brother ) John Attenborough ( brother ) Awards for Gandhi Academy Award for Best Picture 1927 / 28 -- 1950 Wings ( 1927 / 28 ) The Broadway Melody ( 1928 / 29 ) All Quiet on the Western Front ( 1929 / 30 ) Cimarron ( 1930 / 31 ) Grand Hotel ( 1931 / 32 ) Cavalcade ( 1932 / 33 ) It Happened One Night ( 1934 ) Mutiny on the Bounty ( 1935 ) The Great Ziegfeld ( 1936 ) The Life of Emile Zola ( 1937 ) You Ca n't Take It with You ( 1938 ) Gone with the Wind ( 1939 ) Rebecca ( 1940 ) How Green Was My Valley ( 1941 ) Mrs. Miniver ( 1942 ) Casablanca ( 1943 ) Going My Way ( 1944 ) The Lost Weekend ( 1945 ) The Best Years of Our Lives ( 1946 ) Gentleman 's Agreement ( 1947 ) Hamlet ( 1948 ) All the King 's Men ( 1949 ) All About Eve ( 1950 ) 1951 -- 1975 An American in Paris ( 1951 ) The Greatest Show on Earth ( 1952 ) From Here to Eternity ( 1953 ) On the Waterfront ( 1954 ) Marty ( 1955 ) Around the World in 80 Days ( 1956 ) The Bridge on the River Kwai ( 1957 ) Gigi ( 1958 ) Ben - Hur ( 1959 ) The Apartment ( 1960 ) West Side Story ( 1961 ) Lawrence of Arabia ( 1962 ) Tom Jones ( 1963 ) My Fair Lady ( 1964 ) The Sound of Music ( 1965 ) A Man for All Seasons ( 1966 ) In the Heat of the Night ( 1967 ) Oliver ! ( 1968 ) Midnight Cowboy ( 1969 ) Patton ( 1970 ) The French Connection ( 1971 ) The Godfather ( 1972 ) The Sting ( 1973 ) The Godfather Part II ( 1974 ) One Flew Over the Cuckoo 's Nest ( 1975 ) 1976 -- 2000 Rocky ( 1976 ) Annie Hall ( 1977 ) The Deer Hunter ( 1978 ) Kramer vs. Kramer ( 1979 ) Ordinary People ( 1980 ) Chariots of Fire ( 1981 ) Gandhi ( 1982 ) Terms of Endearment ( 1983 ) Amadeus ( 1984 ) Out of Africa ( 1985 ) Platoon ( 1986 ) The Last Emperor ( 1987 ) Rain Man ( 1988 ) Driving Miss Daisy ( 1989 ) Dances with Wolves ( 1990 ) The Silence of the Lambs ( 1991 ) Unforgiven ( 1992 ) Schindler 's List ( 1993 ) Forrest Gump ( 1994 ) Braveheart ( 1995 ) The English Patient ( 1996 ) Titanic ( 1997 ) Shakespeare in Love ( 1998 ) American Beauty ( 1999 ) Gladiator ( 2000 ) 2001 -- present A Beautiful Mind ( 2001 ) Chicago ( 2002 ) The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King ( 2003 ) Million Dollar Baby ( 2004 ) Crash ( 2005 ) The Departed ( 2006 ) No Country for Old Men ( 2007 ) Slumdog Millionaire ( 2008 ) The Hurt Locker ( 2009 ) The King 's Speech ( 2010 ) The Artist ( 2011 ) Argo ( 2012 ) 12 Years a Slave ( 2013 ) Birdman or : ( The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance ) ( 2014 ) Spotlight ( 2015 ) Moonlight ( 2016 ) The Shape of Water ( 2017 ) BAFTA Award for Best Film 1940s The Best Years of Our Lives ( 1947 ) Hamlet ( 1948 ) Bicycle Thieves ( 1949 ) 1950s All About Eve ( 1950 ) La Ronde ( 1951 ) The Sound Barrier ( 1952 ) Forbidden Games ( 1953 ) The Wages of Fear ( 1954 ) Richard III ( 1955 ) Gervaise ( 1956 ) The Bridge on the River Kwai ( 1957 ) Room at the Top ( 1958 ) Ben - Hur ( 1959 ) 1960s The Apartment ( 1960 ) Ballad of a Soldier ( 1961 ) The Hustler ( 1961 ) Lawrence of Arabia ( 1962 ) Tom Jones ( 1963 ) Dr. Strangelove or : How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb ( 1964 ) My Fair Lady ( 1965 ) Who 's Afraid of Virginia Woolf ? ( 1966 ) A Man for All Seasons ( 1967 ) The Graduate ( 1968 ) Midnight Cowboy ( 1969 ) 1970s Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ( 1970 ) Sunday Bloody Sunday ( 1971 ) Cabaret ( 1972 ) Day for Night ( 1973 ) Lacombe, Lucien ( 1974 ) Alice Does n't Live Here Anymore ( 1975 ) One Flew Over the Cuckoo 's Nest ( 1976 ) Annie Hall ( 1977 ) Julia ( 1978 ) Manhattan ( 1979 ) 1980s The Elephant Man ( 1980 ) Chariots of Fire ( 1981 ) Gandhi ( 1982 ) Educating Rita ( 1983 ) The Killing Fields ( 1984 ) The Purple Rose of Cairo ( 1985 ) A Room with a View ( 1986 ) Jean de Florette ( 1987 ) The Last Emperor ( 1988 ) Dead Poets Society ( 1989 ) 1990s Goodfellas ( 1990 ) The Commitments ( 1991 ) Howards End ( 1992 ) Schindler 's List ( 1993 ) Four Weddings and a Funeral ( 1994 ) Sense and Sensibility ( 1995 ) The English Patient ( 1996 ) The Full Monty ( 1997 ) Shakespeare in Love ( 1998 ) American Beauty ( 1999 ) 2000s Gladiator ( 2000 ) The Lord of the Rings : The Fellowship of the Ring ( 2001 ) The Pianist ( 2002 ) The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King ( 2003 ) The Aviator ( 2004 ) Brokeback Mountain ( 2005 ) The Queen ( 2006 ) Atonement ( 2007 ) Slumdog Millionaire ( 2008 ) The Hurt Locker ( 2009 ) 2010s The King 's Speech ( 2010 ) The Artist ( 2011 ) Argo ( 2012 ) 12 Years a Slave ( 2013 ) Boyhood ( 2014 ) The Revenant ( 2015 ) La La Land ( 2016 ) Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri ( 2017 ) Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film Foreign Film -- Foreign Language 1965 -- 1972 Juliet of the Spirits ( 1965 ) A Man and a Woman ( 1966 ) Live for Life ( 1967 ) War and Peace ( 1968 ) Z ( 1969 ) Rider on the Rain ( 1970 ) The Policeman ( 1971 ) The Emigrants ( 1972 ) The New Land ( 1972 ) Foreign Film 1973 -- 1985 The Pedestrian ( 1973 ) Scenes from a Marriage ( 1974 ) Lies My Father Told Me ( 1975 ) Face to Face ( 1976 ) A Special Day ( 1977 ) Autumn Sonata ( 1978 ) La Cage aux Folles ( 1979 ) Tess ( 1980 ) Chariots of Fire ( 1981 ) Gandhi ( 1982 ) Fanny and Alexander ( 1983 ) A Passage to India ( 1984 ) The Official Story ( 1985 ) Foreign Language Film 1986 -- present The Assault ( 1986 ) My Life as a Dog ( 1987 ) Pelle the Conqueror ( 1988 ) Cinema Paradiso ( 1989 ) Cyrano de Bergerac ( 1990 ) Europa Europa ( 1991 ) Indochine ( 1992 ) Farewell My Concubine ( 1993 ) Farinelli ( 1994 ) Les Misérables ( 1995 ) Kolya ( 1996 ) Ma vie en rose ( 1997 ) Central Station ( 1998 ) All About My Mother ( 1999 ) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ( 2000 ) No Man 's Land ( 2001 ) Talk to Her ( 2002 ) Osama ( 2003 ) The Sea Inside ( 2004 ) Paradise Now ( 2005 ) Letters from Iwo Jima ( 2006 ) The Diving Bell and the Butterfly ( 2007 ) Waltz with Bashir ( 2008 ) The White Ribbon ( 2009 ) In a Better World ( 2010 ) A Separation ( 2011 ) Amour ( 2012 ) The Great Beauty ( 2013 ) Leviathan ( 2014 ) Son of Saul ( 2015 ) Elle ( 2016 ) In the Fade ( 2017 ) Indian Independence Movement History Colonisation Porto Grande de Bengala Dutch Bengal East India Company British Raj French India Portuguese India Battle of Plassey Battle of Buxar Anglo - Mysore Wars First Second Third Fourth Anglo - Maratha Wars First Second Third Polygar Wars Vellore Mutiny First Anglo - Sikh War Second Anglo - Sikh War Sannyasi Rebellion Rebellion of 1857 Radcliffe Line more Philosophies and ideologies Ambedkarism Gandhism Hindu nationalism Indian nationalism Khilafat Movement Muslim nationalism in South Asia Satyagraha Socialism Swadeshi movement Swaraj Events and movements Partition of Bengal ( 1905 ) Partition of Bengal ( 1947 ) Revolutionaries Direct Action Day Delhi - Lahore Conspiracy The Indian Sociologist Singapore Mutiny Hindu -- German Conspiracy Champaran Satyagraha Kheda Satyagraha Rowlatt Committee Rowlatt Bills Jallianwala Bagh massacre Noakhali riots Non-Cooperation Movement Christmas Day Plot Coolie - Begar Movement Chauri Chaura incident, 1922 Kakori conspiracy Qissa Khwani Bazaar massacre Flag Satyagraha Bardoli 1928 Protests Nehru Report Fourteen Points of Jinnah Purna Swaraj Salt March Dharasana Satyagraha Vedaranyam March Chittagong armoury raid Gandhi -- Irwin Pact Round table conferences Act of 1935 Aundh Experiment Indian Legion Cripps Mission Quit India Bombay Mutiny Coup d'état of Yanaon Provisional Government of India Independence Day Praja Mandala movement Organisations All India Kisan Sabha All - India Muslim League Anushilan Samiti Arya Samaj Azad Hind Berlin Committee Ghadar Party Hindustan Socialist Republican Association Indian National Congress India House Indian Home Rule movement Indian Independence League Indian National Army Jugantar Khaksar Tehrik Khudai Khidmatgar Swaraj Party more Social reformers A. Vaidyanatha Iyer Ayya Vaikundar Ayyankali B.R. Ambedkar Baba Amte Bal Gangadhar Tilak Dayananda Saraswati Dhondo Keshav Karve G. Subramania Iyer Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty Gopal Ganesh Agarkar Gopal Hari Deshmukh Gopaldas Ambaidas Desai Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar J.B. Kripalani Jyotirao Phule Kandukuri Veeresalingam Mahadev Govind Ranade Mahatma Gandhi Muthulakshmi Reddi Narayana Guru Niralamba Swami Pandita Ramabai Periyar E.V. Ramasamy Ram Mohan Roy Rettamalai Srinivasan Sahajanand Saraswati Savitribai Phule Shahu Sister Nivedita Sri Aurobindo Syed Ahmad Khan Vakkom Moulavi Vinayak Damodar Savarkar Vinoba Bhave Vitthal Ramji Shinde Vivekananda Independence activists Abul Kalam Azad Accamma Cherian Achyut Patwardhan A.K. 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Question: how many oscars did the movie gandhi won
Answer: eight