“There are few movies that absolutely must be seen… Gandhi is one of them.” —Newsweek
At the time of its release, the New York Times optimistically predicted that Richard Attenborough’s film Gandhi would “bring Gandhi to the attention of a lot of people around the world for the first time, not as a saint but as a self-searching, sometimes fallible human being with a sense of humor as well as of history.” After more than 30 years and countless awards—including eight Oscars—the film remains a cinematic masterpiece.