Steven Markovitz

Co-founder, Encounters Festival

South Africa

Voted in the critics’ poll

Voted for

8½	1963	Federico Fellini
Apocalypse Now	1979	Francis Ford Coppola
Blue Velvet	1986	David Lynch
City of God	2002	Fernando Meirelles
Piano, The	1992	Jane Campion
Raging Bull	1980	Martin Scorsese
Seven Samurai	1954	Akira Kurosawa
Vertigo	1958	Alfred Hitchcock
White Ribbon, The	2009	Michael Haneke
Xala	1974	Ousmane Sembene

Comments

There are many films I would have liked to have on this list but being forced to narrow it down to ten meant saying goodbye to many brilliant films. My top ten list represents films that have had a big impact on my view of cinema and reflect world views of great importance. All these filmmakers are masters. I really wanted to include Exit Through the Gift Shop (Banksy) to take a provocative bet on the future, but it is very hard to choose a recent film when you are up against these masters.