So you want to make a list?

Terry Teachout posts his list of the 15 best sound films previous to the American new wave of the 1970s. Not being one to be shy with my opinion, I join the fray with a list of my own. Some are duplicated on Terry's, some are not.
In no particular order...

• The Maltese Falcon


• Citizen Kane


• The Searchers


• Out of the Past


• Singin' in the Rain


• Double Indemnity


• Vertigo


• The Wizard of Oz


• The Philadelphia Story


• Sullivan's Travels


• Duck Soup


• Casablanca


• The Adventures of Robin Hood


• It Happened One Night


• Touch of Evil

Perhaps Terry can also give us his best of post-1970.

My top 5 would be

• The Godfather


• The Godfather part 2


• Taxi Driver


• Annie Hall


• Chinatown

I also think it is interesting that given the criteria Terry defines of pre 70's, he nor I have much to say about the 1960s, in which there were some good movies, but not quite good enough to make my list. And equally, I could have doubled or tripled my list of post-1970 films without ever leaving that decade.

So not to let a good meme go bad, I toss this to pal George. What are your 15 faves befor 1970 and 5 faves after 1970?