18. "William Wyler isn't more well loved because he reads as a company man" In response to In response to 17
Him, Curtiz, and Hawks all sort of fit the mold "welp, that's what i'm doing this week" directors, but for some reason Hawks is the one that later generations latched on to, and let's be real, artists are the taste makers of the past.
As for a single pick, I'd have to go through the whole month for just one so... gimme time.
Of those three, prolly The Best Years Of Our Lives just because it's a movie I've referenced a lot to people I know recently for reasons I cannot explain.