The Next Reel | Best Directorial Debuts Ever? Our Top 5 Movie Countdown + Backrooms Review

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🗓️ 3 June 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

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On this episode of The Next Reel, hosts Lance Taylor and Tyler Johns dive into a packed movie and streaming conversation before counting down their Top 5 favorite directorial debut films of all time. The episode begins with Lance and Tyler breaking down their latest theater and streaming viewings, including the Alabama-made horror hit Obsession, the viral horror phenomenon Backrooms, the highly recommended Project Hail Mary, the dark Apple TV comedy Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed, the Clint Eastwood cult classic Any Which Way But Loose, and Tyler’s premium theater experience watching The Mandalorian. Then, the guys shift into a movie countdown built for serious film fans: the greatest first films from legendary directors. Which debut movies made the list? Which iconic filmmakers started their careers with a masterpiece? And who had the better Top 5: Lance Taylor or Tyler Johns? From horror and crime thrillers to animation, action, drama, and classic cinema, this episode of The Next Reel is full of film debate, movie history, streaming recommendations, theater reactions, and passionate picks for anyone who loves movies. Drop your own list of the best directorial debut films in the comments! 👍 Like this video 🎬 Subscribe to The Next Round for more episodes of The Next Reel 🍿 Comment with your favorite first film from a famous director #TheNextReel #MovieReview #FilmPodcast #DirectorialDebuts #Top5Movies #BestMovies #Cinema #MovieCountdown #HorrorMovies #Backrooms #ObsessionMovie #ProjectHailMary #TheMandalorian #StreamingRecommendations #FilmHistory SUBSCRIBE: @NextRoundLive - / @nextroundlive FOLLOW TNR ON SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/7zlofzLZht7dYxjNcBNpWN FOLLOW TNR ON APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-round/id1797862560 WEBSITE: https://nextroundlive.com/ MOBILE APP: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-next-round/id1580807480 SHOP THE NEXT ROUND STORE: https://nextround.store/ Like TNR on Facebook: / nextroundlive Follow TNR on Twitter: / nextroundlive Follow TNR on Instagram: / nextroundlive Follow everyone from the show on Twitter: Jim Dunaway: / jimdunaway Ryan Brown: / ryanbrownlive Lance Taylor: / thelancetaylor Scott Forester: / scottforestertv Tyler Johns: /TylerJohnsTNR Brooks Carter: /BrooksACarter Sponsor the show: sales@nextroundlive.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, welcome into another edition of The Next Real with Tyler Johns. I'm Lance Taylor from the next round,
0:03.9	where we talk entertainment, specifically movies. We give you guys typically a list every single
0:08.7	week. We love your feedback, like, subscribe, give us a thumbs up. We would appreciate that.
0:12.9	We always start every single week with what we have been watching. What have you been watching?
0:18.1	So I was out of town, so I was able to just get a couple quick viewings at the theater
0:25.6	over the weekend.
0:26.6	I saw Mandalorian again because that was just a fun adventure, wanted to catch it in the
0:30.6	prime theater and take advantage of the great sound system there.
0:35.6	Went to see Obsession again.
0:38.0	That's from the Alabama filmmaker, Curry Barker, and it has been absolutely killing it
0:43.5	at the box office.
0:44.7	Third weekend, it got a 10% gain, which is almost unheard of.
0:50.5	That is just growing week over week.
0:53.3	It's just getting such good word of mouth
0:55.2	buzz and people are enjoying it. So it's well worth the watch, right? Definitely. Every
1:02.3	screening I've gone to sold out. I've had to push times around to just get in to see the
1:09.1	thing. And the only supernatural element typically is what he
1:14.0	wishes for, right? Yeah. I mean, so not a lot of jump scares, well written, acted. Very well
1:21.7	written, very well acted. It's funny at points and it's terrifying at other points.
1:29.3	Okay, so you think it is, is it, do I need to see in the theater or can I wait and pick it up on streaming, which I typically do with 95% of my movies?
1:38.3	Um, I would say go see it in the theater just to you know support in Alabama director okay but
1:46.2	fair enough yeah but it's grossed a 104 million off of a seven hundred and fifty thousand dollar
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