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Paranormal Witness
Paranormal Witness (2011)
GoodWatch score 69
Night on Earth
Night on Earth (2020)
GoodWatch score 77
Kylie
Kylie (2026)
GoodWatch score 93
Undertaker: The Last Ride
Undertaker: The Last Ride (2020)
GoodWatch score 80
Space Race
Space Race (2005)
GoodWatch score 79
Worst Neighbor Ever
Worst Neighbor Ever (2026)
GoodWatch score 61
Pole to Pole with Will Smith
Pole to Pole with Will Smith (2026)
GoodWatch score 83
Wild Isles
Wild Isles (2023)
GoodWatch score 89
Challenger: The Final Flight
Challenger: The Final Flight (2020)
GoodWatch score 79
Khawater
Khawater (2005)
GoodWatch score 90
Meerkat Manor
Meerkat Manor (2005)
GoodWatch score 53
Secrets of the Whales
Secrets of the Whales (2021)
GoodWatch score 83
aka Charlie Sheen
aka Charlie Sheen (2025)
GoodWatch score 69
The Keepers
The Keepers (2017)
GoodWatch score 84
Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes
Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes (2019)
GoodWatch score 64
The Movies
The Movies (2019)
GoodWatch score 71
Long Way Up
Long Way Up (2020)
GoodWatch score 89
The End
The End (2012)
GoodWatch score 71
Africa
Africa (2013)
GoodWatch score 87
Long Way Round
Long Way Round (2004)
GoodWatch score 82
Mind Field
Mind Field (2017)
GoodWatch score 84
Making a Murderer
Making a Murderer (2015)
GoodWatch score 83
This Is Pop
This Is Pop (2021)
GoodWatch score 74
Being: Liverpool
Being: Liverpool (2012)
GoodWatch score 76
American Manhunt: The Boston Marathon Bombing
American Manhunt: The Boston Marathon Bombing (2023)
GoodWatch score 80
Chimp Empire
Chimp Empire (2023)
GoodWatch score 89
Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult
Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult (2024)
GoodWatch score 61
100 Foot Wave
100 Foot Wave (2021)
GoodWatch score 77
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War (2024)
GoodWatch score 89
Frozen Planet II
Frozen Planet II (2022)
GoodWatch score 84
The Yogurt Shop Murders
The Yogurt Shop Murders (2025)
GoodWatch score 76
Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies & Scandal
Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies & Scandal (2024)
GoodWatch score 57
The Mind, Explained
The Mind, Explained (2019)
GoodWatch score 81
The End of an Era
The End of an Era (2025)
GoodWatch score 87
Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan
Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan (2021)
GoodWatch score 83
The Sixties
The Sixties (2014)
GoodWatch score 72
Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)
Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) (2009)
GoodWatch score 81
Into the Unknown: Making Frozen II
Into the Unknown: Making Frozen II (2020)
GoodWatch score 61
Street Food: Asia
Street Food: Asia (2019)
GoodWatch score 70
The Playbook
The Playbook (2020)
GoodWatch score 69

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