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Foo Fighters Sonic Highways
Foo Fighters Sonic Highways (2014)
GoodWatch score 83
Neighbors
Neighbors (2026)
GoodWatch score 63
Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story
Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story (2022)
GoodWatch score 71
Bad Surgeon: Love Under the Knife
Bad Surgeon: Love Under the Knife (2023)
GoodWatch score 51
A History of Britain
A History of Britain (2000)
GoodWatch score 83
Exterminate All the Brutes
Exterminate All the Brutes (2021)
GoodWatch score 75
Harry & Meghan
Harry & Meghan (2022)
GoodWatch score 44
Full Speed
Full Speed (2024)
GoodWatch score 71
The Curious Case of Natalia Grace
The Curious Case of Natalia Grace (2023)
GoodWatch score 45
Nightmare Next Door
Nightmare Next Door (2011)
GoodWatch score 71
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (2006)
GoodWatch score 80
The Innocence Files
The Innocence Files (2020)
GoodWatch score 86
Simon Schama's Power of Art
Simon Schama's Power of Art (2006)
GoodWatch score 83
Mastermind: To Think Like a Killer
Mastermind: To Think Like a Killer (2024)
GoodWatch score 78
Our Oceans
Our Oceans (2024)
GoodWatch score 80
Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey
Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey (2022)
GoodWatch score 81
Bobby Kennedy for President
Bobby Kennedy for President (2018)
GoodWatch score 79
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
George Harrison: Living in the Material World (2011)
GoodWatch score 75
House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths
House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths (2021)
GoodWatch score 68
Leaving Neverland
Leaving Neverland (2019)
GoodWatch score 70
Wild Crime
Wild Crime (2021)
GoodWatch score 68
Redrum
Redrum (2013)
GoodWatch score 66
This Is the Zodiac Speaking
This Is the Zodiac Speaking (2024)
GoodWatch score 73
Roadfood: Discovering America One Dish at a Time
Roadfood: Discovering America One Dish at a Time (2021)
GoodWatch score 70
Mind Over Murder
Mind Over Murder (2022)
GoodWatch score 85
At Home with the Furys
At Home with the Furys (2023)
GoodWatch score 77
The 1619 Project
The 1619 Project (2023)
GoodWatch score 58
Rise of the Nazis
Rise of the Nazis (2019)
GoodWatch score 80
Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street
Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street (2023)
GoodWatch score 77
MH370: The Plane That Disappeared
MH370: The Plane That Disappeared (2023)
GoodWatch score 63
Island of the Sea Wolves
Island of the Sea Wolves (2022)
GoodWatch score 82
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci (2024)
GoodWatch score 77
Murder Mountain
Murder Mountain (2018)
GoodWatch score 72
Churchill at War
Churchill at War (2024)
GoodWatch score 50
The Enfield Poltergeist
The Enfield Poltergeist (2023)
GoodWatch score 68
Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence
Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence (2023)
GoodWatch score 80
One Night in Idaho: The College Murders
One Night in Idaho: The College Murders (2025)
GoodWatch score 78
Our Great National Parks
Our Great National Parks (2022)
GoodWatch score 86
Worst Roommate Ever
Worst Roommate Ever (2022)
GoodWatch score 85
Hillary
Hillary (2020)
GoodWatch score 62

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