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Surviving R. Kelly
Surviving R. Kelly (2019)
GoodWatch score 78
Liberation
Liberation (1994)
GoodWatch score 86
Shaq
Shaq (2022)
GoodWatch score 59
The Life of Birds
The Life of Birds (1998)
GoodWatch score 85
Sins of Our Mother
Sins of Our Mother (2022)
GoodWatch score 77
A Wilderness of Error
A Wilderness of Error (2020)
GoodWatch score 55
Fear City: New York vs The Mafia
Fear City: New York vs The Mafia (2020)
GoodWatch score 65
Street Food: Latin America
Street Food: Latin America (2020)
GoodWatch score 66
Money, Explained
Money, Explained (2021)
GoodWatch score 68
How to Change Your Mind
How to Change Your Mind (2022)
GoodWatch score 86
The Comedy Store
The Comedy Store (2020)
GoodWatch score 80
The Devil Next Door
The Devil Next Door (2019)
GoodWatch score 76
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014)
GoodWatch score 89
The Program: Cons, Cults, and Kidnapping
The Program: Cons, Cults, and Kidnapping (2024)
GoodWatch score 83
American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders
American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders (2024)
GoodWatch score 70
Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer
Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer (2021)
GoodWatch score 66
Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets
Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets (2004)
GoodWatch score 74
The Alcàsser Murders
The Alcàsser Murders (2019)
GoodWatch score 70
How to Become a Mob Boss
How to Become a Mob Boss (2023)
GoodWatch score 62
Break Point
Break Point (2023)
GoodWatch score 72
Alien Worlds
Alien Worlds (2020)
GoodWatch score 84
Fightworld
Fightworld (2018)
GoodWatch score 70
Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe
Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe (2006)
GoodWatch score 84
Surviving Black Hawk Down
Surviving Black Hawk Down (2025)
GoodWatch score 76
Ed Sheeran: The Sum of It All
Ed Sheeran: The Sum of It All (2023)
GoodWatch score 92
Rust Valley Restorers
Rust Valley Restorers (2018)
GoodWatch score 76
The Mortician
The Mortician (2025)
GoodWatch score 78
Five Came Back
Five Came Back (2017)
GoodWatch score 84
Canine Intervention
Canine Intervention (2021)
GoodWatch score 68
Spy Ops
Spy Ops (2023)
GoodWatch score 51
Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer
Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer (2025)
GoodWatch score 88
Emergency: NYC
Emergency: NYC (2023)
GoodWatch score 85
Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men
Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men (2019)
GoodWatch score 83
Killing Fields
Killing Fields (2016)
GoodWatch score 65
RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop
RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop (2023)
GoodWatch score 91
All or Nothing: Manchester City
All or Nothing: Manchester City (2018)
GoodWatch score 76
The Mokhtar Narrative
The Mokhtar Narrative (2010)
GoodWatch score 69
Secrets of the Octopus
Secrets of the Octopus (2024)
GoodWatch score 93
I Love the '90s
I Love the '90s (2004)
GoodWatch score 74
Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults
Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults (2020)
GoodWatch score 73

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