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Painting With John
Painting With John (2021)
GoodWatch score 80
Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time
Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time (2025)
GoodWatch score 67
Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown
Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown (2024)
GoodWatch score 82
Celtics/Lakers: Best of Enemies
Celtics/Lakers: Best of Enemies (2017)
GoodWatch score 82
How to Change Your Mind
How to Change Your Mind (2022)
GoodWatch score 86
Chef's Table: Pizza
Chef's Table: Pizza (2022)
GoodWatch score 72
When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions
When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions (2008)
GoodWatch score 57
Murder Mountain
Murder Mountain (2018)
GoodWatch score 72
Taylor Swift: Journey to Fearless
Taylor Swift: Journey to Fearless (2010)
GoodWatch score 77
Surviving Black Hawk Down
Surviving Black Hawk Down (2025)
GoodWatch score 76
A Wilderness of Error
A Wilderness of Error (2020)
GoodWatch score 55
Into the Fire: The Lost Daughter
Into the Fire: The Lost Daughter (2024)
GoodWatch score 81
The Last Narc
The Last Narc (2020)
GoodWatch score 85
A Killer Story
A Killer Story (2026)
GoodWatch score 72
James May's Man Lab
James May's Man Lab (2010)
GoodWatch score 74
Last Chance U: Basketball
Last Chance U: Basketball (2021)
GoodWatch score 86
Our Great National Parks
Our Great National Parks (2022)
GoodWatch score 86
Conversations with a Killer: The Son of Sam Tapes
Conversations with a Killer: The Son of Sam Tapes (2025)
GoodWatch score 70
The Crime of the Century
The Crime of the Century (2021)
GoodWatch score 84
Amy Bradley Is Missing
Amy Bradley Is Missing (2025)
GoodWatch score 68
BTS Monuments: Beyond the Star
BTS Monuments: Beyond the Star (2023)
GoodWatch score 85
I Love the '90s
I Love the '90s (2004)
GoodWatch score 74
Wonders of the Universe
Wonders of the Universe (2011)
GoodWatch score 84
Mastermind: To Think Like a Killer
Mastermind: To Think Like a Killer (2024)
GoodWatch score 78
O Teatro das Tesouras
O Teatro das Tesouras (2018)
GoodWatch score 78
Get Gotti
Get Gotti (2023)
GoodWatch score 61
Life on Earth
Life on Earth (1979)
GoodWatch score 60
A Cook's Tour
A Cook's Tour (2002)
GoodWatch score 84
Alien Worlds
Alien Worlds (2020)
GoodWatch score 84
Love on the Spectrum
Love on the Spectrum (2019)
GoodWatch score 91
African Queens: Njinga
African Queens: Njinga (2023)
GoodWatch score 53
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali (2021)
GoodWatch score 85
Simon Schama's Power of Art
Simon Schama's Power of Art (2006)
GoodWatch score 83
The Ballad of Big Al
The Ballad of Big Al (2000)
GoodWatch score 80
The Principles of Pleasure
The Principles of Pleasure (2022)
GoodWatch score 59
The Mortician
The Mortician (2025)
GoodWatch score 78
The Other Side
The Other Side (2023)
GoodWatch score 69
The Killing Season
The Killing Season (2016)
GoodWatch score 70
Metal Evolution
Metal Evolution (2011)
GoodWatch score 83
Murder Among the Mormons
Murder Among the Mormons (2021)
GoodWatch score 76

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