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Madagascar
Madagascar (2011)
GoodWatch score 84
Orelsan: Never Show This to Anyone
Orelsan: Never Show This to Anyone (2021)
GoodWatch score 83
Headspace Guide to Meditation
Headspace Guide to Meditation (2021)
GoodWatch score 84
Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets
Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets (2004)
GoodWatch score 74
Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution
Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution (2005)
GoodWatch score 80
Sex, Love & Goop
Sex, Love & Goop (2021)
GoodWatch score 61
The Power of Nightmares
The Power of Nightmares (2004)
GoodWatch score 84
The Big Conn
The Big Conn (2022)
GoodWatch score 61
Trial by Media
Trial by Media (2020)
GoodWatch score 71
Roadfood: Discovering America One Dish at a Time
Roadfood: Discovering America One Dish at a Time (2021)
GoodWatch score 70
Flint Town
Flint Town (2018)
GoodWatch score 80
Dogs
Dogs (2018)
GoodWatch score 71
Casey Anthony: An American Murder Mystery
Casey Anthony: An American Murder Mystery (2017)
GoodWatch score 74
McMillion$
McMillion$ (2020)
GoodWatch score 79
Disappeared
Disappeared (2010)
GoodWatch score 79
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt (2022)
GoodWatch score 51
Inside the Criminal Mind
Inside the Criminal Mind (2018)
GoodWatch score 58
High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America
High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America (2021)
GoodWatch score 79
You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment
You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment (2024)
GoodWatch score 57
Unidentified: Inside America's UFO Investigation
Unidentified: Inside America's UFO Investigation (2019)
GoodWatch score 79
Evil Genius
Evil Genius (2018)
GoodWatch score 75
Victoria Beckham
Victoria Beckham (2025)
GoodWatch score 49
Undercurrent: The Disappearance of Kim Wall
Undercurrent: The Disappearance of Kim Wall (2022)
GoodWatch score 57
The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann
The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann (2019)
GoodWatch score 56
The Beat with Ari Melber
The Beat with Ari Melber (2017)
GoodWatch score 63
Hunting a Monster
Hunting a Monster (2024)
GoodWatch score 76
The Day I Met El Chapo: The Kate del Castillo Story
The Day I Met El Chapo: The Kate del Castillo Story (2017)
GoodWatch score 63
Dark Tourist
Dark Tourist (2018)
GoodWatch score 67
Who Killed Jill Dando?
Who Killed Jill Dando? (2023)
GoodWatch score 64
The Case Against Adnan Syed
The Case Against Adnan Syed (2019)
GoodWatch score 69
Crime Scene Berlin: Nightlife Killer
Crime Scene Berlin: Nightlife Killer (2024)
GoodWatch score 41
Who Killed Malcolm X?
Who Killed Malcolm X? (2019)
GoodWatch score 86
Aaron Rodgers: Enigma
Aaron Rodgers: Enigma (2024)
GoodWatch score 60
Losers
Losers (2019)
GoodWatch score 79
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995)
GoodWatch score 83
Hillsong: A Megachurch Exposed
Hillsong: A Megachurch Exposed (2022)
GoodWatch score 55
The Living Planet
The Living Planet (1984)
GoodWatch score 87
Should I Marry a Murderer?
Should I Marry a Murderer? (2026)
GoodWatch score 73
The Truth About Jim
The Truth About Jim (2024)
GoodWatch score 41
The Murders at Starved Rock
The Murders at Starved Rock (2021)
GoodWatch score 50

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