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Allen v. Farrow
Allen v. Farrow (2021)
GoodWatch score 68
Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates
Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates (2019)
GoodWatch score 60
Rotten
Rotten (2018)
GoodWatch score 79
History of the Eagles
History of the Eagles (2013)
GoodWatch score 74
The Dudesons
The Dudesons (2006)
GoodWatch score 47
The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling
The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling (2018)
GoodWatch score 86
Spacey Unmasked
Spacey Unmasked (2024)
GoodWatch score 69
Katrina: Come Hell and High Water
Katrina: Come Hell and High Water (2025)
GoodWatch score 79
Six Nations: Full Contact
Six Nations: Full Contact (2024)
GoodWatch score 54
The Houseboat
The Houseboat (2021)
GoodWatch score 69
Coronavirus, Explained
Coronavirus, Explained (2020)
GoodWatch score 73
Tales by Light
Tales by Light (2015)
GoodWatch score 81
Carmel: Who Killed Maria Marta?
Carmel: Who Killed Maria Marta? (2020)
GoodWatch score 76
Cooking Up Murder: Uncovering the Story of César Román
Cooking Up Murder: Uncovering the Story of César Román (2024)
GoodWatch score 62
Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.
Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives. (2022)
GoodWatch score 65
Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez
Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez (2020)
GoodWatch score 72
Earthstorm
Earthstorm (2022)
GoodWatch score 73
Relentless
Relentless (2021)
GoodWatch score 61
Working: What We Do All Day
Working: What We Do All Day (2023)
GoodWatch score 61
Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children
Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children (2020)
GoodWatch score 80
Salt Fat Acid Heat
Salt Fat Acid Heat (2018)
GoodWatch score 87
The Genius of Charles Darwin
The Genius of Charles Darwin (2008)
GoodWatch score 80
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace (2011)
GoodWatch score 83
The Men Who Built America: Frontiersmen
The Men Who Built America: Frontiersmen (2018)
GoodWatch score 73
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner (2019)
GoodWatch score 64
Tiflis
Tiflis (2014)
GoodWatch score 94
Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends
Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends (1998)
GoodWatch score 82
Histoire(s) du cinéma
Histoire(s) du cinéma (1988)
GoodWatch score 60
A Perfect Crime
A Perfect Crime (2020)
GoodWatch score 72
John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise
John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise (2021)
GoodWatch score 82
The First World War
The First World War (2003)
GoodWatch score 79
Chef's Table: France
Chef's Table: France (2016)
GoodWatch score 83
The Kings of Tupelo: A Southern Crime Saga
The Kings of Tupelo: A Southern Crime Saga (2024)
GoodWatch score 71
Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking
Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking (2010)
GoodWatch score 81
The Sorrow and the Pity
The Sorrow and the Pity (1969)
GoodWatch score 80
On Death Row
On Death Row (2012)
GoodWatch score 63
Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones
Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones (2023)
GoodWatch score 76
Tiny Creatures
Tiny Creatures (2020)
GoodWatch score 51
The Invisible Pilot
The Invisible Pilot (2022)
GoodWatch score 46
Once Upon a Time in Iraq
Once Upon a Time in Iraq (2020)
GoodWatch score 86

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