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Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes
Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes (2022)
GoodWatch score 77
Highway Thru Hell
Highway Thru Hell (2012)
GoodWatch score 76
19 Kids and Counting
19 Kids and Counting (2008)
GoodWatch score 43
Antiques Roadshow
Antiques Roadshow (1997)
GoodWatch score 74
Wheeler Dealers
Wheeler Dealers (2003)
GoodWatch score 77
America's Most Wanted
America's Most Wanted (1988)
GoodWatch score 69
How It's Made
How It's Made (2001)
GoodWatch score 77
Grand Designs
Grand Designs (1999)
GoodWatch score 83
Escape to the Chateau
Escape to the Chateau (2016)
GoodWatch score 76
Fifth Gear
Fifth Gear (2002)
GoodWatch score 61
The UnXplained
The UnXplained (2019)
GoodWatch score 69
Through the Wormhole
Through the Wormhole (2010)
GoodWatch score 83
The One About Matthew Perry
The One About Matthew Perry (2026)
GoodWatch score 70
VICE
VICE (2013)
GoodWatch score 71
Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (2005)
GoodWatch score 81
Doctor Who Confidential
Doctor Who Confidential (2005)
GoodWatch score 80
Planet Earth
Planet Earth (2006)
GoodWatch score 94
Dark Side of the Ring
Dark Side of the Ring (2019)
GoodWatch score 82
Prehistoric Planet
Prehistoric Planet (2022)
GoodWatch score 85
The Incredible Dr. Pol
The Incredible Dr. Pol (2011)
GoodWatch score 84
Mysteries at the Museum
Mysteries at the Museum (2010)
GoodWatch score 84
Evil Lives Here
Evil Lives Here (2016)
GoodWatch score 79
Blue Planet II
Blue Planet II (2017)
GoodWatch score 91
How the Universe Works
How the Universe Works (2010)
GoodWatch score 86
Cold Justice
Cold Justice (2013)
GoodWatch score 72
Deadly Women
Deadly Women (2005)
GoodWatch score 79
Who Do You Think You Are?
Who Do You Think You Are? (2010)
GoodWatch score 53
Explained
Explained (2018)
GoodWatch score 80
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (2013)
GoodWatch score 72
Live PD
Live PD (2016)
GoodWatch score 78
House Hunters
House Hunters (1999)
GoodWatch score 61
Planet Earth II
Planet Earth II (2016)
GoodWatch score 93
A Haunting
A Haunting (2005)
GoodWatch score 77
Penn & Teller: Bull!
Penn & Teller: Bull! (2003)
GoodWatch score 71
James May's Cars of the People
James May's Cars of the People (2014)
GoodWatch score 81
The Rehearsal
The Rehearsal (2022)
GoodWatch score 87
Biography
Biography (1987)
GoodWatch score 48
Bill Nye the Science Guy
Bill Nye the Science Guy (1993)
GoodWatch score 76
Marvel Studios Assembled
Marvel Studios Assembled (2021)
GoodWatch score 79
Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime
Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime (2016)
GoodWatch score 84

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