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Darker Passages
Darker Passages (2023)
GoodWatch score 71
We Are the Champions
We Are the Champions (2020)
GoodWatch score 67
The Most Hated Man on the Internet
The Most Hated Man on the Internet (2022)
GoodWatch score 68
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner (2019)
GoodWatch score 64
Hunting Hitler
Hunting Hitler (2015)
GoodWatch score 71
Should I Marry a Murderer?
Should I Marry a Murderer? (2026)
GoodWatch score 73
The Indrani Mukerjea Story: Buried Truth
The Indrani Mukerjea Story: Buried Truth (2024)
GoodWatch score 63
The Heroes
The Heroes (2008)
GoodWatch score 73
Missing: Dead or Alive?
Missing: Dead or Alive? (2023)
GoodWatch score 63
The Golden Boy
The Golden Boy (2023)
GoodWatch score 85
James May: Oh Cook!
James May: Oh Cook! (2020)
GoodWatch score 78
Big Vape: The Rise and Fall of Juul
Big Vape: The Rise and Fall of Juul (2023)
GoodWatch score 84
High: Confessions of an Ibiza Drug Mule
High: Confessions of an Ibiza Drug Mule (2021)
GoodWatch score 41
Trial 4
Trial 4 (2020)
GoodWatch score 80
The Predator of Seville
The Predator of Seville (2026)
GoodWatch score 68
Broken
Broken (2019)
GoodWatch score 67
James May's Toy Stories
James May's Toy Stories (2009)
GoodWatch score 76
Connected
Connected (2020)
GoodWatch score 88
Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone
Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone (2022)
GoodWatch score 95
Mystery at Blind Frog Ranch
Mystery at Blind Frog Ranch (2021)
GoodWatch score 63
The Moaning of Life
The Moaning of Life (2013)
GoodWatch score 78
LuLaRich
LuLaRich (2021)
GoodWatch score 72
Catching Killers
Catching Killers (2021)
GoodWatch score 69
Together: Treble Winners
Together: Treble Winners (2024)
GoodWatch score 73
How TV Ruined Your Life
How TV Ruined Your Life (2011)
GoodWatch score 79
McCartney 3, 2, 1
McCartney 3, 2, 1 (2021)
GoodWatch score 92
Aftershock: Everest and the Nepal Earthquake
Aftershock: Everest and the Nepal Earthquake (2022)
GoodWatch score 69
Life in the Freezer
Life in the Freezer (1993)
GoodWatch score 84
Bad Boy Billionaires: India
Bad Boy Billionaires: India (2020)
GoodWatch score 74
Ingmar Bergman Complete
Ingmar Bergman Complete (2004)
GoodWatch score 74
Walking with Monsters
Walking with Monsters (2005)
GoodWatch score 83
Carlos Alcaraz: My Way
Carlos Alcaraz: My Way (2025)
GoodWatch score 66
Myth & Mogul: John DeLorean
Myth & Mogul: John DeLorean (2021)
GoodWatch score 75
We Need to Talk About Cosby
We Need to Talk About Cosby (2022)
GoodWatch score 79
Chef's Table: France
Chef's Table: France (2016)
GoodWatch score 83
I Just Killed My Dad
I Just Killed My Dad (2022)
GoodWatch score 77
Stephen Hawking's Grand Design
Stephen Hawking's Grand Design (2012)
GoodWatch score 79
Vatican Girl: The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi
Vatican Girl: The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi (2022)
GoodWatch score 68
Telemarketers
Telemarketers (2023)
GoodWatch score 82
Everything and Nothing
Everything and Nothing (2011)
GoodWatch score 80

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