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Tales by Light
Tales by Light (2015)
GoodWatch score 81
Murder in Boston: Roots, Rampage & Reckoning
Murder in Boston: Roots, Rampage & Reckoning (2023)
GoodWatch score 73
Let Us Prey: A Ministry of Scandals
Let Us Prey: A Ministry of Scandals (2023)
GoodWatch score 53
Europa: The Last Battle
Europa: The Last Battle (2017)
GoodWatch score 56
Full Circle with Michael Palin
Full Circle with Michael Palin (1997)
GoodWatch score 80
The Story of Diana
The Story of Diana (2017)
GoodWatch score 81
America Unearthed
America Unearthed (2012)
GoodWatch score 53
A Tragedy Foretold: Flight 3054
A Tragedy Foretold: Flight 3054 (2025)
GoodWatch score 69
Till Murder Do Us Part: Soering vs. Haysom
Till Murder Do Us Part: Soering vs. Haysom (2023)
GoodWatch score 60
Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union (2021)
GoodWatch score 65
Stephen Fry in America
Stephen Fry in America (2008)
GoodWatch score 55
Elize Matsunaga: Once Upon a Crime
Elize Matsunaga: Once Upon a Crime (2021)
GoodWatch score 55
The Black Swan
The Black Swan (2024)
GoodWatch score 81
Bling Ring: Hollywood Heist
Bling Ring: Hollywood Heist (2022)
GoodWatch score 55
Space
Space (2001)
GoodWatch score 80
The Root of All Evil?
The Root of All Evil? (2006)
GoodWatch score 81
A Friend, a Murderer
A Friend, a Murderer (2026)
GoodWatch score 68
Girls Incarcerated
Girls Incarcerated (2018)
GoodWatch score 72
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson (1997)
GoodWatch score 76
Muscles & Mayhem: An Unauthorized Story of American Gladiators
Muscles & Mayhem: An Unauthorized Story of American Gladiators (2023)
GoodWatch score 69
Gold & Greed: The Hunt for Fenn's Treasure
Gold & Greed: The Hunt for Fenn's Treasure (2025)
GoodWatch score 67
The Playing Card Killer
The Playing Card Killer (2023)
GoodWatch score 58
WWII in Color: Road to Victory
WWII in Color: Road to Victory (2021)
GoodWatch score 71
Hellier
Hellier (2019)
GoodWatch score 59
Andrew Marr's History of the World
Andrew Marr's History of the World (2012)
GoodWatch score 81
Ross Kemp on Gangs
Ross Kemp on Gangs (2006)
GoodWatch score 72
You Were Never Alone
You Were Never Alone (2021)
GoodWatch score 70
The Case of: JonBenét Ramsey
The Case of: JonBenét Ramsey (2016)
GoodWatch score 47
Pirate Gold of Adak Island
Pirate Gold of Adak Island (2022)
GoodWatch score 50
Die Muhammad Ali Story
Die Muhammad Ali Story (1996)
GoodWatch score 86
Jared from Subway: Catching a Monster
Jared from Subway: Catching a Monster (2023)
GoodWatch score 47
Human Universe
Human Universe (2014)
GoodWatch score 83
All or Nothing: New Zealand All Blacks
All or Nothing: New Zealand All Blacks (2018)
GoodWatch score 77
99
99 (2024)
GoodWatch score 84
Storm Chasers
Storm Chasers (2007)
GoodWatch score 47
The Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl (2012)
GoodWatch score 80
The Business of Drugs
The Business of Drugs (2020)
GoodWatch score 70
Sasquatch
Sasquatch (2021)
GoodWatch score 75
Long Strange Trip
Long Strange Trip (2017)
GoodWatch score 70
Stephen Hawking's Universe
Stephen Hawking's Universe (1997)
GoodWatch score 70

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