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The Nightclub: Stories from Turkish Nightlife
The Nightclub: Stories from Turkish Nightlife (2019)
GoodWatch score 75
Ken and Barbie Killers: The Lost Murder Tapes
Ken and Barbie Killers: The Lost Murder Tapes (2021)
GoodWatch score 80
How to Create a Sex Scandal
How to Create a Sex Scandal (2023)
GoodWatch score 53
Vale o Escrito: A Guerra do Jogo do Bicho
Vale o Escrito: A Guerra do Jogo do Bicho (2023)
GoodWatch score 86
Exhibit A
Exhibit A (2019)
GoodWatch score 66
Can I Tell You a Secret?
Can I Tell You a Secret? (2024)
GoodWatch score 59
The FBI Files
The FBI Files (1998)
GoodWatch score 79
Every Frame a Painting
Every Frame a Painting (2014)
GoodWatch score 89
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
Elvis Presley: The Searcher (2018)
GoodWatch score 80
Hope on the Street
Hope on the Street (2024)
GoodWatch score 90
The Other Sport
The Other Sport (2013)
GoodWatch score 78
An American Murder Mystery: The Staircase
An American Murder Mystery: The Staircase (2018)
GoodWatch score 72
I Am a Stalker
I Am a Stalker (2022)
GoodWatch score 62
Murder in the Bayou
Murder in the Bayou (2019)
GoodWatch score 67
A Killer Uncaged
A Killer Uncaged (2020)
GoodWatch score 58
The Devil You Know
The Devil You Know (2019)
GoodWatch score 69
Pray, Obey, Kill
Pray, Obey, Kill (2021)
GoodWatch score 65
Gaming Wall St
Gaming Wall St (2022)
GoodWatch score 74
Connections
Connections (1978)
GoodWatch score 87
Breaking Amish
Breaking Amish (2012)
GoodWatch score 59
Chelsea Does
Chelsea Does (2016)
GoodWatch score 67
David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates
David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates (2013)
GoodWatch score 83
Louis Theroux's LA Stories
Louis Theroux's LA Stories (2014)
GoodWatch score 77
Shadow of Truth
Shadow of Truth (2016)
GoodWatch score 79
Killer Ratings
Killer Ratings (2019)
GoodWatch score 80
First Team: Juventus
First Team: Juventus (2018)
GoodWatch score 69
Dope
Dope (2017)
GoodWatch score 66
Taco Chronicles
Taco Chronicles (2019)
GoodWatch score 80
Nightwatch
Nightwatch (2015)
GoodWatch score 56
Madventures
Madventures (2002)
GoodWatch score 86
Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright (1998)
GoodWatch score 76
Myths & Monsters
Myths & Monsters (2017)
GoodWatch score 72
Human: The World Within
Human: The World Within (2021)
GoodWatch score 68
Stalingrad
Stalingrad (2003)
GoodWatch score 81
Christiane Amanpour: Sex & Love Around the World
Christiane Amanpour: Sex & Love Around the World (2018)
GoodWatch score 72
Shot in the Dark
Shot in the Dark (2017)
GoodWatch score 75
A Sinister Sect: Colonia Dignidad
A Sinister Sect: Colonia Dignidad (2021)
GoodWatch score 68
Himalaya
Himalaya (1999)
GoodWatch score 73
The Deep End
The Deep End (2022)
GoodWatch score 64
The Yara Gambirasio Case: Beyond Reasonable Doubt
The Yara Gambirasio Case: Beyond Reasonable Doubt (2024)
GoodWatch score 72

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