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The Reluctant Traveller with Eugene Levy
The Reluctant Traveller with Eugene Levy (2023)
GoodWatch score 69
The World According to Jeff Goldblum
The World According to Jeff Goldblum (2019)
GoodWatch score 71
Ancient Apocalypse
Ancient Apocalypse (2022)
GoodWatch score 71
Good Eats
Good Eats (1999)
GoodWatch score 87
A Crime to Remember
A Crime to Remember (2013)
GoodWatch score 79
Life
Life (2009)
GoodWatch score 87
Rise of Empires: Ottoman
Rise of Empires: Ottoman (2020)
GoodWatch score 79
Somebody Feed Phil
Somebody Feed Phil (2018)
GoodWatch score 77
In Vogue: The 90s
In Vogue: The 90s (2024)
GoodWatch score 62
Planet Earth III
Planet Earth III (2023)
GoodWatch score 91
Once Upon a Time... The Discoverers
Once Upon a Time... The Discoverers (1994)
GoodWatch score 76
The Way Down: God, Greed, and the Cult of Gwen Shamblin
The Way Down: God, Greed, and the Cult of Gwen Shamblin (2021)
GoodWatch score 76
Cold Case Files
Cold Case Files (2017)
GoodWatch score 79
The Me You Can't See
The Me You Can't See (2021)
GoodWatch score 61
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything (2021)
GoodWatch score 81
Cunk on...
Cunk on... (2018)
GoodWatch score 80
Life on Our Planet
Life on Our Planet (2023)
GoodWatch score 63
Barbarians Rising
Barbarians Rising (2016)
GoodWatch score 69
See No Evil
See No Evil (2015)
GoodWatch score 80
UFO
UFO (2021)
GoodWatch score 82
Seven Worlds, One Planet
Seven Worlds, One Planet (2019)
GoodWatch score 88
The Vow
The Vow (2020)
GoodWatch score 71
Top Gear
Top Gear (2010)
GoodWatch score 57
The Jinx
The Jinx (2015)
GoodWatch score 82
Seconds from Disaster
Seconds from Disaster (2005)
GoodWatch score 76
People Magazine Investigates
People Magazine Investigates (2016)
GoodWatch score 80
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night (2025)
GoodWatch score 72
The Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (2017)
GoodWatch score 90
Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV
Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV (2024)
GoodWatch score 82
Cold Case Files
Cold Case Files (1999)
GoodWatch score 54
Homicide
Homicide (2024)
GoodWatch score 59
Visible: Out on Television
Visible: Out on Television (2020)
GoodWatch score 83
How Do They Do It?
How Do They Do It? (2006)
GoodWatch score 49
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin (2022)
GoodWatch score 78
Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke
Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke (2025)
GoodWatch score 88
Sean Combs: The Reckoning
Sean Combs: The Reckoning (2025)
GoodWatch score 77
Limitless with Chris Hemsworth
Limitless with Chris Hemsworth (2022)
GoodWatch score 74
Survivorman
Survivorman (2005)
GoodWatch score 79
Legacy: The True Story of the LA Lakers
Legacy: The True Story of the LA Lakers (2022)
GoodWatch score 75
Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer
Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer (2021)
GoodWatch score 73

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