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Life After People: The Series
Life After People: The Series (2009)
GoodWatch score 74
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln (2022)
GoodWatch score 62
American Monster
American Monster (2016)
GoodWatch score 74
Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial
Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial (2024)
GoodWatch score 84
Roman Empire
Roman Empire (2016)
GoodWatch score 67
Court of Gold
Court of Gold (2025)
GoodWatch score 52
Frozen Planet
Frozen Planet (2011)
GoodWatch score 90
The Hunt
The Hunt (2015)
GoodWatch score 87
Deadliest Warrior
Deadliest Warrior (2009)
GoodWatch score 72
How To with John Wilson
How To with John Wilson (2020)
GoodWatch score 89
I Shouldn't Be Alive
I Shouldn't Be Alive (2005)
GoodWatch score 68
Jazz
Jazz (2001)
GoodWatch score 80
STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces
STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces (2024)
GoodWatch score 86
Hulk Hogan: Real American
Hulk Hogan: Real American (2026)
GoodWatch score 59
Messi's World Cup: The Rise of a Legend
Messi's World Cup: The Rise of a Legend (2024)
GoodWatch score 76
Conan O'Brien Must Go
Conan O'Brien Must Go (2024)
GoodWatch score 80
Housos
Housos (2011)
GoodWatch score 68
America: The Story of Us
America: The Story of Us (2010)
GoodWatch score 77
Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention
Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention (2010)
GoodWatch score 69
Home
Home (2020)
GoodWatch score 58
David Blaine: Do Not Attempt
David Blaine: Do Not Attempt (2025)
GoodWatch score 75
Love on the Spectrum
Love on the Spectrum (2022)
GoodWatch score 81
24 Hours in Police Custody
24 Hours in Police Custody (2014)
GoodWatch score 77
America's Book of Secrets
America's Book of Secrets (2012)
GoodWatch score 69
Files of the Unexplained
Files of the Unexplained (2024)
GoodWatch score 46
Haunted
Haunted (2018)
GoodWatch score 48
Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted
Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted (2019)
GoodWatch score 78
9/11: One Day in America
9/11: One Day in America (2021)
GoodWatch score 88
The Beatles Anthology
The Beatles Anthology (1995)
GoodWatch score 83
The Life of Mammals
The Life of Mammals (2002)
GoodWatch score 87
Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller
Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller (2020)
GoodWatch score 84
The Dynasty: New England Patriots
The Dynasty: New England Patriots (2024)
GoodWatch score 83
The Dead Files
The Dead Files (2011)
GoodWatch score 68
Ugly Delicious
Ugly Delicious (2018)
GoodWatch score 78
MOURINHO
MOURINHO (2026)
GoodWatch score 68
The Green Planet
The Green Planet (2022)
GoodWatch score 94
Bill Nye Saves the World
Bill Nye Saves the World (2017)
GoodWatch score 49
Sex, Explained
Sex, Explained (2020)
GoodWatch score 82
Medal of Honor
Medal of Honor (2018)
GoodWatch score 78
The Planets
The Planets (1999)
GoodWatch score 83

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