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			Rating			Available On
The Pursuit of Happyness		2006	13+	8.0	67%	+ Rent or Buy		Want To See Seen
Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness	TV	2020	18+	8.0	98%		7 Free Episodes	Track Have You Seen?
Searching for Sugar Man		2012	13+	8.2	95%	+ Rent or Buy		Want To See Seen
Senna		2010	13+	8.5	93%	+ Rent or Buy		Want To See Seen
13th		2016	18+	8.2	96%			Want To See Seen
Making a Murderer	TV	2015	16+	8.6	84%		20 Free Episodes	Track Have You Seen?
Icarus		2017	18+	7.9	93%			Want To See Seen
Our Planet	TV	2019	7+	9.3	93%		8 Free Episodes	Track Have You Seen?
Jiro Dreams of Sushi		2011	7+	7.9	99%	dox + Rent or Buy		Want To See Seen
The Dawn Wall		2018	N/A	8.1	100%	+ Rent or Buy		Want To See Seen
Amy		2015	18+	7.8	95%	+ Rent or Buy		Want To See Seen
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond- Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton		2017	18+	7.7	96%			Want To See Seen
Miss Americana		2020	18+	7.4	93%			Want To See Seen
Paris Is Burning		1990	18+	8.2	100%			Want To See Seen
Hush		2016	18+	6.6	91%	+ Rent or Buy		Want To See Seen
The Vietnam War	TV	2017	18+	9.1	98%	+ Rent or Buy	10 Free Episodes	Track Have You Seen?
Planet Earth	TV	2006	all	9.4	N/A	+ Rent or Buy	11 Free Episodes	Track Have You Seen?
The Square		2013	N/A	8.1	100%	+ Rent or Buy		Want To See Seen
Dirty Money	TV	2018	16+	8.1	100%		12 Free Episodes	Track Have You Seen?
Virunga		2014	N/A	8.2	100%			Want To See Seen
Wild Wild Country	TV	2018	16+	8.2	98%		6 Free Episodes	Track Have You Seen?
Everybody's Everything		2019	N/A	7.4	100%	+ Rent or Buy		Want To See Seen
Eddie Murphy: Delirious		1983	18+	8.2	83%			Want To See Seen
Don't F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer	TV	2019	18+	8.1	67%		3 Free Episodes	Track Have You Seen?
Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom		2015	N/A	8.4	88%			Want To See Seen
The Ring		2002	13+	7.1	71%	+ Rent or Buy		Want To See Seen
American Factory		2019	16+	7.4	97%			Want To See Seen
LA 92		2017	18+	8.2	92%	+ Rent or Buy		Want To See Seen
The Game Changers		2019	N/A	7.9	70%	+ Rent or Buy		Want To See Seen
The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez	TV	2020	18+	8.3	N/A		6 Free Episodes	Track Have You Seen?
Cheer	TV	2020	16+	8.2	100%		6 Free Episodes	Track Have You Seen?
The Fear of 13		2015	N/A	7.7	94%	+ Rent or Buy		Want To See Seen
Chef's Table	TV	2015	all	8.6	100%		30 Free Episodes	Track Have You Seen?
Tell Me Who I Am		2019	N/A	7.6	95%			Want To See Seen
The Edge of Democracy		2019	16+	7.1	97%			Want To See Seen
Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage		2010	N/A	8.4	90%	+ Rent or Buy		Want To See Seen
20 Feet from Stardom		2013	13+	7.4	99%	+ Rent or Buy		Want To See Seen
The White Helmets		2016	16+	7.5	100%			Want To See Seen
Richard Pryor: Live in Concert		1979	18+	8.2	92%			Want To See Seen
Supersonic		2016	18+	7.9	84%	+ Rent or Buy		Want To See Seen
Chasing Coral		2017	N/A	8.1	100%			Want To See Seen
The Keepers	TV	2017	16+	8.1	96%		7 Free Episodes	Track Have You Seen?
For the Love of Spock		2016	N/A	7.6	100%	+ Rent or Buy		Want To See Seen
Inequality for All		2013	7+	8.0	90%	+ Rent or Buy		Want To See Seen
Louis C.K. 2017		2017	18+	7.6	100%			Want To See Seen
The Staircase	TV	2005	16+	7.9	93%		13 Free Episodes	Track Have You Seen?
The Battered Bastards of Baseball		2014	N/A	8.0	100%			Want To See Seen
Unrest		2017	N/A	7.7	100%	+ Rent or Buy		Want To See Seen
Undefeated		2011	13+	7.7	96%	+ Rent or Buy		Want To See Seen
What Happened, Miss Simone?		2015	N/A	7.6	89%	+ Rent or Buy		Want To See Seen