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 | Bowling for Columbine | 2002 | 18+ | 7.9/10 | 84/100 |  | Want To See  Seen  | ||
 | Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief | 2015 | N/A | 8.0/10 | 83/100 |  | Want To See Seen | ||
 | Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills | 1996 | N/A | 8.3/10 | 81/100 |  | Want To See Seen | ||
 | The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart | 2020 | N/A | 8.2/10 | 80/100 | | Want To See Seen | ||
 | Capturing the Friedmans | 2003 | N/A | 7.7/10 | 79/100 | | Want To See Seen | ||
 | Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind | 2018 | 18+ | 8.0/10 | 79/100 | | Want To See Seen | ||
 | David Byrne's American Utopia | 2020 | 16+ | 8.3/10 | 79/100 | | Want To See Seen | ||
 | Cobain: Montage of Heck | 2015 | 18+ | 7.5/10 | 78/100 |  | Want To See Seen | ||
 | Spielberg | 2017 | 18+ | 7.7/10 | 78/100 | | Want To See Seen | ||
 | Andre the Giant | 2018 | 16+ | 7.8/10 | 78/100 | | Want To See Seen | ||
 | Mommy Dead and Dearest | 2017 | 18+ | 7.4/10 | 78/100 | | Want To See Seen | ||
 | Buena Vista Social Club | 1999 | all | 7.7/10 | 77/100 | | Want To See Seen | ||
 | Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory | 2011 | N/A | 8.1/10 | 77/100 | | Want To See Seen | ||
 | Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God | 2012 | 16+ | 8.0/10 | 75/100 | | Want To See Seen | ||
 | Akeelah and the Bee | 2006 | 7+ | 7.3/10 | 74/100 | | Want To See Seen | ||
 | Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds | 2017 | 16+ | 8.0/10 | 74/100 | | Want To See Seen | ||
 | Momentum Generation | 2018 | 16+ | 8.1/10 | 73/100 | | Want To See Seen | ||
 | The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley | 2019 | 16+ | 7.1/10 | 73/100 | | Want To See Seen | ||
 | 4 Little Girls | 1997 | 16+ | 7.8/10 | 73/100 | | Want To See Seen | ||
 | Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker | 1999 | 18+ | 8.0/10 | 73/100 | | Want To See Seen | ||
 | Jane Fonda in Five Acts | 2018 | 16+ | 8.0/10 | 73/100 | | Want To See Seen | ||
 | White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki | 2007 | N/A | 8.3/10 | 72/100 | | Want To See Seen | ||
 | Midnight Family | 2019 | N/A | 7.4/10 | 72/100 | | Want To See Seen | ||
 | Every Brilliant Thing | 2016 | N/A | 8.5/10 | 72/100 | | Want To See Seen | ||
 | The Cold Blue | 2018 | 7+ | 7.6/10 | 72/100 | | Want To See Seen | ||
 | Life According to Sam | 2013 | all | 8.2/10 | 72/100 | | Want To See Seen | ||
 | Paradise Lost 2: Revelations | 2000 | N/A | 7.6/10 | 72/100 | | Want To See Seen | ||
 | Western Stars | 2019 | 7+ | 7.5/10 | 71/100 | | Want To See Seen | ||
 | King in the Wilderness | 2018 | 16+ | 8.0/10 | 71/100 | | Want To See Seen | ||
 | Valentine Road | 2013 | 16+ | 7.1/10 | 71/100 |     | Want To See Seen | ||
 | The Weight of Gold | 2020 | 16+ | 7.1/10 | 71/100 | | Want To See Seen | ||
 | 3 ½ Minutes, 10 Bullets | 2015 | 18+ | 7.2/10 | 70/100 | | Want To See Seen | ||
 | The Price of Everything | 2018 | 16+ | 7.2/10 | 70/100 | | Want To See Seen | ||
 | The Case Against 8 | 2014 | 16+ | 7.3/10 | 70/100 | | Want To See Seen | ||
 | May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers | 2017 | N/A | 8.2/10 | 69/100 | | Want To See Seen | ||
 | Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures | 2016 | 18+ | 7.5/10 | 69/100 | | Want To See Seen | ||
 | Cries from Syria | 2017 | 18+ | 8.2/10 | 69/100 | | Want To See Seen | ||
 | Six by Sondheim | 2013 | N/A | 7.9/10 | 69/100 | | Want To See Seen | ||
 | The Scheme | 2020 | 18+ | 7.0/10 | 69/100 | | Want To See Seen | ||
 | David Bowie: The Last Five Years | 2017 | 16+ | 7.5/10 | 69/100 | | Want To See Seen | ||
 | The Heiresses | 2018 | 18+ | 6.7/10 | 69/100 | | Want To See Seen | ||
 | I Am Evidence | 2017 | 18+ | 7.6/10 | 68/100 | | Want To See Seen | ||
 | Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport | 2000 | 13+ | 7.7/10 | 68/100 | | Want To See Seen | ||
 | Thin | 2006 | 13+ | 7.4/10 | 68/100 | | Want To See Seen | ||
 | Showbiz Kids | 2020 | 18+ | 7.0/10 | 68/100 | | Want To See Seen | ||
 | After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News | 2020 | 18+ | 6.9/10 | 68/100 | | Want To See Seen | ||
 | Ice on Fire | 2019 | 7+ | 7.4/10 | 68/100 | | Want To See Seen | ||
 | Everything Is Copy | 2015 | 16+ | 7.4/10 | 68/100 | | Want To See Seen | ||
 | Between the World and Me | 2020 | N/A | 7.3/10 | 67/100 | | Want To See Seen | ||
 | Banksy Does New York | 2014 | N/A | 7.3/10 | 67/100 | | Want To See Seen |