A Better Life (2011)

An Indigenous Latino American gardener in East L.A. struggles to keep his son away from gangs and immigration agents while traveling across town to perform landscaping work for the city's wealthy landowners.

Genres: Drama

What to watch after A Better Life

• An Unfinished Life (2005)
• This Boy's Life (1993) — Same feel: realistic, painful
• Life as a House (2001) — Same subject: california
• Any Day Now (2012) — Same feel: painful, sympathetic
• About a Boy (2002) — Chris Weitz directed both
• A Thousand and One (2023) — Same feel: realistic, painful