Better Luck Tomorrow

2002 film by Justin Lin

Movie Film Q2900179

Facts

20 properties

Instance of: film
Director: Justin Lin^[1]
Genre: teen film, crime film, drama film, coming-of-age film^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]
Publication date: January 12, 2002, April 11, 2003^[23]^[24]
Official website: www.betterlucktomorrow.com^[28]
Screenwriter: Justin Lin^[2]
Producer: Justin Lin^[15]
Duration: 101 min^[32]
Cast member: Parry Shen, Sung Kang, Jason Tobin, John Cho, Karin Anna Cheung, Roger Fan, Aaron Takahashi, Jerry Mathers^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]
Color: color^[21]
Country of origin: United States^[22]
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures, Netflix^[25]^[26]
Distribution format: video on demand^[18]
Film editor: Justin Lin^[30]
Filming location: Los Angeles^[29]
Narrative location: California^[27]
Original language of film or TV show: English^[17]
Production company: MTV Films^[16]
Review score: 81%, 7/10^[19]^[20]
Title: Better Luck Tomorrow^[31]

🏷️ Also known as

en Better Luck Tomorrow fa شانسی بهتر برای فردا zh 明日好運到 zh 火爆麻吉

🔖 Identifiers · 38

AllMovie title ID: v260309
AlloCiné film ID: 50139
Apple TV movie ID: umc.cmc.1s9frgczttmb9l5u5v3p3x32s
Box Office Mojo film ID (former scheme): betterlucktomorrow
Cinémathèque québécoise work ID: 65213
Douban film ID: 1459023
Dvdcompare.net film ID: 38022, 58282
EIDR content ID: 10.5240/22DD-F77A-BE41-68FD-D85A-Y
ElFilm film ID: 276541
FilmAffinity film ID: 855782
FilmVandaag ID: film/18889
Filmfront film ID (archived): 1577

Show all 38 identifiers +26

Filmová databáze film ID: 69329
Filmweb.no film ID: 104273
Freebase ID: /m/041r4q
Google Play Movies & TV ID: 1ZKlJceqIpo
IMCDB work ID: 280477
IMDb ID: tt0280477
ITunes movie ID: 268253702
Kinobox film ID: 237516
Kinopoisk film ID: 8272
LUMIERE film ID: 20640
Letterboxd film ID: better-luck-tomorrow
MUBI film numeric ID: 27933
Movie Review Query Engine ID: better-luck-tomorrow-m100018070
MovieLens movie ID: 6288
Moviepilot.de film ID: better-luck-tomorrow
Netflix ID: 60027588
OFDb film ID: 27331
Plex media key: 5d9f351268e4c8001fb5e46b
Rotten Tomatoes ID: m/better_luck_tomorrow
Schnittberichte.com title ID: 80165
TCM Movie Database film ID (archived): 444591
TMDB movie ID: 14290
TheTVDB movie ID: 25498
Trakt.tv ID: movies/better-luck-tomorrow-2002
Trakt.tv film ID: 8581
ČSFD film ID: 29777

Report an error or request removal Lineage (PROV-JSON)

🔗 Connections

Cast member 7

John Cho, Sung Kang, Jerry Mathers, Parry Shen, Karin Anna Cheung, Jason Tobin, Roger Fan

Genre 3

drama film, crime film, teen film

Distributed by 2

Netflix, Paramount Pictures

Country of origin 1

United States

Director 1

Justin Lin

Distribution format 1

video on demand

Film editor 1

Justin Lin

Filming location 1

Los Angeles

Instance of 1

film

Narrative location 1

California

Original language of film or TV show 1

English

Producer 1

Justin Lin

Production company 1

MTV Films

Screenwriter 1

Justin Lin

Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

[1] ↑ Better Luck Tomorrow — director (P57): Justin Lin. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-07-07. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Better Luck Tomorrow — screenwriter (P58): Justin Lin. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Better Luck Tomorrow — genre (P136): teen film. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Better Luck Tomorrow — genre (P136): crime film. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-07-07. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Better Luck Tomorrow — genre (P136): drama film. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-07-07. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Better Luck Tomorrow — genre (P136): coming-of-age film. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Better Luck Tomorrow — cast member (P161): Parry Shen. adorocinema.com. Retrieved 2016-07-07. adorocinema.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Better Luck Tomorrow — cast member (P161): Sung Kang. adorocinema.com. Retrieved 2016-07-07. adorocinema.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Better Luck Tomorrow — cast member (P161): Jason Tobin. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Better Luck Tomorrow — cast member (P161): John Cho. adorocinema.com. Retrieved 2016-07-07. adorocinema.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Better Luck Tomorrow — cast member (P161): Karin Anna Cheung. adorocinema.com. Retrieved 2016-07-07. adorocinema.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Better Luck Tomorrow — cast member (P161): Roger Fan. Retrieved 2026-02-03. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Better Luck Tomorrow — cast member (P161): Aaron Takahashi. Retrieved 2026-02-03. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Better Luck Tomorrow — cast member (P161): Jerry Mathers. Retrieved 2026-02-03. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Better Luck Tomorrow — producer (P162): Justin Lin. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Better Luck Tomorrow — production company (P272): MTV Films. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Better Luck Tomorrow — original language of film or TV show (P364): English. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Better Luck Tomorrow — distribution format (P437): video on demand. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Better Luck Tomorrow — review score (P444): 81%. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2021-10-07. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Better Luck Tomorrow — review score (P444): 7/10. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2021-10-07. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Better Luck Tomorrow — color (P462): color. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Better Luck Tomorrow — country of origin (P495): United States. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Better Luck Tomorrow — publication date (P577): January 12, 2002. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Better Luck Tomorrow — publication date (P577): April 11, 2003. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Better Luck Tomorrow — distributed by (P750): Paramount Pictures. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Better Luck Tomorrow — distributed by (P750): Netflix. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Better Luck Tomorrow — narrative location (P840): California. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Better Luck Tomorrow — official website (P856): http://www.betterlucktomorrow.com/. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Better Luck Tomorrow — filming location (P915): Los Angeles. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Better Luck Tomorrow — film editor (P1040): Justin Lin. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Better Luck Tomorrow — title (P1476): Better Luck Tomorrow. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Better Luck Tomorrow — duration (P2047): 101 minutes. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA

4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Better Luck Tomorrow. Retrieved November 14, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/better-luck-tomorrow

MLA

“Better Luck Tomorrow.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 14 Nov. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/better-luck-tomorrow.

BibTeX

@misc{4ortxyz_better-luck-tomorrow_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Better Luck Tomorrow}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/better-luck-tomorrow}, note = {Accessed: 2026-11-14}}

LLM prompt

According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Better Luck Tomorrow — https://4ort.xyz/entity/better-luck-tomorrow (retrieved 2026-11-14)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/better-luck-tomorrow · Last refreshed: November 14, 2026

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

6d ago · Fotis A. · 2026-11-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗

"Changed [el] description: αμερικανική κινηματογραφική ταινία του 2002, batch #294384"
10w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗

IMCDB work ID → 280477

"Created claim: IMCDB work ID: 280477, batch #269964"
12w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Filmová databáze film ID → 69329

"Created claim: Filmová databáze film ID: 69329, batch #269267"
20w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗

MovieLens movie ID → 6288

Producer → Justin Lin

Publication date → January 12, 2002, April 11, 2003

Cast member → Parry Shen, Sung Kang, Jason Tobin +1

+ 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #38225: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"

Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.

Better Luck Tomorrow

Facts

Related Entities

References

Direct Wikidata claims

📑 Cite this page

Edit History