The Good Life (1975)

The Goods turn a suburban garden into a smallholding, to the dismay of their conventionally aspirational neighbours. The 1975 British The Good Life, known in the US as Good Neighbors, makes opposing values visible across one garden boundary. Margo's indignation and Barbara's resourcefulness keep the disagreement personal without making affection impossible. It is the vintage choice for anyone who has discovered that a neighbour treats another household's decision as a public matter.