Better Off Dead

Directed by Savage Steve Holland
PG
1985    1h 37m[Comedy](/on-demand/category/comedy), [Romance](/on-demand/category/romance)
7.175%87%6.6
High school student Lane Meyer sinks into suicidal depression when his girlfriend dumps him for jock Roy Stalin, the high school ski racing champion. Meanwhile, he has to deal with his eccentric family, a tenacious paperboy and an obnoxious neighbor whose mother is hosting a beautiful French exchange student named Monique.

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Cast of Better Off Dead

  • John CusackLane Meyer
  • Amanda WyssBeth Truss
  • Diane FranklinMonique Junot
  • Aaron DozierRoy Stalin
  • Curtis ArmstrongCharles De Mar
  • David Ogden StiersAl Meyer
  • Kim DarbyJenny Meyer
  • Demian SladeJohnny Gasparini
  • Laura WaterburyMrs. Smith
  • Dan SchneiderRicky Smith
  • Yuji OkumotoYee Sook Ree
  • Brian ImadaChen Ree
  • Scooter StevensBadger Meyer
  • Chuck MitchellRocko
  • Frank Burt AvalonRoy's Ski Buddy #1
  • Vincent SchiavelliMr. Kerber
  • Taylor NegronMailman
  • E. G. DailyElizabeth Daily
  • Joe W. DavisRoy's Ski Buddy #2 (as J. Warren David)
  • Peter EllensteinRoy's Ski Buddy #3

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