Better Off Dead... (1985)

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1h 37min

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Synopsis

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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Where does Better Off Dead... rank today?
The JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts are calculated by user activity within the last 24 hours. This includes clicking on a streaming offer, adding a title to a watchlist, and marking a title as 'seen'. This includes data from ~1.7 million movie & TV show fans per day.

Better Off Dead... is 3085 on the JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts today. The movie has moved down the charts by -25 places since yesterday. In Canada, it is currently more popular than The Cut but less popular than Arcadian.

Rank		Title
3081.		Extraction	-43
3082.		Raising Helen	-34
3083.		Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle	-34
3084.		Arcadian	-25
3085.		Better Off Dead...	-25
3086.		The Cut	+1
3087.		All Is Lost	-23
3088.		Dragon Wars: D-War	-23
3089.		PAW Patrol: The Movie	-33

Streaming charts last updated: 13:24, 2026-09-29

Cast

John Cusack

John Cusack

Lane Meyer

Amanda Wyss

Amanda Wyss

Beth Truss

Diane Franklin

Diane Franklin

Monique Junot

Aaron Dozier

Aaron Dozier

Roy Stalin

Curtis Armstrong

Curtis Armstrong

Charles De Mar

David Ogden Stiers

David Ogden Stiers

Al Meyer

Kim Darby

Kim Darby

Jenny Meyer

Demian Slade

Demian Slade

Johnny Gasparini

Laura Waterbury

Laura Waterbury

Mrs. Smith

Dan Schneider

Dan Schneider

Ricky Smith

Yuji Okumoto

Yuji Okumoto

Yee Sook Ree

Brian Imada

Brian Imada

Chen Ree

Scooter Stevens

Scooter Stevens

Badger Meyer

Chuck Mitchell

Chuck Mitchell

Rocko

Frank Burt Avalon

Frank Burt Avalon

Roy's Ski Buddy #1

Vincent Schiavelli

Vincent Schiavelli

Mr. Kerber

Taylor Negron

Taylor Negron

Mailman

E. G. Daily

E. G. Daily

Elizabeth Daily

Joe W. Davis

Joe W. Davis

Roy's Ski Buddy #2 (as J. Warren David)

Edward Mehler

Edward Mehler

Buster

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