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Better Off Dead... (1985)

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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 2331 on the JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts today. The movie has moved down the charts by -19 places since yesterday. In Canada, it is currently more popular than Roadkill but less popular than The Killer.

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Better Off Dead...

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Streaming charts last updated: 05:07, 2026-09-15

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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