58 Andrew McCarthy Movies, Ranked Best to Worst

The Joy Luck Club is a drama film which revolves around four Chinese women, who along with their mothers, try to find answers regarding their complex relationships. The film then takes us to the past, and reveals the hidden pasts of the women and how their lives were shaped by clashes of Chinese and American cultures.

Sweet and intelligent teenager Andie is not very popular in her school. Duckie, who is smitten with her, and Iona, are her closest friends though she has a secret crush on wealthy heartthrob Blane. When Blane starts showing interest in her, Andie is sure that she has found true love. However, while her friends disapprove, Blane’s friend circle looks down on her.

St. Elmo’s Fire is a romantic drama film which revolves around a group of self-centered friends who just graduated from college. As they struggle with adulthood, they begin to realize that life is not as easy as they expected. 

The film tells the story of five kids growing up in an orphanage, who don’t want to be separated from each other by adoption.

Class is a romantic comedy drama film which tells the story of a young naïve country boy named Jonathan who gets a scholarship at a classy school in the city. He soon starts having an affair with a beautiful woman, who is much older. She ends their relationship upon discovering that he is just 17. During the Christmas holidays, he visits the home of Skip, his friend, and he discovers that the woman he had an affair with, was none other than Skip’s mother.

Recently divorced Helen Grace and her three children, Mallory, Jared and Simon, have just moved into an isolated old house owned by their great, great uncle Arthur Spiderwick. But when Jared finds an old Guide book, written by Arthur and comes to know about supernatural creatures living in the same house, disturbing incidences begin to occur on daily basis. 

Clay comes home after his first semester of college due to his ex-girlfriend’s request but he soon encounters some disturbing developments. He comes to know that his former lover has developed an addiction to cocaine.

Jonathan is an unemployed artist, who finds a job at a store as an assistant window dresser. He soon comes across a beautiful mannequin which he had designed himself previously. Things take an interesting turn, when she comes to life, and they fall for each other.

Frustrated with the rules and weaknesses of the justice system, a team of four LAPD detectives, decide to commit the unlawful execution of a powerful gangster. They are soon brought in when a young woman’s body is found at a construction site. As the detectives continue their investigation, they soon receive a film of her having sex in a motel room.  

Tommy teaches his geeky co-worker Daniel how to charm women. Soon, Daniel gets acquainted with Beth, Tommy’s girlfriend. But things get complicated, when Beth starts spending more time with Daniel.

Weekend at Bernie’s II is an adventure fantasy comedy film which tells the story of Larry and Richard, who are blamed for the corruption committed by their boss, after his death. In order to clear their names, they decide to find the missing money. After learning that the fortune is hidden in the Virgin Islands, they decide to travel there, but they are unaware that a group of gangsters are also in search of the money.