The Boys Next Door (1985 film)

The Boys Next Door
Film poster
Directed byPenelope Spheeris
Written byGlen Morgan
James Wong
Produced bySandy Howard
Keith Rubinstein
StarringMaxwell Caulfield
Charlie Sheen
CinematographyArthur Albert
Edited byAndy Horvitch
Music byGeorge S. Clinton
Production
company
Republic Entertainment International
Distributed byNew World Pictures
Release dates
  • October 1985 (1985-10) (Chicago)
  • November 1, 1985 (1985-11-01) (U.S.)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2.5 million

The Boys Next Door (released as No Apparent Motive in Australia) is a 1985 American neo-noir crime drama film directed by Penelope Spheeris, from a screenplay by Glen Morgan and James Wong. It stars Maxwell Caulfield and Charlie Sheen as two sociopathic teenagers who leave their small town home on the day of their high school graduation and embark on a crime and murder spree.

The film was Spheeris' second narrative feature following Suburbia (1984), and was released by New World Pictures on November 1, 1985.