When Elizabeth returns to her mother's home after her marriage breaks up, she recreates her imaginary childhood friend, Fred, to escape from the trauma of losing her husband and her job. In between the chaos and mayhem that Fred creates, Elizabeth attempts to win back her husband and return to normality.
Unfortunately the movie Drop Dead Fred is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Production | Paul Webster | Producer |
| Directing | Ate de Jong | Director |
| Writing | Anthony Fingleton | Screenplay |
| Sound | Randy Edelman | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Peter Deming | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Marshall Harvey | Editor |
| Writing | Carlos Davis | Screenplay |
| Production | Anthony Fingleton | Executive Producer |
| Production | Carlos Davis | Executive Producer |
| Production | Tim Bevan | Executive Producer |
| Editing | James Groetsch | Editorial Production Assistant |
| Visual Effects | Peter Kuran | Visual Effects Producer |
| Lighting | Chris Malone | Electrician |
| Directing | Daniel M. Stillman | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Benita Brazier | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Pud Cusack | Boom Operator |
| Camera | Johnny Hale | Grip |
| Sound | Michael P. Redbourn | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Camera | Craig Foster | Grip |
| Art | Pete von Sholly | Storyboard Artist |
| Camera | Kimman Harmon | Second Assistant Camera |
| Crew | Julie Polkes | Unit Publicist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Daryl Kerrigan | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Sound | Edmund J. Lachmann | Dialogue Editor |
| Production | Mary McLaglen | Unit Production Manager |
| Camera | Scott Browner | First Assistant Camera |
| Crew | Clarissa Troop | Post Production Supervisor |
| Sound | Robert J. Anderson Jr. | Sound Mixer |
| Production | Tim Hillman | Location Manager |
| Production | Robert Graf | Assistant Location Manager |
| Production | Julie Hartley | Production Coordinator |
| Camera | Robert K. Feldmann | Key Grip |
| Lighting | David Doyle | Electrician |
| Art | Joe Ranft | Title Designer |
| Production | Clarissa Troop | Producer's Assistant |
| Production | Nicole Furia | Production Accountant |
| Art | Deborah Schildt | Property Master |
| Art | Sydney Sharpe | Assistant Art Director |
| Production | Eric Mueller | Assistant Production Coordinator |
| Camera | Clarence Brown | Dolly Grip |
| Sound | Joseph Holsen | Dialogue Editor |
| Directing | Julie Herrin | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Margaret Lancaster | Assistant Accountant |
| Lighting | Nick Cline | Best Boy Electric |
| Camera | Robert Adams | Best Boy Grip |
| Sound | Samuel C. Crutcher | Dialogue Editor |
| Art | Mitch Devane | Sculptor |
| Lighting | Tom Franchett | Electrician |
| Sound | Richard D. Rogers | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Editing | Jim Schulte | First Assistant Editor |
| Directing | Michael Waxman | First Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lucy W. Corrigan | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Camera | Demmie Todd | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Robert W. Glass Jr. | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Crew | Pete Snell | Projection |
| Lighting | Michael LaViolette | Gaffer |
| Sound | Tova Szabo | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Elton Ahi | Scoring Mixer |
| Editing | Dan Muscarella | Color Timer |
| Sound | Grover B. Helsley | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Kathy Durning | Music Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carol Wood | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Heather Matisoff | Key Hair Stylist |
| Art | Rando Schmook | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sherry Hartung | Assistant Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Steven Mack | Wig Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lizbeth Williamson | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | A.J. Nielsen | Assistant Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Richard Blair | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Lynn Kressel | Casting |
| Art | Joseph T. Garrity | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Daniel Curet | Assistant Hairstylist |
| Writing | Elizabeth Livingston | Story |
| Art | Colin Tugwood | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tamara Guthrie | Hair Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Christopher Johnson | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Barbara Anne Klein | Stunt Double |
| Art | Steve Segal | Opening Title Sequence |
