After leaving "All My Children", Delaney began acting in feature films. In 1985, she appeared with Emilio Estevez in "That Was Then... This Is Now", a film version of the S. E. Hinton novel of the same name. In 1986, she played a young nun in the military action movie "The Delta Force", starring Chuck Norris. In 1987, Delaney was cast as Amanda Jones in "Some Kind of Wonderful" opposite Peter Gallagher, but new director Howard Deutch recast both roles with his future wife Lea Thompson and Craig Sheffer before filming. Also in 1987, she appeared both as Jessie in "Christmas Comes to Willow Creek", and as associate attorney Leslie Kleinberg during the 2nd season of "L.A. Law". In 1988, Delaney starred in the thriller "The Drifter". In 1994, she appeared in the film "The Force".