Want to know the best Eddie Murphy movies? How about the worst Eddie Murphy movies? Curious about Eddie Murphy’s box office grosses or which Eddie Murphy movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Eddie Murphy movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
Before Eddie Murphy became one of the our most popular movie stars, he gained his first fame with his 5 year stint on Saturday Night Live (1980-84). During those years, Murphy performed numerous skits with his very popular characters Gumby, Mr. Robinson (spoof of Mr. Rogers) and a grown up Buckwheat. While still a regular cast member of Saturday Night Live he began his movie career. His first movie was the action comedy hit 48 HRS (1982) with Nick Nolte. He followed that movie with the even bigger hit Trading Places (1983). In 1984 he appeared in his biggest hit of his career, Beverly Hills Cop (1984)….which is ranked #40 on the all-time movie list of blockbusters….using inflated box office grosses.
Over the next ten years Murphy would appear in numerous box office hits like: Coming To America (1988), Beverly Hills Cop 2 (1987), The Golden Child (1986) and Another 48 HRS (1990). After the box office disappointments of Beverly Hills Cop III (1994) and 1995’s Vampire in Brooklyn, Murphy started appearing in successful family-friendly movies like The Nutty Professor and Doctor Doolittle movies. In 2006 Eddie Murphy received a Best Supporting Actor Oscar® nomination and a Golden Globe® win for Dreamgirls (2006). Eddie Murphy’s movies have grossed over 3.7 billion at the U.S. box office. Only Tom Hanks and his 3.8 billion can beat Murphy’s box office number. Did you know the last R rated movie Eddie Murphy was 1999’s Life?
His IMDb page shows over 60 acting credits since 1982. This page will rank Eddie Murphy movies from Best to Worst in seven different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos and movies that were not released in theaters were not included in the rankings.
Eddie Murphy Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews, and awards.
Eddie Murphy Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
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- Sort Eddie Murphy movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Eddie Murphy movie received.
- Sort Eddie Murphy movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
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I guess I might be a little slow for not realizing Eddie was the voice of Donkey. But now that I think about it it all makes sense! No wonder I love Donkey… Also love Eddie in Nutty Proffessor and Doc Doolittle.
Good to see you again emilybee. I do believe Donkey has been paying most of the bills in the Murphy family for the last 10 years…..because other than the Shrek movies the 2000s were not the best for Eddie……thanks for stopping by….and it is time for some more pages from you…I just checked and it has almost been a month since your last page.
I AGREE NOT ALL HIS MATERIAL IS FOR EVERYONE.BUT FOR THE MOST PART I THINK HE’S PRETTY GOOD.YOU DID A GOOD JOB ON THIS PAGE.
I guess I might be a little slow for not realizing Eddie was the voice of Donkey. But now that I think about it it all makes sense! No wonder I love Donkey… Also love Eddie in Nutty Proffessor and Doc Doolittle.
Everytime I see Eddie Murphy, I want to just slap him. It’s odd. I thought George Carlin and Richard Pryor were hilarious. Who used more profanity than either of those guys? Yet, I find Eddie Murphy offensive. I can’t explain it. I know, I’m weird. 🙂
This is still an excellent compilation of his work
Hey Fay….if I had to guess it could be his behind the scenes behavior…..he has some stuff in his closet that is not the screen persona he has…..where Carlin and Pryor pretty much made their personal demons part of their act…..much makes them less offensive…..kinda like Tiger Woods….if you think about how people feel about him now vs after his Thanksgiving day event with a golf club and car wreck….thanks for reading
Ready to see him in more dramas. No more fat suits. But some of his best work will always be on SNL.
I agree trusouldj…no more fat suits. They most be addictive as he and Martin Lawerence can not seem to make a movie without putting one on. You would think that he would have wanted to build on the success of Dreamgirls….instead he made Norbit. He actually has a movie called A Thousand Words coming out soon….about a guy that is told he will die after he speaks his next thousand words …sounds more like a drama than a comedy. Thanks for commenting
Very interesting page. Although it shouldn’t come to anyone’s surprise that a lot of his older films would be ranked higher, as I think that’s when Eddie was truly at his best. Anyways, thanks for writing this, as i’ll be sure to rate this up!
Hey Steven. I agree his first five years were awesome…Saturday Night Live, 48 Hours, Trading Places and Beverly Hills Cop….what a start. I do not think anybody other than Tom Hanks could have kept that pace up. Thanks for reading the page.