Eddie Murphy films, ranked by your taste

Actor and director · 46 films on Boxlist

Known for Shrek, Shrek 2 and Trading Places.

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Shrek
2001 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
It ain't easy bein' green -- especially if you're a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek. On a mission to retrieve a gorgeous princess from the clutches of a fire-breathing dragon, Shrek teams up with an unlikely compatriot -- a...
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Shrek 2
2004 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
Shrek, Fiona and Donkey set off to Far, Far Away to meet Fiona's mother and father. But not everyone is happy. Shrek and the King find it hard to get along, and there's tension in the marriage. The fairy godmother discovers that Shrek has...
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Trading Places
1983 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
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Mulan
1998 · Film
7.9/10 · TMDB
A tomboyish girl disguises herself as a young man so she can fight with the Imperial Chinese Army against the invading Huns. With help from wise-cracking dragon Mushu, Mulan just might save her country -- and win the heart of handsome...
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48 Hrs.
1982 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.
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Dolemite Is My Name
2019 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
The story of Rudy Ray Moore, who created the iconic big screen pimp character Dolemite in the 1970s.
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Dreamgirls
2006 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
Three young women dream of becoming pop stars—and get their wish when they're chosen to be backup singers for the legendary James 'Thunder' Early.
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Beverly Hills Cop
1984 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
The heat is on in this fast paced action-comedy starring Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley, a street smart Detroit cop tracking down his best friend's killer in Beverly Hills. Axel quickly learns that his wild style doesn't fit in with the...
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Being Eddie
2025 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
From teen comedian to Hollywood legend, Eddie Murphy revisits his extraordinary showbiz ride with raw honesty and humor.
Untold Mr. T: I Pity the Fool
2026 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
Before the gold chains, mohawk, and Hollywood fame of The A-Team and Rocky III, there was Laurence Tureaud. This is the extraordinary origin story behind one of the most unlikely and beloved icons in entertainment — Mr. T.
Bowfinger
1999 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
On the verge of bankruptcy and desperate for his big break, aspiring filmmaker Bobby Bowfinger concocts a crazy plan to make his ultimate dream movie. Rallying a ragtag team that includes a starry-eyed ingenue, a has-been diva and a film...
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Dave Chappelle: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize
2020 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
An outstanding lineup of entertainers gathers in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall to salute Dave Chappelle, recipient of the 22nd annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
Shrek Forever After
2010 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
A bored and domesticated Shrek pacts with deal-maker Rumpelstiltskin to get back to feeling like a real ogre again, but when he's duped and sent to a twisted version of Far Far Away—where Rumpelstiltskin is king, ogres are hunted, and he...
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Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
2024 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
Forty years after his unforgettable first case in Beverly Hills, Detroit cop Axel Foley returns to do what he does best: solve crimes and cause chaos.
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Coming to America
1988 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
An African prince decides it’s time for him to find a princess... and his mission leads him and his most loyal friend to Queens, New York. In disguise as an impoverished immigrant, the pampered prince quickly finds himself a new job, new...
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Life
1999 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
Two men in 1930s Mississippi become friends after being sentenced to life in prison together for a crime they did not commit.
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Tower Heist
2011 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
A luxury condo manager leads a staff of workers to seek payback on the Wall Street swindler who defrauded them. With only days until the billionaire gets away with the perfect crime, the unlikely crew of amateur thieves enlists the help of...
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The Nutty Professor
1996 · Film
5.6/10 · TMDB
Eddie Murphy stars as shy Dr. Sherman Klump, a kind, brilliant, 'calorifically challenged' genetic professor. When beautiful Carla Purty joins the university faculty, Sherman grows desperate to whittle his 400-pound frame down to size and...
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Shrek the Halls
2007 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
The Christmas tree isn't the only thing green in this new holiday classic. Shrek is back and trying to get into the spirit of the season. After promising Fiona and the kids a Christmas they'll remember, he is forced to take a crash course...
Shrek the Third
2007 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
The King of Far Far Away has died and Shrek and Fiona are to become King & Queen. However, Shrek wants to return to his cozy swamp and live in peace and quiet, so when he finds out there is another heir to the throne, they set off to bring...
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Beverly Hills Cop II
1987 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Axel heads for the land of sunshine and palm trees to find out who shot police Captain Andrew Bogomil. Thanks to a couple of old friends, Axel's investigation uncovers a series of robberies masterminded by a heartless weapons kingpin—and...
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Coming 2 America
2021 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Prince Akeem Joffer is set to become King of Zamunda when he discovers he has a son he never knew about in America – a street savvy Queens native named Lavelle. Honoring his royal father's dying wish to groom this son as the crown prince...
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The Pickup
2025 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
A routine cash pickup takes a wild turn when mismatched armored truck drivers Russell and Travis are ambushed by ruthless criminals led by savvy mastermind Zoe.
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Candy Cane Lane
2023 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
A man, determined to win the neighborhood's annual Christmas decorating contest, makes a pact with an elf to help him win. However, the elf casts a spell bringing the twelve days of Christmas to life, bringing chaos to the small...
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You People
2023 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
A new couple and their families reckon with modern love amid culture clashes, societal expectations and generational differences.
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Imagine That
2009 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
A financial executive who can't stop his career downspiral is invited into his daughter's imaginary world, where solutions to his problems await.
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Boomerang
1992 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDB
Marcus is a successful advertising executive who woos and beds women almost at will. After a company merger he finds that his new boss, the ravishing Jacqueline, is treating him in exactly the same way. Completely traumatised by this, his...
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I Spy
2002 · Film
5.4/10 · TMDB
When the Switchblade, the most sophisticated prototype stealth fighter created yet, is stolen from the U.S. government, one of the United States' top spies, Alex Scott, is called to action. What he doesn't expect is to get teamed up with a...
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Doctor Dolittle
1998 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
A successful physician and devoted family man, John Dolittle seems to have the world by the tail, until a long suppressed talent he possessed as a child, the ability to communicate with animals is suddenly reawakened with a vengeance! Now...
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Dr. Dolittle 2
2001 · Film
5.3/10 · TMDB
A group of beavers ask Dr. Dolittle to save their habitat from loggers. The only hope is to get the forest preserved because it's the home of a protected bear, but there's a problem: the bear's the only bear in the forest, so she can't...
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The Distinguished Gentleman
1992 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
A Florida con man uses the passing of the long time Congressman from his district who he just happens to share a name with, to get elected to his version of paradise, Congress, where the money flows from lobbyists. But soon he learns the...
Daddy Day Care
2003 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
Two men get laid off and have to become stay-at-home dads when they can't find jobs, which inspires them to open their own day-care center.
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The Golden Child
1986 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
After a Tibetan boy, the mystical Golden Child, is kidnapped by the evil Sardo Numspa, humankind's fate hangs in the balance. On the other side of the world in Los Angeles, the priestess Kee Nang seeks the Chosen One, who will save the boy...
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Harlem Nights
1989 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
'Sugar' Ray is the owner of an illegal casino and must contend with the pressure of vicious gangsters and corrupt police who want to see him go out of business. In the world of organised crime and police corruption in the 1920s, any...
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Metro
1997 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
Roper, a hostage negotiator catches a murderous bank robber after a blown heist. The bank robber escapes and immediately goes after the man who put him behind bars.
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Meet Dave
2008 · Film
5.3/10 · TMDB
A crew of miniature aliens operate a spaceship that has a human form. While trying to save their planet, the aliens encounter a new problem, as their ship becomes smitten with an Earth woman.
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Another 48 Hrs.
1990 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
For the past four years, San Francisco cop Jack Cates has been after an unidentified drug kingpin who calls himself the Ice Man. Jack finds a picture that proves that the Ice Man has put a price on the head of Reggie Hammond, who is...
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Showtime
2002 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDB
A spoof of buddy cop movies where two very different cops are forced to team up on a new reality based T.V. cop show.
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Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
2000 · Film
5.0/10 · TMDB
The hilarity begins when professor Sherman Klump finds romance with fellow DNA specialist, Denise Gaines, and discovers a brilliant formula that reverses aging. But Sherman's thin and obnoxious alter ego, Buddy Love, wants out...and a big...
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Holy Man
1998 · Film
5.2/10 · TMDB
Eddie Murphy stars as an over-the-top television evangelist who finds a way to turn television home shopping into a religious experience, and takes America by storm.
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The Haunted Mansion
2003 · Film
5.6/10 · TMDB
Workaholic Jim Evers and his wife/business partner Sara get a call one night from a mansion owner, Edward Gracey, who wants to sell his house. Once the Evers family arrive at the mansion, a torrential thunderstorm of mysterious origin...
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A Thousand Words
2012 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
Jack McCall is a fast-talking literary agent, who can close any deal, any time, any way. He has set his sights on New Age guru Dr. Sinja for his own selfish purposes. But Dr. Sinja is on to him, and Jack’s life comes unglued after a...
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Beverly Hills Cop III
1994 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
Back in sunny southern California and on the trail of two murderers, Axel Foley again teams up with LA cop Billy Rosewood. Soon, they discover that an amusement park is being used as a front for a massive counterfeiting ring – and it's run...
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Norbit
2007 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDB
A mild-mannered guy who is engaged to a monstrous woman meets the woman of his dreams, and schemes to find a way to be with her.
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Vampire in Brooklyn
1995 · Film
5.0/10 · TMDB
Maximillian, the lone survivor of a race of vampires, comes to Brooklyn in search of a way to live past the next full moon. His ticket to survival is Rita, a NYPD detective who doesn't know she's half vampire -- and Maximillian will do...
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The Adventures of Pluto Nash
2002 · Film
4.4/10 · TMDB
The year is 2087, the setting is the moon. Pluto Nash, the high-flying successful owner of the hottest nightclub in the universe, finds himself in trouble when he refuses to sell his club to lunar gangster Mogan, who just happens to be...
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Eddie Murphy films, ranked by your taste

Starring Eddie Murphy

Directed by Eddie Murphy