Edward Regan Murphy is a jack of many trades, he is well-known for his comedy, writing, acting, singing, production and direction skills. Born in Brooklyn, New York on April 3, 1961, Murphy started stand up comedy during his teens. His acting career started with the NBC’s “Saturday Night Live”. Murphy is said to have played a critical role in the revival of the show. Of the many famous Eddie Murphy movies, his first was “48 Hrs.” (1982). It was a huge success. The third of the Eddie Murphy movies “Beverly Hills Cop” (1984) earned itself spot number 9 in the list of all-time Box-office hits. Since then he has earned huge recognition, winning multiple awards like Golden Globe, Grammy Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, British Comedy Award, etc. In 2015, Murphy was honored with the“Mark Twain Prize” by the John F. Kennedy Center. Eddie Murphy movies are source of joy and recreation for audience. For the sake of fans of Eddie Freeman movies, we have compiled a list of all time hit Eddie Murphy movies.
The top ten Eddie Murphy Movies of all time are listed below:
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10. Mulan (1998)
Mulan as one of the animated Eddie Murphy movies was an enormous success. Mulan is a girl residing in a patriarchal society. Dreading the conscription of her father, she pretends to be her father’s son and goes for training in his father’s place in the army war camp. In the process, with the assistance of her dragon Mushu (Eddie Murphy), she ends up becoming a Chinese champion. Murphy received much critical acclaim for his voice-over role as the snarky dragon with a soft heart and his witty one-liners gave rise to multiple pop-culture references for years to come.
IMDb 7.6 / Release Date: 1998
Trailer / Director: Tony Bancroft, Barry Cook
9. Shrek (2001)
An animated story of an ogre named Shrek. His privacy is abruptly disturbed when magical creatures invade his abode, a marsh. He thus to regain his solitude undertakes an adventure to free Princess Fiona for Farquaad. This animated Eddie Murphy movie earned praise from both kids and adults alike and made a fortune of 484.4 million USD in Box-office.
IMDb 7.9 / Release Date: 2001
Trailer / Director: Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson
8. Eddie Murphy: Raw (1987)
It is a recorded live documentary of Eddie Murphy’s stand up comedy. This Eddie Murphy movie has a rating of 7.6 out of 10 on IMDb and 81% at Rotten Tomatoes. The setting is that Eddie Murphy the comedian is performing a comedy routine, where he discusses various topics mainly revolving around marriage, women and racial stereotypes.
IMDb 7.6 / Release Date: 1987
Trailer / Director: Robert Townsend
7. The Haunted Mansion (2003)
In this Eddie Murphy movie, he is a workaholic realtor, Jim Evers. Upon his wife’s compliant of his ignorance towards family, he plans a family trip to a mansion he is supposed to sell. Soon they realize that the mansion is haunted by ghosts of four servants. A curse on the mansion needs lifting. This fantasy movie had Box-office collections of 182.3 million USD.
IMDb 5.0 / Release Date: 2003
Trailer / Director: Rob Minkoff
6. Life (1999)
Two criminals on parole, Harlem Ray (Eddie Murphy) and Claude (Martin Lawrence) undertake a risky bootlegging in pursuit of monetary profits. Unfortunately, they end up being illegitimatelyconvicted for murder and return to penitentiary together. There they forge a unique bond of friendship to survive the hardships of a prison life.
IMDb 6.7 / Release Date: 1999
Trailer / Director: Ted Demme
5. Boomerang (1992)
Eddie Murphy acts as a playboy and womanizer Marcus an Executive Advertiser in this Eddie Murphy movie. He is excellent in handling romantic relationships with multiple women simultaneously. But one day he meets his match, Jacqueline (Robin Givens). Now the tables are turned and roles exchanged. The fans adore this movie for its comedy and drama.
IMDb 5.5 / Release Date: 1992
Trailer / Director: Reginald Hudlin
4. Coming to America (1988)
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A Jake Kasdan directed adventure film released in 2017. If you love adventure, this is an appropriate movie for you. Experience the mystery of the jungle. The synopsis is about four high school friends that discovers an old video game console and are mysteriously drawn in the jungle each of them receiving new identity that they had chosen without their knowledge. To win the game, they have to search for treasure left 20 years ago to gain their original form. They have to decide whether to face the most dangerous adventure of their lives or be stuck in the game for the rest of their lives.
IMDb 7.0 / Release Date: 1988
Trailer / Director: John Landis
3. Trading Places (1983)
This Eddie Murphy movie encompasses the strange crossing-paths of a high-end broker – Louis Winthrope (Dan Aykroyd) and a penniless hustler – Billy Ray Valentine (Eddie Murphy). Unknowingly and unwillingly they both become part of an intricate scheme by the Dukes. Upon the discovery of this so-called bet, they join forces to combat against this threat.
IMDb 7.5 / Release Date: 1983
Trailer / Director: John Landis
2. 48 Hrs. (1982)
The very first of Eddie Murphy movies was 48 Hrs. He starred alongside Nick Nolte. The story revolves around a cop Jack Cates (Nick Nolte) who seeks assistance from a robber Reggie Hammond (Eddie Murphy), pulling him out of jail to apprehend Hammond’s ex-partner in crime. The clever Hammond knows the whereabouts of the stolen million dollars, but he befools Cates to enjoy his brief span of freedom.
IMDb 6.9 / Release Date: 1982
Trailer / Director: Walter Hill
1. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
This Eddie Murphy movie is a thriller where he plays the role of a cop Axel Foley, who investigates the murder of his childhood friend MikeyTandino,who is murdered when he comes to meet Foley from California. Foley’s search leads him to a drug smuggler Victor Maitland, who uses an art gallery as a front for his illegal businesses. This movie is widely considered to be one of the greatest movies of 1984 with fast-talking Murphy captivating audiences with his cheeky sense of humor. This Eddie Murphy movie was a huge hit with the fans grossing 316.4 million USD in Box-office and gave rise to a franchise with two more movies, with the second being a hit commercially and critically.
IMDb 7.3 / Release Date: 1984
Trailer / Director: Martin Brest
After a successful comedy career and multiple comedy-centric movies in his repertoire, Murphy is considered one off the greats of the era with a sharp idiosyncratic wit and cheeky humor nonpareil amongst his peers. Here we’ve paid tribute of to the life work of a man who spent his life entertaining us for which we are truly indebted.
This article enlists the best Eddie Murphy movies. This compilation of top 10 Eddie Murphy movies is done for the benefit of the Eddie Murphy fans.
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