Every Eddie Murphy Movie, Ranked
Updated January 2023 to add You People.
After a successful stand-up career in the 1970s and a wildly acclaimed run on Saturday Night Live in the early 1980s, Eddie Murphy launched his film career (while still on SNL) in 1982 and has been appearing on the big screen fairly steadily in the decades since, starring in over 40 titles. To date, Murphy's films have grossed over $6 billion worldwide, but only occasionally has the material on screen matched Murphy's comedic talents—and, even when it has, reviews have sometimes been less positive than you might expect. In the gallery above, we rank all of his films to date (including his newest, Coming 2 America) from worst to best by Metascore, which reflects the consensus of professional critics for each film.
Murphy's family-friendly(-ish) 1998 comedy is inspired by (but not a direct adaptation of) Hugh Lofting's novels about a man who can speak to animals. (Well, you can too, but in the case of the film the animals speak back.) Like a 1967 film adaptation (a musical), the Murphy version did not go over well with critics, but it certainly connected with audiences, grossing nearly $300 million and spawning a sequel three years later.
“Slim on story and rife with scatological jokes, the film may strike a chord with pre-teens but misses for an older crowd despite some nifty effects and broad humor.” —Leonard Klady, Variety
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