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.
Arriving 33 years after Coming to America, one of Murphy's most-loved films, this 2021 sequel reunites the star with Arsenio Hall, John Amos, Shari Headley, and James Earl Jones and adds Jermaine Fowler, Wesley Snipes, and Leslie Jones in key roles. It's by no means a great film, but the Amazon exclusive may have had the most-streamed opening weekend of any movie in the pandemic era, if early reports are confirmed.
“This feels less like a movie and more like one of those reunion specials where the cast of a beloved old TV show returns to play their characters again, recreating their pratfalls and repeating their catchphrases.” —Alonso Duralde, The Wrap
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