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 reunited with fellow comedian (and Boomerang co-star) Martin Lawrence for this 1999 buddy comedy from director Ted Demme. The film finds the stars playing two men who are given life sentences after being wrongfully convicted for murder in the 1930s, and follows their life in prison over the ensuing decades. Reviews were fairly decent, though the film was a minor money-loser.
“Lawrence and Murphy make an entertaining team. And they are surrounded by a supporting cast that makes the prison setting more pleasant than it has any right to be.” —Elvis Mitchell, The New York Times
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