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Eddie Murphy Movies Ranked: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB
Eddie Murphy appears in the billed cast of 28 films in our catalog, from 1982 to 2024. Top of the list is Shrek ('2001), at 7.9 on IMDb. The average IMDb score across this list is 6.4. Biggest split between audiences and critics: Harlem Nights, 6.1 on IMDb against 16 on Metacritic.
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| # | Movie | Genre | IMDb | Tomato | Meta | TMDB | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shrek '2001 | Animation / Comedy / Fantasy | 7.9 | 89% | 84 | 7.8 | Andrew Adamson |
| 2 | Mulan '1998 | Animation | 7.7 | 92% | 72 | 7.9 | Tony Bancroft |
| 3 | Trading Places '1983 | Comedy | 7.5 | 87% | 69 | 7.2 | John Landis |
| 4 | Beverly Hills Cop '1984 | Comedy / Crime / Action | 7.4 | 83% | 66 | 7.2 | Martin Brest |
| 5 | Eddie Murphy: Delirious '1983 | Comedy | 8.1 | 83% | - | 7.6 | Bruce Gowers |
| 6 | Shrek 2 '2004 | Animation / Comedy / Fantasy / Romance | 7.4 | 89% | 75 | 7.3 | Conrad Vernon |
| 7 | Eddie Murphy Raw '1987 | Comedy | 7.6 | 79% | 54 | 7.3 | Robert Townsend |
| 8 | Coming to America '1988 | Comedy / Romance | 7.1 | 71% | 47 | 6.9 | John Landis |
| 9 | 48 Hrs. '1982 | Crime / Action / Comedy | 6.9 | 92% | 71 | 6.7 | Walter Hill |
| 10 | Life '1999 | Comedy / Crime | 6.8 | 53% | 63 | 6.7 | Ted Demme |
| 11 | Bowfinger '1999 | Comedy | 6.5 | 83% | 73 | 6.2 | Frank Oz |
| 12 | Beverly Hills Cop II '1987 | Action / Comedy / Crime | 6.6 | 48% | 46 | 6.5 | Tony Scott |
| 13 | Shrek Forever After '2010 | Comedy / Fantasy / Animation | 6.4 | 58% | 58 | 6.4 | Mike Mitchell |
| 14 | Tower Heist '2011 | Action / Comedy | 6.2 | 67% | 59 | 6.1 | Brett Ratner |
| 15 | Boomerang '1992 | Comedy / Romance | 5.7 | 48% | 45 | 5.7 | Reginald Hudlin |
| 16 | Harlem Nights '1989 | Comedy / Crime / Drama | 6.1 | 28% | 16 | 6.1 | Eddie Murphy |
| 17 | Another 48 Hrs. '1990 | Action / Comedy / Crime | 5.9 | 19% | 23 | 6.0 | Walter Hill |
| 18 | Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F '2024 | Action / Comedy / Crime | 6.4 | 63% | 53 | 6.6 | Mark Molloy |
| 19 | Shrek the Third '2007 | Fantasy / Animation / Comedy | 6.1 | 41% | 58 | 6.3 | Chris Miller |
| 20 | Daddy Day Care '2003 | Comedy | 5.7 | 28% | 39 | 5.9 | Steve Carr |
| 21 | The Haunted Mansion '2003 | Thriller / Fantasy / Comedy / Mystery | 5.3 | 14% | 34 | 5.7 | Rob Minkoff |
| 22 | The Golden Child '1986 | Action / Comedy | 6.0 | 21% | 37 | 5.9 | Michael Ritchie |
| 23 | Vampire in Brooklyn '1995 | Comedy / Horror | 4.7 | 14% | 27 | 5.1 | Wes Craven |
| 24 | The Nutty Professor '1996 | Comedy / Sci-Fi / Romance | 5.7 | 64% | 64 | 5.7 | Tom Shadyac |
| 25 | Norbit '2007 | Comedy | 4.3 | 9% | 27 | 5.7 | Brian Robbins |
| 26 | Doctor Dolittle '1998 | Comedy / Fantasy | 5.5 | 44% | 46 | 5.7 | Betty Thomas |
| 27 | Beverly Hills Cop III '1994 | Action / Comedy / Crime | 5.5 | 11% | 16 | 5.9 | John Landis |
| 28 | Coming 2 America '2021 | Comedy | 5.3 | 49% | 52 | 6.3 | Craig Brewer |
Our catalog covers roughly the 8,800 most-rated films on TMDB, so lesser-known titles may be missing. Order uses a confidence-weighted IMDb score so a perfect score from a handful of votes does not beat a well-established classic; the scores shown are the raw ones.