Eddie Murphy Movies Ranked (and How to Watch Them)

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Harry Burnview

Harry Burnview

JustWatch Editor

Actor, comedian, musician – Eddie Murphy has done it all! The legendary American comic is one of the most well-known entertainers in Hollywood and our guide below features some of his best performances throughout his storied career. We also provide you with information needed on where to stream his movies on platforms like Prime Video and more!

Eddie Murphy rose to prominence after a string of successful appearances on Dreamgirls which earned him an Academy Award nomination.

Some of Eddie Murphy’s most memorable work includes his role in the animated movie franchise Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F.

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Starting in the early 1980s, Murphy has been one of the most recognizable comedians for over four decades. These are Eddie Murphy’s best movies ranked and where to watch them in the United States!

  1. Dolemite Is My Name

    Dolemite Is My Name

    2019

    # 1

    The story of Rudy Ray Moore, who created the iconic big screen pimp character Dolemite in the 1970s.

  2. Eddie Murphy Raw

    Eddie Murphy Raw

    1987

    # 2

    Eddie Murphy delights, shocks and entertains with dead-on celebrity impersonations, observations on '80s love, sex and marriage, a remembrance of Mom's hamburgers and much more.

  3. Shrek

    Shrek

    2001

    # 3

    It ain't easy bein' green -- especially if you're a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek. On a mission to retrieve a gorgeous princess from the clutches of a fire-breathing dragon, Shrek teams up with an unlikely compatriot -- a wisecracking donkey.

  4. Eddie Murphy: Delirious

    # 4

    Taped live and in concert at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. in August, 1983, Eddie Murphy: Delirious captures Eddie Murphy's wild and outrageous stand-up comedy act, which he performed in New York and eighteen other cities across the U.S. to standing-room-only audiences. Eddie's comedy was groundbreaking, completely new, razor sharp and definitely funny.Eddie Murphy pontificates in his own vulgarly hilarious fashion on everything from bizarre sexual fantasies to reliving the family barbecue, and is peppered with Eddie's one-of-a-kind wit. Laugh along as Eddie reminiscences of hot childhood days and the ice cream man intermixed with classic vocal parodies of top American entertainers.Experience Eddie Murphy at his best, live and red hot! Delirious! Uncensored and Uncut!

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  5. Shrek 2

    Shrek 2

    2004

    # 5

    Shrek, Fiona, and Donkey set off to Far, Far Away to meet Fiona's mother and father, the Queen and King. But not everyone is happily ever after. Shrek and the King find it difficult to get along, and there's tension in the marriage. The Fairy Godmother discovers that Fiona has married Shrek instead of her son Prince Charming and plots to destroy their marriage.

  6. Life

    Life

    1999

    # 6

    Two men in 1930s Mississippi become friends after being sentenced to life in prison together for a crime they did not commit.

  7. Mulan

    Mulan

    1998

    # 7

    To save her father from certain death in the army, a young woman secretly enlists in his place and becomes one of China's greatest heroines in the process.

  8. Beverly Hills Cop

    Beverly Hills Cop

    1984

    # 8

    Fast-talking, quick-thinking Detroit street cop Axel Foley has bent more than a few rules and regs in his time, but when his best friend is murdered, he heads to sunny Beverly Hills to work the case like only he can.

  9. Bowfinger

    Bowfinger

    1999

    # 9

    On the verge of bankruptcy and desperate for his big break, aspiring filmmaker Bobby Bowfinger concocts a crazy plan to make his ultimate dream movie. Rallying a ragtag team that includes a starry-eyed ingenue, a has-been diva and a film studio gofer, he sets out to shoot a blockbuster featuring the biggest star in Hollywood, Kit Ramsey -- only without letting Ramsey know he's in the picture.

  10. Coming to America

    Coming to America

    1988

    # 10

    An African prince decides it’s time for him to find a princess... and his mission leads him and his most loyal friend to Queens, New York. In disguise as an impoverished immigrant, the pampered prince quickly finds himself a new job, new friends, new digs, new enemies and lots of trouble.

  11. Dreamgirls

    Dreamgirls

    2006

    # 11

    A trio of female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960s, facing their own personal struggles along the way.

  12. Shrek the Third

    Shrek the Third

    2007

    # 12

    The King of Far Far Away has died and Shrek and Fiona are to become King & Queen. However, Shrek wants to return to his cozy swamp and live in peace and quiet, so when he finds out there is another heir to the throne, they set off to bring him back to rule the kingdom.

  13. Doctor Dolittle

    Doctor Dolittle

    1998

    # 13

    A successful physician and devoted family man, John Dolittle seems to have the world by the tail, until a long suppressed talent he possessed as a child, the ability to communicate with animals is suddenly reawakened with a vengeance! Now every creature within squawking distance wants the good doctor's advice, unleashing an outrageous chain of events that turns his world upside down!

  14. Trading Places

    Trading Places

    1983

    # 14

    A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.

  15. Daddy Day Care

    Daddy Day Care

    2003

    # 15

    Two men get laid off and have to become stay-at-home dads when they can't find jobs, which inspires them to open their own day-care center.

  16. Shrek Forever After

    Shrek Forever After

    2010

    # 16

    A bored and domesticated Shrek pacts with deal-maker Rumpelstiltskin to get back to feeling like a real ogre again, but when he's duped and sent to a twisted version of Far Far Away—where Rumpelstiltskin is king, ogres are hunted, and he and Fiona have never met—he sets out to restore his world and reclaim his true love.

  17. The Nutty Professor

    The Nutty Professor

    1996

    # 17

    When beautiful Carla Purty s the university faculty, genetic professor Dr. Sherman Klump grows desperate to whittle his 400-pound frame down to size and win her heart. So, with one swig of his experimental fat-reducing serum, Sherman becomes 'Buddy Love', a fast-talking, pumped-up, plumped down Don Juan.

  18. Beverly Hills Cop II

    Beverly Hills Cop II

    1987

    # 18

    Axel Foley returns to the land of sunshine and palm trees to investigate the near-fatal shooting of police Captain Andrew Bogomil. With the help of Sgt. Taggart and Det. Rosewood, they soon uncover that the shooting is associated with a series of "alphabet" robberies masterminded by a heartless weapons kingpin—and the chase is on.

  19. The Haunted Mansion

    The Haunted Mansion

    2003

    # 19

    Workaholic Jim Evers and his wife/business partner Sara get a call one night from a mansion owner, Edward Gracey, who wants to sell his house. Once the Evers family arrive at the mansion, a torrential thunderstorm of mysterious origin strands them with the brooding, eccentric Gracey, his mysterious butler, and a variety of residents both seen and unseen.

  20. Harlem Nights

    Harlem Nights

    1989

    # 20

    'Sugar' Ray is the owner of an illegal casino and must contend with the pressure of vicious gangsters and corrupt police who want to see him go out of business. In the world of organised crime and police corruption in the 1920s, any dastardly trick is fair.