Eddie Murphy

Director, Actor

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48hrs (48 Hours) (1982): Dir. Walter Hill
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Nick Nolte, Annette O'Toole…; Eddie Murphy excels in his film debut as a street–smart ex–con who teams up with veteran cop Nick Nolte to track down some bad…
Eddie Murphy - Delirious (1983): Feat. Eddie Murphy; Classic stand–up with the proudly profane Eddie Murphy, before he was blanded out by the Hollywood machine.
Trading Places (1983): Dir. John Landis
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd, Don Ameche…; A sturdy comic conceit – for a bet, two interfering millionaires swap the lives of a rich man (Dan Aykroyd) and a poor man (Eddie Murphy) – makes…
Beverly Hills Cop (1984): Dir. Martin Brest
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Steven Berkoff; Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley has never been funnier than in this winning combo of action and comedy.
Golden Child, The (1986): Dir. Michael Ritchie
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Charles Dance; Hot off BEVERLY HILLS COP, Eddie Murphy plays a private detective specializing in missing children who is charged with finding a special child whom…
Eddie Murphy - Raw (1987): Feat. Eddie Murphy; Eddie Murphy captured live and, er, raw. Something here to amuse and offend just about everyone – live from the Flet Forum, New York.
Coming to America (1988): Dir. John Landis
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones; Wacky Eddie Murphy classic in which an African Prince (Murphy) accompanied by his side–kick (Arsenio Hall) pilgrimage to America in search of…
Harlem Nights (1989): Dir. Eddie Murphy
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Redd Foxx…; An excellent comic cast can't save this mismatched black American riff on THE GODFATHER series, set amid the 1930s jazz–club underworld of…
Another 48 Hours (1990): Dir. Walter Hill
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Nick Nolte, Brion James…; Barely adequate sequel to the buddy–cop smash hit.
Boomerang (1992): Dir. Reginald Hudlin
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Robin Givens, Halle Berry…; Sparkling Eddie Murphy vehicle in which he sends up his own womanising image. He gets a dollop of his own medicine when he falls for…
Distinguished Gentleman, The (1992): Dir. Jonathan Lynn
Feat. Eddie Murphy; Perennial con–man Eddie Murphy wangles his way to Washington and discovers his petty untruths are small potatoes compared to the corruption…
Saturday Night Live - 15th Anniversary Special (1992): Feat. Robin Williams, Steve Martin, Tom Hanks…; Compilation of some of the best sketches from the first fifteen years of the US TV–show 'Saturday Night Live'. This programme was a training…
Beverly Hills Cop 3 (1994): Dir. John Landis
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Hector Elizondo…; Second and final sequel in the Axel Foley comedy–action series. Nominally concerning a counterfeit ring in L.A., this is definitely better than…
Vampire in Brooklyn (1995): Dir. Wes Craven
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Angela Bassett; Eddie Murphy and the ever–dynamic Angela Bassett team up for horror specialist Wes Craven, who injects a mix of comedy and gothic romance into…
Nutty Professor, The (1996): Dir. Tom Shadyac
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett Smith; Eddie Murphy finds what used to make him funny in this surprisingly inspired refresher of the Jerry Lewis comedy classic about a nerdy college…
Metro (1997): Dir. Thomas Carter
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Michael Wincott; Wisecracking hostage negotiator Eddie Murphy has the smile wiped off his face when his girlfriend is taken hostage by psychopath Michael Wincott.…
Dr. Dolittle (1998): Dir. Betty Thomas
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Ossie Davis, Oliver Platt…; Slick remake of the 1967 musical replaces songs with tech wizardry and the comic mugging of Eddie Murphy as the medic who can 'talk to the…
Mulan (1998): Feat. Eddie Murphy, Donny Osmond, Ming Na; Animated epic based on a kind of Chinese Joan of Arc character from the Wei Dynasty, who disguises herself as a man so she can take her father's…
Holy Man (1998): Dir. Stephen Herek
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Jeff Goldblum, Kelly Preston; Bravely playing against his profane persona, the unholy Eddie Murphy gets to fill a pair of Gandhi pajamas in this ironic 'messiah comedy'. But after…
Life (1999): Dir. Ted Demme
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence; Something of a surprise for an Eddie Murphy comedy, this 50–year saga of two black cell–buddies ambitiously lifts its feel from LIFE IS…
Bowfinger (1999): Dir. Frank Oz
Feat. Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy; Steve Martin (as writer and actor) ropes in fellow fallen comic legend Eddie Murphy and scores a return to the form of his heyday. The concept is…
Shrek (2001): Dir. Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson
Feat. Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, John Lithgow…; Flipping the rules of fairy–tales (and especially the Walt Disney incarnations) on their head, the ‘hero’ of this animation is in fact…
Showtime (2001): Dir. Tom Dey
Feat. Robert De Niro, Eddie Murphy, William Shatner…; Rehashing 48HRS with 15 MINUTES, this works reasonably hard to inject new pizzazz into the cop buddy–movie, with old–hand Robert De Niro…
I-Spy (2002): Dir. Betty Thomas
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Owen Wilson, Famke Janssen; The 60s TV–series of the same name fashioned as a slick but silly buddy comedy and a shameless star vehicle for two tried–and–true…
Adventures of Pluto Nash, The (2002): Dir. Ron Underwood
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Randy Quaid, Rosario Dawson…; Sci–fi comedy set in 2080 and following a lunar nightclub owner and ex–convict (Eddie Murphy) who is trying to keep the mafia out of his…
Daddy Day Care (2003): Dir. Steve Carr
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Steve Zahn; Two unemployed dads open their own day–care centre in this charming, if overly restrained comedy. Eddie Murphy is present in heavy doses,…
Haunted Mansion, The (2003): Dir. Rob Minkoff
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Jennifer Tilly, Terence Stamp…; Inspired by Disneyland's famous funride, this ghostly comedy has real estate agent Eddie Murphy and kin inadvertantly spending the night in a spooky…
Dreamgirls (2006): Dir. Bill Condon
Feat. Jamie Foxx, Beyonce Knowles, Eddie Murphy…; Dazzling musical numbers and sassy performances jive in this acclaimed Motown musical charting the rise of fictional girl group, 'The Dreamettes', in…
Norbit (2007): Dir. Brian Robbins
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Thandiwe Newton, Cuba Jr. Gooding; Bottom–of–the–barrel vehicle for the once–funny Eddie Murphy sees the actor scrape out the remains of a thousand disposed…
Shrek The Third (2007): Dir. Chris Miller, Raman Hui
Feat. Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz…; The franchise rolls on in this third installment of the animated comedy when the big green ogre’s new father–in–law falls ill.…
Meet Dave (2008): Feat. Eddie Murphy, Elizabeth Banks; Passable sci–fi comedy starring Eddie Murphy as an alien captain / spaceship disguised as a man in order to hide the rest of his…
Imagine That (2009): Dir. Karey Kirkpatrick
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Thomas Haden Church, Ronny Cox; A magic blankie transforms Eddie Murphy's prospects on the stock market in this pleasantly surprisingly family movie, recommended for its healthy…
Shrek Forever After (Shrek 4) (2010): Dir. Mike Mitchell
Feat. Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz…; Surprisingly enjoyable fourth entry in the franchise has the dastardly Rumpelstiltskin tricking the beloved green ogre into a dark alternate time…
Tower Heist (2011): Dir. Brett Ratner
Feat. Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, Casey Affleck…; Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy lead a group of working class bros on an elaborate take down of a mega–wealthy scamster in this large scale comedy…

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