I know people come down on Eddie for his more family friendly comedies, but they are hilarious as he is hilarious. His movie Meet Dave has got to be one of the top 5 laugh from gut movies I've ever seen. I will never forget how much I laughed watching that movie. Laughed so hard it hurt. I would recommend watching it.
Those Beverly Hills Cop Movies where some of the best movies to come out in the mid 80s - early 90s. There's a reason there are rumors floating around that they are making a reboot of the movies.
I enjoyed that trip down memory lane. I have always liked Eddy Murphy. I loved his stand up comedy. I know it was raunchy at times yet he cracked me up. Especially when he talked about his mother and his childhood. I can still remember the shoe story. "You knew you were in trouble when momma took off her shoe and that perfect range as it flew across the room and hit you in the back of the head". Running around the coffee table to get away from her. Good times.
Whenever I'm not feeling too good or am anxious about something, I'll pop in one of his 80s flicks and feel better. Any of them work, Beverly Hills Cop, 48 hours, Coming to American even Delirious and Raw, and I feel better. His later stuff is good. But his 80s stuff is pure magic!! I'm sure it could be because I grew up then, but it feels that was the apex of his career.
Nick Fury from avengers? Red from shawshank redemption? Django from Django Unchained? Jay from Men in Black? Storm in the X-men series? Why do you leave the best ones out?....
THE BEST at playing multiple characters! If you ask me, he's slightly underrated. He should have won at least 2 Oscars by now. If dude can play his own family in Nutty Professor, with their own personality with there own voice...He deserves an Oscar. Vampire in Brooklyn, Coming to America, Norbit and the list how's on 💋. Anybody that says that he is not the best is crazy or racist!
The last Eddie murphy movie I watched that felt like classic Eddie, with the mature humour was “life”. That’s one of my favourite Eddie Movies to date. I don’t think we’ll ever get another movie from Eddie like that again . No Leslie Jones or Tracy Morgan’s doing slap stick and Juvenile comedy, but good old mature comedy for grown folk.
That fight he has with Nick Nolte in 48 Hrs, is one of the funniest things I have ever seen in any movie(both beat the heck out of each other). Also its very funny in the sequel(Another 48 Hrs)when Reggie throws a basketball straight at Jack's face in prison.
I don't know why no one has mentioned "Bowfinger." Eddie Murphy was great in that movie. I will admit that his role in Beverly Hills Cop should be number one.
Chevy Chase made several comedy classics in the 80s, IMHO that are funnier overall than Murphy and Murray. Vacation, Christmas Vacation, Fletch, Fletch Lives, Caddy Shack, The Three Amigos, Spies Like Us, Funny Farm, etc..
I would also put his work on "The Distinguished Gentleman" (a very funny and underrated film IMO) as an honorable mention but this is a really solid list!
Top "EDDIE MURPHY" films 1. Coming To America 2. Trading Places 3. 48 Hours 4. Beverly Hills Cop 5. Life 6. Nutty Professor 7. Harlem Nights 8. Boomerang 9. Dreamgirls 10. Dolemite Is My Name 11. Dr Doolittle 12. Vampire In Brooklyn
I really didn't know who played Mushu in Mulan up until now. I also feel bad that Mushu isn't in the live-action Mulan. Hey, Eddie Murphy was a great/funny actor. I love him.
10. kelly robinson - i spy 09. mushu - mulan 08. kiff and jiff ramsey - bowfinger 07. billy ray valentine - trading places 06. professor sherman klump/buddy love - the nutty professor 05. chandler jarrell - the golden child 04. donkey - shrek 1 and 2 03. prince akeem joffer - coming to america 02. axel foley - beverly hills cop franchise 01. buckwheat, james brown, mr,robinson - saturday night live
As much as I liked Axel Foley, my favorite Eddie Murphy performance has always gotta be Prince Hakeem and a whole slew of characters from Coming to America, he even nailed the old jewish guy from the barber shop scenes, that whole movie was hilarious from start to finish
Still thought Raw and Delirious should of been on here becuase those where the Top Stand Ups of the 80's, but glad you left his singing career off this list!,,, (party all the time} Eddie Murphy 1st single, if you too young to remember look it up!!! it's almost as funny as his stand up
this is probably the first watchmojo list that i cant argue with at all. sounds legit from start to finish with me. although ispy wouldn't really get an honorable mention in my opinion but thats not a big deal
If Eddie Murphy is so talented and funny, then why can't he mount a comeback? I sure hope he can make a comeback. Eddie Murphy is really talented and funny for all generations.
It's the case for a LOT of comedic actors. It's hard for them to stay relevant forever. Eddie Murphy, Adam Sandler, Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, Mike Myers... haven't done anything great in a really long time.
MasterBluePrint No comedian stays relevant for a long time. Charlie Chaplin didn't, and if he can´t, no one can. Eddie stays relevant for almost what? 30 years? It just show how great the man is. It's almost a record. Let him rest for some years. Then he will do his comeback.
He took a slight turn when he became a family man, and the movies that weren't so hot, he was still making tons of money. I think at that point, you lose touch with what success in the industry really is. Its the same reason he hasn't done any stand-up at all. He has no idea what the people really want.
1) Axel Foley - Beverly Hills Cop 2) Reggie Hammond - 48 Hrs 3) Sherman / Buddy - The Nutty Professor 3) Billy Ray Valentine - Trading Places 4) Hakeem - Coming to America 5) Chandler Jarrell - Golden Child 6) Marcus Graham - Boomerang 7) Jefferson / Kit - Bowfinger 8) Rayford Gibson - Life 9) Scott Roper - Metro 10) Maximilian - Vampire in Brooklyn I don't care about Shrek, Mulan, Doolittle and all that PG-13 he made after. I miss the old Eddie :(
