Beverly Hills Cop (1984) movie poster

Beverly Hills Cop (1984)

"He's been chased, thrown through a window and arrested. Eddie Murphy is a Detroit cop on vacation in Beverly Hills."
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👍 86%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 74%
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Runtime
1h 45m
Rated
R
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
7.2/10 (4,516 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
83%
Metacritic
66

Cast

Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley · 73% avg
Judge Reinhold as Det. Billy Rosewood · 75% avg
John Ashton as Sgt. Taggart · 74% avg
Lisa Eilbacher as Jenny Summers · 72% avg
Ronny Cox as Lt. Bogomil · 70% avg
Steven Berkoff as Victor Maitland · 73% avg
James Russo as Mikey Tandino · 75% avg
Jonathan Banks as Zack · 71% avg

Is Beverly Hills Cop good?

Yes. 86% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics gave it 74%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#362 / 2672 · Comedy
Rank in its year
#16 / 46 · 1984

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

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. Wikipedia ↗

About the Film

Beverly Hills Cop is a 1984 American action comedy directed by Martin Brest, the film that made Eddie Murphy the biggest movie star in America. Murphy stars as Axel Foley, a fast-talking, street-smart Detroit detective who travels to Beverly Hills to investigate the murder of his childhood best friend and clashes with the by-the-book Beverly Hills Police Department while pursuing the killer — an art dealer and drug smuggler played by Steven Berkoff. Eddie Murphy's performance was a career-defining showcase of his improvisational genius — Axel's ability to talk his way into or out of any situation, assuming fake identities with infectious confidence and fast-talking stunned cops and hotel clerks into compliance, was comedy at its most virtuosic.

Harold Faltermeyer's synthesizer-driven "Axel F" theme became one of the most recognizable instrumental hits of the 1980s. Beverly Hills Cop earned $316 million worldwide on a $13 million budget, making it the highest-grossing film of 1984.

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What Reddit Thinks

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In Beverly Hills Cop (1984), Eddie Murphy's improvised story about "super cops" made John Ashton crack up so much, he had to pinch his face to hide his laughter
Top comment: "It also works well in the scene because it makes it looks like Sgt. Taggart already knows Lt...."
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I miss fun action films like Beverly Hills Cop, Speed, Die Hard, Con-Air & Point Break.
Later sequels, remakes or attempts at action films seem to either have this dreary, heavy, trying-to-be-serious-and-gritty thing or an awkward... Read on Reddit →
Top comment: "It’s less action, but you might really enjoy The Nice Guys. Great buddy cop flick, has that old..."
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