Beverly Hills Cop is a 1984 American buddy cop action comedy film.
It stars Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley, a street-smart Detroit detective who visits Beverly Hills, California to solve the murder of his best friend.
The film was a major box office success, earning $234 million in the U.S., making it the highest-grossing film of 1984. Adjusted for inflation, it is the highest-grossing R-rated film in the U.S. since 1977.
Beverly Hills Cop received positive reviews and was nominated for several major awards. It shot Eddie Murphy to international stardom and spawned a film series with three sequels.
The film co-stars Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Ronny Cox, Lisa Eilbacher, Steven Berkoff, Paul Reiser, and Jonathan Banks. Harold Faltermeyer composed the "Axel F" theme song heard throughout the series.
A fourth film, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, was released in 2024, 40 years after the original, reuniting Eddie Murphy with cast members from the previous films.