15. Meatballs (1979)
Tomatometer: 71%

Ah, the summer camp movie. It's a genre that's long since been bled dry -- and it's always provoked a gag reflex in critics -- but once upon a time, comedies about sex-starved teenagers running wild at camp were all the rage, and 1979's Meatballs was one of the first (and, not coincidentally, best). While it certainly isn't Murray's finest 90 minutes, it does have plenty of solid humor and light charm to go with all the hormonal antics, and it offers an interesting early glimpse at the development of Murray, screenwriter Harold Ramis, and director Ivan Reitman. (If you haven't seen it in awhile, Meatballs is especially fascinating as an example of what passed for raunchy in 1979.) Although the franchise went on to suffer grevious misuse -- Meatballs II featured an alien, Meatballs III is something Patrick Dempsey would probably dearly love to forget, and the fourth installment starred Corey Feldman and was released direct to DVD -- the original is, as Dennis Schwartz of Ozus' World Movie Reviews put it, "As easy to handle as drinking lemonade under a shady tree."

14. Mad Dog and Glory (1993)
Tomatometer: 72%

One of Murray's more unusual (and lesser-seen) roles came in this love story/dramedy hybrid, which found both Murray and Robert De Niro playing against type: Murray as a Mob boss (and aspiring stand-up comedian), and De Niro as the meek, bottled-up police detective who saves his life and "earns" the temporary, uh, use of a prostitute named Glory (played by Uma Thurman). As you might imagine, Mad Dog and Glory had a bit of a balancing act to pull off, and according to most critics, it wasn't always successful. Although many writers expressed pleasant surprise at the suddenly commercial turn from director Richard McNaughton (then best known for his work on Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer), and praised the typically sharp dialogue in Richard Price's script, ultimately, most critics felt that Mad Dog's many shifts in style and tone were too much to completely overcome. Still, its stars earned high marks for their out-of-character performances; Time Out's Derek Adams, for one, noted that "De Niro seems committed to the part of the sensitive loner, while Murray all but succeeds in mixing smooth and sinister, heartfelt and hot-tempered."

13. Caddyshack (1980)
Tomatometer: 76%

There are probably more eminently quotable movies from the early '80s, but not many, and none of them boast the iconic performance of Bill Murray as the mumbling, borderline psychotic groundskeeper/groundhog battler Carl Spackler. Despite being only one member of a very funny ensemble cast that includes Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, and Ted Knight, Murray essentially walked away with the movie, thanks in part to an oft-quoted (and totally improvised) monologue involving the Dalai Lama and the immortal phrase "So I got that goin' for me, which is nice." Thanks to a hilarious script and an impressive run at the box office, Caddyshack went on to become one of the most influential films of the '80s, at least in terms of inspiring scores of similarly raunchy (but unfailingly inferior) teen comedies, but critics mostly turned up their noses at the time -- and although the film's stature has grown in the last 28 years, their slowly building respect is still expressed grudgingly: DVDTown's John J. Puccio spoke for many of his peers when he said it has "very few saving graces," but admitted that he harbors "a guilty pleasure in watching it, at least in bits and pieces."