Coming to America

About Coming to America

An African prince decides it’s time for him to find a princess... and his mission leads him and his most loyal friend to Queens, New York.

Coming to America (1988) is a comedy romance film directed by John Landis. Its themes are exhilarated, satirical, prince, and melodramatic.

Eddie Murphy takes the lead as Prince Akeem, Arsenio Hall as Semmi, Shari Headley as Lisa McDowell, and John Amos as Cleo McDowell. At 117 minutes long, it arrived in June 1988.

The screenplay is by Barry W. Blaustein and David Sheffield. Produced by Eddie Murphy Productions. It streams on AMC, AMC+ Amazon Channel, and AMC Plus Apple TV channel in the United States.

The Proposal, Trading Places, and The Dare make useful companions to Coming to America, all filed under amused, fish out of water, and hilarious. TMDB voters put it at 6.9 out of 10 across 4,904 votes and it carries a R rating.