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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.… Read more
49% (488,168)
Curator Watchlist
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.… Read more
49% (488,168)
Where to watch: Buy
1988 · 1h 57m · ★ 49% (488K)
This summer, Prince Akeem discovers America.
Director: John Landis
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Shari Headley
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. In disguise as an impoverished immigrant, the pampered prince quickly finds himself a new job, new friends, new digs, new enemies and lots of trouble.
John Landis
Eddie Murphy Productions, Paramount Pictures
Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Shari Headley, John Amos, James Earl Jones, Madge Sinclair, Eriq La Salle, Allison Dean, Frankie Faison, Louie Anderson, Paul Bates, Samuel L. Jackson, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Calvin Lockhart, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Cuba Gooding Jr., Feather, Stephanie Simon, Garcelle Beauvais, Ruben Santiago-Hudson