Film

Coming to America

1988 · 1h 57m · Comedy · Romance

This summer, Prince Akeem discovers America.

IMDb

7.1

Rotten Tomatoes

71%

Metacritic

47

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.

Eddie Murphy

Prince Akeem / Clarence / Randy Watson / Saul

Arsenio Hall

Semmi / Extremely Ugly Girl / Morris / Reverend Brown

Shari Headley

Lisa McDowell

John Amos

Cleo McDowell

James Earl Jones

King Jaffe Joffer

Madge Sinclair

Queen Aoleon

Eriq La Salle

Darryl Jenks

Allison Dean

Patrice McDowell

Frankie Faison

Landlord

Louie Anderson

Maurice

Paul Bates

Oha

Samuel L. Jackson

Hold-Up Man

Vanessa Bell Calloway

Imani Izzi

Calvin Lockhart

Colonel Izzi

Vondie Curtis-Hall

Basketball Game Vendor

Cuba Gooding Jr.

Boy Getting Haircut

• John LandisDirector
• David SheffieldScreenplay
• Barry W. BlausteinScreenplay
• Eddie MurphyStory · Executive Producer
• George Folsey Jr.Producer · Editor
• Robert D. WachsProducer
• Leslie BelzbergExecutive Producer
• Mark LipskyExecutive Producer
• Sol NegrinDirector of Photography
• Woody OmensDirector of Photography

Paramount Movies Trailer

Release date

June 29, 1988

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 57m

Rated

R

Budget

$30,000,000

Revenue

$288,752,301

Genres

Comedy, Romance

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