Movies Like Coming to America: Genre and Cast Guide

Coming to America (1988) — an evergreen reference for this movie: the essentials, the cast, where to watch and what to watch next. This summer, Prince Akeem discovers America.

Where to watch

TMDB's U.S. watch-provider data lists YouTube TV. Availability changes by country and date, so check your streaming app before watching.

Cast

Eddie Murphy as Prince Akeem / Clarence / Randy Watson / Saul; Arsenio Hall as Semmi / Extremely Ugly Girl / Morris / Reverend Brown; Shari Headley as Lisa McDowell; John Amos as Cleo McDowell; James Earl Jones as King Jaffe Joffer; Madge Sinclair as Queen Aoleon; Eriq La Salle as Darryl Jenks; Allison Dean as Patrice McDowell

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. 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.

More like Coming to America

• Isn't It Romantic
• Everyone Says I Love You
• The Secret of My Success
• Indiscreet
• Wedding Season
• The Wrong Paris
• The Mouse That Roared
• The Prince and the Showgirl

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