- Country: USA
- Genres: Comedy, Romance
- Release: 1988-06-29
- Director: John Landis (I)
- Writers: Eddie Murphy , David Sheffield , Barry W. Blaustein
- Language: English
- Stars: Eddie Murphy , Eddie Murphy , Eddie Murphy , Paul Bates , Garcelle Beauvais , Feather , Stephanie Simon , Victoria Dillard , Victoria Dillard , Felicia Taylor , Midori , James Earl Jones , Madge Sinclair
- Runtime: 117 min
- Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. 5 wins & 5 nominations total
- AKA: Coming to America (Israel) , Coming to America , Un príncipe en Nueva York (Mexico) , Un príncipe en Nueva York (Chile) , Il principe cerca moglie (Italy) , Coming to America (Singapore) , Um Príncipe em Nova Iorque (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Coming to America (Egypt) , Un príncipe en Nueva York (Peru) , 來去美國 (Taiwan) , Coming to America (Denmark) , Amerika Rüyası (Turkey) , Hoshi no Ôji Nyûyôku e iku (Japan) , Поездка в Америку (Russian Federation) , Princ otkriva Ameriku (Serbia) , कमिंग टू अमेरिका (India) , Un prinț în America (Romania) , Kelione i Amerika (Lithuania) , Amerika for mine føtter (Norway) , Coming to America (Philippines) , Cesta do Ameriky (Czech Republic) , Поездка в Америку , Książę w Nowym Jorku (Poland) , Coming to America (Netherlands the) , Coming to America (United Kingdom) , Coming to America (Thailand) , Un prince à New York (France, French Republic) , Prinssille Morsian (Finland) , Shoxona tashrif (Uzbekistan) , Prints Zamundast (Estonia) , Coming to America (India) , O pringipas tis Zamunda (Greece) , Princ odkriva Ameriko (Slovenia) , El príncipe de Zamunda: buscando a la mujer ideal (Spain) , The Quest (United States of America) , Amerikába jöttem (Hungary) , Coming to America (United States of America) , Prinssille morsian (Finland) , Um Príncipe em Nova York (Brazil) , Der Prinz aus Zamunda , Coming to America (Canada) , Поїздка в Америку (Ukraine) , Un príncipe en Nueva York (Argentina) , Пристигане в Америка (Bulgaria) , Princ otkriva Ameriku (Croatia) , En prins i New York (Sweden) , Der Prinz aus Zamunda (Austria) , Coming to America (Hong Kong) , The Zamunda Project (United States of America) , Der Prinz aus Zamunda (Germany) , Ο πρίγκιπας της Ζαμούντα (Greece) , Coming to America (India) , 星の王子ニューヨークへ行く (Japan) , Coming to America (Australia) , Coming to America (Indonesia) , El príncipe de Zamunda (Spain) , Un prince à New York (Canada) , Cesta do Ameriky (Slovakia (Slovak Republic)) , Coming to America (United Arab Emirates) , Brud för prinsen (Finland) , Princ osvaja Ameriku (Serbia) , Coming to America (South Africa)
- Plot:
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.
- IMDB:tt0094898
Coming to America Cast · · · ALL
John Landis
(I)
Director
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
(I)
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
Feather
Rose Bearer #1
Stephanie Simon
Rose Bearer #2
Garcelle Beauvais
Rose Bearer #3
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Street Hustler
Birdie M. Hale
Elderly Passenger
Clyde Risley Jones
Soul Glo Man
Jim Abrahams
Face on Cutting Room Floor
Victoria Dillard
Bather / Dancer
Felicia Taylor
Bather