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Coming to America

Coming to America (1988) - Where to Watch

Audience Score
69

Want to watch 'Coming to America' tonight? We’ve rounded up streaming and cable services with rental, purchase, and subscription options, so you can start watching sooner. Right now in the US, 'Coming to America' is available to rent, buy, or stream with a subscription on fuboTV, FXNow, Apple TV Store, YouTube, Google Play Movies, Prime Video, Plex, JustWatch TV, Spectrum On Demand, YouTube Free.

Here are some helpful extras before you press play about the Eddie Murphy Productions, Paramount Pictures comedy flick. Coming to America starring Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Shari Headley, John Amos has a R rating, a runtime of about 1 hr 57 min. The release date of the movie is June 29th, 1988. The movie received a user score of 69/100 on TMDb, which reflects reviews from 4,834 engaged users.

Ready to dive into the plot? Here's the 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."

'Coming to America' Release Dates

Watch in Movie Theaters on June 29th, 1988 - Buy Coming to America Movie Tickets
Watch on DVD or Blu-ray starting March 9th, 1999 - Buy Coming to America DVD

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Coming to America is a 1988 American romantic comedy film directed by John Landis and based on a story originally created by Eddie Murphy, who also starred in the lead role. The film also co-stars Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones, Shari Headley, and John Amos. Eddie Murphy plays Akeem Joffer, the crown prince of the fictional African nation of Zamunda, who travels to the United States in the hopes of finding a woman he can marry. A sequel, Coming 2 America, was released on March 4, 2021.