Akeem (Murphy) is de kroonprins van Zamunda, een koninkrijk in Afrika. Akeem is opgegroeid in ongekende luxe met bedienden voor alles wat hij zich kan wensen. Zelfs zijn schoenen hoeft hij niet te strikken. Wanneer hij op 21-jarige leeftijd wordt voorgesteld aan zijn bruid weet hij na een kort gesprek dat zij niet de ware is. Hij vraagt zijn vader toestemming om naar Amerika te gaan om daar een bruid te zoeken. Aangekomen in Amerika neemt de steenrijke prins samen met zijn bediende Semmi (Hall) een arme levensstijl aan. Akeem wil namelijk een vrouw zoeken die op hem valt vanwege zijn persoonlijkheid en niet vanwege zijn geld.
Nee, helaas is Coming to America nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Writing | David Sheffield | Screenplay |
| Editing | George Folsey Jr. | Editor |
| Production | Mark Lipsky | Executive Producer |
| Production | George Folsey Jr. | Producer |
| Sound | Nile Rodgers | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Sol Negrin | Director of Photography |
| Directing | John Landis | Director |
| Writing | Barry W. Blaustein | Screenplay |
| Production | Leslie Belzberg | Executive Producer |
| Production | Robert D. Wachs | Producer |
| Editing | Malcolm Campbell | Editor |
| Camera | Woody Omens | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Eddie Murphy | Story |
| Production | David Sosna | Associate Producer |
| Art | Dan von Blomberg | Set Decoration |
| Art | Christopher Nowak | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kelly Kimball | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rolf John Keppler | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Jackie Burch | Casting |
| Art | Richard Macdonald | Production Design |
| Camera | Bruce Atwater | Grip |
| Art | Philip C. Hurst | Greensman |
| Art | R. Gilbert Clayton | Set Designer |
| Art | Richard B. Lewis | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Deborah Nadoolman Landis | Costume Design |
| Art | Cheryal Kearney | Set Decoration |
| Art | William Apperson | Construction Foreman |
| Camera | Ken Fisher | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Bruce McBroom | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Francine Jamison-Tanchuck | Costume Supervisor |
| Art | Carole Lee Cole | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Jerry Fitzpatrick | Construction Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gerald DeTitta | Set Dressing Artist |
| Crew | Marc Fambro | Carpenter |
| Crew | Paula Abdul | Choreographer |
| Crew | Lindell Blake | Stunts |
| Production | Charles Miller | Location Manager |
| Art | Gregg H. Bilson | Property Master |
| Crew | Edward Garzero | Scenic Artist |
| Directing | David Sosna | First Assistant Director |
| Crew | Eddie Jones | Craft Service |
| Production | Michael Tadross | Unit Production Manager |
| Crew | John Ashby | Utility Stunts |
| Crew | Rick Baker | Makeup Effects |
| Production | Janet L. Wattles | Production Accountant |
| Lighting | Michael T. James | Rigging Grip |
| Crew | Patrick Hogan | Driver |
| Crew | Cary Kelley | Transportation Coordinator |
| Sound | William B. Kaplan | Sound Mixer |
| Crew | Saul Kahan | Unit Publicist |
| Lighting | Richie Ford | Electrician |
| Sound | Spike Allison Hooper | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Daniel Allan Carlin | Music Editor |
| Production | Terry Ladin | Production Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Danny Cangemi | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Crew | Greg Knapp | Set Medic |
| Editing | Bob Noland | Color Timer |
| Sound | Mike Dobie | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Paul Timothy Carden | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Frank Graziadei | Sound Recordist |
| Crew | John Sherrod | Stunt Coordinator |
| Sound | Louis Sabat | Boom Operator |
| Production | Eddie Murphy | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Tomaz Remec | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Crew | Carlton Holder | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Joseph Banks | Generator Operator |
| Production | Martha Appel | Production Assistant |
| Writing | Brian Stewart | Story Editor |
| Art | Richard Evans | Swing |
| Sound | Dean Drabin | Foley Mixer |
| Editing | John Haggar | Assistant Editor |
| Art | Stan Cockerell | Assistant Property Master |
| Sound | James Beshears | Supervising ADR Editor |
| Production | Ginny Warner | Production Secretary |
| Camera | Joseph Cosko Jr. | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Brian Fitzsimons | Second Company Grip |
| Costume & Make-Up | William Howard | Assistant Hairstylist |
| Production | Ferne Cassel | Casting Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bill Christians | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Lighting | Ed Cooper | Assistant Chief Lighting Technician |
| Directing | Charles Brescia | Additional Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Jon Falkengren | Dolly Grip |
| Directing | Richard Patrick | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Dennis Gamiello | First Company Grip |
| Camera | Madelyn Most | Assistant Camera |
| Production | Chris Schutsky | Location Assistant |
| Production | Rae Lockett | Extras Casting Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marie Carter | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Lighting | John W. DeBlau | Chief Lighting Technician |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rick Baker | Makeup Artist |
