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.
| Production | George Folsey Jr. | Producer |
| Camera | Woody Omens | Director of Photography |
| Production | Robert D. Wachs | Producer |
| Editing | Malcolm Campbell | Editor |
| Sound | Nile Rodgers | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | David Sheffield | Screenplay |
| Directing | John Landis | Director |
| Production | Leslie Belzberg | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Barry W. Blaustein | Screenplay |
| Editing | George Folsey Jr. | Editor |
| Production | Mark Lipsky | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Sol Negrin | Director of Photography |
| Production | Jackie Burch | Casting |
| Production | David Sosna | Associate Producer |
| Art | Christopher Nowak | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Deborah Nadoolman Landis | Costume Design |
| Lighting | Richie Ford | Electrician |
| Sound | Louis Sabat | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Daniel Allan Carlin | Music Editor |
| Art | Richard Macdonald | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kelly Kimball | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Crew | Cary Kelley | Transportation Coordinator |
| Lighting | Michael T. James | Rigging Grip |
| Art | Carole Lee Cole | Assistant Art Director |
| Camera | Bruce Atwater | Grip |
| Crew | Lindell Blake | Stunts |
| Sound | William B. Kaplan | Sound Mixer |
| Camera | Bruce McBroom | Still Photographer |
| Crew | Marc Fambro | Carpenter |
| Crew | John Ashby | Utility Stunts |
| Editing | Bob Noland | Color Timer |
| Production | Janet L. Wattles | Production Accountant |
| Art | Richard B. Lewis | Art Direction |
| Art | Cheryal Kearney | Set Decoration |
| Camera | Ken Fisher | First Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rolf John Keppler | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Dan von Blomberg | Set Decoration |
| Writing | Eddie Murphy | Story |
| Costume & Make-Up | Francine Jamison-Tanchuck | Costume Supervisor |
| Crew | Patrick Hogan | Driver |
| Sound | Frank Graziadei | Sound Recordist |
| Art | Philip C. Hurst | Greensman |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gerald DeTitta | Set Dressing Artist |
| Crew | Paula Abdul | Choreographer |
| Production | Terry Ladin | Production Coordinator |
| Crew | Eddie Jones | Craft Service |
| Production | Michael Tadross | Unit Production Manager |
| Art | William Apperson | Construction Foreman |
| Crew | Rick Baker | Makeup Effects |
| Production | Charles Miller | Location Manager |
| Art | Jerry Fitzpatrick | Construction Coordinator |
| Crew | Greg Knapp | Set Medic |
| Crew | Saul Kahan | Unit Publicist |
| Directing | David Sosna | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Spike Allison Hooper | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Mike Dobie | Sound Editor |
| Visual Effects | Danny Cangemi | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Art | R. Gilbert Clayton | Set Designer |
| Crew | Edward Garzero | Scenic Artist |
| Crew | John Sherrod | Stunt Coordinator |
| Sound | Paul Timothy Carden | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Art | Gregg H. Bilson | Property Master |
| Production | Eddie Murphy | Executive Producer |
| Sound | James Beshears | Supervising ADR Editor |
| Directing | Tomaz Remec | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Richard Evans | Swing |
| Sound | Dean Drabin | Foley Mixer |
| Crew | Carlton Holder | Stunt Double |
| Production | Rae Lockett | Extras Casting Assistant |
| Art | Stan Cockerell | Assistant Property Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marie Carter | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Editing | John Haggar | Assistant Editor |
| Directing | Richard Patrick | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Joseph Cosko Jr. | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Brian Fitzsimons | Second Company Grip |
| Production | Chris Schutsky | Location Assistant |
| Production | Ferne Cassel | Casting Assistant |
| Production | Ginny Warner | Production Secretary |
| Camera | Madelyn Most | Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Charles Brescia | Additional Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Jon Falkengren | Dolly Grip |
| Crew | Joseph Banks | Generator Operator |
| Lighting | John W. DeBlau | Chief Lighting Technician |
| Production | Martha Appel | Production Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | William Howard | Assistant Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bill Christians | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Camera | Dennis Gamiello | First Company Grip |
| Lighting | Ed Cooper | Assistant Chief Lighting Technician |
| Writing | Brian Stewart | Story Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rick Baker | Makeup Artist |
