
Movies that feel likeComing to America (1988)
If you loved Coming to America, the closest films we have are Wedding Crashers (2005), Cold Comfort Farm (1995) and There's Something About Mary (1998). All three share Coming to America's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Lisbela and the Prisoner (2003).
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If Coming to America hit the spot, these will too
Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Coming 2 America (2021)

One thread runs through both: fake identity

Witty and playful in the same breath

Both lean on romance more than on comedy

Witty romance in both cases

Comedy built on play, twice over
The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

Romantic romance, and it commits to that

Both rooted in New York City

Both keep coming back to the same thing: fake identity

Comedy with a pulse of wit, in both cases

John Landis directing both, with the same fingerprints on each
The difference: Trades the romance of Coming to America for an angle of its own

Romance built on play, twice over

A streak of romance through both
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