Movies Like Coming to America
If you liked Coming to America (1988), a comedy and romance movie directed by John Landis, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Isn't It Romantic (2019)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and romanceFor a long time, Natalie, an Australian architect living in New York City, had always believed that what she had seen in rom-coms is all fantasy. But after thwarting a mugger at a subway station only to be knocked out…
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Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and romanceA New York girl sets her father up with a beautiful woman in a shaky marriage while her half sister gets engaged.
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The Secret of My Success (1987)
★ 6.5/10Also comedyBrantley Foster, a well-educated kid from Kansas, has always dreamed of making it big in New York City, but once there, he learns that jobs - and girls - are hard to get. When he visits his uncle, Howard Prescott, who…
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The Wrong Paris (2025)
★ 6.7/10Also romance and comedyDawn thinks she's joining a dating show in Paris, France, only to land in Paris, Texas. She has an exit plan — until sparks fly with the cowboy bachelor.
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Anchors Aweigh (1945)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and romanceTwo sailors on shore leave head out for four days of partying – only to become involved in the affairs of an aspiring singer and her precocious nephew.
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Think Like a Man Too (2014)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and romanceAll the couples are back for a wedding in Las Vegas, but plans for a romantic weekend go awry when their various misadventures get them into some compromising situations that threaten to derail the big event.
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The Mouse That Roared (1959)
★ 6.4/10Also comedyThe Duchy of Grand Fenwick decides that the only way to get out of their economic woes is to declare war on the United States, lose and accept foreign aid. They send an invasion force (in chain mail, armed with bows…
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The Perfect Date (2019)
★ 6.4/10Also romance and comedyNo beau? No problem! To earn money for college, a high schooler creates a dating app that lets him act as a stand-in boyfriend.
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The Slammin' Salmon (2009)
★ 5.8/10Also comedyThe brutal former heavyweight boxing champion Cleon "Slammin'" Salmon (Duncan), now owner of a Miami restaurant, institutes a competition to see which waiter can earn the most money in one night: the winner stands to…
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Relationship Goals (2026)
★ 6.4/10Also romance and comedyWhen TV producer Leah Caldwell aims to become the first woman running New York's top morning show, her ex competes for the same role. Leah stays focused on her career, until chemistry with her ex challenges her…
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People We Meet on Vacation (2026)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and romancePoppy's a free spirit. Alex loves a plan. After years of summer vacations, these polar-opposite pals wonder if they could be a perfect romantic match.
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Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
★ 7.1/10Also comedyAfter young playwright, David Shayne obtains funding for his play from gangster Nick Valenti, Nick's girlfriend Olive miraculously lands the role of a psychiatrist—but not only is she a bimbo who could never pass for a…
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The Prince and the Showgirl (1957)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and romanceAn American showgirl becomes entangled in political intrigue when the Prince Regent of a foreign country attempts to seduce her.
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Hello, Dolly! (1969)
★ 7/10Also comedy and romanceDolly Levi is a strong-willed matchmaker who travels to Yonkers, New York in order to see the miserly "well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire" Horace Vandergelder. In doing so, she convinces his niece, his niece's…
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She's Funny That Way (2015)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and romanceOn the set of a playwright's new project, a love triangle forms between his wife, her ex-lover, and the call girl-turned-actress cast in the production.
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Whatever Works (2009)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and romanceWhatever Works explores the relationship between a crotchety misanthrope, Boris and a naïve, impressionable young runaway from the south, Melody. When Melody's uptight parents arrive in New York to rescue her, they are…
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It Happened One Night (1934)
★ 7.8/10Also comedy and romanceA runaway heiress makes a deal with the rogue reporter trailing her but the mismatched pair end up stuck with each other when their bus leaves them behind.
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Little Italy (2018)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and romanceFormer childhood pals Leo and Nikki are attracted to each other as adults—but will their feuding parents' rival pizzerias put a chill on their sizzling romance?
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Yoh! Bestie (2026)
★ 6.2/10Also romance and comedyThando is perpetually unlucky in love, but when her bestie returns from his travels with a fiancée in tow, she's forced to face a new emotion — jealousy.
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The Out-of-Towners (1999)
★ 5.8/10Also comedy and romanceThe adventures of married couple Henry and Nancy Clark, vexed by misfortune while in New York City for Henry's job interview.