Coming To America.

Akeem Joffer (Murphy), the crown prince to the throne of the wealthy African nation of Zamunda, is unhappy with being pampered his entire life and wishes to be more independent. The final straw comes when his parents, King Jaffe and Queen Aeoleon, present him with an arranged bride-to-be named Imani Izzi, whom he's never met and who's been trained to obey Akeem's every command. Akeem concocts a plan to travel to the United States to find an intelligent, independent-minded woman he can both love and respect, and who will love Akeem for who he is and not for his status as a prince. Akeem and his best friend/personal aide, Semmi (Hall), flip a coin to decide between going to either Los Angeles or New York City, and end up going to New York City. They end up in the borough of Queens and rent a run-down apartment in the neighborhood of Long Island City, passing themselves off as poor foreign students. They begin working at a local fast food restaurant called McDowell's, owned by Cleo McDowell and his daughters, Lisa and Patrice.

Akeem falls in love with Lisa, who possesses all the qualities that the prince is looking for in a woman. The rest of the film centers on Akeem's attempts to win Lisa's hand in marriage, which is complicated by Lisa's lazy and obnoxious boyfriend, Darryl Jenks, who is a model and heir to the company that makes "Soul Glo" (a Jheri Curl-like product). Lisa eventually breaks up with Darryl and starts dating Akeem. Although Akeem thrives on hard work and learning how commoners live, Semmi's not comfortable with living the life of a poor man. When Akeem donates their travel money to the homeless Randolph and Mortimer Duke (characters in the previous Eddie Murphy film Trading Places), Semmi transmits a plea to the King of Zamunda for more financial help. This causes Akeem's parents to travel to Queens and expose Akeem's identity to the McDowells.

Mr. McDowell is ecstatic that his daughter has attracted the interest of a wealthy prince, but Lisa becomes angry and confused as to why Akeem lied to her about his identity, as he had told her before that he was actually a goat herder. Still hurt and angry that Akeem lied to her, she refuses to marry him, even after he offers to renounce his throne, and he returns with a broken heart, resigned to marry the woman chosen for him by his parents. On the way to the airport, King Jaffe remarks that Akeem can't marry Lisa anyway because of "tradition," and tries defending himself by saying "Who am I to change it?," with Queen Aeoleon curtly responding, "I thought you were the King."
At the final scene's wedding procession, Akeem, still heartbroken, waits dejectedly at the altar as his bride-to-be makes her way down the aisle. However, when Akeem lifts the veil to kiss her, he finds Lisa instead of Imani. Akeem and Lisa are married, and they ride happily in a carriage after the ceremony to the cheers of Zamundan citizens. Witnessing such splendor, Lisa is both impressed and touched by the fact that Akeem would've given it up just for her. Akeem offers to abdicate if she doesn't want a life like this, but Lisa playfully declines and decides to become royalty instead.