Ranking The 25 Best Rom-Coms of All-Time

24. Coming to America (1988)

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What do I love about this unlikely pick? On one hand, it was a romantic comedy. On the other hand, it was a film about black culture. This film was way ahead of its time. 30 years later, it still remains one of the very few mainstream Hollywood black romantic comedies. The innocence and humor Eddie Murphy brings to the role of Prince Akeem makes this film great. There’s also great interplay between nosy New York barbers adding their two cents to every conversation, Murphy’s and Arsenio Hall’s array of characters, and everything about James Earl Jones as a king. In the end, Lisa (played by Shari Headley) falls in love and get both the man and the prince.