Prince Akeem, heir to the throne of Zamunda, leaves the tropical paradise kingdom in search of his queen. What better place than Queens, New York, to find his bride? Joined by his loyal servant and friend, Semmi, Akeem attempts to blend in as an ordinary American and begin his search.
This movie contains 10 potentially triggering events.
In the room they rent in queens the outline of a dog is on the floor that was clearly killed (you don’t actually see the dog) and the man says “damn shame what they did to that dog”
Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall both play multiple characters which includes wearing both black and white makeup but there don’t appear to be any actors who aren’t black wearing black makeup
The king admits to having sex with his bathers. It is very clear that everyone employed by the royal family has to do whatever the royal family says no matter what, so there is no possibility of the bathers saying no and being able to keep their jobs. No sex is shown on screen however. Later on, someone tries to give the protagonist an unwanted handjob.