Coming to America vs Love's Second Act
Love's Second Act has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 6.9/10 for Coming to America). Love's Second Act is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 57m. Coming to America is the older of the two (1988 against 2024). Both are comedy, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Coming to America
Love's Second Act| Coming to America | Love's Second Act | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.9/10 | ★ 8.2/10 |
| Year | 1988 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 57m | 1h 30m |
| Genres | Comedy, Romance | Comedy, Romance, TV Movie |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | John Landis | Sam Irvin |
| Main cast | Samuel L. Jackson, Eddie Murphy, James Earl Jones, John Amos, Eriq La Salle | Tilky Jones, J.P. Manoux, George Wendt, Ann Hagemann, Meredith VanCuyk |
Synopsis
Coming to America
An African prince decides it’s time for him to find a princess... and his mission leads him and his most loyal friend to Queens, New York. In disguise as an impoverished immigrant, the pampered prince quickly finds himself a new job, new friends, new digs, new enemies and lots of trouble.
Love's Second Act
Jamie is a filmmaker who needs inspiration to finish her screenplay after a studio buys the pitch. She finds it in ex-boyfriend, Nick, who still works at the small town movie theater where they both first fell in love.
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