Skip to content
HOLLYWOOD METRICS
HomeAboutCraftNewsAnalyticsScriptsBooksPricingAPIMCP
Catalog/Documentary/King Corn
King Corn poster
A
Excellent
MASTER SCORE 77.8 / 100
2007·Documentary·1h 28m

KING CORN

“You Are What You Eat.”

King Corn is a fun and crusading journey into the digestive tract of our fast food nation where one ultra-industrial, pesticide-laden, heavily-subsidized commodity dominates the food pyramid from top to bottom – corn. Fueled by curiosity and a dash of naiveté, two college buddies return to their ancestral home of Greene, Iowa to figure out how a modest kernel conquered America. With the help of some real farmers, oodles of fertilizer and government aide, and some genetically modified seeds, the friends manage to grow one acre of corn. Along the way, they unlock the hilarious absurdities and scary but hidden truths about America’s modern food system in this engrossing and eye-opening documentary.

Above the Line
Aaron Woolf·DirectorJeffrey K. Miller·WriterCurtis Ellis·Writer
Cast
Ian Cheney·HimselfCurtis Ellis·HimselfEarl L. Butz·HimselfMichael Pollan·Himself
Full Crew
(8 credits)
Directing· 1
Aaron Woolf·Director
Writing· 4
Jeffrey K. Miller·WriterCurtis Ellis·WriterAaron Woolf·WriterIan Cheney·Writer
Production· 3
Curtis Ellis·ProducerIan Cheney·ProducerAaron Woolf·Producer
By the Numbers
77.8
OF 100
Master Score
7.0
OF 10
IMDb
96%
CRITICS
Rotten Tomatoes
$81K
Worldwide Gross
0
Oscar Wins
Where to Watch

THE AVAILABILITY MAP

The canonical record of where this film lives across the streaming map.

Provider Index In Progress

Streaming, rental, and purchase availability for this title is being ingested from the TMDB watch-providers feed and will appear here once the next catalog refresh runs. Until then, the canonical source links below remain the fastest route.

Find on TMDB
Poster DNA

THE VISUAL DECONSTRUCTION

A bespoke vision agent's reading of the design language behind King Corn's key art.

Dominant Palette
3 colors
#FFFF00
#008000
#FFFFFF
Mood
Humorous, Agricultural
Composition
Centered
Era
1970s
Visual Style
Illustrated

“The movie poster features a drawing of two men sitting on top of a pickup truck in a cornfield. The men are drawn in a simple, cartoonish style. Above the men, ”

Key Elements
Pickup TruckCorn StalksBanner
Atmosphere
Bright
Color Mood
Warm
Setting
Rural
Design Score
7/10
More Like This

THE NEIGHBORHOOD

Neighboring films in the catalog's similarity graph.

Keep Going

THREE WAYS DEEPER

Auteur
AUT
MORE BY AARON WOOLF

Every catalog entry where Aaron Woolf is credited as director.

Open
Family
GEN
MORE DOCUMENTARY

Top-ranked films inside documentary, sorted by master score.

Open
Era
DEC
MORE FROM THE 2000S

The best films of the 2000s, ranked across every available metric.

Open
View on IMDbView on TMDBCatalog
HOLLYWOOD METRICS

The definitive mathematical oracle for cinematic success and creative script intelligence.

74,000+ Films100 Years1.1M+ Reviews
PRODUCT
  • Dashboard
  • Pricing
  • Script Analysis
  • Watch the Demo
  • The Red List
  • News
  • Analytics
  • API
  • MCP Connector
COMPANY
  • About
  • Track Record
  • Trust & Script Privacy
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service
CONNECT
  • ▶YouTube
  • ◉Instagram
  • ♪TikTok
  • @Threads
  • fFacebook
Get Started Free →
© 2026 Hollywood Metrics. All rights reserved.Powered by bespoke agents and autonomous agentic workflows