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.
Directed by Aaron Woolf
iowa
agriculture
food industry
corn
farming
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3.3 / 5
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Cast
Ian Cheney
Himself
Michael Pollan
Himself
Crew
Ian Cheney
Writer
Ian Cheney
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Popular Reviews
8 reviews
lilchokedout
4.0★ · 05/14/26
Half of it is two goobers larping as farmers and the other half is semi interesting facts about the industrialization of corn and its many reaching hands circa 20 years ago.
Half of it is two goobers larping as farmers and the other half is semi interesting facts about the industrialization of corn and its many reaching hands circa 20 years ago.
Zackary Milan
Had to watch this doc for school and yeah the yaoi potential between the two guys in this doc is undeniable.
Had to watch this doc for school and yeah the yaoi potential between the two guys in this doc is undeniable.
Fawn
4.0★ · 02/25/26
Do you guys think they explored each others bodies in the corn field?
Do you guys think they explored each others bodies in the corn field?
Aleksandra
8.0★ · 08/27/25
Big Corn doesn’t want you to see this
Big Corn doesn’t want you to see this
Tyara Jones
Well yes, there is corn in everything. Let me go plant an acre to confirm!
Well yes, there is corn in everything. Let me go plant an acre to confirm!
