The true story of how Ray Kroc, a salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. Kroc was impressed by the brothers’ speedy system of making the food and saw franchise potential. He maneuvered himself into a position to be able to pull the company from the brothers and create a billion-dollar empire.
Directed by John Lee Hancock
greed
ambition
biography
family business
based on true story
salesman
corporate greed
fast food
corporate power
1950s
burger
mcdonald's
Rank
#117 in 2016·#5059 overall
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.4 / 5
Where to Watch
Cast
Michael Keaton
Ray Kroc
Nick Offerman
Dick McDonald
John Carroll Lynch
Mac McDonald
Linda Cardellini
Joan Smith
B.J. Novak
Harry J. Sonneborn
Laura Dern
Ethel Kroc
Justin Randell Brooke
Fred Turner
Kate Kneeland
June Martino
Patrick Wilson
Rollie Smith
Griff Furst
Jim Zien
Wilbur Fitzgerald
Jerry Cullen
David de Vries
Jack Horford
Crew
John Lee Hancock
Director
Robert D. Siegel
Writer
Carter Burwell
Original Music Composer
Robert Frazen
Editor
John Schwartzman
Director of Photography
Jeremy Renner
Producer
Harvey Weinstein
Executive Producer
Bob Weinstein
Executive Producer
Aaron Ryder
Producer
Glen Basner
Executive Producer
Alison Cohen
Executive Producer
Karen Lunder
Executive Producer
Popular Reviews
2506 reviews
Souljaboyy
5.0★ · 08/23/23
HE ISNT EVEN THE FOUNDER
HE ISNT EVEN THE FOUNDER
2
Cyril Thibeau
6.0★ · 12/04/25
Fuck Kay Kroc !! Je veux le mcdo de Mac et Dick !!
Fuck Kay Kroc !! Je veux le mcdo de Mac et Dick !!
1
shelbyPRO
5.0★ · 09/11/25
watched it for econ it’s.. okay. random ass cast tho
locked in when i saw laura dern
watched it for econ it’s.. okay. random ass cast tho