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Borat
2006
· Movie
· 84 min
B
MEANRANK
76/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1279
- IMDb #1195
- Rotten Tomatoes #1121
- Metacritic #275
- Letterboxd #1400
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #997
+6 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1694
- Metacritic Critics #215
- Metacritic Audience #717
- Douban #1235
- Kinopoisk #3304
- AlloCiné #3751
Every rating
56–90
out of 100
Split
Lowest is AlloCiné on 56, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 90. Critics average 90, everyone else 72.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev travels to America to make a documentary. As he zigzags across the nation, Borat meets real people in real situations with hysterical consequences. His backwards behavior generates strong reactions around him exposing prejudices and hypocrisies in American culture.
Details
- Director
- Larry Charles
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox, Everyman Pictures, Four by Two, Talkback
- Released
- 1 November 2006
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 84 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $18.0M
- Box office
- $262.6M
- Awards
- 6 wins, 5 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 11 →2 major awards won · 6 wins from 11 nominations across 9 ceremonies
| Critics Choice Association 2006 | Best Comedy | Winner | |
| Golden Globe Awards 2006 | Best Actor – Musical or Comedy | Sacha Baron Cohen | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2006 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Peter Baynham, Dan Mazer and Todd Phillips | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2006 | Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Nominee | |
| Writers Guild of America Award 2006 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Peter Baynham, Dan Mazer and Todd Phillips | Nominee |
| London Film Critics' Circle 2006 | British Actor of the Year | Sacha Baron Cohen | Nominee |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association 2006 | Best Actor | Sacha Baron Cohen | Winner |
| Online Film Critics Society 2006 | Best Actor | Sacha Baron Cohen | Nominee |
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Golden Globe Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actor – Musical or Comedy | Sacha Baron Cohen | Winner |
| Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Nominee |
Critics Choice Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Comedy | Winner |
Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Peter Baynham, Dan Mazer and Todd Phillips | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Award
1 nomination
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Peter Baynham, Dan Mazer and Todd Phillips | Nominee |
Online Film Critics Society
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Breakthrough Performance | Sacha Baron Cohen | Winner |
| Best Actor | Sacha Baron Cohen | Nominee |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | Sacha Baron Cohen | Winner |
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | Sacha Baron Cohen | Winner |
Toronto Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | Sacha Baron Cohen | Winner |
London Film Critics' Circle
1 nomination
| British Actor of the Year | Sacha Baron Cohen | Nominee |