Borat.2006

Sacha Baron Cohen gave one of the decade’s defining performances—a character so repulsive yet oddly sweet that you can’t look away. Just don’t watch it with your parents.

Rating: ★★★★½ (4.5/5) Director: Larry Charles Starring: Sacha Baron Cohen, Ken Davitian, Pamela Anderson (as herself) borat.2006

The film’s genius lies in its alchemy of extreme satire and unscripted reality. Borat isn’t just a collection of gross-out gags; it’s a mirror held up to America. By playing a character who embodies every negative stereotype Americans might have of foreigners—sexist, anti-Semitic, racist, and blissfully ignorant—Sacha Baron Cohen lures real people into exposing their own prejudices. Sacha Baron Cohen gave one of the decade’s