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Photograph of Sacha Baron Cohen in the movie Borat waving an American flag on a light yellow background.

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, more commonly known simply as Borat, is a 2006 satirical mockumentary film co-written and produced by British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen. Cohen also plays the title character, Borat Sagdiyev, a fictitious Kazakh journalist traveling through the United States recording real-life interactions with Americans. Much of the film features unscripted vignettes of Borat interviewing and interacting with unsuspecting Americans who believe he is a foreigner with little or no understanding of American customs. The film was directed by Larry Charles and distributed by 20th Century Fox.

The film was very well received both critically and commercially; made for $18 million, it earned $262 million worldwide. However, controversy surrounded the film from two years prior to its release, and after the film's release, some cast members spoke against, and even sued, its creators. It was banned in almost all Arab countries, and the governments of Russia and Kazakhstan discouraged cinemas from showing it.