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Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

2006 · directed by Larry Charles · 84 min · R
26,313 feet · Prominence
194th of 15,261 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw69

$263m worldwide in 2006 — $430m in today's money.

As released$263mIn 2026 money$430mRank737 of 8,589In 200615 of 215

How Draw works

Inflation-adjusted worldwide box office, on one global curve, and nothing else. It does not know whether a film was good.

Praise91

Critics 90, awards 33. Half each, so Praise lands at 91.

Critics90 → 45Awards33 → 17

Oscars1 nominated Adapted Screenplay
Golden Globes1 won Actor
How Praise works

Half critics, half a tiered award record where Picture and Directing carry most of the weight. Praise is the verdict at the time; Legacy is the verdict since. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so the awards half halves it — which penalises it for the Academy's rules rather than its quality.

Legacy70

Judged directly: Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan reviewed.

Verdict70 of 100IMDb7.4 from 473kWikipedia64k views a monthAge20 years

Scored beside it · 275 of 3,430 films judged
70Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)

If it does not belong in this company, the number is wrong.

How Legacy works

Legacy is a judgment, not a formula. A film can be adored by critics and culturally quiet, or lightly reviewed and permanently lodged in the culture, and no arithmetic over IMDb numbers tells the difference. Every signal behind it keeps updating.

draw 69 praise 91 legacy 70averages 77, which places it at26,313 ft
How the three become one number

Added, not multiplied, so a film transcendent on one pillar and weak on another is not zeroed out. A compression curve then squeezes the top, because the seven greatest films ever made should not be four thousand feet apart.

In these careers — elevation for this film

No scored career runs through this film yet. The people-side engine currently covers 108careers, and this film’s cast sits outside them. Top billing: Sacha Baron Cohen, Ken Davitian, Luenell, Alex Daniels.