The Dictator (2012)

Sacha Baron Cohen stars as Admiral General Aladeen, the dictator of the fictional Republic of Wadiya. When he visits the USA, he is replaced by an imposter and – in order to regain his position as leader – ends up associating with a human-rights activist Zoey (Anna Faris). 

There’s a strong thread of political satire, but you have to wade through some crude and deliberately uncomfortable material confronting racial and gender prejudices. 

There are enough genuinely funny lines that it just about works, but Baron Cohen delights in walking a tightrope when it comes to taste and you will either find that intriguing or just off-putting.