The best movie of 2006 is released Tuesday on DVD.

“But wait,” you say. “ I thought Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan came out two weeks ago.”

Delightful as it was, Borat was only the SECOND best movie of 2006. The best movie of 2006 – and I can say this, as I have seen every single motion picture that was released in 2006 – was Alfonso Cuaron’s Children of Men, which, unlike Borat, was snubbed at the Oscars, proving the general cluelessness of the Academy.

But I digress. Children of Men takes place in a near-future wherein, for unknown reasons, the human race has become infertile. No babies have been born for over a decade and people are, understandably, growing concerned. As if this wasn’t bad enough, the world’s sociopolitical climate is going straight into the toilet, with wars, terrorist attacks and suchlike the rule rather than the exception. Imagine a world in which 9/11 was a weekly event and you’ll get the picture.

Michael Caine, Julianne Moore and one of my favorite character actors, Peter Mullan are all in the cast, as is Clive Owen, who plays a man sleepwalking through this unpleasant setting until a few sharp, sudden shocks pull him out of his torpor and spur him into action. I don’t think I’m spoiling the movie for anyone when I say that a pregnant girl turns up, and hilarity ensues.

Calling this movie “bleak” is something of an understatement, but it’s still heads and shoulders above anything else I saw last year. Check it out. You won’t be disappointed.

Or, you could always get Season 6 of The Jeffersons, which is also released tomorrow.