25 Most Controversial Movies Ever

Will ''Angels & Demons'' follow in the footsteps of its predecessor, ''The Da Vinci Code'' -- as well as ''The Passion of the Christ,'' '' Basic Instinct,'' and ''Natural Born Killers'' -- on a list of films that shock, disgust, and divide us?

By EW Staff Updated August 26, 2008 at 09:00 PM EDT

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THE DA VINCI CODE (2006)

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Again, this one should have been a no-brainer. Oscar-winning director Ron Howard followed his critically acclaimed Cinderella Man with this soggy adaptation of Dan Brown's huge historical-novel best-seller. Unfortunately, costars Tom Hanks and Audrey Tautou had absolutely zero chemistry — did they even make eye contact? — while Paul Bettany's chain-whipping Silas scared the bejeezus out of us.—Youyoung Lee

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JFK (1991)

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According to Oliver Stone's controversial 1991 film, the real force behind John F. Kennedy's assassination wasn't Lee Harvey Oswald, but...a shady businessman who was working with the CIA — or was that the Mafia — and also Lyndon Johnson?! Whatever. Stone's take might not have been exactly accurate as history, but it made for a hell of a movie.

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