The Harry Potter films are as popular and cherished as their paper counterparts, which is predictable for a movie franchise based on a best-selling novel series. Only Star Wars and the Marvel Cinematic Universe have made more money at the global box office in the last two decades than the big-budget adaptations of JK Rowling’s Wizarding World. With new generations of children discovering the adventures of Harry Potter and his closest friends, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, the eight films are essential family entertainment, especially over the holiday season.
However, Warner Bros. has released two films in its Fantastic Beasts prequel film series, both set in the 1920s and featuring a youthful Dumbledore.
With ten (and counting) films in the magical storey, there’s plenty to keep fans entertained.
Below are all the Harry Potter films (including two new) in the chronological order for your watch.
1. Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them (2016)
Director- David Yates
Newt Scamander, a British young activist magician, arrives in New York in the mid-1920s with a piece of curious leather luggage. With containing a variety of magical creatures that exist among us. Newt’s valuable suitcase goes missing. To make matters worse, some creatures manage to escape, in the midst of an already delicate balance of concealment. Also, and the rising tragedies attributed to the dark wizard, Gellert Grindelwald. In the midst of an invisible, lethal, and entirely unpredictable evil that continues to wreak devastation on 5th Avenue. This unforeseen complication captures the notice of Senior Auror Percival Graves, who targets Newt. Is there a secret objective behind Graves’ intentions, at the end of the day? Furthermore, what will become of the remaining magnificent monsters on the loose?
2. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindewald (2018)
Director- David Yates
Only a few months after leveling New York City in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the dangerous dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald gets out of his maximum-security cell. Also escapes MACUSA custody during a stormy night (2016). All-powerful Grindelwald is hell-bent on igniting a global uprising against the inferior Muggles. He’s desperately looking for a disturbed young obscured who appears to be crucial to the final completion of his ingenious scheme. Professor Albus Dumbledore, the headmaster of Hogwarts, persuades his former pupil and great magizoologist, Newt Scamander, to actively participate in the endeavor to prevent the sorcerer’s scheme, as Paris increasingly becomes a deadly battlefield.
3. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)
Director- Chris Columbus
Harry Potter believes he is a normal eleven-year-old boy, but this is not the case. Harry is confronted by a giant named Hagrid, who informs him of the critical information. He’s a wizard, to put it that way. As Harry travels to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to master the skill of becoming a wizard, his journey in life becomes even more severe. He meets his pals here, who will remain by his side for many years. Hermione Granger is the bravest of friends, while Ron Weasley is the wisest. But there isn’t complete silence at Hogwarts, as Harry fears that the Philosopher’s/Stone Sorcerer is being stolen.
4. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
Director- Chris Columbus
Harry Potter is back for his second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry escapes to the Weasley house in a flying automobile with Ron Weasley after a dispute with a house-elf named Dobby. They miss the train and have to catch it to get to school. Strange events occur when they arrive at the school. A wicked monster hiding in the grounds has “petrified” “Mudbloods” (people from Muggle households). When everyone accuses Harry, the trio sets out to locate the perpetrator and learn more than they bargained for. Also including Tom Riddle’s journal, the reasons for Hagrid’s expulsion, what the Chamber of Secrets is, and why it is so dreaded at Hogwarts.
5. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Director- Alfonso Cuaron
Harry Potter is still experiencing problems with his kinfolk. He flees after inflating Uncle Vernon’s sister Marge, who was being rude to Harry’s parents, with magic. He was initially concerned about being punished for utilizing magic outside of school. However, he is relieved to learn that he will not be punished. However, he soon discovers that a deadly criminal and Voldemort’s devoted assistant Sirius Black has escaped from Azkaban Prison. He intends to kill Harry in retaliation for the Dark Lord’s murder. To make matters worse for Harry, he is assigned to guard the school gates by nasty monsters known as Dementors. They, for some reason, have the most horrifying effect on him. Harry has no idea that by the end of the year, many gaps in his past will be filled, and he will have a better understanding of what the future holds.
6. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Director- Mike Newell
Harry is about to begin his fourth year at Hogwarts, and he is enjoying his summer vacation with his buddies. They are given tickets to the Quidditch World Cup Final. But after the game, people dressed as Lord Voldemort’s “Death Eaters” set fire to all of the visitors’ tents, causing a frenzy throughout the magical community. Voldemort’s symbol, the “Dark Mark,” appears in the sky, causing a frenzy throughout the magical community. Hogwarts hosts “The Triwizard Competition” the same year, a magical tournament involving three well-known magical schools: Hogwarts, Beauxbatons, and Durmstrang. The contenders must be at least seventeen years old and are chosen by a mystical artefact known as “The Goblet of Fire.”
However, on the night of the choosing, the Goblet of Fire spews out four names instead of the normal three, and Harry is accidentally chosen as the Fourth Champion. Because the magic can’t be undone, Harry is compelled to accept it and complete three extremely tough tasks.
7. Harry Potter and the Order of The Phoenix (2007)
Director- David Yates
As another year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry begins for Harry, so do the never-ending publications claiming that he and Dumbledore are nuts. As the ministry proceeds to fabricate new and nasty lies about Harry’s tale of Voldemort’s return, Hogwarts begins to deteriorate as the ministry sends in Professor Dolores Jane Umbridge, the cure for all lunacy. Soon she begins to impose her rules and restrictions on the students, they realise they will never be ready for the outside world with her as their teacher. So Harry and his buddies decide to take matters into their own hands and learn magic the old-fashioned way. As Harry begins to see visions of awful events occurring within the Ministry’s gates, he chooses to act, leading himself and his companions into war and ultimately teaching them the true meaning of friendship, devotion, and sacrifice.
8. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Director- David Yates
In Harry Potter’s sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft, he discovers a mystery book labelled “This book is the property of the Half Blood Prince,” which aids him in his Potions lesson while also teaching him a few dark and dangerous ones. Meanwhile, Harry is receiving private lessons from Dumbledore in try to learn more about Voldemort’s past and discover what might be his one flaw.
9. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows: Part 1 (2010)
Director- David Yates
The power of Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) is increasing. He now commands the Ministry of Magic as well as Hogwarts. To fight the Dark Lord, Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Ron (Rupert Grint), and Hermione (Emma Watson) decide to finish Dumbledore’s (Sir Michael Gambon) work and uncover the rest of the Horcruxes. However, with little hope for the trio and the rest of the Wizarding World, everything they do must go according to plan.
10. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Part: 2 (2011)
Director- David Yates
Harry, Ron, and Hermione continue their search for the rest of Voldemort’s Horcruxes until Harry discovers one at Hogwarts, where they depart as quickly as possible, but Voldemort learns of their goal immediately. At Hogwarts, a battle rages as many individuals try to keep Harry safe. Harry then realises that people are constantly dying as a result of his faults, and he faces Voldemort for the final time. Crucial mysteries are revealed along the road, as the enigmatic yet fabled Deathly Hallows emerge.
