

Indeed, ranking the Harry Potter movies by their IMDb user scores reveals a remarkable consistency in fan response, with all eight instalments clustered between 7.4 and 8.1 out of 10.
#HARRY POTTER MOVIES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER SERIES#

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009).Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007).Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005).Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004).Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002).Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001).We’re sure the extra box office didn’t hurt either…

It’s also interesting to note that there are more Harry Potter movies than there are books, with seventh instalment The Deathly Hallows split into two parts (a trick repeated by Twilight and The Hunger Games) because there was so much story to fit in. Fantastic Beasts 3 starts shooting early in 2020, ahead of a 2021 release. That means there’s no need to introduce any kind of ‘Machete Order’ – yet – though if we get some massive revelation in Fantastic Beasts 3, 4 and 5, that may change. No complicated interweaving timelines to deal with if you watch the Potter movies in release date order – it’s two distinct series, with an (as-yet) incomplete set of prequels following on from the parent franchise. The story picks up in 2017, during the epilogue from Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows, and features the now grown-up Harry, Hermione and Ron, and their kids. (While the movies were made in the ’00s, and feature the occasional anachronism such as 21st century mobile phones or music, it’s probable they follow the same carefully crafted timeline as Rowling’s books – placing the Harry Potter films some 70 years after their Fantastic Beasts counterparts.)Īnd Harry Potter’s story does continue into the future – though not on screen – thanks to the hit stage play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. That means each of the seven books in the Potter series focus on a different school year (running from September to August), starting in 1991, when Harry’s 11 years old. Note that outside the US, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone is known as Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.Īside from the occasional flashback, the Hogwarts-set movies in the series follow a simple linear structure – mostly thanks to Rowling’s decision to use the British school calendar as a framework for her narrative.
