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Apr 8, 2024 · Adam ranks all of the Harry Potter movies from worst to best, evaluating each adaptation as a film first and foremost in this incredible franchise.
- Adam Chitwood
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Franchises live and die on the strength of each individual film’s director. Just look at James Bond or the original Superman series.
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. The War and Peace of the Harry Potter books, The Order of the Phoenix added 870 pages to J.K. Rowling’s magical universe.
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Pt. 2 There’s something bittersweet about The Deathly Hallows, Part Two. Not only does is represent the end of Harry’s journey, and the relief of his lifelong burden to defeat Voldemort, but it marks the true end of an era.
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Like many beloved fantasy series before and after it, Harry Potter could have left fans utterly disappointed. One misstep could have turned The Sorcerer’s Stone into Philip Pullman’s The Golden Compass, a massive financial write-off for the studio and the premature end of a great story.
- Eliana Dockterman
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. It’s no surprise that Academy Award winner Alfonso Cuarón directed the best of the Harry Potter flicks. Some might call Prisoner of Azkaban more “adult” than the first two movies.
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. The book Order of the Phoenix often gets knocked for its preoccupation with hormonal teenagers’ mood swings.
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. It’s unfortunate the movie version of Goblet of Fire doesn’t fall at the top of the heap when the book version ranks #1 or #2 for many Potter fans.
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2. Deathly Hallows, Part 2 is all action. As soon as the movie begins, Harry, Ron and Hermione are breaking into Gringotts, riding on the back of a dragon and, finally, battling Voldemort.
1. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Alfonso Cuarón, 2004) The plot: Harry learns that the convict Sirius Black, a Voldemort ally, has escaped Azkaban prison and plans to kill him. In...
- Tina Donvito
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. The lowest-grossing Harry Potter film, and the third in the series, is also widely regarded as the best by fans and critics.
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. The highest-grossing of all the Harry Potter movies, the 2011 finale of the main series, directed by David Yates, is almost all action after the slower-paced, reflective feel of Deathly Hallows: Part 1.
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Ranking Harry Potter movies proves to be difficult at the top of the list: The best three Harry Potter movies ranked come down to personal opinion!
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Directed by Mike Newell, 2005’s Goblet of Fire marks the series’s turn to darker, more grown-up fare—largely due to the death of a fellow student at the end of the film, and Voldemort’s return in a snake-like human form, chillingly played by Ralph Fiennes.
From Philosopher's Stone to Deathly Hallows, we rank every Harry Potter film and share our pick of the very best from the Wizarding World.
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Sep 3, 2021 · As the 'Harry Potter' films return to HBO Max, I decided to use math, science and (yes) magic to correctly rank them from best to worst.
