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Harry Potter Watch Order

Eight years at Hogwarts, and three films that come sixty years earlier.

All eight Harry Potter films and the three Fantastic Beasts prequels in one list, in release order or in-universe chronology, with where to start.

How many Harry Potter movies are there?

There are 11 films out so far. Nothing further is currently announced.

Where each title sits in the story

Chronological order, grouped by era. The number on each is its release position. Where those jump around, release order and story order disagree.

  1. The Grindelwald Era

    3 titles

    1. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, released 9 of 11
    2. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, released 10 of 11
    3. Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, released 11 of 11

  2. The Hogwarts Years

    8 titles

    1. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, released 1 of 11
    2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, released 2 of 11
    3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, released 3 of 11
    4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, released 4 of 11
    5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, released 5 of 11
    6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, released 6 of 11
    7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1, released 7 of 11
    8. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, released 8 of 11

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Harry Potter

2001 – 2011 · The Hogwarts Years · Eight films, seven books, one school year at a time.

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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

16 Nov 2001

An orphan learns he is a wizard and arrives at Hogwarts for the first time.

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02

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

15 Nov 2002

Something is petrifying students, and a diary is writing back.

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03

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

4 Jun 2004

An escaped prisoner is hunting Harry, and the series grows up considerably.

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04

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

18 Nov 2005

A deadly tournament, and the return everyone has been dreading.

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05

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

11 Jul 2007

The Ministry denies everything while Hogwarts is taken over from within.

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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

15 Jul 2009

Dumbledore shows Harry where Voldemort came from, and what must be destroyed.

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1

19 Nov 2010

No school year. Three teenagers on the run while the war is lost around them.

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2

15 Jul 2011

The Battle of Hogwarts, and the end of the story.

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Fantastic Beasts

2016 – 2022 · The Grindelwald Era · A prequel trilogy that never quite finished.

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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

18 Nov 2016

Newt Scamander loses a case full of creatures in 1926 New York.

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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

16 Nov 2018

Grindelwald escapes and starts building a following in Paris.

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Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

15 Apr 2022

Dumbledore assembles a team against Grindelwald, in what became the final film of the trilogy.

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