Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Can you skip Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban?

No. It carries part of the main Harry Potter throughline, and what comes after it assumes you have seen it. See the full Harry Potter order.

Harry Potter guides

• Harry Potter orderEight films at Hogwarts and three set sixty years earlier. The order is simple; the only real question is where Fantastic Beasts goes.
• Wizarding World timelineFantastic Beasts first, then Hogwarts. It is a clean split, and still the wrong way to watch it.

Where it sits in the Harry Potter order

Release order

#3 of 11

Chronological order

#6 of 11

Released

4 June 2004

In-universe era

The Hogwarts Years

More from Harry Potter

• 01Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone2001 · Essential
• 02Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets2002 · Essential
• 04Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire2005 · Essential
• 05Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix2007 · Essential
• 06Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince2009 · Essential
• 07Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 12010 · Essential
• 08Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 22011 · Essential

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