Harry Potter Movies: Every Film in the Series

The Harry Potter movies are eight films released between November 16, 2001 and July 15, 2011, followed by three Fantastic Beasts spin-offs released from 2016 to 2022, which gives the Harry Potter franchise 11 theatrical films in all. Every one of them draws on the wizarding world created by J. K. Rowling, and the main saga follows Harry Potter from his eleventh birthday through his years at Hogwarts.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001), directed by Chris Columbus, introduces Harry as an orphan who sleeps in a cupboard under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house. On his eleventh birthday the giant Hagrid turns up and tells him that he is a wizard, famous for surviving an attack by the dark wizard Voldemort as a baby. A shopping trip through a hidden London street gets Harry his wand, and the Hogwarts Express then carries him to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where he meets Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger.

Four directors shaped the series. Columbus made the first two films, Alfonso Cuarón directed Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), Mike Newell took Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), and David Yates directed the last four Harry Potter films before going on to direct all three Fantastic Beasts films. The music changed hands almost as often: John Williams scored the first three films, Patrick Doyle the fourth, Nicholas Hooper the fifth and sixth, and Alexandre Desplat both Deathly Hallows films. The Harry Potter soundtrack guide covers the composers in more detail. Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson lead the cast of all eight Harry Potter films, and the Harry Potter cast guide lists the supporting players.

The money involved is considerable. According to Box Office Mojo and The Numbers, the eleven films grossed about $9.64 billion worldwide combined. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) earned the most at $1.31 billion, while Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore earned the least of the eleven at $407 million. Budgets ran from $100 million for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets to $250 million for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and running times range from 130 minutes for Deathly Hallows: Part 2 to 161 minutes for Chamber of Secrets. Every figure by film sits in the Harry Potter box office guide.

The Fantastic Beasts films step back in time. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016), directed by David Yates, follows the British magizoologist Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) in 1926 New York, where a swapped case lets some of his creatures loose in the city. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) moves to 1927 and a hunt for Credence Barebone, and Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022) has Dumbledore quietly assemble a team around Newt as Grindelwald gathers power.

If you want to know exactly how many films there are and how each is classed, the how many Harry Potter movies guide answers that, and the Harry Potter timeline places each story in order. For the wider world there are guides to Harry Potter spells, the Hogwarts houses and Harry Potter books vs movies. Our own verdicts live in Harry Potter movies ranked and Harry Potter reviews, and collectors can start with Harry Potter merchandise.

In the US, all eight Harry Potter films stream on HBO Max and Peacock as of November 3, 2026, according to JustWatch data via TMDB. The three Fantastic Beasts films are on the same two services, so one subscription to either covers the full run of 11.

In the UK, all eight Harry Potter films are on HBO Max and also play free with ads on ITVX. In Australia, they are on HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video. Every film in all three countries can also be rented or bought, with Apple TV and Amazon Video listed throughout, and the exact service and price type for each film is in where to watch Harry Potter.

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