Harry Potter has turned 40 today!
On this special occasion, we couldn’t help but look back at all the Potter
movies that brought our favorite character from the mystical books of JK
Rowling into real life. Now, it has always been a debatable topic amongst
potter-heads that, ‘this Harry Potter film is better than that one’. To put
such debates on rest, IMDb always comes handy.
Here are all the Harry Potter
films listed from worst to best based on IMDb ratings:
8. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
Riddle.
Star: 7.4 | 161 min |
Adventure, Family, Fantasy
As Harry packs his bags for
Hogwarts after spending a dreadful summer at Dursleys, he receives a warning
from a strange impish creature who says that if Harry returns to school,
disaster will strike.
Director: Chris Columbus | Stars:
Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Richard Harris
7. Harry Potter and the Order of the
Phoenix (2007)
Star: 7.5 | 138 min |
Action, Adventure, Family
Young Harry Potter in his fifth
year of studies in Hogwarts struggles to convince the magical community about
his recent encounter with the sinister Lord Voldemort.
Director: David Yates | Stars:
Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Brendan Gleeson
6. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)
Star: 7.6 | 152 min |
Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Harry, an orphaned boy enrolls
in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where he
befriends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley. There he learns about the
troubled the truth about himself, his family, and the terrible evil that haunts
the magical world.
Director: Chris Columbus | Stars:
Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Richard Harris, Maggie Smith
5. Harry Potter and the
Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Star: 7.6 | 153 min |
Action, Adventure, Family
In the sixth installment of the
Harry Potter series, he discovers an old book marked as “the property of
the Half-Blood Prince” and begins his journey to learn more about the dark
past of the boy who grew up to become Lord Voldemort.
Director: David Yates | Stars:
Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Michael Gambon
4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
Star: 7.7 | 146 min |
Adventure, Family, Fantasy
The first installment of the
two-film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows follows Harry, Ron,
and Hermione as they race against time and evil to search and destroy the
Horcruxes.
Director: David Yates | Stars:
Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Bill Nighy
3. Harry Potter and the Goblet of
Fire (2005)
Star: 7.7 | 157 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Directed by Mike Newell, this part
of the Harry Potter series delve into mysterious visions that Harry starts
having after his legendary scar starts aching in pain. At school, Dumbledore
finds Harry’s name in the goblet of fire for the Triwizard Tournament.
Director:
Mike Newell | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Eric Sykes
2. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Star: 7.9 | 142 min |
Adventure, Family, Fantasy
After an encounter with one of
the Dementors, the guards of Azkaban, en route Hogwarts, Harry Potter sense
danger in its presence. He and other wizards at school feared to be under
threat caused by a run-away prisoner of Azkaban.
Director: Alfonso Cuarón | Stars:
Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Richard Griffiths
1. Harry Potter and the Deathly
Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
Star: 8.1 |130 min |
Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
In this second installment
of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, all loose ends are tied as Harry,
Ron and Hermione go on an adventure to search for Voldemort’s remaining
Horcruxes so that they can, at last, put an end to his terror.
Director: David Yates | Stars:
Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Michael Gambon
