

There will come a time, I fear, as we approach the end of the series (one book and two films to go), that Harry and his friends will grow up and smell the coffee. What is it, like a secret Masonic grip? When you're about to get your clock stopped by Dementors and you know the spell, what are you expected to do? Fall over passively and get Demented? But that earns the disapproval of his superiors at Hogwarts, and he is threatened with expulsion, because the spell is not to be used in public around Muggles.

Harry and his cousin Dudley are attacked by Dementors, and in desperation he uses a secret spell to defeat them.

For now, see our guide below on how to watch all Harry Potter movies in order.An early scene illustrates this change. There’s also a Harry Potter series early in development for HBO Max. Then the story of Harry himself begins, starting with Sorcerer’s Stone and concluding in the second-part of The Deathly Hallows, for eight Certified Fresh movies in a row.

The third Fantastic Beasts intends to release July 2022, with two more movies to close out the Scarmander and Grindelwald saga. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is set in 1927. So to watch the Harry Potter movies in order, your journey now begins with Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, set in 1926 and starring Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scarmander. Watching the Harry Potter movies in order, seeing the story unfold chronologically in-universe, used to be as easy as finding the one where Daniel Radcliffe looks youngest and starting from there.īut the series has expanded now with the Fantastic Beasts movies, set some 70 years before The Sorcerer’s Stone. (Photo by WB/ courtesy Everett Collection) How to Watch Harry Potter Movies In OrderĮveryone came into the Wizarding World through the Harry Potter books and movies, which introduced us to a gifted 11-year-old, his friends Ron and Hermione, and their hallowed school of magic, Hogwarts.
