LINE 1 · 11 STOPS · DEPARTS 2001 · ARRIVES 2022
Every film and the new HBO series, laid out like a train line. Punch your ticket at each stop — no account, no spoilers.
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ESSENTIAL: the core journey · RECOMMENDED: useful context · OPTIONAL · BRANCH: a detour
The first Harry Potter film and the starting point for this route.
No post-credits scene
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Spoiler: Harry becomes close friends with Ron and Hermione. At the end, Quirrell is revealed to be trying to steal the Stone for Voldemort, who is possessing him.
The second Harry Potter film. Watch it after Sorcerer's Stone.
1 post-credits scene
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Spoiler: Harry destroys Tom Riddle's diary with a basilisk fang. In Half-Blood Prince, Dumbledore identifies the diary as a Horcrux.
The third Harry Potter film. Watch it after Chamber of Secrets.
Stay for a short audio moment after the credits.
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Spoiler: Sirius Black turns out to be Harry's godfather and innocent; Peter Pettigrew, alive all along, escapes at the end.
The fourth Harry Potter film. Watch it after Prisoner of Azkaban.
No post-credits scene
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Spoiler: The tournament ends with Cedric Diggory's death and Voldemort's return to a body.
The fifth Harry Potter film. Watch it after Goblet of Fire.
No post-credits scene
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Spoiler: Sirius Black is killed in the battle at the Ministry of Magic, and the prophecy about Harry and Voldemort is revealed.
The sixth Harry Potter film, followed by the two-part Deathly Hallows finale.
No post-credits scene
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Spoiler: Snape kills Dumbledore at the end of the film; the Half-Blood Prince is Snape.
First half of the finale. Watch Part 2 soon after.
No post-credits scene
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Spoiler: Dobby dies saving the trio; Voldemort takes the Elder Wand from Dumbledore's tomb.
The finale. Continues straight on from Part 1.
No post-credits scene
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Spoiler: Snape's memories show he protected Harry for Lily's sake; Harry is himself a Horcrux and survives Voldemort's curse.
Optional branch line: a 1920s prequel with a new cast, set decades before the main eight. First-timers usually watch it after them.
No post-credits scene
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Spoiler: Percival Graves is revealed to be Gellert Grindelwald in disguise.
Optional branch line. Continues straight on from the first Fantastic Beasts film.
No post-credits scene
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Spoiler: Credence is told he is Aurelius Dumbledore; Leta Lestrange dies at the rally.
Optional branch line. The most recent Fantastic Beasts film.
No post-credits scene
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Spoiler: Credence is confirmed as the son of Aberforth Dumbledore; Grindelwald loses the election and the blood pact is broken.
No. The HBO series is a fresh adaptation of the books with a new lead cast — it starts again from the first stop. Watch the first film if you'd like to compare.
Episode dates to be announced.
19h 39m
Main line · 8 essential titles.
With recommended and optional stops: 26h 28m · 11 titles.
Release dates and runtimes come from studio, rating-board and box-office records such as the BBFC and Box Office Mojo. US availability is checked against each platform's own listings. Every title page lists its sources and the date we last checked them, and editorial placements are labelled separately from official order.
How we build this list →Report a mistake →For a first viewing, watch the eight Harry Potter films in release order. Their main story follows the same order.
They are set decades earlier, in the 1920s and 1930s, with a new cast. Treat them as an optional branch line after the main eight films — or watch them first if you are rewatching in story order.
No. The HBO series is a new adaptation of the books with a new lead cast, so you can start with the series. The first film is an optional comparison if you have time.
Two of the films have something after the credits: Chamber of Secrets has a short extra scene, and Prisoner of Azkaban ends with a short audio moment. Each ticket shows whether it is worth waiting — never what happens.
The eight main films run 19h 39m in total. Adding the three Fantastic Beasts films brings it to 26h 28m. Use the timetable to spread that over the weeks you have.