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  With Harry Potter's new prequel "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" to expand the myth of the wizarding world, take a moment to look through the Pensieve and remember the series to this day.

  
  

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  9. Harry Potter and the wizard (2001)

  The franchise has not put forward its best assets, but Chris Columbus' "Sorcerer's Stone" – which detractors and admirers refer to as being more faithful to his sources than any other Harry Potter film, Where the long duration of the film – was only a momentary drop. In hindsight, it's also a relief: the series is so dark that leaving on a sweet-syrupy note looks like a small gift.

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  8. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010)
  

  Almost all of Harry Potter's movies work better in a series than themselves, including "Deathly Hallows – Part 1". The first half of the finale presents some of the most moving moments of the franchise: Hedwig, he barely knew you; you were a good elf, Dobby – but it just does not work like an independent movie. He is also responsible for the unfortunate tendency to split books into two or more films, which has since been imitated by "Twilight", "The Hunger Games" and "The Hobbit".

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  7. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)

  "The Order of the Phoenix" is in some ways a victim of its own success: a large part of it revolves around Dolores Umbridge (Imelda Staunton), who is by far the most hated character in the franchise. David Yates, who directed the last four Harry Potter films, is sometimes late on the third act of his first outing. But this finale gives perhaps the most moving and complete sense of life and death issues of the Harry-Voldemort conflict.

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  6. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

  The spin-off stays true to the spirit of its source material while differentiating itself. Although we still do not know much about our new hero, Eddie Redmayne's Newt Scamander, the film itself marks a welcome return to an immersive fictional world. Set in an era (the 1920s) and a place (in America) that Harry Potter has never explored, "Fantastic Beasts" is worth looking for.

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  5. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)

  What is sometimes forgotten in the first two sentimental films is that, unlike the latest movies, they appear to be complete stories. "Chamber of Secrets" suffers from the same problems as its predecessor, but it also has the benefit of a more compelling story, similar to that of a puzzle. Voldemort takes many forms throughout the series. Here, as a 16-year-old man kept in his memory, he shows his most human face.

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  4. Harry Potter and the Fire Cup (2005)

  The real turning point of the series, "Cup of Fire", takes into account the promise of "Sorcerer's Stone" according to which the innocent are the first victims. There have always been signs that the world is darker than what initially seems to be, but until the fourth book (and Mike Newell's film), the forces of evil are mastered. Once released, things change forever.

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  3. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011)

  This coda (which, to be fair, is taken directly from the book) must disappear, and it makes little sense that a two-part film based on a book does not find time to give three significant characters to the book. ;screen. Nevertheless, the final film expands the narrative framework of the series and links its links with real elegance – especially with respect to Alan Rickman's Snape, who appears here as Rowling's best tragic character.

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  2. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)

  The dynamic between Harry and Dumbledore finally takes center stage in "Half-Blood Prince", a film that enriches his own current narration by looking back at the past to show how he was born. From a similar tone to the other late entries but of a superior narrative quality, it manages to appear as an autonomous work.

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  1. Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban (2004)

  Situated between the sentimental entrances directed by Chris Columbus and the darkest chapters that followed, "Prisoner of Azkaban" achieves an almost perfect balance between light and dark, good and evil. The presence of Remus Lupine, Sirius Black and the charm of Patronus are significant assets, as is the fact that Alfonso Cuarón honored the series with his singular vision before making "Children of Men". and "Gravity". That's all the Harry Potter phenomenon in the microcosm: becoming an adult but not yet completely mature, dark but not hopeless, and a necessary reminder: even in difficult times, wonder is as powerful as any spell.

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