Best Harry Potter films

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban leads with an ELO of 1,355, ahead of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 (1,237) and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (1,211). Ranked over 6,807 duels between 8 contenders, last updated September 27, 2026.

Rank your favorite Harry Potter films. Find out which magical movie wins the duels: from Sorcerer's Stone to Deathly Hallows.

How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.