Accio remote! Here's when every single Harry Potter movie is going to drop on Netflix.

Friends, this is a truly magical day.

All because the Netflix Gods have bestowed an early Christmas present upon us all, by announcing today that every single Harry Potter movie will be available on the platform from Tuesday 15 January.

If you’ve been living in a cupboard under the stairs for the last few decades, and have no idea what The Boy Who Lived is all about, here’s what you need to know.

The Harry Potter movies are a British-American film series based on the best-selling Harry Potter novels by author J. K. Rowling.

The franchise consists of eight fantasy films involving various wizarding adventures, all of which will be coming to Netflix next month.

The films make up one of the biggest movie franchises in the world and begins with Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (which was released in 2001) and culminated with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (which was released in 2011).

 

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Calling all witches and wizards, on January 15th it’s time to go back to Hogwarts

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The Harry Potter series starred everyone’s favourite child stars turned super successful and overly rich adults Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson as the three leading characters: Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger.

Five of the series’ eight films are still among the 50 highest-grossing films of all time, with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 the highest-grossing film in the entire series.

To get the very best Harry Potter experience come January 15, you need to watch the movies in the correct viewing order.

Preferably while wearing a replica of the Sorting Hat.

The official order to watch the Harry Potter movies is:

1. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone 
2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 
3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 
4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 
5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 
6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 
7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 
8. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 

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