Every Harry Potter Movie, Ranked by Book Accuracy

With anupcoming television adaptation coming soonreaders wonder how faithful this adaption will be to those that came before.

The Harry Potter novels are massive and their world even wider.

They are also, decidedly, not fantastic.

The four main characters from Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them posing surrounded by fog in a London city.

Image via Warner Bros.

More impactful to the story however isthe absence of the backstory of the Marauder’s Map.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Poster

Dumbledore conjures a firestorm in “Harry Potter and the half-blood prince'

Image via Warner Bros. Pictures

Luna, Neville, and Ginny stare in awe at the Department of Mysteries in ‘Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix’

Image via Warner Bros. Pictures

Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) and Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) do battle from afar in The Deathly Hallows Part 2.

Image via Warner Bros.

Dumbledore (Micheal Gambon) yells at Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Harry Potter, played by Daniel Radcliffe, with the seven Potters in ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1.'

Fred and George Weasley and Harry Potter talking about the Marauder’s Map in ‘Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.'

Image via Warner Bros. Pictures

Harry Potter looking in awe holding his first wand in Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone.

Image via Warner Bros. Pictures

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Movie Poster

Harry stands in front of Dumbledore’s office door in ‘Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets’

Image via Warner Bros. Pictures

Movie

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2