The movie franchise wound up casting a spell, too, with eight hit films based on the novels followed by two recent "Fantastic Beast" spinoff prequels starring Eddie Redmayne as 1920s-era hero and awkward magizoologist Newt Scamander. Watching the Harry Potter movies in order is meant to be a magical experience literally. The Chronological Order Of The Harry Potter Series Fantastic Beasts and where to find them (2016) Fantastic beast: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) Harry. 16, 2001, six days after bowing in the boy wizard's homeland of England) introduced film audiences to magical BFFs Harry ( Daniel Radcliffe), Hermione ( Emma Watson) and Ron ( Rupert Grint), the heroes of J.K. Two decades ago, director Chris Columbus' "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" (which premiered in the U.S. Watch Video: 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone’ turns 20īust out the Weasleys' Wildfire Whiz-bangs and hoist a pint of Butterbeer: The "Harry Potter" movies are turning 20.