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16/11/2001 Adventure, Fantasy 2h 32m
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Let the magic begin.

Overview

Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard—with a place waiting for him at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As he learns to harness his newfound powers with the help of the school's kindly headmaster, Harry uncovers the truth about his parents' deaths—and about the villain who's to blame.

  1. Chris Columbus

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Daniel Radcliffe

    Harry Potter

  2. Rupert Grint

    Ron Weasley

  3. Emma Watson

    Hermione Granger

  4. Richard Harris

    Albus Dumbledore

  5. Tom Felton

    Draco Malfoy

  6. Alan Rickman

    Severus Snape

  7. Robbie Coltrane

    Rubeus Hagrid

  8. Maggie Smith

    Minerva McGonagall

  9. Richard Griffiths

    Vernon Dursley

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2019-07-24
Ahh, the magic begins.

Harry Potter is an Orphan who on his eleventh birthday discovers he's a wizard and is called to term at Hogwarts School. But Harry is soon to find out that his past, and his destiny, is a truly remarkable, magical, and terrifying thing.

Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone arrived in a blaze of publicity, one of the most hyped and talked about motion pictures of the decade had finally arrived. The box office was guaranteed to bulge based on fandom book base alone, regardless of if the film got bad word of mouth or not, it was destined to be a monster smash hit....read the rest
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Recommendations

  1. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince77%
  2. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban80%
  3. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire78%
  4. The School for Good and Evil70%
  5. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 177%
  6. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix77%
  7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 281%
  8. The Wizard of Oz75%
  9. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets77%
  10. A Little Princess76%
  11. Upside-Down Magic71%
  12. The Black Cauldron64%
  13. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald68%
  14. Practical Magic67%
  15. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian66%
  16. The Witches69%
  17. The Secret of Moonacre65%
  18. Beastly63%
  19. Hocus Pocus70%
  20. Oz the Great and Powerful59%

Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$125,000,000.00

Revenue
$976,475,550.00

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