Year three at Hogwarts means new fun and challenges as Harry learns the delicate art of approaching a Hippogriff, transforming shape-shifting Boggarts into hilarity and even turning back time. But the term also brings danger: soul-sucking Dementors hover over the school, an ally of the accursed He-Who-Cannot-Be-Named lurks within the castle walls, and fearsome wizard Sirius Black escapes Azkaban. And Harry will confront them all.
Direction
Cuarón gave this franchise its first soul
Cinematography
Every frame looks like a storybook illustration
Score
John Williams' darkest, most inventive work
Director
Alfonso Cuarón
Daniel Radcliffe
Harry Potter
Rupert Grint
Ron Weasley
Emma Watson
Hermione Granger
Robbie Coltrane
Rubeus Hagrid
Michael Gambon
Albus Dumbledore
Gary Oldman
Sirius Black
David Thewlis
Remus Lupin
Timothy Spall
Peter Pettigrew
Alan Rickman
Severus Snape
Tom Felton
Draco Malfoy
Emma Thompson
Sybill Trelawney
Julie Walters
Molly Weasley
Richard Griffiths
Vernon Dursley
Fiona Shaw
Petunia Dursley
Maggie Smith
Minerva McGonagall
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Cuarón made the trio write essays about their characters in first person—Radcliffe wrote a full page, Watson wrote ten, Grint didn't do it.
This film marks the exact moment the franchise pivoted from product to art—Cuarón was so disrespected by the studio for his 'dark' choices that they nearly didn't hire him back for future projects.
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The best HP film and the only one that can work as a stand alone film
@Dinosaurs_R_cool 54
I will never get enough of this series 😭
@NOscene-b9y 74
I believe Alfonso Cuaron taught these Child Actors the art of film and serious acting while filming this.
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