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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Closer Strong film that finishes even stronger
2004 · Adventure, Fantasy · Alfonso Cuarón

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban doesn't need a comeback arc — it's winning at 64% across 212 matchups. But the gap between its overall record and its finals record is what makes it genuinely dangerous. The entry where the franchise found a real filmmaker and let him work. Cuarón brought a visual and emotional sophistication that the series never quite reached again, which gives this installment a claim the others can't make. It ranks #3 among 2000s films.

Synopsis

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.

Round 1
56.4%
Semifinals
64.5%
40/62
Finals
85%
Where it thrives

Already strong at 56% in the opening round, stronger at 65% in the semis, and strongest at 85% in finals. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban has a finishing gear most films on the platform can't access.

The matchup with The Conjuring is a genuine coin flip at 50% — neither film has found an edge. Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is the easy matchup at 100%. Avengers: Infinity War is the kryptonite at 13%. The gap between best and worst opponent says a lot about what Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban can and can't handle.

Closest Rival
BingeBracket Record
64%
Win Rate
#8 of 59 in Adventure #3 of 47 from the 2000s
Scores based on real fan votes in head-to-head brackets. 50% = wins as often as it loses — perfectly average.
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