Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
The Legend badge is hard to earn. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban's 65% record across 341 matchups reflects consistent, broad-based appeal — well above the 50% that would mean winning as often as losing. 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 sits in the top 10% of 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.
Dominant from start to finish. 65% opening, 61% semis, 73% finals — no round exposes a weakness because there isn't one to find.
The closest rivalry is with Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire at 54% — a matchup tight enough that a handful of votes could flip the lead. Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is the easy matchup at 100%. Avengers: Infinity War is the kryptonite at 16%. The gap between best and worst opponent says a lot about what Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban can and can't handle.
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