these are some of the most memorable
moments from one of the greatest fantasy
series of all time you're a wizard Harry
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we're
counting down our picks for the top 10
Harry Potter movie moments for this list
we're looking specifically at memorable
scenes from the film series although we
did take what happened in the novel's
into consideration
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we are not including scenes that focus
specifically on a character's death as
we have our own separate top ten list
for that topic and a spoiler alert is
probably in order number 10 Harry and
the sorting hat Harry Potter and the
Philosopher's Stone while we may not
have known it at the time this scene
established the important connection
between Harry and Voldemort that would
come up again and again throughout the
rest of the series
the sorting hat which determines which
house each new student will be assigned
to quickly assigns Draco Malfoy to
Slytherin and Ron Weasley to Gryffindor
I know just what to do
Gryffindor the Hat has a much more
difficult time with Harry however
believing that he would become famous
and achieve grandeur by joining
Slytherin largely due to his connection
with Fuld immortus help you on the way
to greatness there's no doubt about that
ultimately the Hat respects Harry's
please not to join that house and places
him in Gryffindor
Gryffindor number nine flying Ford
Anglia and Hogwarts Harry Potter and the
Chamber of Secrets
this scene showed what magic was truly
capable of after discovering that the
entrance to platform 9 and 3/4 is sealed
Harry and Ron use a flying car owned by
Ron's father to get to Hogwarts yeah
that must be close
they encounter several mishaps along the
way including almost getting run over by
the Hogwarts Express
and Harry nearly falling to his death
the scene is visually appealing as we
see the car fly over the English
countryside and remains one of the more
memorable scenes from the earlier more
lighthearted films number 8
Harry catches the snitch Harry Potter
and the Philosopher's Stone the only
thing I want you to worry about is this
the Golden Snitch the first Quidditch
match of Harry Potter's life and the
first one we get to see on screen this
scene shows how truly talented Harry is
his broomstick after overcoming a cursed
broomstick he's jinxing the broom
Harry races after the Golden Snitch
flying at full speed towards the ground
before pulling up at the last minute
then standing on the edge of his broom
hairy lunges and catches the snitch with
his mouth in classic JK rowling form the
snitch would play a large role later in
the series which was only made possible
by a sensational effort from Harry in
this stunning scene number 7 Dobby is
free Harry Potter and the Chamber of
Secrets
then don't be mush Ducie for Harry
Potter's shown good after spending an
entire film nearly killing Harry oddly
in an effort to save his life we
discovered that Dobby actually belongs
to Lucius Malfoy
Dobby so this is your master to free
Dobby from slavery
Harry tricks Lucius into presenting the
house elf with an item of clothing
monster has presented Dobby with clothes
Dobby is free when Lucius attempts to
attack Harry in retaliation Dobby blasts
him down the hall
this scene not only further intensifies
harry's rivalry with the Malfoy family
but also shows how far Dobby is willing
to go to protect Harry something that
would be important later in the series
how can Dobby ever repay him number 6
Harry uses the resurrection stone Harry
Potter and the Deathly Hallows part-2
this emotional scene sets the stage for
Harry's ultimate sacrifice you've been
so brave sweetheart
discovering that he's actually a Horcrux
and needs to die to defeat Voldemort
Harry wanders into the Forbidden Forest
alone why you oh love you we never left
along the way he uses the resurrection
stone which Dumbledore had hidden in the
snitch to see his parents Sirius and
Remus does he hurt dying while Harry had
previously seen his parents in the
mirror of Erised this scene is much more
powerful because we see how much Harry
has lost throughout the course of the
series as he comes to terms with death
stay close to me
number 5 expecto patronum Harry Potter
and the Prisoner of Azkaban
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in one of the final scenes of the third
installment of the franchise Harry and
Hermione travelled back in time in an
effort to save Sirius black from the
Dementors kiss service look as the
Dementors begin to attack serious Harry
hesitates remembering the first time he
witnessed this scene and believing his
father would arrive to save Sirius with
a Patronus charm don't worry my dad
would come
Harry quickly realizes that it was
actually his time-traveling self who
cast the charm and after struggling with
the Dementors and the Patronus charm
throughout the entire film he unleashes
a powerful blast fighting off dozens of
Dementors and essentially saving Sirius
his life and his own
expecto patronum number for the battle
at the Department of mysteries Harry
Potter and the order of the Phoenix
the first major conflict of the second
Wizarding war this scene had everything
get behind me
not only did we get to see oars dueling
with Death Eaters it's the first time we
get to meet Bellatrix Lestrange put one
of the series most iconic characters and
the last time we get to see Sirius Black
the scene is capped by an epic duel
between the most powerful dark wizard in
the world and the only wizard he was
said to fear from serious punching
Lucius Malfoy to Harry and Syria's
dueling side-by-side to Bellatrix
murdering Sirius to Dumbledore fighting
Voldemort this scene was truly memorable
number three Gringotts break in and
escape Harry Potter and the Deathly
Hallows Part two is in Harry can you
feel anything doesn't love a good
old-fashioned bank robbery oh but
according to Rubeus Hagrid
Gringotts is the safest place in the
Wizarding World but that didn't stop
Harry Ron and Hermione from breaking in
to steal one of Lord Voldemort's
Horcruxes from Bellatrix Lestrange his
vault not only did the trio have to get
past the suspecting goblins they also
had to overcome a protective charm on
the vault that caused all of its
contents to start multiplying
exponentially
luckily Harry was able to grab the
Horcrux and escape on the back of a half
blind dragon
talk about action
number two Harry and Dumbledore in the
cave Harry Potter and the half-blood
Prince this scene feels like it was
taken straight out of a zombie flick
your Bloods much more precious than mine
Harry and Dumbledore traveled to a
remote cave to retrieve a locket but
discovered they have to get past several
protection charms left by Voldemort to
protect the Horcrux trunk we get to see
one of the most powerful wizards in the
world in a state of pure weakness while
also seeing the sacrifices Dumbledore is
willing to make for Harry the scene ends
with an epic firestorm created by
Dumbledore to fight off dozens of inferi
epic
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions it was
death and he felt cheated cheated
because Travis would normally drown in
the river death was cunning
number one the truth about Snape Harry
Potter and the Deathly Hallows part-2
the biggest reveal of the entire series
takes the top spot on our list
for seven books and eight films we
wondered if Snape was a hero or a
villain it wasn't until the final
installment however that we discover
Snape was actually good all along spoke
about boy born at the end of July yes
but he thinks it's her son he intends to
hunt them down no to kill them after
being murdered by Voldemort a dying
Snape passes his memories to Harry
no one can we soon see that Snape loved
Lily Harry's mother and see how
devastated he really was when he found
her lifeless body
it's also revealed that a dying
Dumbledore begged for Snape to kill him
when the time came you must be the one
to kill me Severus it is the only way an
unsung hero don't tell me now did you
have grown to care for the boy
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