How to watch the Harry Potter movies online

Streaming the Harry Potter movies online in Australia has been about as simple as finding your way to Platform 9¾ over the years. Occasionally, a streaming service will boast having the complete collection but then when you eventually get around to streaming it, they’ve been wingardium-leviosa’d out of your watchlist. 

We've rounded up where you can watch every Harry Potter movie in Australia right now, including the Fantastic Beasts movies. 

The entire collection of Harry Potter flicks has found itself a home on Binge, Netflix, Foxtel Now and Stan. In addition to that, all eight films are also available to watch on traditional Foxtel via the iQ box.  

Foxtel's streaming service Binge is currently the best option if you're not already subscribed to any of the other services. In addition to every Harry Potter movie, Binge also has Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) and the sequel Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) along with a bunch of recent blockbusters like Oppenheimer, Barbie and primo drama such as Succession and The White Lotus. From $10 per month (with ads included), it's one of the cheapest (and easiest) ways to get your fix of magical mayhem.

You won't find anymore the 2022 Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts reunion special on Binge though. 

Meanwhile, Foxtel Now and Netflix have all the original movies and the first 2 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and The Crimes of Grindelwald, but not the last Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore movie. 

Lastly, Stan has all eight Harry Potter films as well as all Fantastic Beasts movies. 

Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament of Houses is not available to stream via subscription services in Australia but it is available to buy or rent through digital storefronts like Apple TV, Youtube and Prime Video. If you have a VPN, you can watch it on Hulu.

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts is not available to stream via subscription services in Australia but it is available to buy or rent through digital storefronts like Apple TV, Google Play and Prime Video. 

If you’ve got a smartphone, tablet, Chromecast, or Apple TV, you can rent or buy every Harry Potter movie through Amazon or iTunes. On those services, renting Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in 4K will cost you between $2.99 and $3.99, and purchasing it in 4K will cost you between $4.99 and $7.99. It’s the same story for every subsequent Harry Potter movie if you’re looking to continue the binge.

The world is a complicated place but never as complicated as it when you start getting into streaming. Which services have 4K? Which have subtitles? How much do they all cost and what do they offer? You can find yourself down a bit of a rabbit hole comparing Australian streaming services but if you just want the basics, take a look at how Binge, Foxtel Now and Stan stack up against the likes of Netflix and Disney Plus below.