Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)

Easily the best Harry Potter movie so far, and its wonderful to be able to say that after each new entry in the series, they just keep getting better. I was surprised though that in addition to the arc significance, the character development, and an ending that completely changes the direction of the series, this was also the funniest Potter film. You’ll come for the end of Dumbledore and the secrets about Tom Riddle, but it’s the well handled interplay of the love lorn adolescents that seems to be the high point for audiences. I must also complement Jim Broadbent's portal of another fascinatingly eccentric J.K. Rowing character, Horace Slughorn. Grade A.