February is going to be a busy month for all the Potter fanatics. Today (February 5), Emma Watson finds herself in the middle of a sexual abuse investigation in Alejandro Amenabar's newest thriller, Regression, and on February 19 we’ll see Tom Felton (ex-Draco Malfoy) taking on the role of Lucius in the historical drama Risen. To celebrate how far the kids from Hogwarts have come, here are our Top 8 movies starring Harry Potter alumni. 

G.B.F. (2014)

Starring: Evanna Lynch aka Luna Lovegood

In the Harry Potter saga Evanna Lynch was playing a pleasantly odd Luna Lovegood. No wonder her services were needed on set of Darren Stein-director comedy G.B.F. (it stands for Gay Best Friend, duh). She brought a touch of magic to the high school halls and helped everyone figure out why it’s wrong to fetishize a gay guy and turn him into an accessory (even if it’s fashionable!). Lynch’s part was rather petit, but so were a lot of the cameos in this feel-good flick: it’s packed with striking characters, bold fashion choices and killer one-liners. “Wanna go sip extra-large low fat ice coffees and talk shit about people?” has got to be our favorite!

The Bling Ring (2013)

Starring: Emma Watson aka Hermione Granger

No, we’re not talking about the Lifetime movie that came out a couple of years prior to this Sofia Coppola dreamy movie. The Emma Watson-starring film was based on the real story of a bunch of sneaky teenagers who were robbing houses of several Hollywood A-listers before the police finally caught them. Watson got to play Nicki, who was inspired by smiley reality TV starlet Alexis Neiers. Could you ever imagine Hermione dancing on the pole while wearing a skimpy pair of shorts? Drop it, drop it low, Granger! Watson continued exposing the morally bankrupt lifestyle of the Hollywood elite in 2013’s This Is The End, where she pretty much stole the show with her axe-wielding cameo.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)

Starring: Emma Watson aka Hermione Granger

Yes, we’re including yet another Emma Watson movie in this list, but can you really blame us if her resume is so darn good?! The adaptation of Stephen Chbosky’s famous coming-of-age novel turned out to be one of the most touching and sincere teen movies of recent film history. Kudos to both Watson and Percy Jackson alum Logan Lerman for leaving all of their big franchises’ baggage at the door and exposing some real emotions and exquisite acting. And don’t even pretend you won’t feel the need to take a pen and write a long personal letter to a friend once you’ve done watching it!

Separate We Come, Separate We Go (2012)

Starring: David Thewlis aka Remus Lupin

Writer/Director: Bonnie Wright aka Ginny Weasley

We always knew that Weasley family was pretty talented when it came to magic, but Bonny Wright aka Ginny Weasley aka Missus Harry Potter proved that she’s equally gifted with the magic of filmmaking. Apart from many post-Potter acting gigs, she’s also written and directed this charming short movie that became a festival hit. It stared another Harry Potter graduate, David Thewlis (Remus Lupin) and was followed by several other short films from Wright’s own little company. We can’t wait to see what spells Wright will use on her inventible full-length debut.

Maps To the Stars (2014)

Starring: Robert Pattinson aka Cedric Diggory

Are you #TeamCedric or #TeamEdward? That’s totally open to discussion, but what is a solid fact is that Robert Pattinson made a lot of bold career moves after finishing his blood-sucking Twilight duties. He starred in a lot of experimental movies, so it’s hard to pick one that really stands out. We’ll have to settle down with this eerie David Cronenberg tale of Hollywood excesses that saw Robert putting on a limo driver’s suit. In some way his character is the core of the story as the screenwriter Bruce Wagner was indeed working as a limo driver when he got the idea for this pitch black LA satire.

Horns (2013)

Starring: Daniel Radcliffe aka Harry Potter

Daniel Radcliffe knows pretty well what it’s like to play a Chosen One. But playing a guy who was chosen to literally grow a pair of horns was quite a new challenge for Hogwarts’ most famous student. Alexandre Aja’s Horns saw Daniel continuing his affair with the supernatural world—this time around he got to be a guy who’s accused of killing his girlfriend and then waking up with horns that seem to have a weird effect on people around him. Genre-wise, the movie was all over the place—black comedy meets coming-of-age movie meets supernatural horror meets twisted love story. But Radcliffe felt beyond confident in the middle of all this chaos, although that’s nothing new to The Boy Who Lived.

CBGB (2013)

Starring: Rupert Grint aka Ron Weasley

Harry Potter may be the rockstar magician at Hogwarts, but his sidekick Ron Weasley was no loser himself. As for Rupert Grint, he got to become a proper rockstar in Randall Miller’s movie about New York City’s most famous rock venue CBGB. Grint played Cheetah Chrome, guitarist of the band The Dead Boys. And while the movie was a total critical and commercial flop, it was still great to see our beloved ginger magician putting on a leather collar and working his guitar like it ain’t no thang. Plus this time around he got Alan Rickman aka Professor Snape’s approval.

Pitch Perfect (2012)

Starring: Freddie Stroma aka Cormac McLaggen

What if Hogwarts had an acapella class? Then we’re sure Corman McLaggen would be the star pupil! And while in Harry Potter Freddie Stroma’s character is often viewed as a bit arrogant, in 2012’s acapellatastic movie Pitch Perfect he gets to become a way nicer dude named Luke, who helps out Anna Kendrick’s character to get her music on the radio.