So, in the movie of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, it shows the first years going down a hallway to get to the Fat Lady. But then in the Prisoner of Azkaban, it’s right on the stairs. And in the other movies, it is always only the same five people in the dorm. So are the doors enchanted to know who you are and what dorm you are in? Or do they all have different common rooms? And if they do, why is the Fat Lady in all of them?
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I’m pretty sure, just like the stairs, the dorms move around
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<p>Or it is just something the movies did wrong. Maybe they didn't get the permission to film at the original location or something like that. And the common room seen in the movie is generally way too small for all of Gryffindor, so they either have multiple common rooms, one for each year, or it is just another mistake of the movies as well.</p>
Wow, I never noticed that
The actual Gryffindor Common Room itself is the same, but Gryffindor has an entire tower. I'm sure there are different entrances to the tower with their own portraits. Different years likely have different parts of the tower, and while the Gryffindor Common Room is a set place, there are surely study areas designated for certain years, or most people just sit in the library, courtyards, or Hogsmeade. Similarly, Ravenclaw has it's own tower, with a single Common Room and the dorms are probably separated by year, with separate quiet study areas for each one.