The 20 Disney Channel Original Movies We Want to Watch Again on Disney Plus
Sure, Disney's new streaming carrier may have a variety of new content, but what we actually want to revisit is the perfect old Disney Channel Original Movies.
Disney's streaming service, Disney+, is on its way, and we are excited. Sure, sure, there are going to be a host of new shows and movies, however what we grown adults who grew up in the '90s and 2000s in point of fact want to use Disney+ for is to rewatch the vintage Disney Channel Original Movies of our youth. With that in mind, I ranked the top 20 Disney Channel movies of all time. If each DCOM is not available on Disney+, a large number of millennials are going to be sorely dissatisfied.
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A few caveats here: First, I'm no longer together with sequels on this listing. For movies that become franchises, suppose the sequels are lumped in. Second, I did not include movies that are technically Disney Channel Premiere Movies, like Wish Upon a Star, Susie Q, or The Paper Brigade (even though I love them). I additionally didn't include Disney TV movies that did not premiere on the Disney Channel, like the everlasting classic Life Size. I'm sticking to reputable DCOMs. Third, that is my non-public most sensible 20 record, however I want to pressure that I also consider it's universally right kind. So there. Without further ado, the very best 20 Disney Channel Original Movies of all time, ranked from preferrred to least-best.
Halloweentown (1998)
As someone who watched Halloweentown as a child, a youngster, and an adult, and will watch it over and over until I keel over, I can say with walk in the park that it ages like fantastic wine. Debbie Reynolds as a witch grandma with a bottomless bag? The DCOM Queen, Kimberly J. Brown in the starring role? An whole magical land where it's Halloween all year long? It's a total classic. Not to point out it has got two cast sequels.
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Smart House (1999)
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Katey Segal provides us an otherworldly performance as a sentient area robot in Smart House, a DCOM that could double as an episode of Black Mirror. It is a great case of wish fulfillment gone unsuitable, but who amongst us wouldn't voluntarily are living below the tyranny of an AI maid if she wiped clean all our homes in underneath a minute? Plus, it stars Ryan Merriman, who was once the DCOM King to Kimberly J. Brown's Queen in the overdue '90s and early 2000s.
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The Luck of the Irish (2001)
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Mr. Merriman is again in the spotlight on this DCOM a couple of child who begins turning into a leprechaun, learns he comes from a long line of Irish Lucky Charms mascots, after which has to beat a rival leprechaun in a basketball recreation to save his lucky coin. It's a bit of an overdone premise (ha ha, JK, it is insane), but we adore it anyway.
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Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century (1999)
Zetus lapidus, Zenon is the excellent! Who knew that a film about a youngster living on an area station in the long term would also give us a verified pop hottie in Proto Zoa. If you did not put your hair in butterfly clips and get down to (*20*) in 1999, you are lying.
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The Thirteenth Year (1999)
The Thirteenth Year used to be every 13-year-old's dream come true. A kid wakes up the morning after his 13th birthday, and he's changing into a merman? Yes, please. As somewhat girl who used to watch The Little Mermaid with a pillowcase over my legs so I may just fake to be a mermaid, this DCOM spoke to me.
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Get a Clue (2002)
Lindsay Lohan. Brenda Song. The kid who performed Alfalfa in The Little Rascals movie. Solving a missing individual mystery?!?!?! It's all we could ever hope for. Kid detective tales had been the ultimate. Even idea this used to be form of a "late" one in the first technology of DCOMs, it's a in reality excellent one. And it has a legitimately excellent performance by means of Amanda Plummer, who is nice in the entirety!
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Phantom of the Megaplex (2000)
What might be better than a unfastened Phantom of the Opera adaptation that takes position in a movie theater and co-stars Mickey Rooney? I rest my case. It is solely the right steadiness of foolish and spooky and spoke to all the kids who appreciated to hang around at the movie theater, even when they weren't looking at movies.
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Cadet Kelly (2002)
Hilary Duff and Christy Carlson Romano are at each other's throats in this military-school based DCOM, and that is the reason pretty much all you wish to have to know. It's a battle of the Disney Channel giant sisters, and it's the best. Oh yeah, and Gary Cole performs Hilary Duff's stepfather, so.
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Jumping Ship (2001)
The Lawrence brothers gave us a number of movies and TV presentations in their time on the Disney Channel, but the ultimate DCOM of theirs is by a long way Jumping Ship. It's technically a sequel to Horse Sense, but it's set on the water, and the boys' boat is taken over through pirates! It's an exciting prime seas adventure, and you spot a large number of Joey Lawrence arm!
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Rip Girls (2000)
In Rip Girls, Camilla Belle plays Sydney, who visits her birthplace of Hawaii years after her mom passes away. There, Sydney learns to surf, learns about her mom, and makes a new friend in Gia. I've gotten a lot of flak (particularly from my fiancé) for leaving Johnny Tsunami off this listing, but in my mind, Rip Girls and Johnny Tsunami are very equivalent, and I liked Rip Girls higher.
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Brink! (1998)
In conversations about people's favourite DCOMs, Brink! comes up almost each time. Personally, it doesn't rank reasonably as prime for me as some others, however the Erik Von Detten inline skating movie pretty much encapsulates the whole thing about the past due '90s, so it does dangle a different position in my middle.
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High School Musical (2006)
I was too outdated for High School Musical when it came out, however that does not imply I did not watch it and lament how good it actually was. I was satisfied the golden age of DCOMs was over through then, but High School Musical revived them single-handedly. It was a cultural phenomenon, turned into a vintage, and spawned an entire new technology. So right here I'm, maybe a tad reluctantly giving it the credit score it merits.
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Motocrossed (2001)
A lady chops off all her hair and disguises herself as her twin brother to compete for him in a motocross competition? Yes please. I used to be a complete tomboy growing up, and actually any sports movie by which a lady proved that she could compete with the boys introduced me to tears. This used to be no exception.
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Gotta Kick It Up! (2002)
Sí se puede! Sí se puede! Sí se puede! I'd be lying if I mentioned I do not still chant that to myself every from time to time. I wasn't a cheerleader or Latina, however this movie a few group of Latina cheerleaders had such a lot heart. It starred America Ferrara in certainly one of her early roles and I simply beloved it.
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Teen Beach Movie (2013)
I may have stumbled across Teen Beach Movie as an adult and got utterly sucked in. I'm sorry; it is nice. The premise is that teens go surfing, get swept away, and land on any other seashore the place they have got inexplicably entered the international of a Sixties musical youngster seashore film. It's clever, the songs are catchy, and the performances, particularly by way of the actors who are stuck in an old-fashioned seaside film, are simply great.
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The Color of Friendship (2000)
I will be able to admit that I have now not watched The Color of Friendship in nearly two decades, so I do not know how smartly or how poorly it has elderly, however at the time, I in reality concept it was once profound. The story follows the friendship of 2 ladies, Mahree, the white daughter of a racist South African policeman, and Piper, the black daughter of a congressman from Washington, D.C. all over apartheid. Mahree stays with Piper's family in the U.S. as part of an change program. The girls sooner or later set aside their preconceived notions of each other, be told the reality about apartheid, and Mahree returns home evidently cured of her racism. When I used to be 11, I cherished it.
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The Cheetah Girls (2003)
I was too old for The Cheetah Girls, however my sister liked it, and I believe those women set a record for the most layers worn on screen in a single second, so I had to include it. No, but in point of fact, this was the breakout DCOM for Raven-Symoné, and The Cheetah Girls went on to create a number of actual tune!
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Under Wraps (1997)
Under Wraps is technically the first Disney Channel Original Movie ever, so it deserves a place on the listing. Plus, who can fail to remember the lovable mummy named Harold? It's a great spouse piece to Halloweentown when you are yearning one thing kid-friendly for the spooky season.
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Alley Cats Strike (2000)
Alley Cats Strike's greatest accomplishment is that it in truth controlled to make bowling exciting. This film has that vintage "popular kid gets stuck hanging with the nerds and then they all learn to love each other" premise, and I gotta say, it works like an absolute attraction!
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Full-Court Miracle (2003)
As any individual who was bat mitzvahed in 2002, I could not very well leave the simplest DCOM about Jewish kids off the list. Besides, it is impressed by way of a true story a few school coach who takes over coaching a team Jewish basketball gamers and leads them to victory. As a long way as movies about Jews that focus on basketball, Full-Court Miracle is 2nd handiest to Eight Crazy Nights.
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