Many television films

Television movie

A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...

 have been produced for the U.S. cable network

Cable network

A cable channel is a television channel available via cable television. Such channels are usually also available via satellite television, including direct broadcast satellite providers such as DirecTV, Dish Network and BSkyB...

, Disney Channel

Disney Channel

Disney Channel is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. It is under the direction of Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney. The channel's headquarters is located on West Alameda Ave. in...

, since the service's inception in 1983. In its early years, they were referred to as Disney Channel Premiere Films, and later Premears. From late 1997 onwards, such productions have been branded under the Disney Channel Original Movies (DCOM) banner.

Most hit films were subsequently released on VHS

VHS

The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....

, DVD, or, more recently, Blu-ray. However, many more in the DCOM library have never been released in any home video format. Before, DCOMs would be released months on DVD after it premiered on Disney Channel, but after Princess Protection Program

Princess Protection Program

Princess Protection Program is a 2009 Disney Channel Original Movie that premiered on June 26, 2009 in the United States and winner of the Teen Choice Awards 2009 for Choice Summer TV Show...

 aired, the DCOM DVDs are released a week after it premiered on Disney Channel. Also, although DCOMs have been produced in widescreen HD format since mid-2005, the 2009 release of Princess Protection Program

Princess Protection Program

Princess Protection Program is a 2009 Disney Channel Original Movie that premiered on June 26, 2009 in the United States and winner of the Teen Choice Awards 2009 for Choice Summer TV Show...

 became the first DCOM to receive a widescreen DVD transfer.

The highest-rated premiere for the brand came in August 2007, when High School Musical 2 set a record for basic cable with more than 17 million viewers. The second highest-rated premiere is held by Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie

Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie

Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie is a 2009 American made-for-television comedy-drama fantasy film based on the Disney Channel Original Series Wizards of Waverly Place. Filmed primarily in San Juan, Puerto Rico in February and March 2009, the Disney Channel Original Movie premiered on August 28,...

, which premiered with 11.4 million viewers. Other major DCOM franchises include Camp Rock

Camp Rock

Camp Rock is a 2008 Disney Channel Original Movie starring the Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato. The music is written by Julie Brown, Paul Brown, Regina Hicks and Karen Gist. The film is directed by Matthew Diamond and produced by Alan Sacks....

, The Cheetah Girls

The Cheetah Girls (film series)

The Cheetah Girls is a musical comedy film series produced by Debra Martin Chase. Actresses like Raven-Symoné, Adrienne Bailon, Sabrina Bryan, Kiely Williams and Lynn Whitfield are featured in the films...

, Twitches

Twitches (film series)

Twitches are two direct-to-video television films produced by Broomsticks Productions Limited and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment. It is directed by Stuart Gillard, written by Dan Berendsen, created by Carla Singer and Kevin Lafferty, music by John Van Tongeren, adapted from...

, Halloweentown

Halloweentown series

The Halloweentown film series aired as works for television on The Disney Channel between 1998 and 2006.* Halloweentown, released in 1998...

, and the Zenon

Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century (film)

Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century is a 1999 Disney Channel Original Movie, starring Kirsten Storms as the eponymous heroine and Raven-Symoné; this was the first work by Symoné for Disney.-Synopsis:...

 trilogy.

Movies that are no longer broadcast on Disney Channel are marked with an *. Only movies with a confirmed air date are listed. Movies marked with ** indicate that they are not listed or advertised as Disney Channel Original Movies by Disney Channel.

1983

1. Tiger Town
   Tiger Town
   Tiger Town is the first made-for-TV movie produced for the Disney Channel, produced in 1983. It was awarded a CableACE Award in 1984 for Best Dramatic Film. The film stars Roy Scheider as Billy Young, an aging baseball player for the Detroit Tigers, and Justin Henry as Alex, a young fan who...
   
    (October 9, 1983)*
2. Just Like Mr. Sunny (December 4, 1983)*

1984

1. Gone Are the Days (May 6, 1984)*
2. Snow White (July 16, 1984)*
3. Love Leads the Way (October 7, 1984)*

1985

1. Lots of Luck
   Lots of Luck
   Lots of Luck is a 1985 Walt Disney television film directed by Peter Baldwin.- Plot :The film focuses on a blue-collar family who wins the lottery. Their lives are changed forever, sometimes for the good, sometimes for the bad.-Cast:...
   
    (February 3, 1985)
2. The Undergrads (May 5, 1985)
3. The Caldercott Story (August 2, 1985)
4. The Blue Yonder
   The Blue Yonder
   The Blue Yonder is a 1985 American science-fiction adventure film. It was directed by Mark Rosman, written by Mark Rosman, produced by Annette Handley, and starred Peter Coyote, Huckleberry Fox, Art Carney, Dennis Lipscomb and Joe Flood...
   
    (November 17, 1985)

1986

1. Help Wanted: Kids (February 2, 1986)
2. Mr. Boogedy
   Mr. Boogedy
   Mr. Boogedy is a 1986 family film, directed by Oz Scott and written by Michael Janover, which originally aired as an episode of "The Disney Sunday Movie". It tells the story of a gag gift salesman and his family moving into a new house in New England which they soon find to be haunted by ghosts...
   
    (April 20, 1986)
3. Disney's Treasure Island (July 5, 1986)
4. The Parent Trap II
   The Parent Trap II
   The Parent Trap II is a 1986 television film. It is a continuation to the Walt Disney Pictures 1961 film, The Parent Trap. It aired on July 26, 1986 on The Disney Channel as a part of the channel's "Sunday Night Movie". Hayley Mills is the only actor who returned from the original film...
   
    (July 26, 1986)
5. Spot Marks the X
   Spot Marks the X
   Spot Marks the X is a 1986 Disney Channel Original Movie that starred Mike the Dog as Capone/Astro, Barret Oliver as Ken, and Natalie Gregory as Kathy, who, unlike her...
   
    (October 18, 1986)
6. Down the Long Hills (November 15, 1986)
7. Fluppy Dogs (November 27, 1986)

1987

1. Strange Companions (February 28, 1987)
2. Anne of Avonlea: The Continuing Story of Anne of Green Gables (May 19, 1987)
3. Not Quite Human
   Not Quite Human (film)
   Not Quite Human is a 1987 television movie directed by Steven Hilliard Stern and starring Jay Underwood, Alan Thicke, and Robyn Lively. The story is based on the Not Quite Human book series by Seth McEvoy. It is the first of three films in a series; its sequels are Not Quite Human II and Still...
   
    (June 19, 1987)
4. The Christmas Visitor (December 5, 1987)

1988

1. Rock N Roll Mom (February 7, 1988)
2. Save the Dog (March 19, 1988)
3. Night Train to Kathmandu (June 5, 1988)
4. Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss
   Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss
   Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss is a television comedy film written by Jean Shepherd and directed by Dick Bartlett, based on the 1968 short story by Shephard...
   
    (August 6, 1988)
5. A Friendship in Vienna (August 27, 1988)
6. Good Old Boy (November 11, 1988)
7. Goodbye, Miss 4th of July (December 3, 1988)

1989

1. The Parent Trap III
   The Parent Trap III
   The Parent Trap III is a 1989 television movie. It is the second sequel to the 1961 film The Parent Trap. It was released by The Wonderful World of Disney in 1989...
   
    (April 1989)
2. Not Quite Human II
   Not Quite Human II
   Not Quite Human II is a 1989 television program written and directed by Eric Luke and starring Jay Underwood, Alan Thicke, and Robyn Lively. As the second of three films in a series based on the Not Quite Human novels by Seth McEvoy, it follows the social development of an android that is designed...
   
    (September 23, 1989)
3. The Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon (November 1989)

1990

1. Lantern Hill
   Lantern Hill (film)
   Lantern Hill is a 1990 television film written and directed by filmmaker Kevin Sullivan and based on the novel by L.M. Montgomery Jane of Lantern Hill. The film was co-produced by Sullivan Entertainment, the Disney Channel and CBC. The film is similar to Anne Of Green Gables, mainly because of the...
   
    (January 27, 1990)
2. Chips, the War Dog (March 24, 1990)
3. Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme
   Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme
   Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme is a 1990 musical TV movie that aired on the Disney Channel starring Shelley Duvall as Little Bo Peep and Dan Gilroy as Gordon Goose, the son of Mother Goose along with a star-studded supporting cast of various other actors and...
   
    (May 19, 1990)
4. Back Home
   Back Home (novel)
   Back Home is a children's historical novel by Michelle Magorian, first published in 1984. The novel was adapted into a TV drama, Back Home , starring Hayley Mills and Haley Carr, and again in 2001 starring Sarah Lancashire, Stephanie Cole and Jessica Fox.- Plot summary :Virginia 'Rusty' Dickinson...
   
    (June 7, 1990)
5. The Little Kidnappers (August 17, 1990)
6. Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (October 21, 1990)

1991

1. Bejewelled (January 20, 1991)
2. Perfect Harmony
   Perfect Harmony
   Perfect Harmony is a Disney movie that is set in the US Civil Rights era. The story highlights the racial tensions of the Black and White populations within a South Carolina town and its private school. The production was filmed at Berry College, and is noted for its soundtrack which featured...
   
    (March 31, 1991)
3. Mark Twain and Me (November 22, 1991)

1993

1. The Ernest Green Story
   The Ernest Green Story
   The Ernest Green Story is a made-for-television movie which follows the true story of Ernest Green and eight other African American high school students as they embark on their historic journey to integrate Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957.Much of the movie was...
   
    (January 17, 1993)
2. Spies (March 7, 1993)
3. Heidi (July 18, 1993)
4. Airborne (September 17, 1993)

1995

1. The Old Curiosity Shop
   The Old Curiosity Shop
   The Old Curiosity Shop is a novel by Charles Dickens. The plot follows the life of Nell Trent and her grandfather, both residents of The Old Curiosity Shop in London....
   
    (March 19, 1995)
2. Escape to Witch Mountain
   Escape to Witch Mountain (1995 film)
   Escape to Witch Mountain is a 1995 American television film directed by Peter Rader and a remake of the 1975 film Escape to Witch Mountain.-Overview:...
   
    (April 29, 1995)
3. The Four Diamonds
   The Four Diamonds
   The Four Diamonds is a fantasy short story written by Chris Millard in 1972 shortly before succumbing to cancer at the age of 14.-Story:After returning from summer vacation, his teacher told Chris' class to write a story about what they did during their vacation...
   
    (August 12, 1995)

1996

1. The Little Riders
   The Little Riders
   The Little Riders is a book by Margaretha Shemin, that was made into a television movie in 1996 which aired on the Disney Channel. It tells the story of Joanna Hunter, a young Dutch-American girl who goes to visit her grandparents in the Netherlands, when the Nazis occupy the village...
   
    (March 24, 1996)
2. Nightjohn
   Nightjohn
   Nightjohn is a young adult novel by Gary Paulsen, first published in 1993. It is about slavery in the American South shortly before the time of the American Civil War. It was later made into a movie of the same name.-Plot summary:...
   
    (June 1, 1996)
3. Susie Q
   Susie Q (film)
   Susie Q is a 1995 Super RTL Original movie that aired on Disney Channel frequently in the late 1990s. Justin Whalin, Amy Jo Johnson and Shelley Long starred...
   
    (1996)
4. Wish Upon A Star
   Wish Upon a Star
   Wish Upon a Star is a 1996 television film directed by Blair Treu, written by Jessica Barondes, and starring Katherine Heigl and Danielle Harris. It focuses on two teenage sisters that magically swap bodies because of a wish made on a shooting star...
   
    (1996)

1997

1. Northern Lights
   Northern Lights (1997 film)
   Northern Lights is the first Disney Channel Original Movie and it starred Academy Award-winner Diane Keaton.-Plot summary:A stranger's call informs Roberta that her estranged brother Frank has died in a small town under bizarre circumstances...
   
    (August 23, 1997)*
2. Under Wraps
   Under Wraps (film)
   Under Wraps is a 1997 Disney Channel Original Movie and the second to be called as such.-Plot:Three 12-year-old kids discover a mummy in the basement of a "dead" man's house. It comes alive due to the conjunction of the moonlight during that time of the month...
   
    (October 25, 1997)*

1998

1. You Lucky Dog
   You Lucky Dog
   You Lucky Dog is a 1998 Disney Channel Original Movie, first aired on June 27, 1998. It starred Kirk Cameron and was directed by Paul Schneider.- Plot :...
   
    (June 27, 1998)*
2. Brink!
   Brink!
   Brink! is a 1998 Disney Channel Original Movie set in the backdrop of casual inline skating.-Plot:Andy "Brink" Brinker and his in-line skating crew--Peter, Jordy, and Gabriella--who call themselves "Soul-Skaters" , clash with a group of sponsored skaters, Team X-Bladz--led by Val--with whom they...
   
    (August 29, 1998)
3. Halloweentown
   Halloweentown (film)
   Halloweentown is a 1998 Disney Channel Original Movie released in October 1998 to acknowledge the holiday of Halloween.-Plot:The film begins with Marnie Piper and her mother, Gwen, arguing over why she and her younger siblings Dylan and Sophie can never go out for Halloween and wanting to go to a...
   
    (October 17, 1998)

1999

1. Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century
   Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century (film)
   Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century is a 1999 Disney Channel Original Movie, starring Kirsten Storms as the eponymous heroine and Raven-Symoné; this was the first work by Symoné for Disney.-Synopsis:...
   
    (January 23, 1999)
2. Can of Worms
   Can Of Worms (film)
   Can of Worms is a Halloween Disney Channel Original Movie. It was released in 1999, and is based on the novel of the same name, which was a Young Reader's Choice Nominee in 2002 and a nominee for the 2001 Rhode Island Children's Book Award. The film was shot in Vancouver, British...
   
    (April 10, 1999)*
3. The Thirteenth Year
   The Thirteenth Year
   The Thirteenth Year is a 1999 Disney Channel Original Movie. It was released May 15, 1999 and is a mix of comedy and fantasy. The film was directed by Duwayne Dunham, who has directed other children and Disney movies, including Little Giants and Halloweentown...
   
    (May 15, 1999)
4. Smart House (June 26, 1999)
5. Johnny Tsunami
   Johnny Tsunami
   Johnny Tsunami is a 1999 Disney Channel Original Movie. It was nominated in 2000 for the Humanitas Prize as Children's Live-Action Category. Johnny Tsunami is the predecessor to Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board, released in June 2007.-Plot summary:...
   
    (July 24, 1999)
6. Genius (August 21, 1999)*
7. Don't Look Under the Bed
   Don't Look Under the Bed
   Don't Look Under The Bed is a 1999 Disney Channel Original Movie. It is also the Disney Channel's second and final attempt at a horror film released by Disney...
   
    (October 9, 1999)*
8. Horse Sense
   Horse Sense
   Horse Sense is a 1999 Disney Channel Original Movie starring brothers Joey Lawrence and Andrew Lawrence. It was followed by a sequel entitled Jumping Ship. Directed by Greg Beeman.-Plot summary:...
   
    (November 20, 1999)*

2000

1. Up, Up, and Away
   Up, Up, and Away (2000 film)
   -Plot:The movie tells the story of Scott Marshall , the son of two great superheroes, Bronze Eagle and Warrior Woman. All of his family members are gifted with superpowers. His father, Bronze Eagle , has the gift of flight. His mother, Warrior Woman , has the power of superhuman strength and...
   
    (January 22, 2000)
2. The Color of Friendship (February 5, 2000)
3. Alley Cats Strike
   Alley Cats Strike
   Alley Cats Strike is a 2000 Disney Channel Original Movie produced by Rastar. It premiered on March 18, 2000.- Plot :A citywide Jr. High sports rivalry erupts when the competing schools manage to split the year-long series of athletic events...
   
    (March 18, 2000)*
4. Rip Girls
   Rip Girls
   Rip Girls is a 2000 Disney Channel Original Movie starring Camilla Belle. This movie is about a teen-age girl and her father come to an island on Hawaii, they find a closer relationship to each other and think about changing the island...
   
    (April 22, 2000)*
5. Miracle in Lane 2
   Miracle in Lane 2
   Miracle in Lane 2 is a 2000 Disney Channel Original Movie starring Frankie Muniz, Rick Rossovich, Molly Hagan, and Patrick Levis.-Plot:The movie tells the true story of Justin Yoder , a boy that was born with spina bifida and hydrocephalus, and resumes his life in a wheelchair...
   
    (May 13, 2000)*
6. Stepsister from Planet Weird (June 17, 2000)*
7. Ready to Run
   Ready to Run
   Ready to Run is a 2000 Disney Channel Original Movie.-Plot summary:Ready to Run is the story of 14-year-old Corrie Ortiz, an energetic girl who dreams of becoming a jockey in the predominantly male sport of Thoroughbred horse racing...
   
    (July 14, 2000)*
8. Quints
   Quints
   Quints is a 2000 Disney Channel Original Movie starring Kimberly J. Brown as the older sister of a set of quintuplets.- Plot summary :...
   
    (August 18, 2000)
9. The Other Me
   The Other Me
   The Other Me is a 2000 Disney Channel Original Movie about a teenager who accidentally clones himself as a genius and ends up using his clone to pass school. The movie is the 23rd Disney Channel Original Movie and is based on the book Me Two by Mary C. Ryan.-Plot:Will Browning is a seventh grade...
   
    (September 8, 2000)*
10. Mom's Got a Date with a Vampire
    Mom's Got a Date With a Vampire
    Mom's Got a Date with a Vampire is a 2000 Disney Channel Original Movie.-Plot:The Hansen children are in a jam. Adam and his best friend Duffy have some tickets for the Headless Horseman concert, and his sister Chelsea has a date with her dreamy boyfriend Peter...
    
     (October 13, 2000)
11. Phantom of the Megaplex
    Phantom of the Megaplex
    The Phantom of the Megaplex is a 2000 Disney Channel Original Movie, produced by the Disney Channel. With a title and concept very loosely based on The Phantom of the Opera, the film concerns strange happenings at a megaplex on the night of a major movie premiere, Midnight Mayhem...
    
     (November 10, 2000)
12. The Ultimate Christmas Present
    The Ultimate Christmas Present
    The Ultimate Christmas Present is a 2000 Disney Channel Original Movie starring Brenda Song and Hallee Hirsh.-Plot:Two teen girls, Samantha Elizabeth "Sam" Kwan and Allison Rachel "Allie" Thompson find a weather machine at a shack in the woods. After learning of its controls, they use it to...
    
     (December 1, 2000)

2001

1. Zenon: The Zequel
   Zenon: The Zequel
   Zenon: The Zequel is a 2001 Disney Channel Original Movie and the second installment of the Disney Channel's "Zenon" television film series, following the first installment, Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century, and preceding Zenon: Z3.-Plot:...
   
    (January 12, 2001)
2. Motocrossed
   Motocrossed
   Motocrossed! is a 2001 Disney Channel Original Movie , about a girl named Andrea Carson who loves motocross, despite the fact that her father finds her unsuited for the sport, being that she is "just a girl"...
   
    (February 16, 2001)
3. The Luck of the Irish
   The Luck of the Irish (2001 film)
   -Plot:Kyle Johnson is a popular basketball player in junior high school who has never known about his heritage. He is often told by his best friend, Russell Halloway , that he is the luckiest person he has ever known...
   
    (March 9, 2001)
4. Hounded
   Hounded
   Hounded is a Disney Channel Original Movie starring Tahj Mowry, Craig Kirkwood, Shia LaBeouf and Ed Begley, Jr.-Plot summary:Jay Martin is a 13-year-old who is competing for a scholarship with the headmaster's son, rival classmate and potential bully Ronny Van Dusen. The headmaster, Mr. Van Dusen,...
   
    (April 13, 2001)
5. Jett Jackson: The Movie
   Jett Jackson: The Movie
   Jett Jackson: The Movie is a Canadian 2001 Disney Channel Original Movie based on the Disney Channel series The Famous Jett Jackson.-Plot:...
   
    (June 8, 2001)*
6. The Jennie Project
   The Jennie Project
   The Jennie Project is a Disney Channel Original Movie that was released in the summer of 2001. The film was based on the book Jennie by Douglas Preston. The movie is about a chimpanzee who knows and uses American Sign Language to communicate....
   
    (July 13, 2001)*
7. Jumping Ship
   Jumping Ship
   Jumping Ship is the 2001 sequel to the Disney Channel Original Movie, Horse Sense. It stars brothers Joey Lawrence, Andrew Lawrence and Matthew Lawrence...
   
    (August 17, 2001)*
8. The Poof Point
   The Poof Point
   The Poof Point is a Disney Channel Original Movie. This movie is based on the children's novel "The Poof Point" by Ellen Weiss, M. Friedman.- Plot :...
   
    (September 14, 2001)*
9. Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge
   Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge
   Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge is a 2001 Disney Channel Original Movie released for the holiday of Halloween. This is the second in the Halloweentown series.-Plot:...
   
    (October 12, 2001)
10. 'Twas the Night
    'Twas the Night
    'Twas the Night is a 2001 Disney Channel Original Movie released in December for the Christmas holiday. Disney Channel has aired the film every year sometime in December...
    
     (December 7, 2001)*

2002

1. Double Teamed
   Double Teamed
   Double Teamed! is a Disney Channel Original Movie based on the life stories of twin sisters, Heather and Heidi Burge. The film was released on VHS but is now out of print.-Plot:...
   
    (January 18, 2002)
2. Cadet Kelly
   Cadet Kelly
   Cadet Kelly is a 2002 Disney Channel Original Movie starring Hilary Duff. The film premiered with 7.8 million viewers. It was Duff's second film where she played the main character, her first being the film Casper Meets Wendy...
   
    (March 8, 2002)
3. Tru Confessions
   Tru Confessions
   Tru Confessions is a 2002 Disney Channel Original Movie. Tru Walker aspires to be a famous filmmaker. She has a twin brother Eddie , who is mentally disabled, and becomes the subject of Tru's documentary for a film contest she enters...
   
    (April 5, 2002)
4. Get a Clue
   Get a Clue
   Get a Clue is a 2002 Disney Channel Original Movie starring Lindsay Lohan as Lexy Gold, a high-school student who investigates a mystery after one of her teachers goes missing, Bug Hall as a boy who helps her, Ian Gomez as the missing teacher, Brenda Song as Lexy's best friend, Ali Mukaddam as...
   
    (June 28, 2002)
5. Gotta Kick It Up!
   Gotta Kick It Up!
   Gotta Kick It Up! is a Disney Channel Original Movie. In the US, it was first aired July 26, 2002 and garnered 1.18 million viewers. It is based on a true story of a middle school dance team.-Plot:...
   
    (July 26, 2002)
6. A Ring of Endless Light
   A Ring of Endless Light (film)
   A Ring of Endless Light is a 2002 Disney Channel Original Movie based on the Madeleine L'Engle book of the same name filmed on location in Australia, and starring Mischa Barton in the main lead role. It is one of two Disney adaptations of novels by Madeleine L'Engle, the other being A Wrinkle in...
   
    (August 23, 2002)*
7. The Scream Team
   The Scream Team
   The Scream Team is a Disney Channel Original Movie. The movie was aired October 23 , 2004 in the U.S.- Plot :Two children move into a town where their grandfather has just died. They later discover that a society of ghosts are searching for their grandfather's lost soul. The children decide to find...
   
    (October 4, 2002)*

2003

1. You Wish! (January 10, 2003)
2. Right on Track
   Right on Track
   Right on Track is a Disney Channel Original Movie. It was produced by Don Schain and directed by Duwayne Dunham; written by Sally Nemeth and Bruce Graham. The movie debuted on March 26, 2003 in the U.S.- Plot :...
   
    (March 21, 2003)
3. The Even Stevens Movie
   The Even Stevens Movie
   The Even Stevens Movie is a 2003 American Disney Channel Original Movie that is based on the Disney Channel Original Series Even Stevens...
   
    (June 13, 2003)
4. Eddie's Million Dollar Cook-Off
   Eddie's Million Dollar Cook-Off
   Eddie's Million Dollar Cook-Off is a 2003 Disney Channel Original Movie.-Plot:Eddie Ogden is a junior high school baseball player for the Groundhogs, coached by his father. His father wants Eddie to win a scholarship for his baseball skills. Eddie likes baseball, but in his spare time, he watches...
   
    (July 18, 2003)
5. The Cheetah Girls
   The Cheetah Girls (film)
   The Cheetah Girls is a 2003 musical Disney Channel Original Movie, the first for Disney Channel, based on a bestselling series of young adult books of the same name by Deborah Gregory...
   
    (August 15, 2003)
6. Full-Court Miracle (November 21, 2003)
7. Kim Possible Movie: A Sitch in Time (November 28, 2003)

2004

1. Pixel Perfect
   Pixel Perfect
   Pixel Perfect is a 2004 Disney Channel Original Movie. It aired in the United States on January 16, 2004 and in the United Kingdom on January 21, 2004. This is the fiftieth Disney Channel Original Movie.-Plot:...
   
    (January 16, 2004)
2. Going to the Mat
   Going to the Mat
   Going to the Mat is a 2004 Disney Channel Original Movie. It debuted on Disney Channel on March 24, 2004.-Plot:Jason "Jace" Newfield is the new blind student at his school, whose family recently moved from New York City to somewhere in Utah...
   
    (March 19, 2004)
3. Zenon: Z3
   Zenon: Z3
   Zenon: Z3 is the third installment of the Disney Channel's "Zenon" television film series, following Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century and Zenon: The Zequel. It was released on June 11, 2004 in the U.S. and gathered 1.03 million viewers.-Plot:...
   
    (June 11, 2004)
4. Stuck in the Suburbs
   Stuck in the Suburbs
   Stuck in the Suburbs is a Disney Channel Original Movie based on unused material created by Walt Disney for his live-action films. It was released on July 16, 2004, and stars Danielle Panabaker as Brittany Aarons and Brenda Song as Natasha Kwon-Schwartz. Brittany, a regular middle school student in...
   
    (July 16, 2004)
5. Tiger Cruise
   Tiger Cruise
   Tiger Cruise is the 54th Disney Channel Original Movie. It stars Hayden Panettiere, Bill Pullman and Jansen Panettiere, Hayden's real-life younger brother...
   
    (August 6, 2004)
6. Halloweentown High
   Halloweentown High
   Halloweentown High is a 2004 Disney Channel Original Movie released in October 2004 for the holiday of Halloween. This is the third in the Halloweentown series. It is also the last Halloweentown film to feature Kimberly J...
   
    (October 8, 2004)

2005

1. Now You See It...
   Now You See It...
   Now You See It... is a 2005 Disney Channel Original Movie. The film is told in Allyson's point of view, similar to a documentary.-Plot:...
   
    (January 14, 2005)
2. Buffalo Dreams
   Buffalo Dreams
   Buffalo Dreams is a 2005 Disney Channel Original Movie starring Reiley McClendon and directed by David S. Jackson.Set against the backdrop of New Mexico, the film follows a boy who moves because of his father's job and becomes involved with a group of teens attempting to preserve the buffalo and...
   
    (March 11, 2005)
3. Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama
   Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama
   Kim Possible Movie: So The Drama is the second feature-length animated movie of the Kim Possible series. This film includes a mix of traditional animation and computer-generated imagery....
   
    (April 8, 2005)
4. Go Figure
   Go Figure (film)
   Go Figure is a 2005 Disney Channel Original Movie. Walt Disney Records released the Go Figure soundtrack on June 7, featuring the title track by Everlife along with a music video.- Plot :...
   
    (June 10, 2005)
5. Life Is Ruff
   Life Is Ruff
   Life Is Ruff is a 2005 Disney Channel Original Movie starring Kyle Massey and Mitchel Musso.-Plot:The movie begins at a grocery store where a box of free puppies is outside . There are 6 puppies in the box, five black puppies and the golden puppy. Soon children come and four black puppies are taken...
   
    (July 15, 2005)
6. The Proud Family Movie
   The Proud Family Movie
   The Proud Family Movie is a Disney Channel Original Movie which premiered on August 19, 2005. It also marked the end of The Proud Family animated Disney series.-Plot:...
   
    (August 12, 2005)
7. Twitches (October 14, 2005)

2006

1. High School Musical
   High School Musical
   High School Musical is a 2006 American television film, first in the High School Musical film franchise. Upon its release on January 20, 2006, it became the most successful film that Disney Channel Original Movie ever produced, with a television sequel High School Musical 2 released in 2007 and...
   
    (January 20, 2006)
2. Cow Belles
   Cow Belles
   Cow Belles is a 2006 romantic teen comedy film inspired by the Fox series The Simple Life which formerly starred Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie. The filmed starred Aly Michalka and AJ Michalka, better known as sister duo Aly & AJ. The movie was filmed in Toronto, Canada...
   
    (March 24, 2006)
3. Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior
   Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior
   Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior is a 2006 Disney Channel Original Movie starring Brenda Song and Shin Koyamada. Koyamada plays a Chinese monk who visits the title character, an American teenager played by Song, claiming Wu is the reincarnation of a powerful female warrior and the only person who can...
   
    (June 16, 2006)
4. Read It and Weep
   Read It and Weep
   Read It and Weep is a 2006 Disney Channel Original Movie which premiered on July 21, 2006. It is based on the novel by Julia DeVillers. Sisters Kay and Danielle Panabaker star as Jamie Bartlett and her alter ego Isabella , respectively...
   
    (July 21, 2006)
5. The Cheetah Girls 2
   The Cheetah Girls 2
   The Cheetah Girls 2 is the 2006 sequel to the Disney Channel Original Movie, The Cheetah Girls. Its premiere received the highest ratings of all Disney Channel Movies at its time, a total of over 8.1 million viewers, beating the premiere ratings of High School Musical , and beating previous highest...
   
    (August 25, 2006)
6. Return to Halloweentown
   Return to Halloweentown
   Return to Halloweentown is a Disney Channel Original Movie that premiered on October 20, 2006. It is the fourth and final film in the Halloweentown series. In this sequel, Marnie Piper and her brother, Dylan Piper , go to Witch University to attend college in Halloweentown...
   
    (October 20, 2006)

2007

1. Jump In! (January 12, 2007)
2. Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board
   Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board
   Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board is the 70th Disney Channel Original Movie and is the sequel to the 1999 film Johnny Tsunami. The movie premiered on Disney Channel on June 8, 2007. 1.3 million viewers watched this movie in the U.L placing 3rd in its timeslot...
   
    (June 8, 2007)
3. High School Musical 2 (August 17, 2007)
4. Twitches Too
   Twitches Too
   Twitches Too is a 2007 Disney Channel Original Movie. It is the sequel to the Disney Channel Original Movie Twitches, released in 2005. The film began production in late April 2007 and was released on October 12. It aired during Disney Channel's Halloween Month. The Disney Channel Original Series,...
   
    (October 12, 2007)

2008

1. Minutemen
   Minutemen (film)
   Minutemen is a 2008 science-fiction Disney Channel Original Movie.The film was written by John Killoran and David Diamond and David Weissman and directed by Lev L. Spiro, who received a Director's Guild nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programs for it...
   
    (January 25, 2008)
2. Camp Rock
   Camp Rock
   Camp Rock is a 2008 Disney Channel Original Movie starring the Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato. The music is written by Julie Brown, Paul Brown, Regina Hicks and Karen Gist. The film is directed by Matthew Diamond and produced by Alan Sacks....
   
    (June 20, 2008)
3. The Cheetah Girls: One World
   The Cheetah Girls: One World
   The Cheetah Girls: One World is a 2008 Disney Channel Original Movie. It is the third and final film of The Cheetah Girls film trilogy, and premiered on August 22, 2008...
   
    (August 22, 2008)

2009

1. Dadnapped
   Dadnapped
   Dadnapped is a Disney Channel Original Movie which premiered February 16, 2009. Starring actors from Disney Channel Original Series, the movie had 4.6 million viewers for its premiere...
   
    (February 16, 2009)
2. Hatching Pete
   Hatching Pete
   Hatching Pete is a 2009 Disney Channel Original Movie which first aired on April 10, 2009 on Disney Channel UK and later Disney Channel and Family. It was released on DVD in America on May 12, 2009 together with Dadnapped....
   
    (April 30, 2009)
3. Princess Protection Program
   Princess Protection Program
   Princess Protection Program is a 2009 Disney Channel Original Movie that premiered on June 26, 2009 in the United States and winner of the Teen Choice Awards 2009 for Choice Summer TV Show...
   
    (June 26, 2009)
4. Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie
   Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie
   Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie is a 2009 American made-for-television comedy-drama fantasy film based on the Disney Channel Original Series Wizards of Waverly Place. Filmed primarily in San Juan, Puerto Rico in February and March 2009, the Disney Channel Original Movie premiered on August 28,...
   
    (August 28, 2009)

2010

1. Starstruck
   Starstruck (2010 film)
   Starstruck is a 2010 Disney Channel Original Movie starring Sterling Knight and Danielle Campbell. The movie was filmed in Los Angeles.-Plot:...
   
    (February 14, 2010)
2. Den Brother
   Den Brother
   Den Brother is a 2010 Disney Channel Original Movie starring Hutch Dano and G. Hannelius. The film premiered on August 13, 2010 on Disney Channel...
   
    (August 13, 2010)
3. Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam
   Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam
   Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam is a 2010 Disney Channel Original Movie and sequel to the 2008 film Camp Rock. Production commenced in August 2009 in Toronto, Ontario and at area summer camps. The movie premiered on on Disney Channel in the USA, along with a live simulcast on Radio Disney...
   
    (September 3, 2010)
4. Avalon High
   Avalon High (film)
   Avalon High is a 2010 Disney Channel Original Movie starring Britt Robertson, Gregg Sulkin, Joey Pollari and Devon Graye. The movie is based on the book of the same name by Meg Cabot...
   
    (November 12, 2010)

Other

1. Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars
   Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars
   Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars is a 2010 Canadian/American television film starring Jennifer Stone which premiered on March 26, 2010, on Disney Channel. It is the second film adaptation of the book, Harriet the Spy, by Louise Fitzhugh, after the 1996 Harriet the Spy film that starred Michelle...
   
    (March 26, 2010)
2. 16 Wishes
   16 Wishes
   16 Wishes is a 2010 American television film starring Debby Ryan and Jean-Luc Bilodeau, which premiered on June 25, 2010 on Disney Channel and July 16, 2010 on the Family Channel. The film was directed by Peter DeLuise. The film was the most watched cable program on the day of its premiere on the...
   
    (June 25, 2010)

2011

1. The Suite Life Movie
   The Suite Life Movie
   The Suite Life Movie is a comedy-drama science fiction film directed by Sean McNamara, written by Michael Saltzman, and starring Dylan and Cole Sprouse, Brenda Song, Debby Ryan, Matthew Timmons, John Ducey, Matthew Glave, and Phill Lewis...
   
    (March 25, 2011)
2. Lemonade Mouth
   Lemonade Mouth (film)
   Lemonade Mouth is a 2011 musical drama film based on the book of the same name by Mark Peter Hughes. The film was directed by Patricia Riggen and written by April Blair, and stars Bridgit Mendler, Adam Hicks, Hayley Kiyoko, Naomi Scott, and Blake Michael...
   
    (April 15, 2011)
3. Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure (May 22, 2011)
4. Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension (August 5, 2011)
5. Geek Charming
   Geek Charming
   Geek Charming is a 2011 Disney Channel Original Movie based on the novel of the same name by Robin Palmer. The film was directed by Jeffrey Hornaday and was written by Elizabeth Hackett and Hilary Galanoy. It stars Sarah Hyland and Matt Prokop. It premiered on November 11, 2011 on Disney Channel....
   
    (November 11, 2011)
6. Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas!
   Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas!
   Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas! is a 2011 Christmas film based on the Disney Channel Original Series Good Luck Charlie. The film was directed by Arlene Sanford and written by Geoff Rodkey, and stars Bridgit Mendler, Leigh-Allyn Baker, Bradley Steven Perry, Mia Talerico, Eric Allan Kramer, and...
   
    (December 2, 2011)

2012

1. Frenemies
   Frenemies (film)
   Frenemies is a 2012 television film and anthology based on the novel of the same name by Alexa Young set to premiere on Disney Channel. It features an ensemble cast of Bella Thorne, Zendaya, Stefanie Scott, Nick Robinson, and Mary Mouser. The film follows three pairs of friends that go from friends...
   
    (January 13, 2012)
2. Let It Shine (Summer 2012)

Announced films

1. Lemonade Mouth 2 (Film announced in 2011.)
2. Shake It Up: The Movie (Film announced in 2011.)

Highest-rated Disney Channel Original Movie premieres

1. High School Musical 2 (17.2 million viewers)
2. Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie
   Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie
   Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie is a 2009 American made-for-television comedy-drama fantasy film based on the Disney Channel Original Series Wizards of Waverly Place. Filmed primarily in San Juan, Puerto Rico in February and March 2009, the Disney Channel Original Movie premiered on August 28,...
   
    (11.4 million viewers)
3. Camp Rock
   Camp Rock
   Camp Rock is a 2008 Disney Channel Original Movie starring the Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato. The music is written by Julie Brown, Paul Brown, Regina Hicks and Karen Gist. The film is directed by Matthew Diamond and produced by Alan Sacks....
   
    (8.9 million viewers)
4. Princess Protection Program
   Princess Protection Program
   Princess Protection Program is a 2009 Disney Channel Original Movie that premiered on June 26, 2009 in the United States and winner of the Teen Choice Awards 2009 for Choice Summer TV Show...
   
    (8.5 million viewers)
5. Jump In! (8.2 million viewers)
6. The Cheetah Girls 2
   The Cheetah Girls 2
   The Cheetah Girls 2 is the 2006 sequel to the Disney Channel Original Movie, The Cheetah Girls. Its premiere received the highest ratings of all Disney Channel Movies at its time, a total of over 8.1 million viewers, beating the premiere ratings of High School Musical , and beating previous highest...
   
    (8.1 million viewers)
7. Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam
   Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam
   Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam is a 2010 Disney Channel Original Movie and sequel to the 2008 film Camp Rock. Production commenced in August 2009 in Toronto, Ontario and at area summer camps. The movie premiered on on Disney Channel in the USA, along with a live simulcast on Radio Disney...
   
    (7.96 million viewers)
8. Cadet Kelly
   Cadet Kelly
   Cadet Kelly is a 2002 Disney Channel Original Movie starring Hilary Duff. The film premiered with 7.8 million viewers. It was Duff's second film where she played the main character, her first being the film Casper Meets Wendy...
   
    (7.8 million viewers)
9. Return to Halloweentown
   Return to Halloweentown
   Return to Halloweentown is a Disney Channel Original Movie that premiered on October 20, 2006. It is the fourth and final film in the Halloweentown series. In this sequel, Marnie Piper and her brother, Dylan Piper , go to Witch University to attend college in Halloweentown...
   
    (7.8 million viewers)
10. High School Musical
    High School Musical
    High School Musical is a 2006 American television film, first in the High School Musical film franchise. Upon its release on January 20, 2006, it became the most successful film that Disney Channel Original Movie ever produced, with a television sequel High School Musical 2 released in 2007 and...
    
     (7.7 million viewers)

Within a calendar year

Year	Movie	Ratings
2002	Cadet Kelly Cadet Kelly Cadet Kelly is a 2002 Disney Channel Original Movie starring Hilary Duff. The film premiered with 7.8 million viewers. It was Duff's second film where she played the main character, her first being the film Casper Meets Wendy...	7.8 million viewers
2003	The Cheetah Girls The Cheetah Girls (film) The Cheetah Girls is a 2003 musical Disney Channel Original Movie, the first for Disney Channel, based on a bestselling series of young adult books of the same name by Deborah Gregory...	6.5 million viewers
2004	Stuck in the Suburbs Stuck in the Suburbs Stuck in the Suburbs is a Disney Channel Original Movie based on unused material created by Walt Disney for his live-action films. It was released on July 16, 2004, and stars Danielle Panabaker as Brittany Aarons and Brenda Song as Natasha Kwon-Schwartz. Brittany, a regular middle school student in...	3.7 million viewers
2005	Twitches	7.0 million viewers
2006	The Cheetah Girls 2 The Cheetah Girls 2 The Cheetah Girls 2 is the 2006 sequel to the Disney Channel Original Movie, The Cheetah Girls. Its premiere received the highest ratings of all Disney Channel Movies at its time, a total of over 8.1 million viewers, beating the premiere ratings of High School Musical , and beating previous highest...	8.1 million viewers
2007	High School Musical 2	17.2 million viewers
2008	Camp Rock Camp Rock Camp Rock is a 2008 Disney Channel Original Movie starring the Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato. The music is written by Julie Brown, Paul Brown, Regina Hicks and Karen Gist. The film is directed by Matthew Diamond and produced by Alan Sacks....	8.9 million viewers
2009	Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie is a 2009 American made-for-television comedy-drama fantasy film based on the Disney Channel Original Series Wizards of Waverly Place. Filmed primarily in San Juan, Puerto Rico in February and March 2009, the Disney Channel Original Movie premiered on August 28,...	11.4 million viewers
2010	Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam is a 2010 Disney Channel Original Movie and sequel to the 2008 film Camp Rock. Production commenced in August 2009 in Toronto, Ontario and at area summer camps. The movie premiered on on Disney Channel in the USA, along with a live simulcast on Radio Disney...	7.96 million viewers
2011	Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension	7.6 million viewers

See also

• Disney Channel
  Disney Channel
  Disney Channel is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. It is under the direction of Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney. The channel's headquarters is located on West Alameda Ave. in...
  
  
• Disney Channel Original Series
• List of programs broadcast by Disney Channel

External links

• DCOM Official Website
• UltimateDisney.com - Full List of Disney Channel Original Movies and DVD Statuses
• High School Musical Article

Selected production companies that produce multiple DCOMs: