Top Five Disney Channel Original Movies

Simply put, Disney Channel Original Movies (DCOM) are the best made-for-tv movies ever. Better than Lifetime and Hallmark movies. I’ve been watching DCOM since I was a small child. The first Disney Channel Original movie, Tiger Town, was released in 1983, when the name was Disney Channel Premiere Movies. Since then, another 157 movies (43 under the DCPM banner and 114 under the DCOM banner) have been made and premiered on Disney Channel. I’ve brought to you the definitive Top Five Disney Channel Original Movies list.

Number Five — High School Musical 2

The second installment in the wildly popular High School Musical trilogy was released in 2007 and still has the record for the biggest viewership in DCOM history with 17.2 million viewers. The second highest is Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie with 11.4 million. The first High School Musical was a huge movie in its own right, with 7.7 million viewers, but the second one took High School Musical mania to the next level. The plot includes summer jobs, talent shows, jealousy, and reconciliation. Themes of friendship, trust, and classism will serve to teach viewers valuable lessons in between the music. This movie was supreme teen fodder in every way. Most importantly, the songs are amazing. From “What Time Is It” to “Bet On It”, the music is outrageously memorable. The first and…