List of Disney Channel original films


Since its launch on April 18, 1983, American cable and satellite television channel Disney Channel has released original television films under the banner names of Disney Channel Premiere Films until October 1997, Disney Channel Original Movie until March 2023 and since July 2025, and Disney Original Movie until August 2024.
Most of these films were subsequently released on home video formats such as VHS, DVD, or more recently, Blu-ray, while others were not. Beginning with Princess Protection Program in 2009, releases of DCOMs on DVD months following their television premieres got reduced to a week after television premieres. The 2009 television film also became the first DCOM to appear in high-definition widescreen, although DCOMs have been produced in such a format since the release of Go Figure on June 10, 2005.
The highest-rated premiere for the banner/brand came in August 2007, when High School Musical 2 set a record for basic cable with 17.2 million viewers. The second highest-rated premiere is held by Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie, which premiered with 11.4 million viewers. DCOMs include sequels-turned-franchises such as Under Wraps, Halloweentown, Zenon, Twitches, The Cheetah Girls, High School Musical, Camp Rock, Teen Beach, Descendants and Zombies.
During the Memorial Day holiday weekend of 2016, Disney Channel began to air many older DCOMs in a specialized marathon programming block in celebration of its 100th film, Adventures in Babysitting, starting off with the 51 most popular films airing over the four-day weekend from May 27, 2016 and concluding on June 24, 2016 with the premiere of the aforementioned 100th Disney Channel Original Movie.
From April 5 to May 24, 2021, Disney Channel hosted an eight-week event called "DCOM & Dessert", where a Disney Channel Original Movie would air every Monday night at 7:00 PM. Zombies 2 stars Ariel Martin and Chandler Kinney hosted this event and had their own baking segments where they would make interactive dessert recipes that families could make at home.

Disney Channel Premiere Films (1983–1997)

Disney Channel Original Movies used to be known as Disney Channel Premiere Films from 1983 to 1997.
YearFilmPremiere date
1983Tiger TownOctober 9, 1983
1984Gone Are the DayesMay 1984
1984Love Leads the WayOctober 7, 1984
1985Black ArrowJanuary 6, 1985
1985Lots of LuckFebruary 3, 1985
1985May 5, 1985
1985The Blue YonderNovember 17, 1985
1986July 26, 1986
1986Spot Marks the XOctober 18, 1986
1986Down the Long HillsNovember 15, 1986
1987Strange CompanionsFebruary 28, 1987
1987Anne of Avonlea: The Continuing Story of Anne of Green GablesMay 19, 1987
1987Not Quite HumanJune 19, 1987
1987December 5, 1987
1988Save the DogMarch 19, 1988
1988The Night Train to KathmanduJune 5, 1988
1988Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of BlissAugust 6, 1988
1988A Friendship in ViennaAugust 27, 1988
1988Good Old BoyNovember 11, 1988
1988Goodbye, Miss 4th of JulyDecember 3, 1988
1989Not Quite Human 2September 23, 1989
1990Lantern HillJanuary 27, 1990
1990Chips, the War DogMarch 24, 1990
1990Mother Goose Rock 'n' RhymeMay 19, 1990
1990Back HomeJune 7, 1990
1990August 17, 1990
1990Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry FinnOctober 21, 1990
1991BejewelledJanuary 20, 1991
1991Perfect HarmonyMarch 31, 1991
1991Mark Twain and MeNovember 22, 1991
1992Still Not Quite HumanMay 31, 1992
1993January 17, 1993
1993SpiesMarch 7, 1993
1993HeidiJuly 18, 1993
1994On Promised LandApril 17, 1994
1994July 31, 1994
1995March 19, 1995
1995August 12, 1995
1996March 24, 1996
1996NightjohnJune 1, 1996
1996Susie QOctober 3, 1996
1996Wish Upon a StarNovember 12, 1996
1997February 25, 1997
1997Northern LightsAugust 23, 1997

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Disney Channel Original Movies (1997–2022, 2025–present)

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Upcoming films

Disney Original Movies (2023–2024)

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Notable non-Disney Channel Original Movie films

The following films did not originally premiere under the "Disney Channel Original Movie" label, though they were sometimes later promoted as such:
  • Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars
  • 16 Wishes
  • Back of the Net
  • The Curious Case of Dolphin Bay
The following films were produced by Disney Channel, but premiered on Disney+ without being labeled as Disney Channel Original Movies:
The following films are based on Disney Channel shows or Disney Channel Original Movies, but were released theatrically. However, some of them later premiered on Disney Channel:
The following films where produced by international versions of Disney Channel, Disney XD or Walt Disney Pictures and premiered theatrically or under the "Disney Channel Original Movie" label in their respective countries and others. However, they are not part of the official collection:
  • Ice Princess
  • High School Musical: ''El desafío
  • High School Musical: El desafío
  • Luck Luck Ki Baat
  • Bunks
  • Pants on Fire
  • Mère et Fille: California Dream''

    Highest-rated Disney Channel Original Movie premieres

Top 10

Within a calendar year

YearMovieRatings
2001Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge6.1
2002Cadet Kelly7.8
20036.5
2004Halloweentown High6.1
2005Twitches7.0
20067.8
2007High School Musical 217.2
2008Camp Rock8.9
2009Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie11.4
2010Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam7.9
2011Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension7.6
2012Let It Shine5.7
2013Teen Beach Movie8.4
2014Zapped5.7
2015Descendants6.6
2016Adventures in Babysitting3.4
2017Descendants 28.9
2018Zombies2.6
2019Descendants 34.6
2020Zombies 22.5
2021Spin0.5
2022Zombies 30.3
2023The Naughty Nine0.3
2024Big City Greens the Movie: Spacecation0.2
2025Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires0.6