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Since its launch on April 18, 1983, American cable and satellite television channel Disney Channel has released a number of original television films. These were named Disney Channel Premiere Films until October 1997, when the current Disney Channel Original Movie (DCOM) branding was introduced. For a period from March 2023 to August 2024 the Disney Original Movie moniker was used, before the network reverted to the earlier branding.
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.
Disney Channel Premiere Films (1983–1997)
Disney Channel Original Movies used to be known as Disney Channel Premiere Films from 1983 to 1997.
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
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! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Film
! scope="col" data-sort-type="date" | Premiere date
! scope="col" class="unsortable" |
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 1983
|Tiger Town
| October 9, 1983
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| 1984
|Gone Are the Dayes
| May 1984
| <!--There are no reliable sources for a May 6th date-->
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|Love Leads the Way
| October 7, 1984
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4"| 1985
|Black Arrow
| January 6, 1985
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|Lots of Luck
| February 3, 1985
| rowspan="6" |
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| May 5, 1985
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|The Blue Yonder
| November 17, 1985
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"| 1986
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| July 26, 1986
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|Spot Marks the X
| October 18, 1986
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|Down the Long Hills
| November 15, 1986
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4"| 1987
|Strange Companions
| February 28, 1987
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|Anne of Avonlea: The Continuing Story of Anne of Green Gables
| May 19, 1987
| rowspan="21" |
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|Not Quite Human
| June 19, 1987
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| December 5, 1987
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="6"| 1988
|Save the Dog
| March 19, 1988
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|The Night Train to Kathmandu
| June 5, 1988
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|Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss
| August 6, 1988
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|A Friendship in Vienna
| August 27, 1988
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|Good Old Boy
| November 11, 1988
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|Goodbye, Miss 4th of July
| December 3, 1988
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1"| 1989
|Not Quite Human 2
| September 23, 1989
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="6"| 1990
|Lantern Hill
| January 27, 1990
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| Chips, the War Dog
| March 24, 1990
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|Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme
| May 19, 1990
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|Back Home
| June 7, 1990
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| August 17, 1990
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|Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
| October 21, 1990
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"| 1991
|Bejewelled
| January 20, 1991
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|Perfect Harmony
| March 31, 1991
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|Mark Twain and Me
| November 22, 1991
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 1992
| Still Not Quite Human
| May 31, 1992
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"| 1993
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| January 17, 1993
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|Spies
| March 7, 1993
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|Heidi
| July 18, 1993
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<!-- DO not ADD "Hocus Pocus (1993 film)" TO THIS LIST. It was released theatrically by Walt Disney Pictures, it was not a Disney Channel Original Movie! -->
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| 1994
|On Promised Land
| April 17, 1994
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| July 31, 1994
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| 1995
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| March 19, 1995
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| August 12, 1995
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4"| 1996
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| March 24, 1996
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|Nightjohn
| June 1, 1996
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|Susie Q
| October 3, 1996
| rowspan="3" | it was not included in Disney Channel's 100 Original Movies celebration that aired in May–June 2016, and Disney Channel considers 1997's Under Wraps to be the first official Disney Channel Original Movie.
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; Notes
Disney Channel Original Movies (1997–2022, 2025–present)
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Film
! scope="col" data-sort-type="date" | Premiere date
! scope="col" data-sort-type="number" | Ratings<br />(millions)
! scope="col" class="unsortable" |
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1" | 1997
| Under Wraps
| October 25, 1997
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |
| <!-- cite for most of the first 98 -->
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3" | 1998
| You Lucky Dog
| June 27, 1998
| rowspan="2" |
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| Brink!
| August 29, 1998
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| Halloweentown
| October 17, 1998
|style="text-align:center;" | 3.4
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="12" | 2000
| Up, Up, and Away
| January 22, 2000
| rowspan="12" style="text-align:center;" |
| rowspan="11" |
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|
| February 5, 2000
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| Alley Cats Strike
| March 18, 2000
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| Rip Girls
| April 22, 2000
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| Miracle in Lane 2
| May 13, 2000
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| Stepsister from Planet Weird
| June 17, 2000
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| Ready to Run
| July 14, 2000
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| Quints
| August 18, 2000
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|
| September 8, 2000
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| Mom's Got a Date with a Vampire
| October 13, 2000
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| Phantom of the Megaplex
| November 10, 2000
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| December 1, 2000
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="10" | 2001
| Zenon: The Zequel
| January 12, 2001
|style="text-align:center;" |3.7
| rowspan="2" |
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| Motocrossed
| February 16, 2001
|style="text-align:center;" |3.5
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|
| March 9, 2001
|style="text-align:center;" |5.2
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| Hounded
| April 13, 2001
|style="text-align:center;" | 3.6
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| Jett Jackson: The Movie
| June 8, 2001
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |
| rowspan="4" |
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| July 13, 2001
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| Jumping Ship
| August 17, 2001
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| September 14, 2001
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| Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge
| October 12, 2001
|style="text-align:center;" | 6.1
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| Cadet Kelly
| March 8, 2002
|style="text-align:center;" | 7.8
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| Tru Confessions
| April 5, 2002
|style="text-align:center;" |
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| Get a Clue
| June 28, 2002
|style="text-align:center;" | 3.2
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| Gotta Kick It Up!
| July 26, 2002
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |
| rowspan="5" |
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| August 23, 2002
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| October 4, 2002
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="6" | 2003
| You Wish!
| January 10, 2003
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| Right on Track
| March 21, 2003
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|
| June 13, 2003
|style="text-align:center;" | 5.1
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| Eddie's Million Dollar Cook-Off
| July 18, 2003
|style="text-align:center;" |3.7
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|
| August 15, 2003
|style="text-align:center;" | 6.5
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="6" | 2004
| Pixel Perfect
| January 16, 2004
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |3.9
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| Going to the Mat
| March 19, 2004
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| Zenon: Z3
| June 11, 2004
|style="text-align:center;" | 4.1
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| Stuck in the Suburbs
| July 16, 2004
|style="text-align:center;" | 3.7
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| Tiger Cruise
| August 6, 2004
|style="text-align:center;" |3.8
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|-
| Halloweentown High
| October 8, 2004
|style="text-align:center;" | 6.1
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|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="7" | 2005
|Now You See It...
| January 14, 2005
|style="text-align:center;" | 4.3
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| Buffalo Dreams
| March 11, 2005
|style="text-align:center;" |
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|-
| Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama
| April 8, 2005
|style="text-align:center;" |4.4
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| Go Figure
| June 10, 2005
|style="text-align:center;" | 3.5
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| Life Is Ruff
| July 15, 2005
|style="text-align:center;" | 4.3
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|
| August 19, 2005
|style="text-align:center;" |4.8
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| Twitches
| October 14, 2005
|style="text-align:center;" | 7.0
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|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="6" | 2006
| High School Musical
| January 20, 2006
|style="text-align:center;" | 7.7
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|-
| Cow Belles
| March 24, 2006
|style="text-align:center;" | 5.8
| rowspan="3" |
|-
| Return to Halloweentown
| October 20, 2006
|style="text-align:center;" | 7.5
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|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4" | 2007
| Jump In!
| January 12, 2007
|style="text-align:center;" | 8.2
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|-
| Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board
| June 8, 2007
|style="text-align:center;" | 1.8
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|-
| High School Musical 2
| August 17, 2007
|style="text-align:center;" | 17.2
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|-
| Twitches Too
| October 12, 2007
|style="text-align:center;" | 6.9<!-- Rounded down from 6.96 million - could be rounded up to 7.0 -->
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|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3" | 2008
| Minutemen
| January 25, 2008
|style="text-align:center;" | 6.5<!-- Rounded up from 6.485 million -->
|
|-
| Camp Rock
| June 20, 2008
|style="text-align:center;" | 8.9
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|-
|
| August 22, 2008
|style="text-align:center;" | 6.2
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|-
<!-- "High School Musical 3: Senior Year" is not a Disney Channel Original Movie. It was theatrical released, and only aired on Disney Channel after its theatrical run -->
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4" | 2009
| Dadnapped
| February 16, 2009
|style="text-align:center;" | 4.6
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|-
| Hatching Pete
| April 24, 2009
|style="text-align:center;" | 4.1
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|-
| Princess Protection Program
| June 26, 2009
|style="text-align:center;" | 8.5
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|-
| Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie
| August 28, 2009
|style="text-align:center;" | 11.4
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|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4" | 2010
| Starstruck
| February 14, 2010
|style="text-align:center;" | 6.0
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|-
| Den Brother
| August 13, 2010
|style="text-align:center;" | 3.7
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|-
| Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam
| September 3, 2010
|style="text-align:center;" | 7.9
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|-
| Avalon High
| November 12, 2010
|style="text-align:center;" | 3.8<!-- Note: Rounded down from 3.85 million viewer -->
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|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="6" | 2011
|
| March 25, 2011
|style="text-align:center;" | 5.2
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|-
| Lemonade Mouth
| April 15, 2011
|style="text-align:center;" | 5.7
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|-
| Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure
| May 22, 2011
|style="text-align:center;" | 4.9
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|-
| Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension
| August 5, 2011
|style="text-align:center;" | 7.6
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|-
| Geek Charming
| November 11, 2011
|style="text-align:center;" | 4.9
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|-
| Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas!
| December 2, 2011
| style="text-align:center;" | 6.9
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|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4" | 2012
| Frenemies
| January 13, 2012
| style="text-align:center;" | 4.2
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|-
| Radio Rebel
| February 17, 2012
| style="text-align:center;" | 4.3
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|-
| Let It Shine
| June 15, 2012
|style="text-align:center;" | 5.7
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| Girl vs. Monster
| October 12, 2012
| style="text-align:center;" | 4.9
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|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1" | 2013
| Teen Beach Movie
| July 19, 2013
|style="text-align:center;" | 8.4
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|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3" | 2014
| Cloud 9
| January 17, 2014
| style="text-align:center;" | 5.0
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|-
| Zapped
| June 27, 2014
|style="text-align:center;" | 5.7
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|-
| How to Build a Better Boy
| August 15, 2014
| style="text-align:center;" | 4.6
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|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4" | 2015
| Bad Hair Day
| February 13, 2015
|style="text-align:center;" | 4.0
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|-
| Teen Beach 2
| June 26, 2015
|style="text-align:center;" | 5.8
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|-
| Descendants
| July 31, 2015
|style="text-align:center;" | 6.6
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|-
| Invisible Sister
| October 9, 2015
|style="text-align:center;" | 4.0
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|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" | 2016
| Adventures in Babysitting
| June 24, 2016
|style="text-align:center;" | 3.4
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|-
|
| October 7, 2016
|style="text-align:center;" | 2.6
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|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" | 2017
| Tangled: Before Ever After
| March 10, 2017
|style="text-align:center;" | 2.9
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|-
| Descendants 2
| July 21, 2017
|style="text-align:center;" | 5.8
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|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" | 2018
| Zombies
| February 16, 2018
|style="text-align:center;" | 2.6
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|-
| Freaky Friday
| August 10, 2018
|style="text-align:center;" | 1.6
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|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" | 2019
| Kim Possible
| February 15, 2019
|style="text-align:center;" | 1.2
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| Descendants 3
| August 2, 2019
|style="text-align:center;" | 4.6
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|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" | 2020
| Zombies 2
| February 14, 2020
|style="text-align:center;" | 2.5
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|-
| Upside-Down Magic
| July 31, 2020
|style="text-align:center;" | 1.3
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|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3" | 2021
| Spin
| August 13, 2021
|style="text-align:center;" | 0.5
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|-
| Under Wraps
| October 1, 2021
| style="text-align:center;"| 0.4
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|-
|Christmas...Again?!
| December 3, 2021
| style="text-align:center;"| 0.5
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|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" | 2022
| Zombies 3
| August 12, 2022
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 0.3
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|-
| Under Wraps 2
| September 25, 2022
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|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1" | 2025
| Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires
| July 10, 2025
|style="text-align:center;" | 0.6
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|}
; Notes
=== Upcoming films ===<!-- Please do not add nonexistent films to this section – all entries must be SOURCED to a WP:RS -->
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col" width="50px"| Year
! scope="col" width="350px"| Film
! scope="col"| Projected premiere
!
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! rowspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2026
| style="text-align:center;"| Camp Rock 3
| August 13, 2026
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|-
| style="text-align:center;"| Descendants: Wicked Wonderland
|Summer 2026
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|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 2027
| style="text-align:center;"| Zombies 5: Secrets of the Sea
|Summer 2027
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|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan=1" |
| style="text-align: center;" |Untitled Phineas and Ferb film
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|}
Disney Original Movies (2023–2024)
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Film
! scope="col" data-sort-type="date" | Premiere date
! scope="col" data-sort-type="number" | Ratings<br />(millions)
! scope="col" class="unsortable" |
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! rowspan="3" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2023
| Prom Pact
| March 30, 2023
|style="text-align:center;" | 0.2
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|-
| The Slumber Party
| July 27, 2023
|style="text-align:center;" |
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|-
|The Naughty Nine
|November 22, 2023
|style="text-align:center;" | 0.3
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|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" | 2024
| Big City Greens the Movie: Spacecation
| June 6, 2024
| style="text-align:center;" | 0.2
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|-
| Descendants: The Rise of Red
| August 9, 2024
| style="text-align:center;" |
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|-
<!-- Please do not add nonexistent films to this section--->
|}
;Notes
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 (March 26, 2010)
- 16 Wishes (June 25, 2010)
- Back of the Net (June 15, 2019)
- The Curious Case of Dolphin Bay (June 11, 2022)
The following films were produced by Disney Channel, but premiered on Disney+ without being labeled as Disney Channel Original Movies:
- Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe (August 28, 2020; premiered on Disney Channel on April 8, 2023)
- Secret Society of Second-Born Royals (September 25, 2020; premiered on Disney Channel on February 26, 2023)
- Sneakerella (May 13, 2022; premiered on Disney Channel on August 13, 2022)
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 Lizzie McGuire Movie (May 2, 2003; premiered on Disney Channel on November 26, 2005)
- Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert (February 1, 2008; premiered on Disney Channel on July 26, 2008)
- High School Musical 3: Senior Year (October 24, 2008; premiered on Disney Channel on April 4, 2010)
- Hannah Montana: The Movie (April 10, 2009; premiered on Disney Channel on November 19, 2010)
The following films were 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 (premiered theatrically on March 18, 2005)
- High School Musical: El desafío (Argentina) (premiered in Argentine theaters on July 17, 2008)
- High School Musical: El desafío (Mexico) (premiered in Mexico on September 5, 2008)
- Luck Luck Ki Baat (premiered on Disney Channel India on September 30, 2012)
- Bunks (broadcast on October 27, 2013, premiered on Disney XD on June 16, 2014)
- Pants on Fire (premiered on Disney XD on November 9, 2014)
- Mère et Fille: California Dream (premiered on Disney Channel France on February 5, 2016)
Highest-rated Disney Channel Original Movie premieres
Top 10
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
! scope="col" | No.
! scope="col" | Movie
! scope="col" | Viewers<br />(millions)
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" class="unsortable" |
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| High School Musical 2
| style="text-align:center;"|17.2
| style="text-align:center;"|2007
|
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2008
|Camp Rock
|style="text-align:center;" | 8.9
|
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2011
|Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension
|style="text-align:center;" | 7.6
|