If you grew up in the late 90s/early 2000s, you most likely watched a lot of Disney Channel. The Disney Channel shows and movies of yesteryear were so much better than what they have now, and we all fondly remember the things we loved to watch. I'm sure you also remember this:
Let's all take a trip back to elementary school, and talk about some of Disney's best movies (in no particular order). This is in no way a comprehensive list since there were so many good ones, but these were my personal favorites.
1. Cadet Kelly (2002)
The movie where Hillary Duff went to military school. This movie was all about girl power and the importance of friendship and family. Also, we got to see our favorite girl in a role other than Lizzie McGuire. Speaking of which...
2. The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003)
Lizzie and Gordo finally kissed! And in Italy! We all waited through how many seasons of the show for that to happen?
3. High School Musical (2006)
This was probably the last of the great Disney Channel movies, but it was one of the biggest parts of our childhoods. I remember my entire 4th grade class dancing and singing "We're All in This Together" at the end of the school day not long after the movie came out.
4. The Cheetah Girls (2003)
This movie provided us with some of the best dance music and the best matching outfits of the early 2000s. All about girl friends and music, this was definitely a winner.
5. Motocrossed (2001)
I supposed I just had a thing for these girl-power themed movies, but it was totally cool that Andi even cut her hair just to be able to race motorcycles in her brother's place.
6. The Luck of the Irish (2001)
As someone who takes pride in being Irish, I always found this movie so hilarious in its exaggeration of Irish stereotypes. Don't worry, we don't actually turn into leprechauns, but it is still super entertaining to watch.
7. Stuck in the Suburbs (2004)
To be honest, I kind of forgot about this one until I was browsing the Web for information on some of these older movies. But this one definitely got our hopes up that out favorite guy singer would come to our hometown and somehow run into us.
8. Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama (2005)
Kim Possible was everyone's favorite animated evil-fighting cheerleader, so we were all thrilled about this movie. The fact that it was about Kim Possible, says enough about how great it was.
9. Gotta Kick It Up! (2002)
Did you forget about this one? I did too, but I loved this movie. A group of Latin American girls at a Southern California high school start a dance team and deal with rejection, hardship, not-so-nice boyfriends, yet overcome every obstacle in their way. Si, se puede!
10. Go Figure (2005)
As a little girl, I thought ice skating was the coolest thing ever, so that made this movie the coolest thing ever. Especially since Kristi Yamaguchi made a cameo in it.
I hope you enjoyed this trip down memory lane! Feel free to share your own favorite Disney Channel Original Movies in the comments!
