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Anne Hathaway's feature film debut was 2001's The Princess Diaries, a Disney movie about an average teen who learns that she is actually the heir to a throne. It went on to inspire the 2004 sequel, The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement.
- Released: 2001
- Directed by: Garry Marshall
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Who doesn't feel nostalgic every time the students of East High School get together to sing “We're All in This Together?”
- Released: 2006
- Directed by: Kenny Ortega
- 1Olesya Rulin10 Votes
- 2Zac Efron30 Votes
- 3Monique Coleman17 Votes
- 4Corbin Bleu18 Votes
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Anne Hathaway is back as Mia Thermopolis in The Princess Diaries 2, this time preparing to become the queen. Bonus: this sequel features Chris Pine.
- Released: 2004
- Directed by: Garry Marshall
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Freaky Friday may be the most rewatchable Disney teen film, so much so that Jamie Lee Curtis says that a sequel is in the works twenty years later.
- Released: 2003
- Directed by: Mark Waters
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Hannah Montana made Miley Cyrus a household name. The movie – a continuation of the popular Disney series – finds Miley heading home and reconnecting with her roots.
- Released: 2009
- Directed by: Peter Chelsom
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The Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato come together in Camp Rock, one of the most-watched Disney Channel Original Movies of all time, after High School Musical 2.
- Released: 2008
- Directed by: Matthew Diamond
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Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, and the rest of the cast all return for twice the fun in High School Musical 2. The premiere of this movie brought in 17 million viewers, breaking previous ratings records.
- Released: 2007
- Directed by: Kenny Ortega
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This teen romance is classic Disney – full of fun scenarios and catchy songs – as a teen finds herself falling for a pop star.
- Released: 2010
- Directed by: Michael Grossman
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Lizzie McGuire is one of Disney's most iconic characters, so she definitely deserves to be up on the big screen. That's especially true when that story takes her on a trip to Rome.
- Released: 2003
- Directed by: Jim Fall
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Inspiring and charming, Ice Princess follows an average teen who sets her sights on becoming a champion figure skater. Joan Cusack, Michelle Trachtenberg, Kim Cattrall, and Hayden Panettiere are just a few members of this talented cast.
- Released: 2005
- Directed by: Tim Fywell
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In Twitches, Tia and Tamera Mowry star as teen witches, separated at birth, who meet on their 21st birthday and plot to use their powers to save their biological mother.
- Released: 2005
- Directed by: Stuart Gillard
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Sisters Alyson and Amanda Michalka – AKA the pop duo Aly & Aj – star in this Disney movie about two spoiled teen sisters who are forced to work in the family business, and end up saving the day.
- Released: 2006
- Directed by: Francine McDougall
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With Corbin Bleu and Keke Palmer playing best friends, what's not to love about Jump In!?
- Released: 2007
- Directed by: Paul Hoen
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Wizards of Waverly Place helped introduce the world to Selena Gomez. By the time the movie was released in 2009, she was already a superstar, and the movie became an Emmy-winning hit.
- Released: 2009
- Directed by: Lev L. Spiro
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Not only does Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen star Lindsay Lohan, but it also introduced the world to Megan Fox, as this was her film debut.
- Released: 2004
- Directed by: Sara Sugarman
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Cadet Kelly, which debuted on the Disney Channel in 2002, was the first time Hillary Duff appeared in a Disney film. It also featured another beloved Disney starlet, Christy Carlson Romano.
- Released: 2002
- Directed by: Larry Shaw
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What do you do when you learn you're a witch? You use your powers to fight evil forces, of course! Halloweentown, starring the late Debbie Reynolds, remains a fun film to revisit every October.
- Released: 1998
- Directed by: Duwayne Dunham
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The 2011 Disney movie Prom, follows all of the drama that surrounds the big dance. It's a timeless teen tale with a nostalgic soundtrack featuring Simple Plan, Neon Trees, and Passion Pit.
- Released: 2011
- Directed by: Joe Nussbaum
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Disney gave fans a real gift with the teen holiday classic Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas!. Hi-jinks, hilarity, and even hitchhiking fuel this wild winter movie.
- Released: 2011
- Directed by: Arlene Sanford
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Skating fans are still swooning over the 2005 Disney Channel Original Movie, Go Figure, which follows a 14-year-old figure skater who joins her school's hockey team on scholarship.
- Released: 2005
- Directed by: Francine McDougall
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In the 2000s, Lindsay Lohan was the teen queen at Disney and Get a Clue, full of twist and turns, is one of the stand-outs of the era.
- Released: 2002
- Directed by: Maggie Greenwald Mansfield
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Ryan Merriman was a staple of Disney Channel Original Movies in the late nineties and early 2000s. Smart House, featuring Katey Sagal as a virtual assistance named PAT - short for “Personal Applied Technology," is definitely one of his most famous.
- Released: 1999
- Directed by: LeVar Burton
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When a movie is as popular as The Cheetah Girls, of course it deserves an equally amazing sequel. This time the talented teens sing their way through Spain on a musical tour.
- Directed by: Kenny Ortega
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The Cheetah Girls is an all-time Disney teen classic, and it's the first-ever musical Disney Channel Original Movie.
- Released: 2003
- Directed by: Oz Scott
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Real-life sisters Kay and Danielle Panabaker star as Jamie and her alter ego Iz, in Read It and Weep, based on Julia DeVillers' book, How My Private, Personal Journal Became a Bestseller.
- Released: 2006
- Directed by: Paul Hoen
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In Tuck Everlasting, Alexis Bledel shines as rich 15-year-old Winnie Foster, who runs away and discovers love and the secret of immortality.
- Released: 2002
- Directed by: Jay Russell
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Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century is a futuristic tale about a space-raised teen who is sent Earth to live with her aunt. It's a fish-out-of-water classic.
- Released: 1999
- Directed by: Kenneth Johnson
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Jonathon Taylor Thomas (or JTT for old-school fans) was a frequent star of kid-friendly Disney movies. He's all grown-up in I'll be Home for Christmas, playing a college student who runs into a series of misadventures as he tries to make it home for the holidays.
- Released: 1998
- Directed by: Arlene Sanford
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The Even Stevens Movie is another fun teen film based on a popular Disney series. It follows the Stevens family on an adventurous vacation.
- Released: 2003
- Directed by: Sean McNamara
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Camilla Belle shows off her star power playing a teen who learns about surfing and her Hawaiian heritage in Rip Girls.
- Released: 2000
- Directed by: Joyce Chopra
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The 2004 Disney Channel movie, Stuck in the Suburbs, features a cast of future stars including Danielle Panabaker, Taran Killam, and Brenda Song, who come together after a cellphone switcheroo.
- Released: 2004
- Directed by: Savage Steve Holland
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Meet the Deedles follows Phil (Paul Walker) and Stew (Steve Van Wormer), a pair of surfer bros who get expelled from school and are forced to then attend boot camp.
- Released: 1998
- Directed by: Steve Boyum
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