This week we are throwin’ it back to the good ol’ days when your Friday nights revolved around watching the newest DCOM. Those were the days. I guarantee if you go back and watch your favorite DCOM, you will cringe at the bad acting and feel bad for forcing your parents to endure the strange (yet still awesome) plotlines of most of these movies.
Here is a list of the 20 best DCOMs…I use the term “best” lightly.
20. Don’t Look Under the Bed
I don’t know about anyone else, but this movie scared the sh*t out of me as a child. Pretty sure I watched it once and vowed to never do so again.
19. Quints
Let’s be honest, this plot line was super weird and the main girl, Jamie, was incredibly annoying; but, that didn’t stop me from watching it repeatedly when I was eight.
18. Camp Rock
This movie came out around the time I was getting over my Disney Channel phase (R.I.P.), but it definitely makes the list because of the Jonas Brothers… and let’s not forget their straightened hair.
17. Eddie’s Million Dollar Cook-Off
Classic: Eddie loves to cook, but is embarrassed to tell his friends. There’s also a VIP guest appearance by Bobbly Flay, so there’s that.
16. Up, Up, and Away
A family of superheroes whose weakness was aluminum foil? It doesn’t get much better than that.
15. Full-Court Miracle
Who doesn’t love a good-spirited sports film? Especially one that involves Jewish basketball players?
14. Pixel Perfect
Disney hottie Ricky Ullman (Phil of the Future) constructs a hologram to sing for his band. Because, DUH! Who needs humans when you have holograms?
13. Brink!
Team “Soul-Skaters” forever. Am I right?
12. Motocrossed
This movie is the ultimate showcase of GIRL POWER. Andrea pretends to be her brother and kicks major butt at the motocross competition. Apparently, it’s based on Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night”… LOL, okay Disney.
11. Gotta Kick It Up!
All I have to say is, “sí se puede!”
10. Cadet Kelly
Hilary Duff interpretive dances and it is ON POINT.
9. Johnny Tsunami
It’s a 90s classic that involves a private school vs. public school showdown on the slopes? Okay.
8. Get a Clue
Lindsay Lohan. That is all. (Also, was anyone else super envious of her and Brenda Song video-chatting their outfits before school to each other? SO HIP.)
7. The Even Stevens Movie
We all know Beans was the real MVP.
6. High School Musical
This cult classic had to make the list. I mean, my fifth grade self was OBSESSED with Zac Efron. He was just so soulful when singing “Breaking Free”. I feel you, Troy Bolton.
5. The Luck of the Irish
Where do I even start? There’s basketball, evil leprechauns, and an Irish showdown. This movie was EVERYTHING.
4. Smart House
Everyone wanted (and still does, of course) the house in this movie…minus when it turned into a giant, angry hologram of a 50s housewife. That was just a little weird.
3. The Cheetah Girls
Their performance at the end wearing matching velour track suits was VERY IMPORTANT.
2. Zenon
Protozoa’s hair. Bye.
1. Halloweentown
Maybe the excessive amount of sequels that occurred after the original were unnecessary, but this is easily the best DCOM of all time, for sure.
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