Top Childhood and teen movies
by kiniadd | created - 26 Feb 2017 | updated - 18 Apr 2022 | PublicThis list contains my favorite movies that I watched growing up on Disney Channel, Disney XD and Nickelodeon.
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1. How to Build a Better Boy (2014 TV Movie)
TV-G | 90 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Teenage tech whizzes unwittingly use military software to program a robotic boyfriend.
Director: Paul Hoen | Stars: China Anne McClain, Kelli Berglund, Marshall Williams, Matt Shively
Votes: 3,711
2. Cloud 9 (2014 TV Movie)
TV-G | 85 min | Drama, Family, Sport
A snowboarder takes lessons from a former champion, inspiring him to reach for the stars once again.
Director: Paul Hoen | Stars: Luke Benward, Dove Cameron, Mike Manning, Kiersey Clemons
Votes: 5,660
3. Girl Vs. Monster (2012 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A teen girl goes on a mission to recapture a dangerous monster that she accidentally released before it can do harm to her parents.
Director: Stuart Gillard | Stars: Olivia Holt, Kerris Dorsey, Brendan Meyer, Katherine McNamara
Votes: 3,715
4. Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009 Video Game)
E | Comedy
The Player plays as Miley Cyrus who goes on country pop tours, the player memorizes dance moves, Miley goes to visit her family on the farm run errands in town, go shopping for clothes and fashion, and play the most difficult 4 mini games.
Stars: Dominic Catrambone, Holly Fields, Dave Fouquette, Crispin Freeman
Votes: 79
5. Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure (2011 Video)
G | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Sharpay Evans travels to New York where she is pursuing a Broadway career but it's her dog who lands an acting gig first.
Director: Michael Lembeck | Stars: Ashley Tisdale, Austin Butler, Cameron Goodman, Bradley Steven Perry
Votes: 7,499
6. Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas! (2011 TV Movie)
TV-G | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Idiocy strikes when a woman and her daughter get separated from their family during the holidays.
Director: Arlene Sanford | Stars: Bridgit Mendler, Leigh-Allyn Baker, Bradley Steven Perry, Mia Talerico
Votes: 7,265
7. Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie (2009 TV Movie)
TV-G | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A young wizard conjures a spell that puts her family in jeopardy.
Director: Lev L. Spiro | Stars: Selena Gomez, David Henrie, Jake T. Austin, Jennifer Stone
Votes: 20,790
8. The Wizards Return: Alex vs. Alex (2013 TV Movie)
TV-G | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
While visiting Tuscany, Italy, a young wizard accidentally creates an evil version of herself.
Director: Victor Gonzalez | Stars: Selena Gomez, Jake T. Austin, Jennifer Stone, Gregg Sulkin
Votes: 7,215
9. My Babysitter's a Vampire (2010)
TV-PG | 80 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A teenager discovers the girl hired to look after his little sister is a vampire.
Director: Bruce McDonald | Stars: Matthew Knight, Vanessa Morgan, Atticus Mitchell, Cameron Kennedy
Votes: 4,190
10. Camp Rock (2008 TV Movie)
TV-G | 94 min | Comedy, Family, Music
At a music camp for gifted teens, a popular teen idol overhears a girl singing and sets out to find who the talented voice belongs to. What he doesn't know is that the girl is actually a camp kitchen worker with a fear of being heard.
Director: Matthew Diamond | Stars: Demi Lovato, Joe Jonas, Meaghan Martin, Maria Canals-Barrera
Votes: 37,254
11. Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam (2010 TV Movie)
TV-G | 97 min | Comedy, Family, Music
Mitchie is back with her friends at Camp Rock, ready to perform music, dance and have a good time. Her "boyfriend" is there as well. A new camp has opened across the lake, creating an atmosphere of competition or feud.
Director: Paul Hoen | Stars: Demi Lovato, Joe Jonas, Nick Jonas, Kevin Jonas
Votes: 20,677
12. Princess Protection Program (2009 TV Movie)
TV-G | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A princess whose country has been invaded goes into hiding in Louisiana, where she has to learn to act like an ordinary teenager.
Director: Allison Liddi-Brown | Stars: Demi Lovato, Selena Gomez, Nicholas Braun, Molly Hagan
Votes: 26,523
13. LOL (2012)
PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
As a new year at school begins, Lola's heart is broken by her boyfriend, though soon she's surprised by her best friend, promising musician Kyle, who reveals his feelings for her.
Director: Lisa Azuelos | Stars: Miley Cyrus, Douglas Booth, Ashley Greene, Demi Moore
Votes: 58,151 | Gross: $0.05M
14. Radio Rebel (2012 TV Movie)
TV-G | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Tara, a painfully shy high-schooler, has a secret: she is also a confident DJ known as Radio Rebel, who lends her voice to others.
Director: Peter Howitt | Stars: Debby Ryan, Sarena Parmar, Adam DiMarco, Atticus Mitchell
Votes: 10,881
15. Lemonade Mouth (2011 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Five high school kids, Olivia, Wendall, Stella, Charlie, and Mo, meet in detention and start a band based on the lemonade vending machine outside the detention room.
Director: Patricia Riggen | Stars: Bridgit Mendler, Adam Hicks, Hayley Kiyoko, Naomi Scott
Votes: 20,428
16. StarStruck (2010 TV Movie)
TV-G | 90 min | Comedy, Family, Music
Jessica Olsen was expecting a normal trip to California with her family to visit her grandma. However, she agrees to join her older sister to find the famous pop star, Christopher Wilde.
Director: Michael Grossman | Stars: Sterling Knight, Danielle Campbell, Maggie Castle, Brandon Mychal Smith
Votes: 17,415
17. Rags (2012 TV Movie)
G | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Two worlds collide when a hard working teen living with his step father named Charlie Prince bumps into superstar Kadee Worth on the street.
Director: Bille Woodruff | Stars: Keke Palmer, Max Schneider, Isaiah Mustafa, Avan Jogia
Votes: 3,057
18. Freaky Friday (2003)
PG | 97 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
An overworked mother and her daughter did not get along. When they switch bodies, each is forced to adapt to the other's life for one freaky Friday.
Director: Mark Waters | Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan, Mark Harmon, Harold Gould
Votes: 152,628 | Gross: $110.23M
19. Avalon High (2010 TV Movie)
TV-G | 90 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
A teenage girl moves to a new high school where she slowly discovers herself involved in the reincarnation of King Arthur.
Director: Stuart Gillard | Stars: Britt Robertson, Gregg Sulkin, Joey Pollari, Devon Graye
Votes: 6,554
20. Cadet Kelly (2002 TV Movie)
TV-G | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A fashion-conscious youngster is horrified when she is forced to move to military school.
Director: Larry Shaw | Stars: Hilary Duff, Christy Carlson Romano, Gary Cole, Shawn Ashmore
Votes: 15,461
21. Descendants (2015 TV Movie)
TV-G | 112 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
The teenage son of the king and queen of Auradon offers the trouble-making children of villains a chance to attend prep school in the kingdom.
Director: Kenny Ortega | Stars: Dove Cameron, Cameron Boyce, Booboo Stewart, Sofia Carson
Votes: 24,985
22. Descendants 2 (2017 TV Movie)
TV-G | 111 min | Action, Adventure, Family
Mal, Evie, Carlos and Jay try to adjust to life in Auradon, but Mal becomes overwhelmed with pressure and returns to her roots.
Director: Kenny Ortega | Stars: Dove Cameron, Cameron Boyce, Sofia Carson, Booboo Stewart
Votes: 14,304
23. Geek Charming (2011 TV Movie)
TV-G | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
To win a school popularity contest, a high school diva permits a film club classmate to record her popular life, but the film starts documenting her decline instead.
Director: Jeffrey Hornaday | Stars: Sarah Hyland, Matt Prokop, Sasha Pieterse, Jordan Nichols
Votes: 13,712
24. The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (2010 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 83 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A Californian family inherits a castle in Romania. This is especially exciting to the son, who is obsessed with monsters. And he is not disappointed.
Director: Eric Bross | Stars: Victoria Justice, Chase Ellison, Anna Galvin, Matt Winston
Votes: 3,849
25. Spectacular! (2009 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy, Family, Musical
A high school choir is fading in popularity, as it continues to lose most of its' members one by one. A wannabe rock singer is convinced to join the choir, in hopes of winning the upcoming competition and cash prize.
Director: Robert Iscove | Stars: Nolan Gerard Funk, Tammin Sursok, Victoria Justice, Simon Curtis
Votes: 2,425
26. High School Musical (2006 TV Movie)
TV-G | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A popular high school athlete and an academically gifted girl get roles in the school musical and develop a friendship that threatens East High's social order.
Director: Kenny Ortega | Stars: Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel
Votes: 96,563
27. High School Musical 2 (2007 TV Movie)
TV-G | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
School's out for summer and the East High Wildcats are ready to make it the time of their lives after landing jobs in a wealthy country club owned by Sharpay and Ryan's family.
Director: Kenny Ortega | Stars: Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel
Votes: 66,148
28. High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008)
G | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
As seniors in high school, Troy and Gabriella struggle with the idea of being separated from one another as college approaches. Along with the rest of the Wildcats, they stage a spring musical to address their experiences, hopes and fears about their future.
Director: Kenny Ortega | Stars: Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel
Votes: 67,555 | Gross: $90.56M
29. Twitches (2005 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 86 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Twin witches who were separated at birth and were adopted by two different families meet on their 21st birthday and must use their powers to save the world in which they were born, where their birth mother still lives.
Director: Stuart Gillard | Stars: Tia Mowry, Tamera Mowry-Housley, Kristen Wilson, Patrick Fabian
Votes: 9,591
30. Twitches Too (2007 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 83 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
After using their powers to battle the forces of darkness, the sisters settle down to lead normal lives. However, the discovery that their biological father may not be dead, but residing in New York, causes confusion for the pair.
Director: Stuart Gillard | Stars: Tia Mowry, Tamera Mowry-Housley, Kristen Wilson, Patrick Fabian
Votes: 5,769
31. The Cheetah Girls (2003 TV Movie)
TV-G | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Four teens aim to take the world by storm with their music.
Director: Oz Scott | Stars: Raven-Symoné, Adrienne Houghton, Kiely Williams, Sabrina Bryan
Votes: 8,856
32. The Cheetah Girls 2 (2005 TV Movie)
TV-G | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
The girl group return for more adventures, this time traveling to Spain to take part in a music festival.
Director: Kenny Ortega | Stars: Raven-Symoné, Adrienne Houghton, Sabrina Bryan, Kiely Williams
Votes: 6,950
33. The Cheetah Girls: One World (2008 TV Movie)
TV-G | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
The girl group travel to India to star in a Bollywood movie - but end up competing for the same part.
Director: Paul Hoen | Stars: Adrienne Houghton, Sabrina Bryan, Kiely Williams, Roshan Seth
Votes: 4,841
34. Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior (2006 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A Californian teenager learns that she is the reincarnation of a legendary female warrior destined to protect the world.
Director: John Laing | Stars: Brenda Song, Shin Koyamada, Susan Chuang, Justin Chon
Votes: 7,444
35. Jump in! (2007 TV Movie)
TV-G | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A teenager is pressured by his father to become a boxer - but a local girl introduces him to the very different sport of rope-jumping.
Director: Paul Hoen | Stars: Corbin Bleu, Keke Palmer, David Reivers, Shanica Knowles
Votes: 8,496
36. Motocrossed (2001 TV Movie)
TV-G | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Family
A young girl secretly poses as her twin brother to win the big motocross race for him after he breaks his leg.
Director: Steve Boyum | Stars: Alana Austin, Trever O'Brien, Riley Smith, Mary-Margaret Humes
Votes: 5,566
37. Let It Shine (2012 TV Movie)
TV-G | 104 min | Drama, Family, Music
A teenage rapper must use his musical talent to battle his nemesis and win the girl of his dreams.
Director: Paul Hoen | Stars: Tyler James Williams, Coco Jones, Trevor Jackson, Toni Winzy-Cutno
Votes: 4,534
38. Dadnapped (2008 TV Movie)
TV-G | 84 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Melissa has a bad case of sibling rivalry, only her competition is a fictional character in her father's best-selling novel about a teenage super spy. When her father is "dadnapped" by a ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Hoen | Stars: Emily Osment, David Henrie, Jason Earles, Jonathan Keltz
Votes: 3,293
39. Minutemen (2008 TV Movie)
TV-G | 98 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A comedy/sci-fi/adventure about three high school kids who invent a 10 minute time machine to spare others just like them from the humiliation they've endured.
Director: Lev L. Spiro | Stars: Jason Dolley, Luke Benward, Nicholas Braun, Chelsea Kane
Votes: 6,597
40. Go Figure (2005 TV Movie)
TV-G | 88 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
A teenager dreams of becoming a champion ice-skater, and soon discovers a top Russian instructor is working at a nearby private school.
Director: Francine McDougall | Stars: Jordan Danger, Whitney Sloan, Cristine Rose, Ryan Malgarini
Votes: 4,030
41. Descendants 3 (2019 TV Movie)
TV-G | 106 min | Adventure, Family, Musical
The teenagers of Disney's most infamous villains return to the Isle of the Lost to recruit a new batch of villainous offspring to join them at Auradon Prep.
Director: Kenny Ortega | Stars: Dove Cameron, Cameron Boyce, Sofia Carson, Booboo Stewart
Votes: 10,706
42. Ice Princess (2005)
G | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
With the help of her coach, her mom, and the boy who drives the Zamboni machine, nothing can stop Casey (Trachtenberg) from realizing her dream to be a champion figure skater.
Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Michelle Trachtenberg, Kim Cattrall, Trevor Blumas, Joan Cusack
Votes: 28,925 | Gross: $24.38M
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