Year: 2006
Tagline: "This school rocks like no other!"
Reasons they need to see it: This is as romantic comedy as Disney has ever gotten — and that's a reach. But who doesn't love a good musical? Troy is a star on the basketball court, where his father/coach expects everything form him, but even though he loves basketball, he wants to sing in the school musical as well. He feels like he can't tell his dad, because he won't be accepted, so he spends the whole movie trying to do it all and hide who he is, which is obviously no way to live but something many tweens and teens could be faced with. Sure, it's cheesy as anything, but its message — which is basically "do you" — is awesome and empowering.
