Latino-American Media

"My mom is Dominican-Cuban
My dad is from Chile and P.R. which means
I'm Chile-Domini-Curican
But I always say I'm from Queens!"

— Carla, In the Heights

Media with a prominent focus on citizens of the USA who have background/ancestry from Mexico, the Spanish and French speaking Caribbean countries, and Central and South America. For a work to qualify, it must have a Latino/Latina character as the protagonist or at least a central member of the cast (as in the story centers around them in some part), as opposed to just playing a part in an ensemble. These works may or may not be about Latino heritage, culture or the various racial identities associated with such.

Compare and contrast with African-American Media, Arab-Americans in Media, Asian-American Media, Native American and First Nations Media, and Pacific Islanders in Media. Also see Latino-American Creators for a list of Latino-American content creators and performers.

Note that the page is not named Latin American Media, to focus on American Latino characters and to distinguish it from works made in Latin America. For media made in the independent nations of Latin America, see Argentine Media, Brazilian Media, Chilean Media, Colombian Media, Cuban Media, Mexican Media, Peruvian Media, Venezuelan Media, and Uruguayan Media.

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Anime

Kaiketsu Zorro
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners: The series focuses on young David Martinez, a Dominican-American trying to survive life in Night City.

Audio Plays

Cheech and Chong
- 1973 - Los Cochinos

Comic Books

America (2017)
Blackbird (2018)
Blue Beetle (Mexican-American character (Blue Beetle III))
La Borinque�a (Puerto Rican character)
The Dead Lucky: A comic book set in Image Comics' Massive-Verse which stars Mexican-Chinese American Bibiana "Bibi" Lopez-Yang, an Afghanistan War vet battling PTSD and dealing with her new electric superpowers while defending her hometown of San Franciso.
Deadly Class (Nicaraguan immigrant lead character)
Finger Guns (Latina main character)
All-New Ghost Rider (Mexican-American main character)
Green Lanterns (One of two protagonists is Honduran-Mexican-American)
Inferno Girl Red
Invader Zim (Oni): Dib, Zim's main adversary is Mexican, along with his family.
Lady Rawhide
Love and Rockets (One of two storylines focuses on Latinos in California)
Puerto Rico Strong: The cast is Puerto Rican.
Radiant Pink: A spin-off of Radiant Black and part of the Massive-Verse which stars Eva, a queer young Latina girl who balances life as a superhero and video game streamer.
Spider-Man (Miles Morales)
Spider-Man 2099 (Protagonist is of Irish and Mexican descent in a future America)

Comic Strips

Baldo

Film — Animated

The Condor: Protagonist is Latino.
Marvel Rising: Playing with Fire: Inferno (Dante Pertuz) is Latino.
Spider-Man: Spider-Verse: Protagonist is half-Puerto Rican.
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Vivo: The human protagonist is Latino.

Film — Live-Action

Aaron Loves Angela
Afterlife of the Party
American Me
Ana
La Bamba
Bandidas
Ben 10: Alien Swarm (The primary antagonist Victor Validus and his daughter Elena are Latino)
Blood In Blood Out
Blue Beetle
Born in East L.A.
Boulevard Nights
Carlito's Way
Cassanova Was A Woman
Cheech and Chong
- Up in Smoke
- Cheech and Chong's Next Movie
- Nice Dreams
- Still Smokin
- Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers
- After Hours
Chicana
CHIPs
Chop Shop
Christmas...Again?!
Cinderella (2021)
Colombiana
Crazy/Beautiful
The Curse of La Llorona
A Day Without a Mexican
Do Revenge
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness: America Chavez, a young Latina girl is the deuteragonist of the film.
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
The Fallout
Father of the Bride (2022)
Filly Brown
Freshman Year
Girlfight
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
Hitch
Hustlers
I Am Joaquin
Icebox
In the Heights: The main character is Dominican-American,and there are Puerto Rican, Cuban, and Mexican supporting characters, set in a predominantly-Latino neighborhood.
Instant Family
Knives Out (The deuteragonist is a Latina woman)
Knockout
Lowriders
Lycan
Machete
- Machete Kills
The Mambo Kings
Marry Me (2022)
Maid in Manhattan
McFarland, USA
Mexican Werewolf In Texas
Mi Vida Loca
The Milagro Beanfield War
Monster-in-Law
A New York Christmas Wedding
El Norte
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
Paris Is Burning
The Perez Family
The Pest
The Princess And The Barrio Boy
Quinceanera
Raising Victor Vargas
Real Women Have Curves
The Rum Diary
Salt of the Earth
Scarface (1983)
Scream (2022): The franchise from this point is now led by Sam and Tara, two Latina characters (both actresses are of Mexican descent)
- Scream VI
Selena
Shotgun Wedding (2023)
Sin Nombre
Someone Great
Spanglish
Spy Kids
- Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams
- Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Stand and Deliver
Stand Clear of the Closing Doors
Terminator: Dark Fate
Vampires vs. the Bronx
West Side Story (1961)
West Side Story (2021)
Women Is Losers
Yo Soy Ta�no
Zig Zag (2002)
Zorro Franchise
- The Mark of Zorro (1920)
- The Bold Caballero
- The Mark of Zorro (1940)
- Zorro
- Zorro, the Gay Blade
- The Mask of Zorro
- The Legend of Zorro

Folklore

Juan Bobo

Literature

American Girls: Josefina: Protagonist is Mexican-American.
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe: Both protagonists are Latino.
Before Night Falls: Autobiography of a Cuban refugee.
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao: Protagonist is Dominican-American.
Cemetery Boys: Cast of Latin-Americans in Los Angeles.
China Mountain Zhang: Protagonist is half-Puerto Rican.
The Dirty Girls Social Club: All six main protagonists are multiracial Latinas.
Esperanza Rising: Protagonist is a Mexican girl who migrates to the US.
Flight of the Swan: Action takes place in 1917 Puerto Rico, with several major characters being Puerto Rican.
The Hearts We Sold: Protagonist is half-Latina.
The House on Mango Street: Protagonist is Mexican-American.
I Am J: Protagonist is Puerto Rican-Jewish.
Maya's Notebook: Main character is half-Latina of Chilean ancestry.
The Most Beautiful: Memoir by a Puerto Rican woman.
Olga Dies Dreaming: Protagonists are two Nuyorican siblings from Brooklyn.
Pilar Ramirez and the Escape from Zafa: Dominican-American protagonist.
Quincea�era Means Sweet 15: Both protagonists are Latina.
The Making Of Yolanda La Bruja: Protagonist is Dominican-American
The Rainbow Trilogy: One of three protagonists is Latino.
Santa Olivia: The protagonists and most of the characters in general are Latino.
Tell Me How You Really Feel: One of the two protagonists is Mexican-American.
Yaqui Delgado Wants To Kick Your Ass: Protagonist is Cuban/Dominican-American.

Live-Action TV

Abby's: Protagonist is Cuban-American.
All Rise: One of the main characters is Emily, a Latina, whose life and past are explored. Sara, another main character, is also half Latina.
Betty en NY: Protagonist is Mexican-American.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Two members of the Ensemble Cast are Latina.
The Brothers Garc�a: Focuses on a Latino family.
Cane: Focuses on a Cuban-American family running a rum and sugarcane business.
Caso Cerrado: "Stars" a Cuban-American lawyer.
La Catrina: Protagonist is Mexican-American.
Charmed (2018): The protagonists are race lifted to have a Latina mother.
Chico and the Man: One of two protagonists is Mexican-American.
CHIPs: One of two main cops is Latino.
Cobra Kai: While Miguel Diaz is the overall deuteragonist to Johnny Lawrence and Daniel LaRusso's Rotating Protagonist, he is clearly the primary next generation character.
Cristela: Protagonist is Mexican-American.
Devious Maids: The cast is predominantly Latina.
Diary of a Future President: Protagonist is Cuban-American.
Emerald City: Protagonist is Latina.
Every Witch Way: Cast is predominantly Latino.
Fantasy Island (2021): Elena and Javier, both main characters, are Latino.
The Fosters: Partly focuses on the integration of two Latino twins into a multiethnic family.
Freddie: Focuses on a Latino chef living with his sister, niece, sister-in-law, and grandmother.
From Dusk Till Dawn: Protagonists are Latino.
Gabby Duran & the Unsittables: Protagonist is Venezuelan American.
Gang Related: Protagonist is Mexican-American.
The George Lopez Show: Focuses on a Latino family.
Gentefied: Protagonists are a Mexican-American family and supporting cast is Latino.
Gordita Chronicles revolves around a family from the Dominican Republic who has just moved to Miami.
Hightown: The lead character is Dominican-American, with multiple supporting characters being Latino too.
I Love Lucy: One of two leads is Cuban-American.
Jane the Virgin: The heroine is of Venezuelan and Mexican descent; supporting cast is predominantly Latino.
Julie and the Phantoms: Protagonist is Puerto Rican.
Keep Breathing: The lead character, Liv, is a Latina, and her parents are characters too.
L.A.'s Finest: One of the two lead characters is a Latina.
Legendary
Let the Right One In: The protagonists Mark and Eleanor are Latinos.
Love, Victor: The protagonist and his family are Latino.
Magnum, P.I. (2018): The protagonist is Latino.
Matador: The protagonist is Latino.
Mayans M.C.: Characters are predominantly Latino.
Miami Vice: One of two protagonists is Latino.
Mind of Mencia: Hosted by a Honduran-American man.
Miracle's Boys: The main characters are Afro-Latino (Puerto Rican).
Modern Family: One of three main families is a mixed Colombian family.
Modern Love:
- "How Do You Remember Me?"
Mozart in the Jungle: Protagonist is Latino.
Mr. Iglesias: Sitcom starring the Mexican-American Gabriel Iglesias.
National Treasure: Edge of History: The main character is a member of the Dreamer program.
On My Block: Most protagonists are Latino.
One Day at a Time (2017): Focuses on a Cuban-American family.
Part of Me: Protagonist is Mexican-American.
Party of Five (2020): Focuses on Mexican-American siblings
A Passion for Revenge
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels: Protagonist is Mexican-American.
Pose: Three of the main characters are Afro-Latina, focuses on the ballroom scene of New York City that is mostly Black and Latino.
�Qu� Pasa, U.S.A.?: Focuses on a Cuban-American family.
Queen of the South: Focuses on a Mexican woman who escapes a cartel to the US.
Roswell, New Mexico: Protagonist is Latina.
Saludos
Selena: The Series
Shades of Blue: Protagonist is Latina.
Stuck in the Middle: Focuses on a Latina family.
Superstore: The lead of the Ensemble Cast is Latina.
Switched at Birth: One of two focal protagonists (and families) is Latino.
Taina: Focuses on Taina, a Latina girl at a performing arts high school and her Latino family.
Talia in the Kitchen: Protagonist is Latina.
Teen Wolf (Latino-American main character)
Telenovela (2016): Protagonist is Latina, and cast is predominantly Latino.
Two Sentence Horror Stories:
- "Hide"
- "El Muerto"
- "Homecoming"
Ultra Violet & Black Scorpion: Protagonist is Latina.
Ugly Betty: Protagonist is Mexican-American.
Victorious: Protagonist is half Puerto Rican, as is her sister who is a supporting character.
Vida: Protagonists are Latino, along with most of the supporting characters. The show also heavily focuses on Latino culture.
Wednesday: The Addams Family is emphasized as being Latino-American.
What Would You Do?: Hosted by a Mexican-American man.
Wizards of Waverly Place: Focuses on a mixed Mexican and Italian family.
Zorro (1957)
Zorro (1990)

Music

Christina Aguilera
- 2002 - Stripped
At the Drive-In
- 2000 - Relationship of Command
Rebecca Black
- "Friday"
Camila Cabello
- "Havana"
Body Count
- 1992 - Body Count
Cypress Hill
- 1993 - Black Sunday (album)
Deftones
- 2000 - White Pony
Melanie Martinez
- 2016 - Cry-Baby
Tito Puente
- 1958 - Dance Mania Vol 1
Santana
- 1970 - Abraxas
- 2002 - Shaman

Television Networks

El Rey Network

Theatre

21 Chump Street: Protagonist and his community is Latino.
In the Heights: Focuses on a Latino community.
West Side Story: One of two focal groups of characters is Puerto Rican, including the heroine.

Video Games