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, Judaism and Jewish Culture in 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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Related:

• Latino-American Creators
• Puerto Rican Media

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: Jaime Reyes, Blue Beetle III, is Mexican-American.
• La Borinqueña (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: The lead character is a teenage Nicaraguan immigrant.
• Finger Guns: The co-lead of the comic is a Latin-American girl.
• Ghost Rider:
  • Ghost Rider (2011) One of the main characters, Alejandra Jones, is half Mexican.
  • All-New Ghost Rider: The main character Robbie Reyes is Mexican-American, and the story revolves around his family and friends, most of which are also Latino.
• Green Lanterns: Co-lead Jessica Cruz is Honduran-Mexican-American.
• Inferno Girl Red
• Invader Zim (Oni): Dib, Zim's main adversary is Mexican-American, along with his family.
• Lady Rawhide
• Love and Rockets (One of two storylines focuses on Latinos in California)
• Primal Warrior Draco Azul: Eric Martinez is Latino and from Los Angeles, while the bulk of the series takes place in Mexico—with the titular mech having been bestowed upon the Maya civilization.
• 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 II, is of African-American and Puerto Rican descent.
  • All-New Ultimates (team book led by Miles Morales)
  • Miles Morales: Spider-Man (2018)
  • Miles Morales: Spider-Man (2022)
  • Spider-Men
  • Spider-Men II
  • Spider-Man (2016)
  • Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man
  • What If...? Miles Morales
• Spider-Man 2099: Protagonist Miguel O'Hara 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, along with America Chavez who is Puerto Rican.
• Spider-Man: Spider-Verse: The protagonist Miles Morales is half-Puerto Rican and half-African-American. His Puerto Rican mother is a supporting character.
  • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse: The sequel brings in Miguel O'Hara, who is of Latino descent.
• Starship Troopers: Invasion
• Vivo: The human protagonist is Latino.

Film — Live-Action

• Aaron Loves Angela
• Afterlife of the Party
• American Me
• Ana
• Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
• La Bamba
• Bandidas
• Basquiat
• The Big Wedding
• 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
• 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
• 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)
• Signature Move
• Sin Nombre
• Someone Great
• Spanglish
• Spy Kids series
  • Spy Kids
  • Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams
  • Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
  • Spy Kids: Armageddon
• 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 Taíno
• Zig Zag (2002)
• Zorro
  • 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.
• Anita de Monte Laughs Last: The titular protagonist is Cuban-American, while the dueling protagonist is Puerto Rican.
• Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe: Both protagonists are Latino.
• Becoming Latina in Ten Easy Steps: Protagonist is Mexican-American.
• 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.
• Erandi's Braids: Published in the US, written in English, but set in Mexico about Mexicans
• 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.
• It's Not About the Accent: Protagonist is one-eighth Cuban, but tries to pass as half. The secondary character is Cuban-American.
• Maya's Notebook: Main character is half-Latina of Chilean ancestry.
• The Moonlit Vine: Protagonist is of Puerto Rican ancestry and learns that she is the descendant of Arawak chief Anacaona (originally from modern-day Haiti).
• More Than You'll Ever Know: Focused on a Mexican-American family living in the border town of Laredo, Texas.
• 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.
• Quinceañera 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.
• Acapulco: Protagonist was born in Mexico and has moved to California.
• 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 García: 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.
• The Expanding Universe of Ashley Garcia
• Fantasy Island (2021): Elena and Javier, both main characters, are Latino. Javier's daughter Helene is later a main character too.
• 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.
• The Last of Us (2023): Adaptation of the video game about characters surviving in a fungi-fueled Zombie Apocalypse; One of the lead characters Joel Miller is re-imagined as Latino-American, with Chilean-American actor Pedro Pascal portraying him. His brother Tommy has also been Race Lifted to Latino, portrayed by Gabriel Luna.
• A League of Their Own (2022): Two of the main cast are Latinas, with their experiences in the US during the 1940s explored.
• Legendary
• Let the Right One In: The protagonists Mark and Eleanor are Latinos.
• The Lincoln Lawyer: Defense lawyer Mickey Haller is half-Mexican on his mother's side.
• Love, Victor: The protagonist and his family are Latino.
• Magnum, P.I. (2018): The protagonist is Latino.
• Matador (2014): 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.
• ¿Qué 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.
• Special Ops: Lioness: One of the two lead characters is a 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: The protagonists are Latinas, along with most of the supporting characters. The show also heavily focuses on Latino culture, while nearly all the characters are Latinos.
• 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
  • 1997 - Around the Fur
  • 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
• Telemundo
• Univision

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

• Dead Rising 3
• Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony: The main player character Luis Fernando Lopez is Dominican-American.
• Just Cause
• Life Is Strange 2
• Shadows of the Damned
• Spider-Man: Miles Morales
  • Marvel's Spider-Man 2: Co-stars Miles Morales.
• Total Overdose
• Zorro (1985)
• Zorro (1995)

Visual Novels

• Gangsters in Love
• Queen of Thieves: Cuban-American main character.
• Sin With Me (Wrath/Esperanza's route)
• Speakeasy Tonight: Sofia's route (Mexican-American love interest).

Web Animation

• Zombie College

Webcomics

• Brimstone and Roses
• Darkest Night
• The Hazards of Love
• Rosebuds: The comic focuses on the three Gonzalez sisters, who are all Latina.

Web Video

• Abuela
• The Angry Joe Show
• Dashie Games
• DashieXP

Western Animation

• Alma's Way
• Ben 10: Ultimate Alien (Victor Validus and his daughter Elena are Latino)
• Bordertown
• The Casagrandes
• Dora and Friends: Into the City!
• Dragon Tales: Enrique, who joins the main cast in season 3, moved to the U.S. from Colombia.
• Evil Con Carne
• Generator Rex
• Glitch Techs (One of the two main protagonists is Latino)
• Handy Manny
• Invader Zim: Dib, Zim's main adversary is Mexican, along with his family.
• Maya & Miguel
• ¡Mucha Lucha!
• Nella the Princess Knight
• Nina's World
• Onyx Equinox
• The Owl House: Protagonist is Afro-Dominican-American.
• El perro y el gato
• Rosie's Rules
• Santiago of the Seas
• Simplemente Rita
• Spirit: Riding Free
• Star vs. the Forces of Evil (One of the two main characters is Hispanic)
• El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera
• Undone
• Victor and Valentino
• Zorro Franchise
  • The New Adventures of Zorro (1981)
  • The New Adventures of Zorro (1997)
  • Zorro: Generation Z (2006)
  • Zorro: The Chronicles (2015-2016)