Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "chicano"

1. Mayans M.C. (2018–2023)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Set in a post-Jax Teller world, "Mayans MC" sees EZ Reyes, a former golden boy now fresh out of prison, as a prospect in the Mayan MC charter on the California-Mexico border who must carve out his new outlaw identity.

Stars: JD Pardo, Clayton Cardenas, Sarah Bolger, Michael Irby

Votes: 24,517

2. Up in Smoke (1978)

R | 86 min | Comedy, Music

Two stoners unknowingly smuggle a van - made entirely of marijuana - from Mexico to L.A., with incompetent Sgt. Stedenko on their trail.

Directors: Lou Adler, Tommy Chong | Stars: Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Strother Martin, Edie Adams

Votes: 40,913 | Gross: $44.36M

3. Bound by Honor (1993)

R | 180 min | Crime, Drama

Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on step-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo.

Director: Taylor Hackford | Stars: Damian Chapa, Jesse Borrego, Benjamin Bratt, Enrique Castillo

Votes: 34,028 | Gross: $4.50M

4. Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)

R | 91 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A Highway Patrol Officer, two criminals and a station secretary defend a defunct Los Angeles precinct office against a siege by a bloodthirsty street gang.

Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston, Laurie Zimmer, Martin West

Votes: 55,628

5. Menace II Society (1993)

R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.

Directors: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes | Stars: Tyrin Turner, Larenz Tate, June Kyoto Lu, Toshi Toda

Votes: 64,475 | Gross: $27.90M

6. Colors (1988)

R | 120 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An experienced cop and his rookie partner patrol the streets of East Los Angeles while trying to keep the gang violence under control.

Director: Dennis Hopper | Stars: Sean Penn, Robert Duvall, Maria Conchita Alonso, Randy Brooks

Votes: 29,825 | Gross: $46.62M

7. Nice Dreams (1981)

R | 88 min | Comedy, Crime

Disguised as ice cream vendors, Cheech and Chong make--and subsequently lose--millions of dollars selling a batch of marijuana with an unusual side effect.

Director: Tommy Chong | Stars: Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Benita Barrie, Sandra Bernhard

Votes: 8,131 | Gross: $33.98M

8. Cheech and Chong's Next Movie (1980)

R | 99 min | Comedy, Crime

Cheech and Chong live in a decrepit old house and drive their neighbour crazy with their loud music, weed smoking and general anarchy and slacker view on life. Then Chong meets Cheech's Texan cousin Red and things kick up a notch.

Director: Tommy Chong | Stars: Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Evelyn Guerrero, Betty Kennedy

Votes: 14,965 | Gross: $41.68M

9. Stand and Deliver (1988)

PG | 103 min | Biography, Drama

The story of Jaime Escalante, a high school teacher who successfully inspired his dropout-prone students to learn calculus.

Director: Ramón Menéndez | Stars: Edward James Olmos, Estelle Harris, Mark Phelan, Virginia Paris

Votes: 22,338 | Gross: $13.99M

10. Lone Star (1996)

R | 135 min | Drama, Mystery, Western

When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.

Director: John Sayles | Stars: Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Peña, Stephen Mendillo, Stephen J. Lang

Votes: 32,346 | Gross: $13.27M

11. Born in East L.A. (1987)

R | 85 min | Comedy

When an L.A. born American citizen is mistaken for a Mexican illegal alien and deported to Mexico, he has to do everything he can to get across the border.

Director: Cheech Marin | Stars: Cheech Marin, Daniel Stern, Paul Rodriguez, Kamala Lopez

Votes: 6,568 | Gross: $17.36M

12. The Casagrandes (2019–2022)

TV-Y7 | 22 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

Spin-off of "The Loud House (2014)" featuring Ronnie Anne Santiago, who moves to the big city with her mother and older brother Bobby and meets her extended Hispanic family.

Stars: Carlos Alazraqui, Izabella Alvarez, Alex Cazares, Ruben Garfias

Votes: 1,696

13. Things Are Tough All Over (1982)

R | 90 min | Action, Comedy

Cheech and Chong are hired to drive a limo from Chicago to Las Vegas by two shady Arabs--Mr. Slyman (Cheech) and Prince Habib (Chong). Unbeknownst to them, five million dollars of dirty money has been stuffed throughout the car.

Director: Thomas K. Avildsen | Stars: Toni Attell, Mike Bacarella, Billy Beck, Don Bovingloh

Votes: 3,710 | Gross: $21.13M

14. Mi vida loca (1993)

R | 92 min | Crime, Drama

Mousie and Sad Girl are childhood best friends in a contemporary Los Angeles poor Hispanic neighborhood. But when Sad Girl becomes pregnant by Mousie's boyfriend, a drug dealer named ... See full summary »

Director: Allison Anders | Stars: Angel Aviles, Seidy Lopez, Jacob Vargas, Devine

Votes: 2,411 | Gross: $3.27M

15. Still Smokin (1983)

R | 91 min | Comedy, Music

Cheech and Chong fly to the marijuana capital of the world, Amsterdam, for a film festival where they take Dolly Parton and Burt Reynolds' place in a limo, suite, press conference and performance. They throw in some sketches as well.

Director: Tommy Chong | Stars: Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Hans Man in 't Veld, Carol van Herwijnen

Votes: 8,036 | Gross: $14.75M

16. A Better Life (2011)

PG-13 | 98 min | Drama, Romance

A gardener in East L.A. struggles to keep his son away from gangs and immigration agents while trying to give his son the opportunities he never had.

Director: Chris Weitz | Stars: Demián Bichir, José Julián, Eddie 'Piolin' Sotelo, Joaquín Cosio

Votes: 16,537 | Gross: $1.76M

17. Punishment Park (1971)

R | 91 min | Drama, Thriller

"Punishment Park" is a pseudo-documentary purporting to be a film crews's news coverage of the team of soldiers escorting a group of hippies, draft dodgers, and anti-establishment types ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Watkins | Stars: Patrick Boland, Kent Foreman, Carmen Argenziano, Luke Johnson

Votes: 7,633

18. Zoot Suit (1981)

R | 103 min | Drama, Musical

When barrio leader Henry Reyna and his friends are unjustly convicted on circumstantial evidence, activist lawyers Alice Bloomfield and George Shearer fight the blatant racially motivated miscarriage of justice to win them their freedom.

Director: Luis Valdez | Stars: Daniel Valdez, Edward James Olmos, Charles Aidman, Tyne Daly

Votes: 1,343 | Gross: $3.26M

19. La Mission (2009)

R | 117 min | Drama

A single-parent ex-con in a tough minority neighborhood finds his personal values challenged when he discovers his son is gay.

Director: Peter Bratt | Stars: Benjamin Bratt, Alex Hernandez, Christopher Borgzinner, Jeremy Ray Valdez

Votes: 1,989 | Gross: $1.04M

20. Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo (2019)

Not Rated | 107 min | Documentary, Biography

Having spent much of his early life in prison, actor Danny Trejo discusses his career and how he has overcome a life of crime and addiction.

Director: Brett Harvey | Stars: Cheech Marin, Craig Balkam, Danielle Trejo, Danny Trejo

Votes: 1,282

21. Heartbreaker (1983)

R | 90 min | Romance, Drama

Beto the leader of the car club "the golden knights" falls in love with Kim, but Hector also have an interest in Kim.

Director: Frank Zuniga | Stars: Fernando Allende, Dawn Dunlap, Peter Gonzales Falcon, Miguel Ferrer

Votes: 124

22. Walkout (2006 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 110 min | Drama

A teacher becomes a mentor to Chicano high-school students protesting injustices in schools in 1968.

Director: Edward James Olmos | Stars: Alexa PenaVega, Michael Peña, Yancey Arias, Laura Harring

Votes: 1,574

23. Duke of Earl (1979 TV Special)

82 min | Crime, Drama

Violence erupts when two vicious street gangs go to war in the inner city. Duke, the gang leader of Tokers Town, is feeling the pressure from his Barrio to go to war with their rival gang ... See full summary »

Director: Paul A. Fabian | Stars: Victor Barrera, Vince Molina, Robert Maes, Kenny Vidal

24. Follow Me Home (1996)

Unrated | 100 min | Drama

Three muralists (one Chicano, one Black, one American Indian) and the socially-maladjusted cousin of the Chicano muralist set off on a road trip with the intent of painting their images on ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Bratt | Stars: Alfre Woodard, Jesse Borrego, Salma Hayek, Calvin Levels

Votes: 232

25. The Last Best Sunday (1999)

Not Rated | 103 min | Drama

A Hispanic teenager hides out from the law in the home of a good-natured, but rebellious, Caucasian teenage girl after killing two rednecks who beat him up and left him for dead, leading to a collision of cultures between the two youths.

Director: Don Most | Stars: Douglas Spain, Angela Bettis, William Lucking, Kim Darby

Votes: 287

26. Vicious Circle (2009)

Drama

An artist and skater with a heart of gold, R.J. (Paul Rodriguez Jr) dreams of moving to New York City to pursue his dream of creating comic books. Soon, RJ meets Angel (Emily Rios), a ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Boyd | Stars: Paul Rodriguez, Emily Rios, Trevor Wright, Robert Zepeda

Votes: 85

27. Cinco De Mayo (2013)

Unrated | 71 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror

After being unjustly fired, harassed by his students and labeled a potential menace to society, El Maestro sets out to teach everyone one final lesson.

Director: Paul Ragsdale | Stars: Anthony Iava To'omata, Lindsay Amaral, Spencer Reza, Steven Pettit Jr

Votes: 93

28. Espaldas mojadas (1955)

TV-14 | 116 min | Crime, Drama

Mexican worker Rafael Améndola runs from the police and cross the Mexican-American border, helped by Frank Mendoza, a partner of an American called Mr. Sterling, who gives work to illegal ... See full summary »

Director: Alejandro Galindo | Stars: David Silva, Víctor Parra, Martha Valdés, Óscar Pulido

Votes: 88

29. The Squad: Rise of the Chicano Squad (2022)

Action

In 1979 Houston TX. was a Boom town fantasy city, but also the Murder capital of America. Colombian Cocaine Cowboys made Houston TX a murder land. Five Mexican American detectives where ... See full summary »

Director: Juan C.vazquez | Stars: Juan C.vazquez, Robert LaSardo, Tyler Gallant, Mike Gassaway

Votes: 6

30. ...and the Earth Did Not Swallow Him (1994)

99 min | Drama

Marcos is a lad in Texas, the second son of a migrant farmworker family, his brother is missing in the Korean war. We travel with the family into Minnesota, following the crops. The housing... See full summary »

Director: Severo Perez | Stars: Jose Alcala, Rose Portillo, Art Bonilla, Marco Rodríguez

Votes: 165

31. 3 Flowers

Crime, Drama | Filming

A Mexican-American story that explores the legacy of one gang through the roots of a grandfather, son, and grandson surviving the 40's, 70's, and 90's in East Los Angeles.

Director: Christopher Baiza | Stars: Alejandro Morales, Israel López Reyes, David Blak, Moises Rodriguez

32. Chicano! History of the Mexican-American Civil Rights Movement (1996 TV Movie)

Documentary

Land, labor, educational reform, and political empowerment are the four themes of this documentary regarding the Mexican American civil rights movement from 1965 to 1975.

Stars: Cesar Chavez, Henry Cisneros

Votes: 21

33. Requiem-29 (1970)

31 min | Documentary, Short, History

Presents footage of the August 29, 1970 Chicano Moratorium Against the War in Vietnam, including the brutal police response, and later funeral and inquest into the death of the journalist Ruben Salazar.

Director: David Garcia | Stars: Norman Pittluck, Raul Ruiz

Votes: 34

34. The Streets of L.A. (1979 TV Movie)

94 min | Drama

The true story of an Anglo woman's venture into the Mexican-American barrio to seek restitution from vandals who slashed her tires.

Director: Jerrold Freedman | Stars: Joanne Woodward, Robert Webber, Michael C. Gwynne, Audrey Christie

Votes: 37

35. Felipe Esparza: Translate This (2017 TV Special)

TV-MA | 66 min | Comedy

Comedian Felipe Esparza in his second 1-hour special - this time on HBO. This time, Felipe's material gets more personal and focuses on his experience growing up as an immigrant in the ... See full summary »

Director: Claude Shires | Star: Felipe Esparza

Votes: 121

36. El derecho de Jesús - The Right of Jesús (2008)

Not Rated | 91 min | Drama

"el derecho de jesús / the right of jesús" is a character driven drama in which Jesús, a Mexican-American college student tries to overcome contemporary family issues and unstable love ... See full summary »

Director: Jesús Galindo | Stars: Antonio Rufino, Guadalupe Alarcon, William Colvin, Marcus DeAnda

Votes: 22

37. Please, Don't Bury Me Alive! (1976)

81 min | Crime, Drama

This independent film, a slice-of-barrio- life that was shot and exhibited in South Texas. It is a compelling film about the dilemmas facing a young Chicano in the spring of 1972 amid the Chicano Movement.

Director: Efrain Gutierrez | Stars: Efrain Gutierrez, Jose Armando, Margarita Armando de Hoyas, Diana Doss

Votes: 33 | Gross: $0.30M

38. Aguanta

Drama | Completed

A year in the life of Israel, a high-school senior who's life becomes unbearable after his father is deported, all while trying to restore his faith.

Director: Felipe Martinez | Stars: Keyla Monterroso Mejia, Juan Felipe Restrepo, Felix Hernandez, Elizabeth Covarrubias

39. Los Lonely Boys: Cottonfields and Crossroads (2006)

PG | 90 min | Documentary, Music

After a childhood of playing cantinas and honky tonks from Texas to Tennessee, this band of brothers 'Los Lonely Boys' from San Angelo Texas rocked their way to the top of the American ... See full summary »

Director: Hector Galan | Stars: Los Lonely Boys, Joseph T. Campos

Votes: 45

40. El Marijuano (2021)

18 min | Short

A queer Chicano pothead (Juan) decides to leave his gentrifying neighborhood in South Los Angeles but not before seeing his best friend (Billy) one night for one last hurrah. On his last ... See full summary »

Director: Andrew Cervantes | Stars: Daniel Marquez, Alejandro Valtierra

41. El jardín del Edén (1994)

104 min | Drama

Looking for a better destiny for their lives, a group of people arrives to Tijuana, in the Mexico-USA borderline. A widow and her children, a chicano woman without a firm identity, a "... See full summary »

Director: María Novaro | Stars: Renée Coleman, Bruno Bichir, Gabriela Roel, Xavier Bautista

Votes: 91

42. The Roadium Mixtape Documixery

Not Rated | 177 min | Documentary | Completed

In 1984, Dr. Dre of the World Class Wreckin' Cru created bootleg mixtapes for a Japanese-American man named Steve Yano that sold them at his booth at the Roadium Swap Meet in Gardena, ... See full summary »

Director: Tony A. | Stars: Warren G, Mister Cartoon, Violet Brown, Sir Jinx

43. The Unique Ladies (2013)

30 min | Documentary, Short, Comedy

Outrightly denied club membership on the basis of gender, Sherry and Pat founded and maintain San Diego's first all-women's lowrider car club. The competition is fierce, and the ladies hold... See full summary »

Director: Gloria Morán

44. Through the Valley (I) (2008)

89 min | Drama

An innocent man framed for murder, and the system that just wants another minority conviction.

Director: Juan C.vazquez | Stars: Pablo Bracho, Punkin Michels, Angela D. Smith, Samantha Esteban

Votes: 75

45. Below the Fold (2007)

20 min | Short

This documentary tells the little known story of how, in 1984, a group of young journalists battled institutional prejudice to forever change the newspaper industry becoming the first ... See full summary »

Director: Roberto Gudino

46. Ranchero (I) (2008)

Not Rated | 95 min | Crime, Drama

A former ranch hand (Roger Gutierrez) confronts the realities of drug addiction and runs afoul of a local gangster after he moves to Los Angeles.

Director: Richard Kaponas | Stars: Roger Gutierrez, Brian Eric Johnson, Christina Woods, Danny Trejo

Votes: 151

47. Come and Take It Day (2001)

60 min | Action, Drama, History

"Come and Take it Day" uses Texas history to tell a story of friendship, envy, betrayal, and greed. The fictional story centers around the hunt for the lost treasure in gold coins that had ... See full summary »

Director: Jim Mendiola | Stars: Jesse Borrego, Myrna Cabello, Jesse De Luna, Rick Delgado

Votes: 51

48. The Initiation (2019)

Short, Drama

In an abandoned place where violence rules, only graffiti walls show compassion.

Director: Amir Youssef | Stars: Christopher Batres, Carlos Diego Mendoza, Asiana Weddington, Pancho Lopez Jr.

49. On My Skin (2006)

8 min | Short

Exploring the reflections a mixed-race transgender man had as he traveled to his ancestral homeland, Mexico.

Director: Amy Andre | Star: Logan Gutierrez-Mock

50. Amor chicano es para siempre (1977)

101 min | Drama

A young Chicano couple struggles to balance work, college and marriage, pitting the husband's machismo and self-sacrifice against the wife's desire for agency and companionship.

Director: Efrain Gutierrez | Stars: Henry Balderrama, Jimmy Deliganis, Josefina Faz, Sylvia Garcia

Votes: 8