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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: 24,514
2. 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: 34,022 | Gross: $4.50M
3. 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: 40,908 | Gross: $44.36M
4. 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: 29,821 | Gross: $46.62M
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: 64,464 | Gross: $27.90M
6. 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: 55,612
7. 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: 22,334 | Gross: $13.99M
8. 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: 32,337 | Gross: $13.27M
9. 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: 8,130 | Gross: $33.98M
10. 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
11. 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: 1,695
12. 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: 2,410 | Gross: $3.27M
13. 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: 6,567 | Gross: $17.36M
14. 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: 8,035 | Gross: $14.75M
15. 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
16. 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: 3,709 | Gross: $21.13M
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: 7,630
18. 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
19. 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
20. 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
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. 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
23. 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: 1,279
24. 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
25. 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
26. 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
27. ...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
28. 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
29. 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
30. 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
31. 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
32. 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
33. 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
34. 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
35. 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
36. 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
37. 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, Elizabeth Covarrubias, Aiden Hernandez
38. 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
39. 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
40. Me llamaban King Tiger (2017)
Documentary
In June of 1967, the court of Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico, was assaulted by armed men under the command of Chicano leader Reies López Tijerina.
Director: Ángel Estrada Soto | Star: Reies Lopez Tijerina
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. 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
43. Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Mission (1994 TV Movie)
56 min | Documentary
The story of San Francisco's oldest neighborhood, from Native American village, to Spanish Mission, to Gold Rush boomtown, to the dynamic changes of the 1990's. The documentary follows the ... See full summary »
Star: Isabel Allende
44. 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
45. 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
46. 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
47. One Story (2013)
85 min | Drama
Third-generation Mexican teenagers Angie and Josh Navarro from Laguna Beach's upper class estates, are forced to move into their grandparent's house in the barrio. It is there they will ... See full summary »
Director: Clint Nitkiewicz Hernandez | Stars: Jessie Nickson, Tadie Acosta, Manny Alvarez Jr., Martin J. Ayala
49. Run, Tecato, Run (1979)
86 min | Drama
Based on true incidents, Run, Tecato, Run depicts a junkie's efforts to get off heroin in order to reclaim and raise his daughter. Produced for $60,000, the film explores the connections ... See full summary »
Director: Efrain Gutierrez | Stars: Efrain Gutierrez, Arturo Castillo, Josie Gutierrez
50. 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