In honor of Movember, one of our streaming articles featured films, mini-series, and television series starring men with mustaches. It was fun, and in that spirit, we decided a sequel was in order.
We all have our favorite actors with mustaches, and thanks to the many streaming services that are now creating original content, we have even more places to find them.
Will you be growing a mustache this month? Maybe there should be a documentary or feature film about Movember, and how its creation has helped raise funds and awareness for men’s health. The men who participate are great sports. There’s a lot of good natured ribbing about who can and can’t or should and shouldn’t grow a stache. Thank you to all who try! Enjoy!
Blue Bloods - the series has ended after 14 seasons, but it will be around for a long time on streaming platforms. Tom Selleck, one of our favorite mustachioed leading men plays NYPD Commissioner Frank Reagan, and behind his desk is a portrait of Teddy Roosevelt former NYPD police commissioner, governor of New York, and U.S. president also sporting a mustache. I didn’t always agree with the tone of the series or how often Frank’s detective son, Danny, drew/fired his weapon or played hardball with a suspect, but the acting was always top notch. Frank has the ability to be the voice of reason and order in a chaotic world. Hopefully, we’ll occasionally see that familiar mustache on the Blue Bloods spin-off, Boston Blue. Streaming on Paramount+
The Big Lebowski – Who can forget The Stranger (Sam Elliott) and Walter Sobchak (John Goodman)? If you haven’t seen the movie or paid yearly homage by rewatching it, here’s your chance. Available to watch with a subscription on HBO Max, Hulu, YouTube (primetime subscription), Sling TV, Amazon Prime Video, YouTube TV, or for a fee at Google Play Movies & TV, Apple TV, or Fandango at Home.
Pulp Fiction – Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) sports a not to be missed mustache in this cult classic. Available for free on Pluto TV. Watch with a subscription on Paramount+, Hulu, YouTube (primetime subscription), fubu TV, Sling TV, YouTube TV, or for a fee at Google Play Movies & TV, Apple TV, or Fandango at Home.
The Lorax - proof that even an animated mustache can be cool. Danny DeVito is the Lorax with a giant yellow mustache and the wisdom of the ages. Available to stream with a subscription to Netflix, or for a fee watch on Amazon Prime Video, Google Play Movies & TV, Apple TV, or Fandango at Home.
Gangs of New York – William Cutter -aka Bill the Butcher (Daniel day-Lewis) makes mustaches scary again in this story about gangs, revenge, and hatred of Irish immigrants in 1860’s New York. Watch with a subscription on Paramount+, Hulu, YouTube (primetime subscription), fubu TV, Amazon Prime Video, Sling TV, YouTube TV, or for a fee at Google Play Movies & TV, Apple TV, or Fandango at Home.
Tombstone – Wyatt Earp (Kurt Russell), Doc Holliday (Val Kilmer), Virgil Earp (Sam Elliott), and Morgan Earp (Bill Paxton) all sport mustaches in this epic story of the Old West. Watch for a fee on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, or Fandango at Home.
Duck Soup – Groucho Marx always stood out for his signature mustache. This 1933 comic farce is about the tiny fictional country Freedonia. When it goes bankrupt, its wealthy benefactor insists the eccentric Rufus T. Firefly (Groucho Marx) be named its new president. The neighboring country of Sylvania sends in spies Pinky (Harpo Marx) and Chicolini (Chico Marx) to try to start a rebellion. What could possibly go wrong? Available to stream for a fee on Amazon Prime Video, YouTube, Google Play Movies & TV, Apple TV, and Fandango at Home.
Murder on the Orient Express – Agatha Christie’s famous Belgian detective Hercules Poirot is famous for his mustache and his keen powers of observation. Albert Finney portrayal of Poirot does the character justice both physically and intellectually. Available to stream with a subscription to Amazon Prime Video or for a fee on Fandango at Home or Apple TV.
Boogie Nights – This film is not for everyone. It’s about the adult-film industry, so there’s sex, drugs, booze, music, and mental meltdowns galore. But, the acting is top notch, and it’s hard to find a better mustache anywhere. Burt Reynolds, William H. Macy, Alfred Molina, and many others give a master class in acting and the art of the mustache. Watch with a subscription on Paramount+, Hulu, YouTube (primetime subscription), fubu TV, Sling TV, YouTube TV, Amazon prime Video, or for a fee at Google Play Movies & TV, Apple TV, or Fandango at Home.
Easy Rider – Wyatt (Peter Fonda) and Billy (Dennis Hopper with a cool mustache) are two Harley-riding free spirits. After completing a drug deal in California, they decide to see the real America on their way to New Orleans. The real America they discover is not the “sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll” they expected, and when they get to New Orleans their next drug deal goes horribly wrong. Available to stream for a fee on Amazon Prime Video, YouTube, Google Play Movies & TV, Apple TV, and Fandango at Home.
Also sporting cool mustaches:
John Candy as Del Griffith in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Will Ferrell as Ron Burgundy in Anchorman
Eddie Murphy as Randy Watson in Coming to America
Ned Flanders in The Simpsons
Wilford Brimley as Ben in Cocoon
Mel Brooks as President Skroo… in Spaceballs
Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther
Richard Roundtree as John Shaft in Shaft
Robert Redford as Sundance in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Nick Offerman as Ron Swanson in Parks and Recreation
Cheech Marin as Pedro De Pacas in Up in Smoke
John Astin as Gomez Addams in The Addams Family
Raul Julia as Gomez Addams in Addams Family Values