Why Can't I Get Just One Kiss? Hollywood's Most Luscious Man Lips

By Cindy Davis | Posted Under Seriously Random Lists | Comments (70)

The other day while in the midst of a Facebook discussion of J.J. Abrams’ productions, the inevitable “Felicity” Noel vs. Ben debate was revisited and I got to thinking about Scott Foley’s delectable, beautiful, pillowy lips. And of course, those thoughts eventually led me to thinking about all the lips and whose lips are best and well, here we are. Beauty being subjective, I realize that not everyone has the same aesthetic, but I do have a lip philosophy I must share: Never trust someone with no lips (or terribly thin ones that give the appearance of no lips). People with no lips are stern and sinister and sneaky and conniving; they have bitter, black hearts that cannot be penetrated. Take from it what you wish, this is simply my ~~prejudice~~ experience. When you kiss someone, you want to feel his soft (yet, intentional), fluffy (not enhanced), firm, but yielding lips against your own. So with that in mind, here are Hollywood’s most luscious man lips; ruminate over them as you wish.

10. Leo DiCaprio:

9. Brad Pitt:

8. Idris Elba:

7. Guy Pearce:

6. Johnny Depp:

5. James Franco:

4. Javier Bardem:

3. Benedict Cumberbatch:

2. Olivier Martinez:

1. Scott Foley:

And wait, no we are not done, even though you might think Number 1 is Number one…

The Grand Master of All the Holy and Beautiful Lips: Alexander Skarsgård:

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How is Tom Hardy not on this list? I demand a re-count!

Posted by: Stef at June 17, 2011 5:03 PM

Michael. Pitt.

Posted by: Anna von Beav at June 17, 2011 5:04 PM

Again.

Posted by: Anna von Beav at June 17, 2011 5:06 PM

Pfft! So?

I know I've got quality and what it can do.

Posted by: Jay at June 17, 2011 5:06 PM

Don't forget Cillian Murphy either.

Posted by: Anna von Beav at June 17, 2011 5:07 PM

Eddie Redmayne.

Seriously, how do we not acknowledge at this point that I am the pillow-lipped boy expert?

Posted by: Anna von Beav at June 17, 2011 5:10 PM

I dunno, man, but these lips seem pretty meh (and I don't even care much about lips). The ones in the comments are MUCH more compelling.

Posted by: vdo86 at June 17, 2011 5:13 PM

Tom Hardy should replace Depp on this list.

Also, my new SYTYCD bf has yummy lips - Tadd. Look him up!

Posted by: MelBivDevoe at June 17, 2011 5:14 PM

Fu'ad Ait Attou. Utterly stunning in The Last Mistress.

Posted by: Anna von Beav at June 17, 2011 5:17 PM

DarthCorleone is way pout-ier and more kiss-able than any of these clowns, and he lives in Hollywood. I call shenanigans on this list!

Posted by: Angeleno Ewok at June 17, 2011 5:17 PM

Leonardo DiCaprio?! REALLY?!

Posted by: jM at June 17, 2011 5:21 PM

Oh, and here's Tom Hardy now.

Posted by: Anna von Beav at June 17, 2011 5:21 PM

Aww, my boyfriend has got thin lips (he's the first to say so) and he's the least sneaky or sinister person in existence. And he's a fabulous kisser.

That said, I agree with number one. I love him. Noel all the way!!

Posted by: Carrie at June 17, 2011 5:22 PM

Christian Bale!!! Leonardo? Not really

Posted by: honululu at June 17, 2011 5:23 PM

And what's going on with that Brad Pitt pic? It looks very odd. Take away the beard and it could be a woman.

Posted by: Carrie at June 17, 2011 5:25 PM

Scott Foley Fuck Yeah

Posted by: meh at June 17, 2011 5:27 PM

David Duchovny! At least in the X-Files era--no idea what he looks like now.

Posted by: DeadBessie at June 17, 2011 5:36 PM

Tom Hardy!! Michael Pitt!! Peter Gallagher!

Posted by: carrie at June 17, 2011 5:36 PM

Terrence Howard!! and wait! what does Dicaprio in this list?

Posted by: carrie at June 17, 2011 5:37 PM

Am I the only one who noticed that all of the guys on the list sans one have facial hair? Apparently scruff makes lips luscious-er.

Posted by: MrFrye at June 17, 2011 5:47 PM

Glad to see Benedict Cumberbatch on this list. Everything about that man's mouth is made of sin.

Posted by: Ozioma at June 17, 2011 5:48 PM

As the haver of fairly well-endowed lips, kissing another pillowy lipped person can get a bit....lippy. And not in a good way. So let's hear it for the thin lipped, unsung heros that you are.

Posted by: The Bean at June 17, 2011 5:50 PM

I like this The Bean person more and more.

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at June 17, 2011 5:57 PM

We've been catching up on Breaking Bad and I often find myself transfixed by Skylar's lips.

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at June 17, 2011 5:59 PM

No LL COOL J? wtf!

Posted by: Bettie at June 17, 2011 6:04 PM

The picture of Leo that you got is kind of lousy.

Posted by: Blake Shrapnel at June 17, 2011 6:18 PM

What? No Kenneth Branagh?

Posted by: Rob at June 17, 2011 6:21 PM

no cillian murphy? fraud.

very misleading to start with scott foley and then go leonardo dicarpio. plus what's up with the other pictures? brad pitt does have lucious lips and he looks all madame tussauds up there.

Posted by: lady_W at June 17, 2011 6:27 PM

I'm a straight guy, and the first thing I thought of when I saw the title was Tom Hardy.

Posted by: Todd at June 17, 2011 6:49 PM

Look at me, I'm bold!

Leo and Jonny are not pillow-lipped. Everyone else on this list will be coming home with me tonight.

There can actually be too much lip . . . one fellow I dated . . . there was a lot of mashing, and wetness . . . .

Posted by: Lauren at June 17, 2011 6:56 PM

. . . kind of like making out with a grouper . . .

Posted by: Lauren at June 17, 2011 6:56 PM

CHRIS PINE, RICHARD MADDEN OF GAME OF THRONES, KIT HARINGTON OF THE SAME, THE GUY WHO PLAYS AUGGIE ON COVERT AFFAIRS, AND THERE IS THIS GUY THAT I TALK TO ON TWITTER...........MMMMMMMMMMM

Posted by: dl at June 17, 2011 7:00 PM

This list lacks credibility without the inclusion of Tom Hardy and Gerard Butler.

Posted by: weetiger3 at June 17, 2011 7:09 PM

This is a pretty poor list, lips-wise. TOM HARDY TOM HARDY TOM HARDY.

Ahem.

Posted by: MM at June 17, 2011 7:28 PM

Kenneth Branagh? That's a joke right? Cuz Ken doesn't have lips. Though he seems somewhat pleasant and not at all sinister, I still think kissing him would be like glomming on to a Saltine. Yes, dry and salty. I'm pretty sure that's why Emma Thompson divorced him, his dry, salty, thin lips

Who is Benedict Cumberbatch? Is he in cahoots with Art Vanderlay, Anastacia Beaverhousen, and Dr. Van Nostram? Is he of the Philadelphia Cumberbatches or the Eurotrash Cumberbatches? Is his nickname Cuke? Does he have vegetable lips? Sometimes I feel very alone here.

Posted by: kirbyjay at June 17, 2011 7:32 PM

AvB, thou art truly the expert on pillow-lipped young men. I had no idea who this "Fu'ad Ait Attou" person was, but oh my God, loosen my stays, where's the gosh-darn chaise longue? GET THE SMELLING SALTS!!

(h/t Mrs. Julien)

Posted by: MM at June 17, 2011 7:33 PM

How has the total absence of Jude Law gone unmentioned?? And, oh I cannot believe I'm about to say this, but.. Jensen Ackles??? Where is the Jensen???

Posted by: gilly at June 17, 2011 7:40 PM

WHY THE FUCK ISN'T TOM HARDY ON THIS LIST???

You get me all worked up and excited for no damn reason... curses...

Posted by: Rest In Peace at June 17, 2011 7:42 PM

Okay people, settle down.

I like Tom Hardy, but his lips freak me out. He's gone too far into Angelina Jolie territory. To each her own!

Posted by: Cindy at June 17, 2011 8:00 PM

...Sometimes I wish I was famous just because I really like my lips. But I'm probably a terrible actor...

(Which would actually work, right? RIGHT!?)

Posted by: Candee at June 17, 2011 8:00 PM

A little disappointed with this list. Jude Law was my biggest crush in college and my favorite feature of his was always his lips.

I'm with everyone when it comes to Cillian Murphy and Tom Hardy. Ryan Philllpe is also missing.

Posted by: Single Pringle at June 17, 2011 8:08 PM

Ditto on Duchovny. I could spend many happy, happy hours sucking on that bottom lip of his...

Posted by: funtime42 at June 17, 2011 8:10 PM

I nominate Adam Rodriguez from CSI Miami. Crappy show, delicious man. My best friend and I call him "pillow lips." Mmm.

Posted by: noodlestein at June 17, 2011 8:22 PM

I could look at The Cumberlips for hours...nnnnrrrgghhhhh.

Posted by: Jules at June 17, 2011 8:37 PM

Where is TOM HARDY??? His lips are BEAUTIFUL! He has better lips than any of the men on this list.

Posted by: Stacia at June 17, 2011 8:48 PM

Patrick "pillow lips" Wilson?? Should he not be on this list? Perhaps instead of Mr Dicaprio up there, who appears to be more of the normal- to thin-lipped variety.

Posted by: nikkers at June 17, 2011 9:20 PM

I've never payed much attention to mouths, so I know exactly the two men whose mouths drive me insane, just about more than anything else about them:

1) Adam Scott (well, there's the hair, too)
2) Damien Lewis. Holy Godtopus that man's mouth. Oof.

Posted by: Figgy at June 17, 2011 9:20 PM

Sorry my post up there is all in bold. I swear I didn't mean it. It's a casualty of the "everything was bold once" era.

Posted by: MM at June 17, 2011 9:25 PM

Violent Femmes reference in the title = WIN

Posted by: latvianluck at June 17, 2011 10:50 PM

I am more pillow-lipped than everyone on this list except Idris Elba, than you very much.

Posted by: Jerry at June 17, 2011 10:55 PM

AvB, you like your men with a little bit of the creeper in 'em, don't ya?

Posted by: Even Stevens at June 18, 2011 12:00 AM

Um, hell yeah Cillian Murphy. Instant visual when I saw the title of this post. Imagine my disappointment. Also: can't back you on the thin lip aversion. Michael Fassbender, my friend. And, my husband. I am an equal opportunity lip lovah.

Posted by: Drea at June 18, 2011 12:10 AM

I do, Even Stevens, I very definitely do. (Interesting how that seems to go along with the pillow lips, no?)

And MM, I *very sincerely* urge you to do yourself the favor of Google Image Searching young Mr. Attou. He is beyond gorgeous. He has, at times, literally taken my breath away. You'll find many stills from the aforementioned Last Mistress (excellent movie, by the way; recommend, if you're into the tragic doomed love affair type of thing) BUT ALSO many many of his modeling photos. Oh, my word. The lad has just fantastic bone structure. Exquisite, really.

I'ma need you to make some room on that fainting couch and pass the smelling salts, if you please.

Posted by: Anna von Beav at June 18, 2011 12:39 AM

Marlon Brando for the win.

Posted by: Liz at June 18, 2011 2:13 AM

I humbly submit Ewan McGregor for your consideration. Oh and Paul Newman. You're so right about Alexander Skarsgard, though. I've been re-watching season three of True Blood with a friend and as much as we're complaining about it we are always silenced by the delectableness that is Eric.

Posted by: Mei-Lu McGonigle at June 18, 2011 2:59 AM

What kind of name is Fu'ad Ait Aattou anyway? Oh, it's "Berber". But he's white. Clearly I'm confused. It's a lovely name, really, and I don't disapprove, but it makes me think Muad'Dib, and that kind of freaks me out.

Nonetheless, he is LOVELY. Breathtaking, really. He's more than just pillowy lips.

Posted by: MM at June 18, 2011 3:28 AM

This list without Tom Hardy is simply invalidated.

Posted by: Jane at June 18, 2011 3:50 AM

My first thought was also of David Duchovny...ah, Mulder! I strongly second Ryan Phillipe...that tender bottom lip! And where is Benecio Del Toro? I've always thought that he and Brad Pitt could play brothers...especially now that Brad is a little worn around the eyes.

Team Noel forever!

Posted by: Phoebe at June 18, 2011 9:15 AM

MM, when I'm looking at him, I don't think of ANYONE else.

Posted by: Anna von Beav at June 18, 2011 12:10 PM

Due to my certainty that Tom Hardy was on this list and then lack of fulfillment, I will now lose much time searching for photographs of him on the interwebs. Thanks a lot. (no really, thanks.)

Posted by: SuiteT at June 18, 2011 12:52 PM

could this have been any more predictable, unimaginative, or boring? not to mention the crappy photos selected?

Also: Viggo.

Posted by: elizalegs at June 18, 2011 2:04 PM

Not to be unoriginal or anything, but...

SKARSGAAAARD

Posted by: DontStopNow at June 18, 2011 2:18 PM

Keanu Reeves ( yeah? Bite me)

Posted by: kirbyjay at June 18, 2011 6:06 PM

and because Idris Elba seems to be the only black man included on any of these lists

http://tinyurl.com/For-more-diversity

Posted by: blacksred at June 19, 2011 6:05 AM

I don't understand your theory and the fact that you chose DiCaprio who, IMHO, does not have lips at all.

Posted by: James at June 19, 2011 10:32 AM

No vintage Cary Elwes?
Second the Viggo suggestion.
Duchovney has no chin. I can't see kissing him as his face might cave in from the pressure.
Yay for thinner lips!

Posted by: Viking at June 19, 2011 10:33 AM

Viking has the right idea - good Lord, Princess Bride-era Cary Elwes had the most beautiful lips on a man I'd ever seen.

Also, despite how skeevy he might sometimes seem: Jonathan Rhys-Meyers. Check him out in "Bend It Like Beckham" and you'll know I'm right. :)

Posted by: luthien26 at June 19, 2011 10:52 AM

This list seriously needs some David Duchovny. That man has lips that go on for DAYS.

Posted by: Lia at June 19, 2011 2:59 PM

Cindy, there had better be a BUTT LOAD of reasons Lee Pace and Jacob Pitts aren't featured. FOR SHAME.

Posted by: Nadine at June 19, 2011 4:36 PM

Where is Tom Hardy??? He was the first mouth that popped into my head.

Posted by: Alwyn at June 24, 2011 2:56 AM

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