Movie monologues, one line at a time
1,969 real monologues from 153 films. Play a line, pause, say it back.
- 1Full speech: hear it once
- 2Shadow: repeat each line
- 3Blind: listen, then reveal
- B232 lines
Uh... Ahem. Hey, everybody.
Wyldstyle’s TV rallyThe Lego Movie · 2014An apology becomes a citywide order, the pun hits the pavement, and it ends on a Tuesday joke. - B210 lines
But the city seen from the Queensboro Bridge...
The bridge voice-overThe Great Gatsby · 2013New York looks first-seen, then the line lets even Gatsby happen. - B217 lines
He called me Charlie Manson.
Adams answers the doctorThe Thin Blue Line · 1988He stacks the doctor's claims one by one, then flips them with a single flat line. - B210 lines
Roger sold dope to kids.
Justifying the killingTraining Day · 2001It stacks small facts into a case for murder, and the calm logic is what sells it. - B218 lines
Written in stone Ev'ry rule, ev'ry word
SpeechlessAladdin · 2019The old rules get sung, then stacked, until the chorus is a refusal to go mute. - B214 lines
I'm more powerful than you because I'm a bigger sinner.
A catalogue of sinsDeconstructing Harry · 1997He recites his sins like a resume, proud and damned at the same time. - B213 lines
Tell her I'd like her to have a little supper with me on my yacht, after the show tonight.
Osgood's phone invitationSome Like It Hot · 1959He sweetens the invitation detail by detail until the politeness itself is the joke. - B216 lines
I still had a connection, which was insane cause you couldn't get weed any-fucking-where.
Freddy's weed-dealing bitReservoir Dogs · 1992The anecdote drifts into comedy, turning a small errand into a whole cast of callers. - B210 lines
I'm just trying to find some serenity, and some calm in it.
Fear, anger, and loveBe Here Now · 2015In one calm stretch he moves from exhaustion to love, summing up the film's whole creed. - B214 lines
I lost him.
the Mardi Gras confessionSuddenly, Last Summer · 1959She narrates her own humiliation in short bursts that accelerate from hurt to violence, then stop cold. - B250 lines
Ah, I didn't, ahem, get much sleep last night...
the father's toastAbout Schmidt · 2002He moves from a crossroads to his late wife, then thanks each relative by name before one quiet close. - B223 lines
Mr. Norton, the first thing that struck me was that suicide angle.
The suicide statisticsDouble Indemnity · 1944Keyes buries Norton under actuarial detail, then turns the numbers into a verdict. - B220 lines
Mr. Swine...
The judo boastLolita · 1962He turns getting flipped onto the floor into a proud ritual, and the comedy builds with each detail. - B211 lines
You know, she asked me this morning why you're like this.
O'Neill's list speechBreach · 2007He reads out every ready-made excuse, then throws the whole list away. - B215 lines
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you. I have some sad news for you.
Tony's opening monologueThe King of Comedy · 1982The deadpan delivery of an absurd black joke turns a routine opening into a controlled tease. - B213 lines
Well, he was an historian.
Cody's frontier lectureInterstate 60 · 2002He expands one historian's idea into a theory of America, feeding in jokes as he goes. - B222 lines
I wanna take a moment and tell you why Steve here is so absolutely off the fucking wall.
Jordan hypes Steve MaddenThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013The praise slides from worship into crude jokes, and the excess is the comedy. - B216 lines
Am I to understand that you have read this document, inspector?
The national security warningV for Vendetta · 2006It climbs from a question to an order, stacking charges until silence sounds like law. - B224 lines
Gentlemen of the court, there are times when I'm ashamed...
Dax's defense pleaPaths of Glory · 1957Dax turns shame into a weapon, lists every broken rule, then begs for mercy. - B228 lines
Man, I am freaking out so severely. Did you hear what happened on the freeway?
The freeway storySlacker · 1990The telling speeds up with each detail, then stops cold on a doubled had enough. - B218 lines
What a gentleman.
The fixer writes a character letterThe Great Gatsby · 2013Oxford, medals, breeding: a résumé that ends on never looking at a wife. - B219 lines
You have a D.A...
A death-row monologueThe Thin Blue Line · 1988Short parallel sentences make the horror sound routine, which is what makes it land. - B218 lines
You know what the money's for?
Alonzo's debt revealedTraining Day · 2001It spills the whole story like gossip, then lands on two words that seal Alonzo's fate. - B218 lines
You were just a boy
Talking Hakim off the vizierAladdin · 2019She walks him from the gardens to honor, then moves his loyalty from Jafar to the city.