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
- B227 lines
For years, I said I was her godmother, but I told her the truth on her 18th birthday.
Bagshaw's confessionDownton Abbey · 2019She tells a scandalous past in the calmest possible voice. - B210 lines
Facts, Hercule, facts.
Clouseau lists his factsA Shot in the Dark · 1964Each item ends on Fact! like a hammer blow, building a comic rhythm. - B219 lines
Thank you to Rez Gavron, my manager.
Ally's acceptance speechA Star Is Born · 2018It moves from thanks to a promise, turning a personal win into a public lift. - B217 lines
Well, you begin by doing
Joe asks Oliver to choose loveSigned, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Have Made · 2021He starts at the fear, offers to be a mother, and closes on Shakespeare. - B215 lines
Yes, this is Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California.
Opening narrationSunset Boulevard · 1950It reveals the ending first and then rewinds, hooking the listener with a dead man's own voice. - B247 lines
Attention. Attention.
Friday's movie trailerM*A*S*H · 1970Piled-on metaphors turn a recruitment-style pitch into quiet anti-war mockery. - B212 lines
Meanwhile, I divorced Jessica, moved downtown and gave up.
Life after the divorceWhatever Works · 2009He narrates his own decline flatly, then swerves into social anger without missing a beat. - B214 lines
Good evening everyone
Katherine’s chargeThe Menu · 2022She keeps her voice even while listing how the chef made her disappear. The kitchen lesson is the humiliation. - B212 lines
Laius, proud father, speak.
The chorus retells OedipusMighty Aphrodite · 1995Fatherly pride slides, joke by joke, into a therapist's bill. - B217 lines
I just wanted to inform you all reluctantly, that...
Ted's layoff speechThe Secret Life of Walter Mitty · 2013It dresses bad news in courtesy until the politeness itself becomes the threat. - B225 lines
When Joe and I started seeing each other, we wanted exactly the same thing.
Sally's breakup storyWhen Harry Met Sally... · 1989It builds from freedom to a child's sentence, then breaks on a single sob. - B211 lines
The O.W stands for One Wish.
The wish granter explains himselfInterstate 60 · 2002He turns granting wishes into a deadpan business pitch, and it lands. - B230 lines
Number one rule of Wall Street.
The number one ruleThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013He moves from market chaos to client addiction, laying out the firm's whole business creed. - B214 lines
You know, sometimes I think
Harlan on the childrenKnives Out · 2019He admits the money was a leash, then names Ransom as the real knife. - B214 lines
We're interrupting your regular program to bring you this terrifying report...
The official news reportV for Vendetta · 2006It drips with heroism and safety while contradicting everything the viewer just saw. - B215 lines
Come on now, darling. Think of everything you've sacrificed.
Facilier's sales pitchThe Princess and the Frog · 2009Praise, then her father's fatigue, then the easy close. You can hear the trap tighten one courtesy at a time. - B210 lines
Can I speak candidly, boss?
Talk the boss off the ledgeWrath of Man · 2021He names the mood, names the body count coming, then locks the inside-job line. - B213 lines
It's always difficult to keep personal prejudice out of a thing like this.
Juror Eight on prejudice12 Angry Men · 1957He admits his own bias before naming the standard, which makes the speech hard to dismiss. - B211 lines
You're tired, Dax. You're very tired.
Mireau's pressure speechPaths of Glory · 1957It dresses a threat as care, wearing Dax down with concern for his men. - B216 lines
You know what you are? You're like a big bear with claws and with fangs, man.
the bear and the bunnySwingers · 1996Framing a shy guy as a bear who cannot use his claws is both comic and oddly kind. - B250 lines
You know about the suppressed transmission, of course?
the moon-landing conspiracy rantSlacker · 1990He builds the whole case in one breath, every wild link delivered like hard evidence. - B210 lines
Well, why don't you come and see for yourself?
The Hollywood butler offerDownton Abbey: A New Era · 2022From come and see to make us both comfortable, he rewrites master and man without raising his voice. - B220 lines
Okay, let's talk like turkeys.
Adolf's reverse-psychology lectureJojo Rabbit · 2019A half-baked scheme gets delivered like a war lecture, and the smugness is the punchline. - B210 lines
Things have changed since you've been gone.
Cameron's pitchAmerican History X · 1998He builds from change to a single missing piece, making the offer sound inevitable.