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
- B211 lines
While you've been away, we've been back here in serious triage, trying to clean up your fucking mess.
Rez's warningA Star Is Born · 2018It builds from facts to a verdict and closes with a hard line that leaves no room. - B217 lines
Oliver, I'm sorry your wife left.
Shane’s vow that she knows himSigned, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Have Made · 2021She names both leavings, flips the blame, then repeats the promise until it holds. - B213 lines
I had landed myself in the driveway of some big mansion that looked run-down and deserted.
Narration on the mansionSunset Boulevard · 1950It moves from hiding a car to Dickens, then lands the image with one short line. - B220 lines
I'm very hungry, actually. Um, so then I ran away when I was 14.
From running away to the first jobMighty Aphrodite · 1995Short beats and cold jokes string trauma, drifting, and a career into one crooked, complete story. - B224 lines
Let's run away together. Let's make every moment count, starting now.
The fantasy farewellThe Secret Life of Walter Mitty · 2013It escalates from elopement to deathbed farewell, silly and sincere at the same time. - B214 lines
Had my dream again where I'm making love and the Olympic judges are watching.
Sally's recurring dreamWhen Harry Met Sally... · 1989Told like a sports broadcast, the private dream gets funnier the straighter she plays it. - B214 lines
This town had serious drug problem.
The official's drug policy speechInterstate 60 · 2002He narrates a social catastrophe in the tone of a business report, and that calm is the horror. - B212 lines
This is not a tip, this is a prescription.
A prescription for successThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013He delivers absurd self-care as a doctor's order, and the straight face is the joke. - B210 lines
I'm not gonna tell my family shit.
Ransom's offerKnives Out · 2019Four not-gonna's, then he dresses the cut as grandpa's last wish. - B212 lines
Your Grace, we don't have much time and I have to tell you something.
Evey warns the bishopV for Vendetta · 2006She escalates from warning to self-exposure, gambling her life on being believed. - B211 lines
You know I like you, right? H.
He likes you, then he tells youWrath of Man · 2021Warm-up first, then layer by layer: the pals, the help, the inside seat. - B210 lines
Philippe, have you ever tried to bring charges against an officer?
Roget's threat and offerPaths of Glory · 1957He stacks charges and rank, then dangles a rewritten report as the way out. - B210 lines
Alright. I want you to go over to that girl and I want you to get those digits.
the bad-man pep talkSwingers · 1996Movie ratings become a pep talk, turning warm advice into a playable mission. - B237 lines
This secret group, you know, the group that's in charge of the government -
the space-colony theorySlacker · 1990He rolls from a secret group to drug money to mind-wiping drugs, all in the tone of a briefing. - B216 lines
In the end, that's all you have.
Rosie's midnight chargeJojo Rabbit · 2019She moves from despair to hope, then boils it down to one plain instruction: keep going. - B213 lines
Is anybody here?
Stella in a tranceThe Uninvited · 1944The timid questions tighten into a single name, and the scene turns. - B212 lines
To confirm the fact that he had issued the go code, and he said, "yes, gentlemen,
Ripper's recorded rantDr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb · 1964Ripper's calm certainty turns a war order into a prayer, and that is what makes it chilling. - B220 lines
I arrived...
Metal Beard's tale of the towerThe Lego Movie · 2014The casualty list gets dumber as it goes: laser sharks, then just a head. - B214 lines
High...
Within and withoutThe Great Gatsby · 2013He names the window: inside the mess, still watching it. - B213 lines
So on the bottom half of this piece of paper...
explaining the proverbThe Thin Blue Line · 1988He unpacks a proverb into his own life, and the calm delivery is what stings. - B211 lines
You are a wonder.
Phil's verdictNight and the City · 1950It praises Harry, lists every door he has closed, then ends with a flat death sentence. - B214 lines
I'll show you this song. I'll sing it for you.
The farewell songAmerican Movie · 1999A grief song keeps cracking jokes, and that mix is what makes it land. - B211 lines
Mozart...
The emperor on FigaroAmadeus · 1984From tolerance to his sister's fear, he turns a ban into statecraft. - B211 lines
Had lunch with the wise men today.
The tax speechTraining Day · 2001He justifies a robbery as routine duty, and the calm delivery makes it worse.