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
- B210 lines
(SINGING) Riffraff
He cannot play a princeAladdin · 2019He sings every insult they used, then chooses the truth even if the dream ends. - B212 lines
He's not so bad, Burt.
A sister remembers HarryDeconstructing Harry · 1997A sister's mixed tenderness and grievance, delivered secondhand by the son. - B210 lines
As a matter of fact, it's cost my family quite a bit of money.
Osgood on his marriagesSome Like It Hot · 1959Each line drops another absurd detail as if it were the most ordinary thing. - B213 lines
Now the things you gotta remember are the details.
The handler's story lessonReservoir Dogs · 1992Twelve straight lines build a method for lying, from details to relentless repetition. - B211 lines
From that, I got an American agent and manager and flew to America and a year later I had Spartacus.
Andy on career and illnessBe Here Now · 2015He runs from his biggest win to his deepest uncertainty in one breath. - B219 lines
At the ball...
The night of the ballSuddenly, Last Summer · 1959From a lost coat check to a cry in the dark, short lines make the memory replay live. - B223 lines
Football is a dying beast, Joe.
Marcone on football's declineThe Last Boy Scout · 1991It moves from one metaphor to decline, a betting bill and a bribe list, calm and chilling. - B213 lines
Wait. No, I'm not. What do you have to say for yourself?
Felix's jail rantWreck-It Ralph · 2012Rescue joy lasts one beat, then the grievance list starts stacking. - B213 lines
You play the horses?
Fergie's horse storyThe Town · 2010The gelding metaphor lets him confess a family's ruin in a calm, almost friendly voice. - B219 lines
I could tell there was something different in his voice and...
the best man's toastAbout Schmidt · 2002He traces the marriage back to one phone call and lets a changed voice carry the whole toast. - B216 lines
Nothing had slipped, nothing had been overlooked.
Neff's confessionDouble Indemnity · 1944He boasts of a flawless plan and then admits, line by line, that he is coming apart. - B213 lines
Now hear me, and beguile yourselves no more.
Danforth refuses to postponeThe Crucible · 2014It seizes the floor, then builds a wall of law without yielding an inch. - B214 lines
Harold, look what happened.
Charlotte's confessionLolita · 1962She confesses, excuses and then vows to a dead man, sliding from grief into something absurd. - B220 lines
Dear friends, thank you for the $50,000.
Letter to his handlerBreach · 2007It never pleads; it negotiates, warns, and quietly asks for a way out. - B213 lines
Let's do something crazy tonight. Just get insane. I wanna be crazy!
Rupert's crazy-night speechThe King of Comedy · 1982The repeated chants about having fun build a manic rhythm that plays as both act and breakdown. - B211 lines
And at that precise moment, the door opened...
the reconstructionA Shot in the Dark · 1964Clouseau builds a murder from small physical details, one short step at a time. - B210 lines
There was a time in this business when they had the eyes of the whole wide world.
Norma on the talkiesSunset Boulevard · 1950It builds from the golden age to smashed idols, then lands on pure contempt. - B212 lines
Right now everything is great. Everyone is happy. Everyone is in love.
Harry's marriage warningWhen Harry Met Sally... · 1989The speech slides from everyone-is-in-love to screaming over furniture, building by exaggeration. - B210 lines
But look at them.
The official defends the townInterstate 60 · 2002He turns a question of human dignity into a mere difference of priorities. - B223 lines
Hello, John, how are you doing today?
The full phone pitchThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013It runs from small talk to closing the trade in one breath, a textbook sales script. - B214 lines
You return,
Blanc walks the crimeKnives Out · 2019Second person, step by step, as cold as a how-to. - B212 lines
You see, we are both fugitives in our own way.
Gordon on wearing a maskV for Vendetta · 2006He moves from a wry joke to a confession of years spent hiding, and lands it quietly. - B218 lines
That proves that most of us are more afraid of getting hurt than of getting killed.
The soldiers' debate on fearPaths of Glory · 1957It moves from weapons to the nature of fear, turning banter into a rough philosophy. - B224 lines
The thing is, the media's trying to hold up this whole one-party, two-faction system...
a rant on voting numbersSlacker · 1990He drills 54 percent down to 18, turning arithmetic into an argument that ends by scaring the winners.