Movie monologues, one line at a time
1,967 real monologues from 152 films. Play a line, pause, say it back.
- 1Full speech: hear it once
- 2Shadow: repeat each line
- 3Blind: listen, then reveal
- C129 lines
My beloved Max, an extraordinary thing has happened.
Reading Christine's letter to MaxWitness for the Prosecution · 1957The letter unfolds motive, scheme and desire in one long breath, read aloud to the jury. - C115 lines
Hey, this is Mark. Now, Mark is not a punk rocker.
Mark's messy introductionSLC Punk · 1998It cuts Mark down to an outsider, then uses the pot and acid he always had to explain why every tribe liked him. - C115 lines
So I shall change my way of collecting slaves.
New rules, then the blue pigsZodiac · 2007He writes murder as office hours, then baby-talks the cops about buses and booboos. - C110 lines
See, I've always had, um, this penchant for what I call kamikaze women, because they...
The kamikaze theoryHusbands and Wives · 1992He coins the label, then sells every failed love as an aesthetic choice. - C114 lines
I ask you about love, you'd probably quote me a sonnet...
Sean on love and lossGood Will Hunting · 1997It stacks poetry, hospitals and grief until the boy has nowhere to hide. - C111 lines
Okay, here’s the deal.
Weird Barbie’s power playBarbie · 2023Map, then bait, then take the power when the guard drops. - C131 lines
You want to win by one point or fucking 30 points, KG?
Howard's betting speechUncut Gems · 2019He borrows the feeling of a blowout win and spends it on his own faith in the deal. - C115 lines
She slept with Leo Brockman, never having been to bed with anyone before but her husband,
the voice-over on her rebirthWhatever Works · 2009A deadpan voice-over walks her fall and rise step by step, and the flatness is the joke. - C116 lines
I shall die here.
A farewell from the cellV for Vendetta · 2006Death, dignity and love are laid out calmly, which makes the ending land. - C110 lines
I know how you lot love fables, so let me share a little fable with you. 1994
Mickey's dragon fableThe Gentlemen · 2020He tells an execution like a bedtime story, and the calm makes the threat land harder. - C110 lines
When the Appellate Court reverses a case...
The judge on how appeals workThe Thin Blue Line · 1988He tallies the votes, then one short line sends the whole argument sideways. - C116 lines
Today, the prosecutor came second.
The winner's walk outNational Theatre Live: Prima Facie · 2022Small gestures pile up until her private ranking flips from second to first. - C112 lines
I mean in singing, but in loving,
no rhyme for loveMuch Ado About Nothing · 1993He runs through famous lovers only to mock his own clumsy tongue, building a stand-up rhythm. - C110 lines
Three years ago, I get a call from an ex-priest.
The priest is silencedSpotlight · 2015Witness, bishop threat, guilty phone call — a sworn timeline in hallway talk. - C119 lines
Problems and contradictions: I am an anarchist.
The anarchist loopSLC Punk · 1998The listener is led from creed to government and back, and has to sit with the loop. - C112 lines
Uh, w-w-we both couldn't sleep one night, remember?
Gabe brings back the snow nightHusbands and Wives · 1992He stacks tender details until the romance sounds like a last plea. - C122 lines
My wife used to fart when she was nervous.
Sean on his wife's quirksGood Will Hunting · 1997It slides from a crude joke into real grief and makes intimacy feel concrete. - C110 lines
Sweet Mary Jane is my vice of choice, as you well know.
Mickey's sermon on viceThe Gentlemen · 2020Mickey turns his own trade into a moral ladder, climbing to the claim that facilitation is participation. - C111 lines
Stand outside it, don't take sides.
Due process, stated plainNational Theatre Live: Prima Facie · 2022She lines up who the law protects, then calls due process the whole job. - C112 lines
You know, I went to Providence yesterday
Robby quotes a victimSpotlight · 2015Hockey, family, then collapse—and luck pins every alum in the room. - C137 lines
Why shouldn't I work for the N.S.A.?
The NSA takedownGood Will Hunting · 1997He starts with one code and escalates to war and oil, dismantling the whole machine with ridicule. - C119 lines
Now it seems, for this brief moment in time...
Mickey's film-business speechThe Gentlemen · 2020He describes a kidnapping as hospitality, and the calm courtesy is the threat. - C111 lines
But a lawyer's job is not that grand.
The job is to not knowNational Theatre Live: Prima Facie · 2022She shrinks the lawyer to a voice, then makes judging the moment you lose yourself. - C111 lines
Can I say something here?
Baron closes the nightSpotlight · 2015He calls the dark normal, splits the blame, then names the work and Monday.