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
- B211 lines
When I was little...
Stella's childhood dreamThe Uninvited · 1944The small flame that appears and is snuffed out turns safety and fear into a bedtime tale. - B110 lines
Always use a turn signal.
Instruction-book citizenThe Lego Movie · 2014Turn signals, dry-cleaning, fake smiles, returned compliments: obedience sung as a daily list. - B213 lines
He's got a forehead like a drive-in movie theater. He's a good shit...
The Mongo storyThere's Something About Mary · 1998The warmer the story gets, the more it exposes the man telling it. - C110 lines
In my younger and more vulnerable years...
Nick's openingThe Great Gatsby · 2013He takes his father's rule, then admits New York emptied him, then names the one man he still cannot write off. - C111 lines
Now, I want you to imagine a character.
Fletcher's film speechThe Gentlemen · 2020He turns an extortion into a film shoot and the listener into his actor. - B222 lines
The trouble with you young fellows is you want to go changing everything. What's the result?
The general's lectureThe Life and Death of Colonel Blimp · 1943He stacks up the costs, then drills the lesson into a few blunt rules for survival. - B213 lines
You know, my senior year in high school, I was cut from the football team.
Michael's suffering speechArthur the King · 2024He builds one belief out of a string of rejections: pain can be trained like a muscle. - B119 lines
We drove back towards Dallas and we drove to the motel.
Adams on the night's driveThe Thin Blue Line · 1988The flat account of a drive quietly nails down the last time he saw the man. - B224 lines
Here's the position.
Andrews Reads the DamageA Night to Remember · 1958He answers every question with numbers until only one conclusion is left. - B219 lines
I remember I had gone in a bunch of times,
Toilet as callback ticketFriends: The Reunion · 2021Drink, run lines, eat the toilet, tell the truth, walk out as Joey. - C110 lines
Play it cool!
Orders to play it coolNational Theatre Live: Prima Facie · 2022She talks herself from thrill down to a fake stumble, so he will relax and talk too much. - B213 lines
Harry, remember them? Nice people.
Mary's quiet pleaNight and the City · 1950She walks him from a shared memory to a quiet plea, tightening the screw line by line. - B115 lines
Frank, if I may get down to it, OK, I think it would be a mistake to back out.
Talk him into OprahThe Proposal · 2009She keeps stacking the case through a barking dog and a stolen phone, then hands the choice back to Frank. - B213 lines
Well, we recorded The Creeps...
Mark's recording-room confessionAmerican Movie · 1999He starts high and ends honest, admitting he let his own film drift. - B210 lines
I'll give you three reasons.
The agent's three reasonsCan You Ever Forgive Me? · 2018She answers with structure, and each reason cuts deeper than the last. - C121 lines
I do much wonder
Benedick lists his conditionsMuch Ado About Nothing · 1993He mocks lovers, then lists impossible conditions, and the final clause quietly admits he is not immune. - C117 lines
When you're a poor kid from a poor family, religion counts for a lot.
Saviano's testimonySpotlight · 2015He starts with a poor kid who needs the church, then walks the room to the line where you cannot say no to God. - C113 lines
Yes, you're performing muscular movements with your hand as you're jerking off.
The pleasure analogyThe End of the Tour · 2015He builds an argument out of the body and the dinner table, so the abstract claim lands as a joke. - B210 lines
Displace one note...
Salieri sees God in the scoreAmadeus · 1984Saying one note moved would diminish it turns jealousy into awe. - B110 lines
He used to tell his wife I was the branch manager from Seattle...
Miss Olsen spills the historyThe Apartment · 1960She lists the pattern with weary humor, and every name makes the affair smaller. - B111 lines
Maybe I misjudged you two.
Serena's farewellBeavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe · 2022She turns a goodbye into an inheritance, handing over both a bracelet and a dream. - B212 lines
He totally freaked and decided to send me to military school.
Ricky's hospital confessionAmerican Beauty · 1999He lists abuse like a schedule, and the flat delivery is what makes the story unbearable. - C113 lines
To faults, madonna, that drink and good counsel will a amend.
The fool's syllogismTwelfth Night · 2012He builds a mock-syllogism so tidy it seems to prove the lady herself the fool. - B210 lines
All right, well, it was a quiet night.
The drunk-driver stopTraining Day · 2001The flat delivery builds to a life-saving twist that lands harder than any boast.