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
- C117 lines
Because I earned it!
Ten years bought the rightSwimming with Sharks · 1994Earn, take, make: success gets recast as something you are owed. - A213 lines
Did you hear what I said? Did you hear what I said?
his phone tiradeBuffalo '66 · 1998Repeated questions and returns build pressure until his own story falls apart. - B119 lines
I know just what you mean, madam.
The candy-control pitchThe Shop Around the Corner · 1940He agrees with her, inflates the pounds, then sells the tinkle as a message. - B110 lines
I peed twice.
survival report to camera127 Hours · 2010He turns humiliating body news into deadpan comedy for the lens. - B111 lines
You see, I was once like you.
The vizier’s recruitmentAladdin · 2019He starts as a fellow thief, ends as a kingmaker, and folds the dream into a deal. - B223 lines
When I quitted Barton last...
Brandon's confessionSense and Sensibility · 1995He admits failure without excuse, letting one long look back do all the emotional work. - B213 lines
OK, let me tell you what Like A Virgin's about.
The Madonna theoryReservoir Dogs · 1992He turns a pop song into a full-blown absurd thesis, deadpan from start to finish. - B215 lines
I have this thing about saxophone players.
Sugar on sax playersSome Like It Hot · 1959Her voice softens line by line, turning a joke into a confession. - B110 lines
What was that
Ming's spiral rantTurning Red · 2022Short jabs, a rhetorical question, and a glitter insult: worry turned into a comic drum fill. - B210 lines
Life sometimes takes very strange twists and turns, and we're not responsible for our feelings.
Jane's marriage confessionDeconstructing Harry · 1997She dresses up being left as fate, and the calm delivery is what makes it sting. - B211 lines
Those six days of captivity in Kyrgyzstan
what captivity taught himThe Dawn Wall · 2017He walks the six days from fear to a surge of energy, then lands on a hard-won belief. - B211 lines
Gentlemen!
eight fight club rulesFight Club · 1999Repetition turns a secret into a liturgy the room can chant. - C110 lines
All that winter, we spread out across the country gathering evidence for Parliament.
The winter of evidenceAmazing Grace · 2006A whole season of work becomes a few plain numbers, then closes on a deadline. - B113 lines
If I may, I think it's only fitting that we're eating tonight at Hop Louie's because this is, after
The mother's engagement toastI Love You, Man · 2009It moves from a teasing joke about old dates to a sincere blessing, holding the whole table. - B210 lines
Oh, god. I don't even know where to start.
Amanda on her marriageBlue Jay · 2016She starts unsure and ends swept up, and the one-week-on rhythm carries the whole speech. - B212 lines
People came to Facemash in a stampede, right?
Mark's pitch in the coldThe Social Network · 2010He splits the traffic, names recognition, kills dating, and lifts the whole campus onto a site they would run. - B212 lines
I suggest we handle this in proper military fashion.
The colonel's military planClue · 1985He turns a house search into a battlefield and makes casualties sound routine. - B212 lines
Years passed as the Minions forged their own civilization.
The narrator puts Kevin onstageMinions · 2015First the tribe is emptied out. Then months of rehearsal collapse into one ready. - B210 lines
Myra, I have had four bombs in a row!
Sidney's breakdown speechDeathtrap · 1982The rant builds from four flops to a night of witches, then collapses into despair. - B212 lines
I cannot go on lying to save him.
the wife's confessionWitness for the Prosecution · 1957It builds from quiet confession to panic, turning gratitude into the reason she destroys him. - B116 lines
Finally, out of the darkness, my bus arrives at the Salvation Army camp.
Opening with a verse numberCome from Away · 2021They will not leave the seats until a shared Bible number does the talking. - B210 lines
We are gathered here today
Puss holds his own funeralPuss in Boots: The Last Wish · 2022Funeral boilerplate plus a roll call of nicknames: retirement spoken as a legend ending. - B245 lines
I started working when I was 11.
Arielle's farewell monologue5 to 7 · 2014She spans a lifetime to justify one refusal, then overturns a proverb in the final line. - B210 lines
To me, it's very simple.
The treatment planBe Here Now · 2015He turns a frightening relapse into three plain steps, and the calm is what steadies the room.