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
- B215 lines
Matuschek and Company, good morning.
Pepi's joke on the switchboardThe Shop Around the Corner · 1940He answers the shop like a clerk, then piles the gag until the whole floor is in on it. - B111 lines
This rock.
Aron's speech to the rock127 Hours · 2010Short lines build from awe to surrender, folding a whole life into one slab of stone. - B212 lines
I would not have burdened you, Miss Dashwood...
Brandon's confessionSense and Sensibility · 1995The broken, halting sentences let the listener feel anger held under a calm voice. - B241 lines
You done wound me up.
Friend Like MeAladdin · 2019He sings the wish contract as a restaurant order. The laugh lands, then you notice it was the manual. - B233 lines
He began an affair with the downstairs neighbor...
Elsie's horror storyDeconstructing Harry · 1997She escalates from an affair to cannibalism, turning dinner talk into horror. - B211 lines
The next thing you know, they're borrowing money from you, they're spending it on other dames and betting on horses.
Sugar on sax playersSome Like It Hot · 1959The flat catalogue of betrayals makes her resignation funnier and sadder. - B233 lines
I don't tip because society says I have to.
Pink's no-tip speechReservoir Dogs · 1992He builds a small refusal into a full argument about rules, work and fairness. - B125 lines
Yeah STACY Adorable
Buy the tickets nowTurning Red · 2022They sell a concert like a cosmic appointment, future tense and all. - C112 lines
First, let me be clear.
Pitt urges delayAmazing Grace · 2006He admits the wrong, then argues for delay, making caution sound like duty. - B219 lines
I look around, I look around, I see a lot of new faces.
middle children sermonFight Club · 1999The list of missing wars turns into a name for wasted lives. - B212 lines
And finally, we got Zooey.
Sydney's engagement toastI Love You, Man · 2009It builds from formal praise into a crude hint, and the slow setup makes the disaster land harder. - B110 lines
The winds of change are fucking blowing tonight.
Reading the old letterBlue Jay · 2016Broken phrases carry the teenage voice all the way to its embarrassing end. - B210 lines
They'll hire private detectives who'll follow you day and night.
Sean's persecution lectureThe Social Network · 2010Detectives, then invented dirt: he sells getting robbed as the standard script. - B115 lines
Once upon a time, there were three little pigs.
The rewritten Three Little PigsMinions · 2015She opens like a storybook and lands on a wipeout. Bedtime becomes a contract. - B225 lines
I already knew that the next year was going to be kind of tough with treatment and recovery.
Going with the flowBe Here Now · 2015A quiet river metaphor turns resignation into an active, practical choice. - B217 lines
As a matter of fact, I'm free this evening.
Sidney's train invitationDeathtrap · 1982From a lucky free evening to a brown Mercedes, the plan is seamless and quietly sinister. - B111 lines
Well… you take a taxi to the Goose.
The three-day ferry mapCome from Away · 2021Each transfer stretches the way home until the view is the only consolation. - C124 lines
My lord, members of the jury,
Sir Wilfrid's address to the juryWitness for the Prosecution · 1957He concedes everything, then narrows the whole case to one witness and holds the room. - B110 lines
Back when I was a pup,
Always itPuss in Boots: The Last Wish · 2022He wraps abandonment in hide-and-seek until the last beat: he is still looking. - B218 lines
Nature isn't created in the image of man's compassion.
A mother's late admissionSuddenly, Last Summer · 1959It moves from cold thesis to private regret, landing the whole speech on her son. - 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. - B219 lines
It starts out...
Jimmy's rant on his fallThe Last Boy Scout · 1991It builds from painkillers to dead family to the league's betrayal, each step hotter than the last. - B210 lines
Cy-bugs are like a virus.
Calhoun's arcade apocalypseWreck-It Ralph · 2012She starts with a virus and ends with a smoking husk, each step worse, until even Felix looks small. - B117 lines
And I was so miserable and confused I had to do something.
Alice's letter homeYou Can't Take It with You · 1938Read aloud to the family, it moves from surrender to longing without raising its voice.