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
- B26 lines
Well, you want to know how things went at my job today?
Lester's office rantAmerican Beauty · 1999He builds a sharp corporate complaint sentence by sentence, then hears his own audience disappear. - B28 lines
You love Kentucky Fried Chicken, right?
Antwan's sequel sermonFree Guy · 2021He uses fried chicken to explain why originals are a waste of money, and he is not kidding. - B26 lines
You meet someone. You have lunch.
the single life routineWhen Harry Met Sally... · 1989Harry turns dating into a mechanical routine and then lands a line men rarely admit. - B27 lines
Hi, yes. Uh, Dr. Mindy.
Mindy's nervous self-introDon't Look Up · 2021His stammering introduction shows a scientist dragged into a spotlight he never wanted. - B29 lines
Everything in life is like high school.
Kirby's high school theoryInterstate 60 · 2002The list maps work onto school item by item, building a bleak but convincing case. - B18 lines
I know this is new to everybody...
What Forky means to BonnieToy Story 4 · 2019Woody walks from a first smile to a total change, and sells a fork as the thing keeping her upright. - B27 lines
Well, as you know, Robert was spending the night in Singapore.
Leslie's account of the nightThe Letter · 1940Flat details pile up until the visitor's arrival feels like a door opening on its own. - B26 lines
I might understand if Uncle Frank was selfish
Beth sees the snubUncle Frank · 2020She rules out the easy reasons first, then names the public belittling. Quiet, and it still cuts. - B18 lines
Look, we grew up together.
Donnie's cousin defenseThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013The more he explains, the worse it gets, and his total sincerity is the punchline. - C16 lines
I cannot say.
The detective as décorKnives Out · 2019He won't name the client, then shrinks himself to furniture. Courtesy with teeth. - B27 lines
Gentlemen, this is a test.
The chancellor's speechV for Vendetta · 2006It turns a security failure into a holy test, a textbook piece of authoritarian rhetoric. - B17 lines
Lord, we thank thee for the blessing of this family vacation.
Rose's family prayerWe're the Millers · 2013Church language makes the fake table feel fed, then she slips in one extra thank-you the Lord never asked for. - B16 lines
You have had quite an influence on me,
Naveen's clumsy confessionThe Princess and the Frog · 2009He keeps correcting himself, so the nerves and the sincerity arrive in the same breath. - B16 lines
Hello. Bonjour. - [fanfare playing]
Boot-up self-introThe Wild Robot · 2024Hello stacked on Bonjour stacked on a slogan, polite as a commercial nobody asked for. - B28 lines
We're not federal.
The cash-truck pitchWrath of Man · 2021He strips the badge, then prices the danger as a perk. - B19 lines
Look, this kid's been kicked around all of his life...
Juror 8 on the boy's life12 Angry Men · 1957He stacks plain facts about the boy's life and lands on a simple plea for a few words. - B28 lines
What is my ambition against that?
Mireau's soldier's creedPaths of Glory · 1957Two rhetorical questions put his career next to his men's lives and settle the scale. - B29 lines
Over a million athletes play high school football every year in America.
the impossible dream voiceoverAmerican Underdog · 2021It piles up the odds against one dream, then names it impossible without quite giving up. - B16 lines
Baby, look at me. Look at me.
Trent's winner speechSwingers · 1996He asks and answers his own question until the reframing feels real. - B27 lines
Okay. I'm Dostoyevsky. You're Anna. We're writing The Gambler.
dictating The GamblerSlacker · 1990He escalates from a joke into a full literary aria about the craft of not creating. - B26 lines
No, we... we went for a walk in the town one day, and there was a shop where a man was taking photographs.
How the miniature happenedDownton Abbey: A New Era · 2022Old feeling told as a walk and a shop; burning it would have been cleaner than sending it back. - B27 lines
So a little about me. Who am I?
the captain's self-introductionJojo Rabbit · 2019Self-pity and swagger trade places, so a demotion comes out as a comedy routine. - B29 lines
I want you to analyse and interpret all the events...
The principal's ultimatumAmerican History X · 1998He builds pressure clause by clause, then lands on ghost as a quiet, final threat. - B26 lines
The model's name was Carmel.
The doctor's account of the scandalThe Uninvited · 1944It lays out a respectable family's old secret in plain, unhurried sentences.