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
- B18 lines
It wasn't long after we were married that Victor went back to Czechoslovakia.
Ilsa's Paris accountCasablanca · 1943She stacks plain facts and lets the silence after each one do the hurting. - B18 lines
I was working as a typist for the CIA,
the CIA how-we-met storyBuffalo '66 · 1998The details pile up until the lie plays like a little film, and the family buys every frame. - B19 lines
I was getting on the plane and there was this family
The airport boyBlue Jay · 2016She starts with a stranger's tantrum and slowly makes it about her own locked-up feelings. - B17 lines
You stole my dream! I was going to conquer England someday!
Scarlet's coronation speech to herselfMinions · 2015She lists the England she was going to own, down to the sparkly dress, then drops the whole dream on three Minions. - B16 lines
I don't know what effect it's having on the children.
Talking to his kidsBe Here Now · 2015He turns the hardest subject into plain talk, protecting his children with calm words. - B18 lines
TV knob clicking: Well, theater lovers, there is bad news tonight.
The critic's verdictDeathtrap · 1982The verdict builds from bad sets to public shame, slow and lethal. - B16 lines
Welcome to Gander Academy, nicest hotel on the east coast.
Beulah's hotel welcomeCome from Away · 2021Washrooms, food, clothes, sleep: she maps the school like a lobby and calls it a hotel. - B17 lines
Oh, I've been called all kinds of things.
The nickname menu nobody wantedPuss in Boots: The Last Wish · 2022He lists the insults like groceries. Only the last line admits he never got a real name. - B18 lines
Well, I know it's not Buckingham Palace, but it's home to me.
CC's freedom speechBeaches · 1988The speech slides from a joke into joy and lands on a shout of freedom. - B18 lines
Hello, my royal subjects!
King Candy's race announcementWreck-It Ralph · 2012Hail, wipe, roster, then the coin. Ceremony that turns into a cover charge. - B18 lines
You know...
Doug's pitch to leaveThe Town · 2010It moves from a life observation to an invitation, casual on the surface and moving underneath. - B17 lines
I pull the Adventurer over whenever I feel like stretching my legs...
Roadside monologueAbout Schmidt · 2002The travelogue suddenly lands on Helen, turning a souvenir list into grief. - B19 lines
Your mum told me straight, you know.
Tony's football fearBeautiful Thing · 1996He admits a boyhood fear in broken, honest sentences that feel real. - B17 lines
We say nothing.
Dad's gag orderEncanto · 2021He starts at we say nothing, then edits the break-in out of the night like copy for guests. - B16 lines
My dear friends, you are now about to enter the nerve center...
Wonka's room revealWilly Wonka & the Chocolate Factory · 1971He builds mystery, then drops the wonder in one plain line about eating everything. - B17 lines
I'm a fucking idiot. I put myself up.
Seth's reconciliation speechThis Is the End · 2013He confesses fault by fault in rising rhythm, until he names the real wound in the friendship. - B16 lines
Come here. What are you gonna do about that song? Huh?
The cop talking Pat downSilver Linings Playbook · 2012He keeps shrinking the fear, repeating no song until Pat can breathe again. - B18 lines
This is the day we met.
Joel's memory of the beachEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind · 2004He turns a sweatshirt into a marker of time, tender and already foreshadowing how it ends. - B16 lines
She has always had some kind of gripe against me.
A mother's grievanceLolita · 1962She starts by blaming her daughter and ends defending her own youth, exposing what she really fears. - B17 lines
Well, think about it.
The perfect loop, read aloudRalph Breaks the Internet · 2018Close, work, play, repeat—then he declines the rewrite in one shrug. - B17 lines
I'm trying to push off my back foot like you told me. Hey, Donnie. Come here.
Rocky lays out the workCreed · 2015He admits the body is slower, then still hands Donnie a way to fight with brains and ears. - B16 lines
Belsnickel, you don't need to be an elf
Kate talks him homeThe Christmas Chronicles: Part Two · 2020She moves from running away to family to Christmas, each step softer than the last. - B19 lines
You shit-for-brains, man! You forgot I have a police radio!
Frank's closing tauntsBlue Velvet · 1986The taunts keep closing in, turning curses into footsteps and a countdown. - B17 lines
Thank God for lips.
thank God for everythingDo the Right Thing · 1989A mock prayer that names the body part by part, funny and tender at once.