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
- B16 lines
Now I want you to put these on, okay? Slide your arm through here.
The life vest speechBeasts of the Southern Wild · 2012He gives orders like a captain, but every step is a father hiding his fear. - B18 lines
Fred was passed around from station to station
The fire that lost FredSigned, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Have Made · 2021He walks Fred station to station, then the fire takes the toy when they have to run. - B19 lines
I used to have a mohawk...
Walter's quiet confessionThe Secret Life of Walter Mitty · 2013A haircut and a job on the same Thursday say everything about a dream quietly set aside. - B16 lines
Oh, you weren't there in the beginning.
Molly needed the lampToy Story 4 · 2019He walks Bo out of cut-your-losses and back into being someone's night light. - B16 lines
I only asked him to be best man in my wedding
Daddy as best manUncle Frank · 2020Drunk-night talk turns the stern father back into a shaky man. - B17 lines
I don't know. Sometimes it still hurts.
the pain-fading confessionSwingers · 1996Healing is told as physical pain, and the twist that you miss it lands hard. - B16 lines
You're not a Nazi.
Elsa's identity speechJojo Rabbit · 2019She repeats the denial, unpacks what he only looks like, then lands the verdict like a hammer. - B19 lines
I'm rescuing you, sir. You're the one the prophecy spoke of.
The prophecy named youThe Lego Movie · 2014She stacks most important, most talented, most interesting onto a guy who just wanted to follow the booklet. - B16 lines
Who begged me to be on their team because they couldn't get a sponsor?
Michael lays it outArthur the King · 2024Michael stacks old favors and hard choices until Leo has no easy exit. - B16 lines
I was a gay man who wanted to have hair like Jennifer Aniston.
Came home and put the show onFriends: The Reunion · 2021He jokes about the haircut, then calls them real friends, then the sentence breaks. - B16 lines
I just want to say, you know, like, um, we were eating some nachos, you know?
Beavis's clumsy confessionBeavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe · 2022The filler words make the confession sound painfully real rather than written. - B17 lines
You're right. Drop!
A father's late confessionFront of the Class · 2008He moves from admitting the stares to admitting helplessness, then finally takes the blame. - B19 lines
Listen to me. Wanna know what I heard in here?
the story of the paid missBuffalo '66 · 1998He moves from hearsay to certainty to curses, building the justification for his rage. - B18 lines
But in all seriousness hon...
Amanda's anniversary speechBlue Jay · 2016She moves from teasing to sincere praise, then springs the surprise. - B16 lines
You've got to get through it.
Vashti's pep talkBe Here Now · 2015Six short sentences that refuse to let the diagnosis have the last word. - B17 lines
I must apologize for Myra's suspicions, Clifford.
Sidney calms the roomDeathtrap · 1982He soothes the visitor with an apology, then slides the attention back onto the cuffs. - B19 lines
Changing into Another woman's donated set of clothes
Clothes that aren't yoursCome from Away · 2021Donated outfit, mirror, costume party: she keeps asking who she is now. - B18 lines
Oh, yeah? You want to know what my wish was?
Kitty names trustPuss in Boots: The Last Wish · 2022She goes from the wish to a life without trust, then pins his legend as the same old act. - B16 lines
Before I caught him with that woman, we made love and...
CC tells the affair storyBeaches · 1988She lays out pregnancy, betrayal and his coming wedding in a flat, stunned voice. - B17 lines
Aw, Ralph, what are you, nuts? Come on. This isn't me.
Vanellope’s identity speechWreck-It Ralph · 2012She refuses the princess label, then claims racer and glitch as the real résumé. - B19 lines
This is a couple we met in Kansas when we were in Kansas.
Family photo tourAbout Schmidt · 2002A photo tour that maps her whole social world, offered to a man who has no pictures to return. - B18 lines
I was given a miracle.
Abuela's apology at the riverEncanto · 2021Miracle, fear, lost sight, because of me: she unpicks the rules until a person is left. - B16 lines
And so I said: " Come and live with me in peace and safety...
The Oompa Loompa origin storyWilly Wonka & the Chocolate Factory · 1971Quoted speech and invented beast names turn a business deal into a fairy tale. - B17 lines
And then when I'm angry, which is a lot these days, I go to the garage.
Danny on music and angerSilver Linings Playbook · 2012He moves from band names to smashed knuckles, making catharsis sound funny and sad.