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
- B28 lines
Yes, I have and I must say, in all sincerity...
Sidney's phone flatteryDeathtrap · 1982The praise keeps climbing, with a humblebrag tucked in, every word setting a trap. - B26 lines
This is not a democracy!
The captain kills the voteCome from Away · 2021Democracy first, then American Airlines and the FAA, then a polite thank-you that is really an order. - B26 lines
That woman's up to something. But what?
the lawyer's desperate tallyWitness for the Prosecution · 1957A few short lines carry the case from suspicion to total defeat in one breath. - B28 lines
I molested an elderly gardener of great virtue.
A madwoman's confessionSuddenly, Last Summer · 1959She confesses to the worst so neatly that the confession itself sounds sane. - B28 lines
So we started our debate. This was our custom.
A tired party cycleSLC Punk · 1998It turns a belief clash into a party-and-fight rhythm, then admits the rhythm is already tired. - B29 lines
To never have sunlight on your face
CC's songBeaches · 1988It turns a life of quiet support into a thank-you sung out loud. - B29 lines
You're poorer than any of these people that you call scum.
Grandpa's verdict on KirbyYou Can't Take It with You · 1938It builds from poorer to failure to a single tear, taking Kirby's whole life apart in one breath. - B28 lines
It wasn't merely to save the house for me.
The captain explains his bookThe Ghost and Mrs. Muir · 1947He moves from saving the house to shaming the landsmen, and the anger keeps climbing. - B26 lines
One night, Bobby Vinton sent us champagne. There was nothing like it.
Henry recalls the glory daysGoodFellas · 1990Six calm sentences paint the glamour he lived in, and quietly hide what he missed. - B29 lines
I wish you had some evil in you that you might
Proctor's ConfessionThe Crucible · 2014He moves from a truth about reputation to his own guilt, giving himself away line by line. - B26 lines
These are the two days that you have promised me and we have prepared to nail the big move.
Tiffany's protestSilver Linings Playbook · 2012She takes apart Pat's excuses line by line and turns the blame back onto the father. - B27 lines
That was a colossally stupid thing to do!
A handler's dressing-downBreach · 2007The handler piles blame on blame, turning one mistake into shared guilt. - B29 lines
You ever hear of Gerald Lambeau?
Lambeau's gift speechGood Will Hunting · 1997He climbs from a nobody to Einstein to a ruined genius, tightening the argument line by line. - B28 lines
Hello, sirs.
The killer's polite threatMy Fellow Americans · 1996Each courteous short line tightens the room. Hello becomes a countdown. - B29 lines
Listen, if I just don't say this, I'll never forgive myself.
the pep talk before the showA Star Is Born · 2018Short parallel clauses pile up until the warning about the audience lands. - B26 lines
She's cheerful, not demanding.
Boris weighs the marriageWhatever Works · 2009He compares wife to ex-wife item by item, and the grumbling hides real contentment. - B28 lines
When someone's not that attractive...
Harry's personality ruleWhen Harry Met Sally... · 1989Harry turns a dating cliché into a tidy rule, complete with cases and exceptions. - B28 lines
Yeah, here's the Xanax he takes for his panic attacks.
June's med listDon't Look Up · 2021The flat, itemized list of pills grows more intimate and cruel with each line. - B27 lines
You see, I've got lung cancer.
Cody's cancer and dynamite warningInterstate 60 · 2002He stacks illness, dynamite and a threat so calmly that the calm itself is the menace. - B28 lines
For three weeks, we sailed the Naomi through the Caribbean, eventually taking her home to Long Island,
The Gold Coast houseThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013The list of luxuries builds a perfect life, and the perfection is what makes it fragile. - B26 lines
your family is from Uruguay, but you did it right.
The model immigrant lectureKnives Out · 2019Praise for doing it legally, then a shove to agree, while a person becomes a prop. - B28 lines
It's funny.
V on coincidence and rosesV for Vendetta · 2006Two roses turn chance into fate, and the last gift is delivered without a raised voice. - B27 lines
All right. Here's the apartment where the killing took place.
The foreman lays out the apartment12 Angry Men · 1957Room by room, he turns the testimony into a floor plan anyone can walk. - B29 lines
Because this is my time, sir.
Kurt's case to startAmerican Underdog · 2021He builds from who he is to what the team will do, turning doubt into an offer.