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
- B29 lines
Long is our city limits sign.
Valerie's saga of the city limits signInterstate 60 · 2002One road sign spawns lawsuit after lawsuit, and the plain delivery makes it believable. - B26 lines
Ah, yes, my morning ritual.
Jordan's morning ritualThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013A deadpan checklist makes an outrageous morning sound routine. - B29 lines
I think it means our father finally came to his senses
Linda cuts him publiclyKnives Out · 2019She stacks the burned bridges, then drops the will like a gavel. - B27 lines
It started last night, around midnight.
The night of the explosionV for Vendetta · 2006Short sentences tighten the fear until the eyeless stare lands, and it chills. - B29 lines
Kurt, listen to me. You know why I was so hard on you?
the coach's belief speechAmerican Underdog · 2021It builds pressure, then reveals it as belief, landing like a clean hit. - B28 lines
The first hurdle for the true warrior.
a Nietzschean creedSlacker · 1990He recites Nietzsche, making suffering the only proof of worth. - B28 lines
That night, the girl Carmel had been told she must leave Windward.
the cliff confessionThe Uninvited · 1944The account tightens sentence by sentence until the blow lands, and Holloway's calm becomes chilling. - B28 lines
You see, after we left New York, she was very nervous.
Gatsby takes the crashThe Great Gatsby · 2013He starts with her nerves, then gives the wheel back in a whisper. Confession as cover. - B26 lines
I feel like a big dandelion cock...
the dandelion speech24 Hour Party People · 2002It grows from a slip of the tongue into a filthy, soaring image of spreading seeds. - B28 lines
I'm putting cases on all you bitches. Huh? You think you can do this shit?
Alonzo's meltdownTraining Day · 2001The rant escalates from legal threats to King Kong, turning his collapse into a grotesque show. - B27 lines
(Barks) - Every nerve ending, all my senses, blood in my veins, everything I have is screaming, "Take off,
The panic sequenceReservoir Dogs · 1992It builds from nerves and blood to the dog and the officers, driving the inner panic to a peak. - B29 lines
Let me tell you the difference between Facebook and everybody else.
Mark’s downtime panicThe Social Network · 2010He walks from one downed server to a cascade, and sells his fear as the product’s law. - B27 lines
And I guess I was the other side.
Andy on his northern childhoodBe Here Now · 2015A light self-jab builds into a proverb that sums up a whole upbringing. - B28 lines
I forgot to mention that I should be getting a phone call any minute now.
Clifford's phone callDeathtrap · 1982The more carefully he explains the call, the more suspicious the whole arrangement looks. - B26 lines
Not 'er, the chap I was going with. He was a bit younger than me but I loved 'im.
The woman's story of betrayalWitness for the Prosecution · 1957She moves from love to betrayal to revenge in flat sentences, and the motive lands. - B27 lines
Come out here, son. I want you to see something.
the director's pitchSuddenly, Last Summer · 1959He builds his case in stages, junk lot to building to bequest, so money and obligation arrive together. - B28 lines
For most of the guys, killings were accepted.
The rules of the lifeGoodFellas · 1990Eight flat lines turn killing into policy, and the calm is what condemns it. - B27 lines
He would not answer aye or nay to his indictment;
The tale of Giles CoreyThe Crucible · 2014She lays out the law clause by clause, and the calm makes the death land harder. - B29 lines
The first night that Pat and I met,
Tiffany's timeline defenseSilver Linings Playbook · 2012She builds a case out of dates and coincidences until it almost sounds airtight. - B27 lines
That I'm a fuckin' orphan? No, you don't wanna hear that. - I didn't know that. I didn't know that.
Will's outburstGood Will Hunting · 1997He flings his childhood wounds at her one by one, using rage to guard what is left of his pride. - B28 lines
You tell your parents that President Orlean and Isherwell are sociopaths and fascists!
The demagogue's pitchDon't Look Up · 2021It recruits children as messengers and packages fear, conspiracy and chant into pure imperatives. - B28 lines
Now this is dynamite.
Cody's courtroom showdownInterstate 60 · 2002He moves from announcing dynamite to ordering the judge, all in a level, almost bored voice. - B27 lines
Hey, everybody, listen up!
The new-issue-day rallyThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013He turns one firing into a speech that fuses fear with pure hype. - B26 lines
Dearest Linda, Walter, and Joni...
Harlan’s letterKnives Out · 2019He asks them to take it with grace, then locks the door. Tenderness with no room to bargain.