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
If you're part of a crew, nobody ever tells you they're going to kill you.
how the mob killsGoodFellas · 1990The calm voice lists the rules of murder until the calm itself becomes terrifying. - B26 lines
I want you to get all our clients on the phone right now and have them start selling Steve Madden.
Jordan's order to crush the stockThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013Each line raises the stakes from an order to an open threat. - B28 lines
Check it out, man. I really, honestly believe that this guy is still alive.
The Elvis TheorySlacker · 1990It builds a wild theory with total confidence, then turns it into a joke about growing old. - B26 lines
I think you should just feel it.
A wife's pleaBe Here Now · 2015She never tells him to be brave; she keeps handing the choice back to him. - B27 lines
Where will you cut, doctor?
Where the knife will goSuddenly, Last Summer · 1959Polite questions pile into rising dread, quietly moving the operating table into the room. - B28 lines
It's sad, you understand? It's like...
Donnie's fake-loyalty speechThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013He rages about betrayal while wearing the wire that will end Jordan. - B29 lines
Five minutes.
Guided breathingBe Here Now · 2015Short, warm instructions turn a frightening scan into a task he can count through. - B27 lines
We'll fly north, little bird.
The trip northSuddenly, Last Summer · 1959A tender promise collapses into one denial, releasing the whole regret. - B28 lines
I just get a sense that something like cancer has a switch and...
The cancer switchBe Here Now · 2015He turns a terminal illness into a switch he might flip, cold logic hiding hope. - B26 lines
That volume contains only one poem, as do the others I have.
A poem a summerSuddenly, Last Summer · 1959She turns writing into a ritual, and the calm shows how central she believes she is. - B26 lines
As strictly as if he'd taken a vow. This sounds like vanity, doctor...
On chastity and puritySuddenly, Last Summer · 1959She admits vanity only to raise her son higher, dressing possession as virtue. - B26 lines
He helped bring me back to life...
The sunshine days in EuropeSuddenly, Last Summer · 1959A few lines open a whole journey, brightness already hiding what comes next. - B26 lines
The ones from the free beach climbed over the fence or swam around it.
The crowd over the fenceSuddenly, Last Summer · 1959From the fence to the tips, the passage paints dependence and greed in a few strokes. - B26 lines
He accepted all as how things are...
Catherine on Sebastian's waysSuddenly, Last Summer · 1959Six quiet lines build a portrait of a man who would rather accept than act. - B29 lines
When he tried to escape...
The chase up the white streetSuddenly, Last Summer · 1959Long and short lines trade places until the chase and the heat become one pressure.