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
John Paul Jones, Patrick Henry, Samuel Adams.
Grandpa's Americanism speechYou Can't Take It with You · 1938He builds through names and parallels, then lands the contrast with a single brutal line. - B26 lines
I love this house. I thought I must stay here the moment I saw it.
Lucy's plea for the houseThe Ghost and Mrs. Muir · 1947The sentences shorten as the feeling grows, turning a stubborn claim into a confession. - B29 lines
There was this guy there going around to all the ladies...
The agent's bar storyThe Town · 2010She turns a bar creep into a joke and then slips herself into the story, which is the interrogation. - B27 lines
Every night, before I go to sleep,
Buddy's bedtime prayerBelfast · 2021The boy stacks up his wishes until the last line lands as pure want. - B26 lines
Well, you put a pretty good face on things...
Vicki's observationAbout Schmidt · 2002It climbs from compliment to verdict, showing how softness can corner a person. - B28 lines
Last week, right, I went to Woolwich.
story of his fatherBeautiful Thing · 1996It starts as a story, builds into a question, and lands on a cold judgement. - B27 lines
I will never be good enough for you.
Never good enoughEncanto · 2021Enough stacks until the whole family is doomed, then she flips Bruno's exile back onto Abuela. - B26 lines
Argue with her, or you'll be on a honeymoon with blood on your hands.
Walter's guilt tripHis Girl Friday · 1940The threats build from the honeymoon to a lifetime, turning a favor into a haunting. - B27 lines
For us, to live any other way was nuts.
the sucker speechGoodFellas · 1990It calmly declares honest workers dead, and the calm is what makes it chilling. - B26 lines
I like killing people because it is so much fun.
The hunter's plaintextZodiac · 2007Killing, decoded, ranks above hunting and above sex. - B28 lines
Yes, he had. And I wanted a home. Why not?
The Nurse's StoryDouble Indemnity · 1944She moves from wanting a home to open resentment, and each small grievance carries the next. - B29 lines
Reverend Parris, I have laid seven babies un-baptized in the earth.
Ann Putnam's AccusationThe Crucible · 2014She moves from buried babies to Tituba's magic, turning private grief into a public charge. - B27 lines
Now, details on the sudden announcement...
The Golden Ticket bulletinWilly Wonka & the Chocolate Factory · 1971Short clauses stack the announcement, the number and the prize until the offer sounds unreal. - B26 lines
Good thing I have a lot of fucking weed for you guys.
Danny's murderous business pitchThis Is the End · 2013It hands out gifts, then asks for a killing, stacking conditions until death is a line item. - B26 lines
Well, if they do,
How stars dieOppenheimer · 2023He turns collapse and swallowed light into a black hole, then admits the work cannot save anyone in the room. - B28 lines
You know last I remember you were quite a timid little thing
Childhood as interrogationEnola Holmes · 2020The pine cone and the chasing father sound fond until you notice he is cataloguing a sister he has not visited. - B26 lines
Hello. Me again. I know who she is.
Naming GailHusbands and Wives · 1992Looks, school, the office chase: she builds a rap sheet out of details she already knew. - B27 lines
Can I just explain myself? I didn't want Nikki to think that I was associated
Tiffany's outburstSilver Linings Playbook · 2012It builds from self-justification to accusation, landing one final verdict on Pat. - B29 lines
Now, the, uh-- The first thing we need you to do, Mr. Barish,
the erasure walkthroughEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind · 2004It turns deleting a person into a tidy service, moving from belongings to a promised new life. - B28 lines
Now, this would be your room.
The landlady's sales pitchLolita · 1962She climbs from a room to bloodline to culture, turning a rental pitch into a social-climbing speech. - B26 lines
The reason I came to your neck of the face...
Stuttering for a harmless virusRalph Breaks the Internet · 2018Every slip of the tongue proves he is staring at the extra face. - B26 lines
You're being tasked to Headquarters, where you'll be riding the desk of an agent named Robert Hanssen.
The handler's briefingBreach · 2007It stacks titles and history, then drops one warning, building a whole person. - B26 lines
Hey, boy,
Eddie's verdict speechBad Boys · 1983Six lines tighten from a greeting to a verdict and leave no room to answer back. - B26 lines
All right So his His wife that s not your mom
Donnie tells the Creed storyCreed · 2015Short broken sentences peel the scar: affair, foster care, juvie, then the woman who came and kept him.