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
- C19 lines
I've gone over it again and again and again in my head
the Sting anecdoteDon't Look Up · 2021It drifts from military spending to a pop star's rudeness, then lands on charm. - C17 lines
We used to meet each other constantly once or twice a week.
A confession of secret loveThe Letter · 1940She moves from secrecy to self-disgust in calm, mounting sentences that chill the listener. - C19 lines
I, Francis MacKenzie Bledsoe, being of sound mind and body,
The will read in publicUncle Frank · 2020Boilerplate stacks until the bequest is disgust and shame. - C17 lines
Now the one thing about Wall Street and this market is, for me, I feel
Dressing a bribe as charityThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013The gentle tone is what makes the offer dangerous. - C16 lines
I cannot say.
The detective as décorKnives Out · 2019He won't name the client, then shrinks himself to furniture. Courtesy with teeth. - C19 lines
I know why you did it.
V on fear and consentV for Vendetta · 2006It starts with sympathy and ends in judgment, recasting tyranny as a bargain. - C17 lines
Hey I m Blake Halls I own Fortico
Owner wants him promotedWrath of Man · 2021Hero talk first, then he is sent out so the raise can be locked in behind the door. - C17 lines
Oh, by the way, sir, have you heard that General Mireau...
Dax reveals the artillery orderPaths of Glory · 1957He lays out the case step by step until the general traps himself. - C16 lines
Yeah, it's race-related.
Derek's race rantAmerican History X · 1998Each line hardens the previous one, building a bigoted case with terrible confidence. - C17 lines
It appears that the order called for the planes...
Turgidson's briefingDr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb · 1964He reads the map like a weather report, and the calm makes the countdown worse. - C19 lines
The parties were bigger.
Jazz Age stackThe Great Gatsby · 2013Parties, shows, buildings, and morals keep getting bigger until he is inside the market himself. - C16 lines
Location, staff, technology.
The inventory in the cellarThe Gentlemen · 2020He lists sites, staff and tech like a founder pitching a funding round. - C17 lines
In earlier years,
The refugee's closing wordsThe Life and Death of Colonel Blimp · 1943He revises his own honesty step by step and lands on plain homesickness as the real reason. - C18 lines
I hate to be considered...
The lawyer on being called gullibleThe Thin Blue Line · 1988She admits the weakness, then answers it with evidence, turning an insult into an argument. - C18 lines
Oh, ho-ho. This... It relaxes him. He's got the upper hand.
The nod that digsNational Theatre Live: Prima Facie · 2022She barely speaks: a nod and a trailing but, until the other lawyer cannot stand to watch. - C17 lines
My lord, when you went onward on this ended action,
Claudio's confessionMuch Ado About Nothing · 1993He traces his feeling from a soldier's glance to a room full of desires, admitting the truth without a single boast. - C17 lines
Well, they're kids, you know.
He talks the clock to deathSpotlight · 2015Kids, shame, tough streets: he stacks reasons they stay silent until the law has already closed. - C17 lines
I think that if there's a sort of sadness for people under 45, it has something to do with pleasure
On a generation's emptinessThe End of the Tour · 2015He turns a vague cultural sadness into a concrete claim about pleasure and achievement. - C16 lines
There is no woman's sides can bide the beating of so strong a passion as love doth give my heart.
Orsino's passion speechTwelfth Night · 2012He builds his love into an ocean, and the more he swells it the more naked his vanity looks. - C18 lines
For weeks, Marianne, I've had this pressing on me...
Elinor's outburstSense and Sensibility · 1995Her voice stays level as she lays out months of silence, which makes the confession cut deeper. - C18 lines
Look, if it makes you happy, my life has been going very badly.
the roof confessionDeconstructing Harry · 1997Harry confesses a ruined life, then offers his life away, hiding fear under indifference. - C17 lines
I was still on the yacht, and the anchor broke loose.
Sugar's dream at seaSome Like It Hot · 1959She turns longing into a list of shipboard chores, and the sweetness makes the later betrayal worse. - C17 lines
It was a beautiful day like no other, the last day I saw my home in Africa.
Wilberforce's opening speechAmazing Grace · 2006He moves from one memory to the whole chamber, then disarmingly grants his enemies humanity. - C18 lines
I think if your clients wanna sit on my shoulders and call themselves tall,
Minimum attentionThe Social Network · 2010Shoulders, leftover attention, then the polite return question. He finishes the insult in open court.