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
Now here is what you must remember about this dish.
The chef's nature sermonThe Menu · 2022He talks about a scallop the way a priest talks about dust, and the rich still have to sit through it. - C16 lines
Then he got up to go, and I knew if he left, I'd never see him again,
The night of the shootingThe Letter · 1940The flat, repeated gunshots make the violence feel mechanical and therefore unbearable. - C17 lines
You know, Jordan, I'll tell you something.
Denham on privilegeThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013He trashes a whole class, then singles Jordan out, which is flattery with a hook. - C17 lines
But... But, I spoke in the car about the hole
The nested donutKnives Out · 2019He makes the case a hole you can see, then another hole inside it, like a tongue-twister. - C19 lines
I'd always known what I wanted to do with my life...
Valerie's love storyV for Vendetta · 2006Small domestic details build the happiness that the war then destroys. - C17 lines
There were those of us who fought against it.
The ambassador explainsDr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb · 1964He explains a doomsday machine as a reluctant necessity, and the calm makes it absurd. - C16 lines
Should you try and undermine me,
Mickey's poisoned warningThe Gentlemen · 2020Mickey wraps a death threat in courtly courtesy, making the poison feel like manners. - C19 lines
My wife was English.
The story of his wifeThe Life and Death of Colonel Blimp · 1943Short flat sentences carry the story from loyalty to loss without a single raised voice. - C17 lines
If I get down there and perjure myself...
The brother's reasoningThe Thin Blue Line · 1988A run of quoted thoughts lays bare the logic of a man protecting himself. - C18 lines
What just happened? It's not emotional for me. It's the game.
No flaunting the winNational Theatre Live: Prima Facie · 2022She drops the feeling, bars any flaunting, and renames only the loss. - C16 lines
She told me, not thinking I had been myself,
Benedick railing at BeatriceMuch Ado About Nothing · 1993The complaint keeps escalating from daggers to poison air, each image more absurd than the last. - C18 lines
Did you know that they tried to bring me up
The lawyer names the watchersSpotlight · 2015Bar board, eyes on him, no record. Each line makes speech itself feel unsafe. - C18 lines
When you're used to doing heavy-duty literary stuff that doesn't sell well, being human animals with egos,
The paradox of selling wellThe End of the Tour · 2015He builds a tight no-win argument about success, and the logic itself is the punchline. - C16 lines
She never told her love,
A daughter's silent loveTwelfth Night · 2012Three images of decay and stone end in one question that turns a tale into an accusation. - C18 lines
What, am I wrong? It's all over your book...
Doris's accusationDeconstructing Harry · 1997She builds her case line by line, turning family history into evidence against him. - C17 lines
It's been ten years since I elected myself president of this organization.
The boss's ten-year reportSome Like It Hot · 1959He reports murder as corporate business, and the deadpan tone makes the threat funnier and colder. - C16 lines
It seems my young friend opposite has a long-term strategy to destroy the very nation that spawned him.
The opposition's counterattackAmazing Grace · 2006Three accusations in a row turn abolition into national suicide, each one harder to answer. - C19 lines
Just look around you! Jesus Christ. You don't have to read Hustler.
The celebrity-news speechDeathtrap · 1982A run of tabloid examples builds a cold case for scandal as currency. - C18 lines
I know it sounds hopelessly vain to say...
The Famous CoupleSuddenly, Last Summer · 1959She calls it vanity, then savours every detail of being watched. - C18 lines
Another thing that pissed me off, talking about who started punk rock.
Who started punkSLC Punk · 1998He stacks the origin questions, throws them out, and replaces them with harder, faster, and more love. - C18 lines
All right, here's your story. The jailbreak of your dreams.
Hildy dictates the jailbreakHis Girl Friday · 1940She stacks short clauses until the absurd escape becomes a joke told deadpan. - C16 lines
Hitler called quantum physics "Jewish science.
Hate as the only head startOppenheimer · 2023He turns a physics race into a political bet: Hitler’s antisemitism may starve the German lab of the people who could win it. - C17 lines
Spielberg: I got in trouble with several critics who didn't like that I shied away from the love story between Shug and Celie.
Admitting he stopped shortSpielberg · 2017He starts with the critics, names the skipped scene, and ends on timid, not technique. - C16 lines
Most people never get to see how brilliant they can be.
Sean's closing wordsGood Will Hunting · 1997He widens Will's problem into everyone's, mixing empathy with a quiet challenge.