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
- C18 lines
Out of the blue. Out of the blue.
Carl's Sabotage TipAll the President's Men · 1976He races from a surprise tip to a nationwide sabotage plan, and the case flips on its head. - C17 lines
which started kicking in by the time I finished my sales meeting.
The phases of the pillsThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013A calm, list-like narration of losing control makes the whole thing darkly funny. - C19 lines
But I was hired before the sealed will was read.
Hired before the willKnives Out · 2019The timeline stacks three facts: the client knew, a crime existed, and Marta sat in it. - C16 lines
Deterrence is the art of producing in the mind of the enemy...
defining deterrenceDr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb · 1964It builds a clean definition of deterrence step by step, and the calm delivery makes it chilling. - C16 lines
Because not only do I know exactly how Mickey's business operates 199455205.
Fletcher's leverage speechThe Gentlemen · 2020He stacks facts, then crowns himself, turning blackmail into a job offer. - C18 lines
I feel bad that I've just said that. I just... I want him to be better.
Regret after the insultNational Theatre Live: Prima Facie · 2022The insult softens into an old friendship and ends on a mother picking up food. - C18 lines
What fire is in mine ears?
Beatrice gives up her prideMuch Ado About Nothing · 1993She moves from wounded pride to open surrender, and every line lowers her guard a little more. - C19 lines
Look, Mr. Garabedian,
The reporter bets the GlobeSpotlight · 2015He admits the walls, then stacks the Globe over the Phoenix and sells reach as the only chip he has. - C17 lines
Having been three months married to her sitting in my state...
Malvolio's count fantasyTwelfth Night · 2012He furnishes the fantasy down to the officers and the gowns, and detail is what makes the fall funny. - C18 lines
That smell is the smell of death.
The smell of deathAmazing Grace · 2006Two sets of repetition tighten the room until the last line becomes a creed. - C19 lines
It all started last summer.
From Cable to St. Mary'sSuddenly, Last Summer · 1959She turns a family collapse into a tidy chronology, and the calm is the cruelest part. - C17 lines
It was a character flaw, sure, but we all have those.
Chaos, lightly dismissedSLC Punk · 1998It first calls showing off a shared flaw and sets that part aside, then folds intimidation, snapping, and theft into Chaos in man, and only then calls it a little tiresome. - C16 lines
Neutrons smash into nucleus,
The atmosphere calculationOppenheimer · 2023He walks from neutrons hitting a nucleus to the end of the world, like reading a formula as doom. - C17 lines
Spielberg: My very first memory-- I was in a stroller.
The red light memorySpielberg · 2017The picture arrives before its name, so we walk toward the light with the child. - C18 lines
And it would have worked
Kindness wrecks the boardKnives Out · 2019Three ifs take the plan apart; the last line makes mercy the winning move. - C17 lines
When you merely wish to bury bombs, There's no limit to the size.
how the machine worksDr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb · 1964Catastrophe is explained like a product manual, which is exactly what makes it frightening. - C16 lines
'Never assume anyone is telling the truth, even yourself.
the dean's legal creedNational Theatre Live: Prima Facie · 2022Paired contrasts evict instinct, then call law school only the start of the fight. - C17 lines
She dying, as it must be so maintained,
The friar's planMuch Ado About Nothing · 1993He lays out a lie as if it were mercy, and the calm delivery is what persuades them. - C18 lines
Rogers opposes my motion,
Exhibits go publicSpotlight · 2015He turns an opposing motion into the loophole that attaches sealed files. - C16 lines
Cesario, by the roses of the spring, by maidhood, honour, truth, and...
Olivia's confessionTwelfth Night · 2012It opens with oaths and closes with a proverb, so a private plea sounds like law. - C16 lines
My honourable friend, the member for Liverpool, seeks evidence of people's concern.
Wilberforce answers with namesAmazing Grace · 2006Instead of arguing, he answers with names, letting the signatures do the talking. - C16 lines
But what a blessing to them, doctor, to be just peaceful.
On Peace and Devouring BirdsSuddenly, Last Summer · 1959She slides from blessing to devouring birds, and her own terror shows through the sweetness. - C16 lines
Instead of uranium or plutonium,
Teller’s Super pitchOppenheimer · 2023He swaps the fuel, then the yield, and the lecture leaves the room with him. - C17 lines
Spielberg: I made the choice because I wanted people to say "Munich" is the context for problems that exist in today's world and basically are threatening to all of us.
Peace the hard waySpielberg · 2017He shuts the hiding place, then offers peace only as costly work done inside yourself.