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
Look, you see how they dress when they go out, right?
Trent's honesty speechSwingers · 1996He recasts respect as pretending and honesty as instinct, selling it hard. - B26 lines
See, I'm a drifter from Texas.
The drifter's memorySlacker · 1990He narrates decay without a flicker, so the calm is what chills the listener. - B28 lines
Dear Elsa, this is hard for me to say, "but I don't want to marry you anymore.
the forged letterJojo Rabbit · 2019The letter escalates from polite to absurd, turning a child's jealousy into dark comedy. - B26 lines
No money. For these courts.
The terms of the betAmerican History X · 1998Each line raises the stakes until the court becomes a border, and losing means exile. - B26 lines
I've thought this thing out, and you must go away from here.
Rick's planThe Uninvited · 1944He shifts from pleading to promising, turning a tiny flat into a shared future. - 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. - B19 lines
I'm rescuing you, sir. You're the one the prophecy spoke of.
The prophecy named youThe Lego Movie · 2014She stacks most important, most talented, most interesting onto a guy who just wanted to follow the booklet. - B26 lines
His smile was one of those...
Gatsby's smileThe Great Gatsby · 2013Nick slows a grin into a rare kind of understanding: the face that believes you as you wish to be believed. - 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. - B16 lines
She's being coy.
Owen's flirting boastThe Way Way Back · 2013He brags, answers himself and undercuts it, showing Owen's cocky charm. - B17 lines
Greetings, and welcome to the 2018 Adventure Racing - World Championship!
the race briefingArthur the King · 2024The speech swings from welcome to hard numbers, turning excitement into pressure. - B26 lines
For me, Murdoch, it means more than that.
The General on the armisticeThe Life and Death of Colonel Blimp · 1943It climbs from private bickering to a verdict on justice, then closes with a blessing. - B28 lines
I just took off.
The runaway on the roadThe Thin Blue Line · 1988Hardship is broken into food and shelter, and the smallness is what stings. - B29 lines
And I just remember sitting with these five other people
Begging the producer to let him goFriends: The Reunion · 2021From sitting with five people to hat in hand, each line drops him lower. - 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. - B27 lines
I've been thinking, Helen.
Phil's retirement dreamNight and the City · 1950Short sentences stack into a dream of escape that keeps drifting further from the room. - B16 lines
For years, I've been trying to face up to who I am and shit like that.
Mark's confessionAmerican Movie · 1999It slides from a plain admission into a question everyone feels, so his private mess becomes shared. - B29 lines
Let me explain to you the process that's about to unfold.
The process about to unfoldThe Proposal · 2009He numbers the steps, names the felony, and never raises his voice. The trap is the calendar. - B16 lines
Wouldn't it be incredible if, after you passed on...
the pitch for a memoirCan You Ever Forgive Me? · 2018It sells immortality through one sly image, letters still sold after you are gone. - B16 lines
I just want to say, you know, like, um, we were eating some nachos, you know?
Beavis's clumsy confessionBeavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe · 2022The filler words make the confession sound painfully real rather than written. - 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. - B26 lines
I want to make teaching my life. [barking]
Explaining Tourette's in an interviewFront of the Class · 2008He moves from his dream to his condition, as calm as a teacher and as honest as a confession. - 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. - B29 lines
I should have found time to tell you earlier,...
A father's confession24 Hour Party People · 2002He admits his failures as a father and then quietly writes himself out of the lead role.