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
- B27 lines
Yeah. But, they wanted cash.
Mary's car-buying storyAnother Year · 2010She rattles through cash points and forgotten insurance without pausing, and the panic lands as comedy. - B26 lines
What do you need me for? What?
John's breakup speechBeaches · 1988A run of questions cools into resignation, ending on the flat line that seals it. - B17 lines
Aw, Ralph, what are you, nuts? Come on. This isn't me.
Vanellope’s identity speechWreck-It Ralph · 2012She refuses the princess label, then claims racer and glitch as the real résumé. - B26 lines
Well, sir. Here we are again.
Grandpa's odd graceYou Can't Take It with You · 1938He reports a family's ordinary life like a progress note to heaven, and the solemn tone is the joke. - B26 lines
To all who follow the hard and honorable profession of the sea, to the after-guard and forecastle alike,
The captain's dedicationThe Ghost and Mrs. Muir · 1947He names every rank aboard, turning a formal dedication into a salute to all seamen. - B18 lines
You know...
Doug's pitch to leaveThe Town · 2010It moves from a life observation to an invitation, casual on the surface and moving underneath. - B19 lines
This is a couple we met in Kansas when we were in Kansas.
Family photo tourAbout Schmidt · 2002A photo tour that maps her whole social world, offered to a man who has no pictures to return. - 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. - B27 lines
Next time you see me, I'll be in a Rolls Royce...
Hildy's farewell speechHis Girl Friday · 1940She jokes about cars and success, and the bitterness underneath is the real goodbye. - B27 lines
When deliveries are made at the front door...
Henry on milking the place dryGoodFellas · 1990It lays out theft, resale and arson as a tidy business process, calm and chilling. - B26 lines
This is the Zodiac speaking.
Pricing his own headZodiac · 2007Mild curiosity about the bounty, then a cartoon denial of the bomb. - B26 lines
Now look, Walter. You can't be sure of killing a man...
Keyes's theoryDouble Indemnity · 1944He walks from doubt to the only method, making a murder sound like a procedure. - B18 lines
I want to open myself!
Tituba's ConfessionThe Crucible · 2014Eight short lines turn confession into prayer, brightening as she lists what she did. - B18 lines
The fifth and final ticket has been found.
The ticket announcementWilly Wonka & the Chocolate Factory · 1971The announcer stacks short updates until a worldwide contest simply ends on air. - B16 lines
I'm a cannibal, hombre. We're gonna fucking eat your ass.
Danny's cannibal speechThis Is the End · 2013He announces himself, brags about his catch and crowns himself, all in one crude rush. - 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. - B26 lines
There'll come a time when you have to make a hard choice.
Tewkesbury on riskEnola Holmes · 2020He stacks a future test of nerve, then leaves the last square empty for her. - C18 lines
Oh, yes, I do. It's the second law of thermodynamics.
The marriage-rot confessionHusbands and Wives · 1992She coats a curse in thermodynamics, then twists the story until she walks in on Jack. - B16 lines
Come here. What are you gonna do about that song? Huh?
The cop talking Pat downSilver Linings Playbook · 2012He keeps shrinking the fear, repeating no song until Pat can breathe again. - B27 lines
Clem, there's nothing wrong with you.
Joel lists what he lovesEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind · 2004Each plain word builds a farewell he cannot stop saying. - B16 lines
She has always had some kind of gripe against me.
A mother's grievanceLolita · 1962She starts by blaming her daughter and ends defending her own youth, exposing what she really fears. - B17 lines
That sign right there says "Wi-Fi.
Calhoun's Die-Fi briefingRalph Breaks the Internet · 2018She walks from a letter-swap joke to a three-step ban like a drill sergeant. - B26 lines
A couple of years ago,
Prasak's old caseBreach · 2007It builds from a quiet 'years ago' into the weight of a hunt that never ended.