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
This facility runs on a point system.
The house rules speechBad Boys · 1983The rules pile up calmly until the last line turns on the listener, and that shift lands hard. - B26 lines
All right So his His wife that s not your mom
Donnie tells the Creed storyCreed · 2015Short broken sentences peel the scar: affair, foster care, juvie, then the woman who came and kept him. - 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. - B26 lines
I've been sitting here for ten minutes now lookin' over this rap sheet of yours.
The judge's warningGood Will Hunting · 1997He lays out the facts calmly so that the final sentence lands with full weight. - B27 lines
I shouldn't have gone on the way I did.
Ouiser's apologySteel Magnolias · 1989She moves from apology to self-mockery, letting the room breathe again after tears. - B29 lines
But you know something?
The speech for the sucker who still believesMy Fellow Americans · 1996He starts with a small man’s résumé, then throws the oath back at both of them. - B16 lines
Belsnickel, you don't need to be an elf
Kate talks him homeThe Christmas Chronicles: Part Two · 2020She moves from running away to family to Christmas, each step softer than the last. - B26 lines
And, Jerry. Jerry, I just wanna say one more thing, Jerry.
A parting vow of revengeThe King of Comedy · 1982Even thrown out, he insists on the last word and turns humiliation into a threat. - B17 lines
But it’s "Barbie and Ken.
There is no just KenBarbie · 2023He splits the name, then the gaze, then kills himself with cannot do flips. - B18 lines
I never had no trouble with these people.
Sal defends his shopDo the Right Thing · 1989He counts small neighborhood memories until pride and hurt land on one quiet boast. - C16 lines
In other words, by their very silence, there was a cover-up.
Sloan on White House ControlAll the President's Men · 1976He never raises his voice, yet each calm line strips away another layer of deniability. - B26 lines
Then he explained the name was the important thing for inspiring the necessary fear.
The name holds the fearThe Princess Bride · 1987He takes the fear off any single man and puts it in a name that can be handed on. - B26 lines
I may as well tell you the whole thing.
Ballon's accountA Shot in the Dark · 1964He gives in and walks through the whole night, calm on the surface but tense underneath. - B27 lines
You know, it's like...
the drifting-at-sea speechA Star Is Born · 2018A slow sea metaphor carries him from drifting to settling, and it lands gently. - B17 lines
The day she left us,
He left the bear at the altarSigned, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Have Made · 2021Rage wants a throw. Love sends the toy to church. Then he never looks back. - B29 lines
It wasn't until I got back to that peculiar prison of mine that I started facing the facts.
Joe's voiceover on facing factsSunset Boulevard · 1950The voiceover alternates self-mockery and clear sight, so planning an escape becomes self-indictment. - B26 lines
All right, men, we're not here to sell lemonade. We're here to practice.
the kickoff speechM*A*S*H · 1970The textbook speech clashes with the chaos it is supposed to organize. - B28 lines
The chance factor in life is mind-boggling.
Boris on chance and the universeWhatever Works · 2009He scales a marriage up to astronomy, and the coldness somehow makes it moving. - B18 lines
You can't go out. I won't allow it.
Carmody bars the doorThe Mist · 2007She stacks questions until her own veto sounds like scripture. - B26 lines
These were murders.
The penicillin indictmentThe Third Man · 1949Gangrened legs and maddened children turn a trade into a list of murders. - B29 lines
I'm in a field, right?
Linda's flying fantasyMighty Aphrodite · 1995She stacks pictures until the romance tips into comedy: field, plane, the whole world, then someone to change her life. - B18 lines
I hope this doesn't sound weird, but I was thinking about you.
Cheryl's confessionThe Secret Life of Walter Mitty · 2013She starts with a hedge and ends with how the thought carried her forward, closing the distance. - B16 lines
What does that mean? Look, brother, I am sitting here
Buddy says this moment is realFree Guy · 2021The ghost joke drops, and friendship does the work philosophy cannot: right here, this second. - B28 lines
Like the other night, I made love to this woman, and it was so incredible...
Harry's theory of friendshipWhen Harry Met Sally... · 1989Harry grows more pleased with himself, setting up the argument that follows.