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
- B16 lines
I was a gay man who wanted to have hair like Jennifer Aniston.
Came home and put the show onFriends: The Reunion · 2021He jokes about the haircut, then calls them real friends, then the sentence breaks. - 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. - B16 lines
I've really been unhappy probably at least for a good week...
writing his depression inAmerican Movie · 1999He turns a private low into raw material for a character, saying it without self-pity. - B26 lines
I've done a lot of things in my life. Practically built an empire with your mother from the ground up.
Joe's succession pitchThe Proposal · 2009Pride in the mill tightens into a job offer Andrew never asked for. - B16 lines
[echoing] I am Cornholio!
Cornholio's TP rantBeavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe · 2022Six escalating chants turn a demand for toilet paper into a full uprising. - 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. - B17 lines
You're right. Drop!
A father's late confessionFront of the Class · 2008He moves from admitting the stares to admitting helplessness, then finally takes the blame. - 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. - B27 lines
I was stranded on a desert island...
the castaway note24 Hour Party People · 2002He frames a delayed album as a shipwreck diary, then kills the mood with one blunt line. - C17 lines
I think that if there's a sort of sadness for people under 45, it has something to do with pleasure
On a generation's emptinessThe End of the Tour · 2015He turns a vague cultural sadness into a concrete claim about pleasure and achievement. - B16 lines
I think you really are going mad.
Constanze's outburstAmadeus · 1984Rapid short questions pile up until love and disappointment sound the same. - B29 lines
Mr. Sheldrake, I've got good news for you.
Baxter's declarationThe Apartment · 1960He closes every escape route for himself, then ends on a coined word that undercuts the grandeur. - 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. - B29 lines
Says that you're the shooter, OK?
The frame-up threatTraining Day · 2001It moves from a blood test to a death threat without raising its voice, which makes it colder. - B19 lines
Listen to me. Wanna know what I heard in here?
the story of the paid missBuffalo '66 · 1998He moves from hearsay to certainty to curses, building the justification for his rage. - B28 lines
Oh, I'm not here, I'm supposed to be a pretty sick man that's what my doctor tells me.
The hospital complaintThe Shop Around the Corner · 1940He turns two weeks without customers into a joke about the other shop, lonely and proud in the same breath. - B29 lines
My dear madam, I'm at a loss...
Willoughby's cold letterSense and Sensibility · 1995Its flawless courtesy is the cruelest part, and the reader hears every refusal. - B27 lines
I think maybe you don't get it.
Genie goes back in the lampAladdin · 2019He names the cost of pretending, calls a master a friend, and leaves. - 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. - B17 lines
I'm trying to comfort him...
The name he gave a dying manReservoir Dogs · 1992He walks from comfort to disbelief to surrender, weighing a rule against a dying man. - 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. - B17 lines
This is a good moment right here.
camping one more dayThe Dawn Wall · 2017On the verge of the summit they choose to stay, turning satisfaction into quiet reluctance to leave. - B18 lines
But in all seriousness hon...
Amanda's anniversary speechBlue Jay · 2016She moves from teasing to sincere praise, then springs the surprise. - B27 lines
I was having dinner in the Kirkland dining hall with Mark,
The dining-hall chicken confessionThe Social Network · 2010Each extra detail makes the rite dumber and the headline heavier.