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
- C17 lines
It appears that the order called for the planes...
Turgidson's briefingDr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb · 1964He reads the map like a weather report, and the calm makes the countdown worse. - B16 lines
Then the guide couldn't recall which cave she'd gone into.
Aziz's broken accountA Passage to India · 1984The scrambled order and repeats show his panic better than any line could. - B16 lines
Hi, I'm President Business...
The president's morning warningThe Lego Movie · 2014Care-voice welds the rulebook and the kill order into one blessing. - C19 lines
The parties were bigger.
Jazz Age stackThe Great Gatsby · 2013Parties, shows, buildings, and morals keep getting bigger until he is inside the market himself. - C16 lines
Location, staff, technology.
The inventory in the cellarThe Gentlemen · 2020He lists sites, staff and tech like a founder pitching a funding round. - A29 lines
Since I've been dating your mom, I don't see you putting yourself out there, bud.
Trent's ten-point lectureThe Way Way Back · 2013It slides from blame to promise, raising the pressure while sounding kind. - B26 lines
I tried to do my duty, Cooper...
Mann ConfessesInterstellar · 2014The pauses turn a duty-bound explanation into a reluctant confession. - B27 lines
No, no. He wants to know why I race.
Why I raceArthur the King · 2024He turns down the money, then promises them a wall of his own photo. - B27 lines
Now, listen to me, you son of a gun,
Candy's farewell threatThe Life and Death of Colonel Blimp · 1943He blesses the match and threatens it in the same breath, so affection and menace arrive together. - C18 lines
I hate to be considered...
The lawyer on being called gullibleThe Thin Blue Line · 1988She admits the weakness, then answers it with evidence, turning an insult into an argument. - B26 lines
The new White Star liner R.M.S. Titanic is the largest vessel in the world.
Reading the soap ad aloudA Night to Remember · 1958The inflated ad copy builds the pride that the next line punctures. - B16 lines
We really were intrigued with the idea
The one-sentence pitchFriends: The Reunion · 2021They walk from ensemble structure to a life stage and land on friends as family. - B27 lines
I can smell trouble right here in this apartment.
Stella's courtroom prophecyRear Window · 1954She plays judge and defendant at once, turning a warning into a comic scene. - C18 lines
Oh, ho-ho. This... It relaxes him. He's got the upper hand.
The nod that digsNational Theatre Live: Prima Facie · 2022She barely speaks: a nod and a trailing but, until the other lawyer cannot stand to watch. - B26 lines
You must understand that times have changed.
The son's defenceNight and the City · 1950He explains away his father's whole life in a few calm lines, and the calm is the cruelty. - B29 lines
Coven, man. We got to get this sucker done though. Seriously.
A pep talk on setAmerican Movie · 1999It moves from a hungover complaint to a rallying order without losing its nerves. - B26 lines
You can't fire me.
Bob’s spiralThe Proposal · 2009He starts with you can’t fire me and climbs into name-calling; you can hear the panic stacking. - B28 lines
I can honestly boast that I'm banned from Crosby Street Booksellers.
Jack's proud confessionCan You Ever Forgive Me? · 2018He turns a string of bans into a boast, then lets the joke deflate itself. - B16 lines
Oh, hold on a second.
Beavis's big confessionBeavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe · 2022The sudden switch from jokes to real feeling is what makes the speech land. - C17 lines
My lord, when you went onward on this ended action,
Claudio's confessionMuch Ado About Nothing · 1993He traces his feeling from a soldier's glance to a room full of desires, admitting the truth without a single boast. - B17 lines
Stand here, listen, listen up. Focus, please, all right?
The father's parting lectureFront of the Class · 2008The pressure builds line by line, packing a father's impatience and helplessness into a doorway. - B26 lines
Whether Mr. Garabedian is a crank or not
Baron nails the story to the tableSpotlight · 2015He sets the crank label aside, then makes unsealing the least a local paper can do. - B18 lines
Do you know that there's actually people out there who avoid me now?
Bob sells himselfAuto Focus · 2002He stacks short proofs until the pitch sounds like a joke résumé. - B28 lines
That was invented by Cubby Broccoli, producer of the James Bond films.
the origin of broccoli24 Hour Party People · 2002He keeps inventing detail, and the deadpan build is the whole joke.