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
Yeah, sure, it was kind of predictable...
Who is left without a trackRalph Breaks the Internet · 2018She owns the old track, then names the not-knowing, then drops the identity question on her best friend. - B16 lines
She didn't like it, boss. She didn't get it.
Eric's confessionBreach · 2007The run of short lines turns a clumsy excuse into something close to an apology. - C17 lines
Spielberg: My very first memory-- I was in a stroller.
The red light memorySpielberg · 2017The picture arrives before its name, so we walk toward the light with the child. - B26 lines
The sky's fallin' on your head. The waves are crashin' over your little boat.
The storm and the harbourGood Will Hunting · 1997The storm metaphor tightens line by line until it lands squarely on the man listening. - B28 lines
Hello, sirs.
The killer's polite threatMy Fellow Americans · 1996Each courteous short line tightens the room. Hello becomes a countdown. - B29 lines
Now, if everything works out, you should be out of here by the very latest 12-, 12:30.
The kidnapper's scheduleThe King of Comedy · 1982He narrates a kidnapping like a work schedule, and the calm is what chills. - B29 lines
Okay, what about Ordinary Barbie?
Gloria invents Ordinary BarbieBarbie · 2023She uses maybe to leave room for mom, president, or neither, then lands on getting through the day. - B17 lines
Thank God for lips.
thank God for everythingDo the Right Thing · 1989A mock prayer that names the body part by part, funny and tender at once. - C18 lines
Out of the blue. Out of the blue.
Carl's Sabotage TipAll the President's Men · 1976He races from a surprise tip to a nationwide sabotage plan, and the case flips on its head. - B26 lines
Well, it just so happens that your friend here is only mostly dead.
A scale for deathThe Princess Bride · 1987He splits death in two, then cashes the lesson as loose change. - B26 lines
Now remember, at 8:00 sharp you pull the master switch just as I am about to name the murderer.
Clouseau's plan briefingA Shot in the Dark · 1964He lays out the plan in clipped steps, and the calm confidence is exactly what makes it absurd. - B29 lines
Listen, if I just don't say this, I'll never forgive myself.
the pep talk before the showA Star Is Born · 2018Short parallel clauses pile up until the warning about the audience lands. - B26 lines
She's cheerful, not demanding.
Boris weighs the marriageWhatever Works · 2009He compares wife to ex-wife item by item, and the grumbling hides real contentment. - B17 lines
there's a world out there where we can be free.
Guy talks the extras into a warFree Guy · 2021He sells the shoreline, then cuts the old extra contract with a curse. - B19 lines
Well, he was the head counselor at the boys' camp...
Marie's first sightWhen Harry Met Sally... · 1989Marie builds from camp jobs to a crowded room, then lands on a melon and makes it tender. - B16 lines
My grandfather invented the flash-freezing process.
Brie's life resumeDon't Look Up · 2021She stacks outrageous facts like trophies until the list itself becomes the joke. - B27 lines
You see, I've got lung cancer.
Cody's cancer and dynamite warningInterstate 60 · 2002He stacks illness, dynamite and a threat so calmly that the calm itself is the menace. - B16 lines
I only asked him to be best man in my wedding
Daddy as best manUncle Frank · 2020Drunk-night talk turns the stern father back into a shaky man. - B26 lines
I was making that much almost every day through one rathole or another.
The rathole accountsThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013He explains a whole money scheme in the calmest voice, which makes it chilling. - B27 lines
Pay attention, now.
Harlan uses the family as leverageKnives Out · 2019He names the mother with no papers, then locks Marta into one unarguable drill. - B29 lines
After what happened, after what they did...
Delia's confessionV for Vendetta · 2006She moves from suicidal guilt to Oppenheimer, mixing apology with a plea she cannot finish. - B28 lines
I have returned.
David's rewrite of the U-turnWe're the Millers · 2013He walks the betrayal from payday to boredom to hero, and almost believes the voiceover. - B27 lines
I tell them which trucks to hit.
Necessary guards, unfortunate boyWrath of Man · 2021He books two deaths as cost and one as weather. - B26 lines
It could mean he didn't want the case, or he resented being appointed.
Juror Eleven on the defence lawyer12 Angry Men · 1957He lays out assignment, pay and odds, making a weak defence feel inevitable.