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
and now today is the day.
A plea from this seatNational Theatre Live: Prima Facie · 2022She counts her years, asks the law to prove justice, then says it looks different from the seat she is in. - B16 lines
Here's the plan.
Hartson's escape planBeavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe · 2022Short steps lay out the route and quietly send the pair away. - B27 lines
I have deceived even your very eyes.
Borachio's confessionMuch Ado About Nothing · 1993He confesses in plain order, and the calm inventory is what makes it chilling. - C18 lines
Rogers opposes my motion,
Exhibits go publicSpotlight · 2015He turns an opposing motion into the loophole that attaches sealed files. - B26 lines
I feel like a big dandelion cock...
the dandelion speech24 Hour Party People · 2002It grows from a slip of the tongue into a filthy, soaring image of spreading seeds. - B26 lines
I'm gonna have to decompress from all this attention, because it's like gettin'...
On coming down from attentionThe End of the Tour · 2015He compares attention to a drug, then lands on being alone with paper. - C26 lines
I will be proud.
Malvolio's resolutionsTwelfth Night · 2012The run of I will vows builds a ladder, and the final line pretends to be the one clear-headed rung. - B28 lines
I'm putting cases on all you bitches. Huh? You think you can do this shit?
Alonzo's meltdownTraining Day · 2001The rant escalates from legal threats to King Kong, turning his collapse into a grotesque show. - A29 lines
Now listen to me.
Billy's photo rulesBuffalo '66 · 1998The absurd demand is delivered like a ritual, which makes it both funny and sad. - B28 lines
I seen Mrs. Ferrars myself: Miss Lucy Steele as was.
Thomas's reportSense and Sensibility · 1995Eight sentences pile detail on detail until a quiet marriage becomes a village drama. - B26 lines
They're not to make a move till Joe Cabot shows up.
Orange's standoff briefingReservoir Dogs · 1992Six clipped lines build from the rule to the task to a threat, laying out an undercover man's trap. - B26 lines
Africa, your sufferings have been a theme that has engaged and arrested my heart.
A vow spoken in painAmazing Grace · 2006He turns suffering into a divine commission, and the parallel lines carry pure will. - B29 lines
I don't mind that we lost to the Dutch today by less than a second.
Cameron decides to sueThe Social Network · 2010He can live with losing by a second. He cannot live with Facebook beating the race to England. Then he spends the family money. - B16 lines
I don't know what effect it's having on the children.
Talking to his kidsBe Here Now · 2015He turns the hardest subject into plain talk, protecting his children with calm words. - B28 lines
Yes, I have and I must say, in all sincerity...
Sidney's phone flatteryDeathtrap · 1982The praise keeps climbing, with a humblebrag tucked in, every word setting a trap. - B27 lines
I was born in Poland, I think.
A lifetime of not saying itCome from Away · 2021Poland, parents, wife: he unwraps the secret one layer at a time. - B26 lines
Not 'er, the chap I was going with. He was a bit younger than me but I loved 'im.
The woman's story of betrayalWitness for the Prosecution · 1957She moves from love to betrayal to revenge in flat sentences, and the motive lands. - B18 lines
Oh, yeah? You want to know what my wish was?
Kitty names trustPuss in Boots: The Last Wish · 2022She goes from the wish to a life without trust, then pins his legend as the same old act. - B27 lines
It's impossible that Sebastian won't walk through that door again...
A mother remembering her sonSuddenly, Last Summer · 1959It slides from disbelief into a small domestic memory, which makes the grief land harder. - B27 lines
Now, Bob and I may not be innocent...
Suspicious is not a crimeSLC Punk · 1998The narrator admits they look bad, then uses mock legalese to say that is not a crime. - B16 lines
Before I caught him with that woman, we made love and...
CC tells the affair storyBeaches · 1988She lays out pregnancy, betrayal and his coming wedding in a flat, stunned voice. - B17 lines
I don't want any part of this, Dad.
Tony's farewell speechYou Can't Take It with You · 1938It falls from refusal to confession and finally says what years of silence held. - B18 lines
She didn't do this! Whoa!
Bruno takes the blame in publicEncanto · 2021He clears her, claims it, then names her motive. Ten years of hiding in one burst. - B28 lines
For most of the guys, killings were accepted.
The rules of the lifeGoodFellas · 1990Eight flat lines turn killing into policy, and the calm is what condemns it.