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
After the truth about Fuchs came out,
The surveillance tightensOppenheimer · 2023Bugs, tails, trash — then the line that fame was never armor. - B16 lines
I can tell you about Lord of the Flies.
Pat sums up Lord of the FliesSilver Linings Playbook · 2012He turns a whole novel into a verdict on human nature, and it lands as self-portrait. - C16 lines
The wedding was a quiet affair...
Humbert's asideLolita · 1962It fuses a quiet wedding and a dagger into one wry confession of vanity and guilt. - B16 lines
I'm here from the, uh, Department of Noise.
Ralph the noise inspectorRalph Breaks the Internet · 2018The lie keeps growing until the department name trips over itself. - B26 lines
Look around you, boss.
O'Neill's counter-speechBreach · 2007It starts with a simple look around and strips the suspicion down fact by fact. - B28 lines
I mean, I look at a piano, I see a bunch of keys, three pedals and a box of wood.
The piano explanationGood Will Hunting · 1997He uses an ordinary piano to show a gift that he himself cannot put into words. - B17 lines
You can do this. Let's go. All right, guys, listen.
Michael's final pep talkArthur the King · 2024Short commands stack the pressure until the race becomes the only thing left to do. - B28 lines
That night, the girl Carmel had been told she must leave Windward.
the cliff confessionThe Uninvited · 1944The account tightens sentence by sentence until the blow lands, and Holloway's calm becomes chilling. - B28 lines
Yeah, here's the Xanax he takes for his panic attacks.
June's med listDon't Look Up · 2021The flat, itemized list of pills grows more intimate and cruel with each line. - B27 lines
We are gathered here today...
the wedding vowsWhen Harry Met Sally... · 1989Formal parallel lines build from vows to wine to rings, making the marriage official. - B26 lines
Ah, yes, my morning ritual.
Jordan's morning ritualThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013A deadpan checklist makes an outrageous morning sound routine. - B29 lines
I think it means our father finally came to his senses
Linda cuts him publiclyKnives Out · 2019She stacks the burned bridges, then drops the will like a gavel. - B27 lines
It started last night, around midnight.
The night of the explosionV for Vendetta · 2006Short sentences tighten the fear until the eyeless stare lands, and it chills. - B29 lines
I don't want you seeing that Lassiter boy again.
The father's hell threatUncle Frank · 2020Ban, slur, then the lake of fire: each step harder than the last. - B28 lines
Now this is dynamite.
Cody's courtroom showdownInterstate 60 · 2002He moves from announcing dynamite to ordering the judge, all in a level, almost bored voice. - B19 lines
This, I have always thought, is a remarkable thing about democracy...
Juror Eleven on democracy12 Angry Men · 1957From a mailed summons to duty and fairness, he makes a system feel concrete. - B29 lines
We're talking about books here. I'm also talking about my job.
The father's rantAmerican History X · 1998He ties the book list to his own job and lets the grievance run. - B16 lines
You're not a Nazi.
Elsa's identity speechJojo Rabbit · 2019She repeats the denial, unpacks what he only looks like, then lands the verdict like a hammer. - B28 lines
It's difficult to think of under these conditions, but, Well, what happened was, They got me on the old,
Ripper's war storyDr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb · 1964He recounts torture calmly, then ends on the enemy's cameras, which is both absurd and unnerving. - B19 lines
Really? So it's like a bunk-bed couch? Is that what it's like?
Business takes the couch apartThe Lego Movie · 2014He asks like a designer and answers like a hangman, nailing each gag as waste. - B28 lines
You see, after we left New York, she was very nervous.
Gatsby takes the crashThe Great Gatsby · 2013He starts with her nerves, then gives the wheel back in a whisper. Confession as cover. - C19 lines
My wife was English.
The story of his wifeThe Life and Death of Colonel Blimp · 1943Short flat sentences carry the story from loyalty to loss without a single raised voice. - B28 lines
So we started our debate. This was our custom.
A tired party cycleSLC Punk · 1998It turns a belief clash into a party-and-fight rhythm, then admits the rhythm is already tired. - C19 lines
I was led into an interview room.
The spectator sits downNational Theatre Live: Prima Facie · 2022She walks from feet-up spectatorship into a room so cold she cannot even ask for a woman officer.