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
- B17 lines
I don't care. It's fine.
If she likes me, that is enoughRalph Breaks the Internet · 2018He shrugs it off, then makes her one heart the whole internet. - C16 lines
Most people never get to see how brilliant they can be.
Sean's closing wordsGood Will Hunting · 1997He widens Will's problem into everyone's, mixing empathy with a quiet challenge. - B28 lines
You tell your parents that President Orlean and Isherwell are sociopaths and fascists!
The demagogue's pitchDon't Look Up · 2021It recruits children as messengers and packages fear, conspiracy and chant into pure imperatives. - B26 lines
Let me tell you something.
The rich-or-poor openingThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013Personal history becomes the argument, and the choice sounds obvious. - B28 lines
Granddad always took care of us.
Meg's soft askKnives Out · 2019She claims family first, then makes giving the money back sound like moral hygiene. - C19 lines
I'd always known what I wanted to do with my life...
Valerie's love storyV for Vendetta · 2006Small domestic details build the happiness that the war then destroys. - B16 lines
8-ball, is the murder weapon in this box?
Interrogating the 8-ballInterstate 60 · 2002He hands his fate to a plastic toy, and the harder he tries the funnier and sadder it gets. - C18 lines
Dimitri, look, if this report is true...
Muffley soothes DimitriDr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb · 1964He keeps explaining, reassuring and bargaining, all in one breath. - B18 lines
Look, Emmet.
Lucy wanted to be The SpecialThe Lego Movie · 2014The hard act slips. She lays out the jealousy without dressing it up. - C19 lines
No, my life is in the hands of the police, the CPS, the court system.
From no control to yesNational Theatre Live: Prima Facie · 2022It climbs from institutions and fear to the girl she might lose, then lands on yes. - C26 lines
I could not stay behind you.
Antonio's vow to followTwelfth Night · 2012He calls his worry sharper than steel, making care sound like a weapon that drives him on. - B29 lines
A lot of times I leave a relationship and I feel like a whole person again.
the breakup monologueSlacker · 1990She moves from relief to self-doubt in a clean, honest arc. - B27 lines
So, anyway, one night she plays it real cool.
Elois gets her revengeReservoir Dogs · 1992It tightens from playing cool to calling the medics, turning revenge into grotesque comedy. - B27 lines
When I met Andy, I'd met someone to walk beside and that feeling was overwhelming.
Vashti's closing wordsBe Here Now · 2015She threads meeting, balance and softening into two closing images. - B17 lines
I must apologize for Myra's suspicions, Clifford.
Sidney calms the roomDeathtrap · 1982He soothes the visitor with an apology, then slides the attention back onto the cuffs. - B26 lines
This is not a democracy!
The captain kills the voteCome from Away · 2021Democracy first, then American Airlines and the FAA, then a polite thank-you that is really an order. - B27 lines
Once, Sebastian decided to give up the torments of this world...
A son's calling and his mother's chaseSuddenly, Last Summer · 1959One absurd story shows devotion turning into possession, driven by three rising clauses. - B16 lines
I mean, I don't know what kind of a mother I'd make.
CC's confessionBeaches · 1988She admits her doubts first, then names the one thing she truly wants. - B26 lines
What does she do after she hangs up with me?
Henry relives the fatal callGoodFellas · 1990Anger builds line by line as one small mistake turns into a disaster. - C16 lines
Why go through all this against a man
Mermaids?Oppenheimer · 2023Resume, A-bomb, Super bomb, then a fairy tale that ends the hunger. - B26 lines
These are the two days that you have promised me and we have prepared to nail the big move.
Tiffany's protestSilver Linings Playbook · 2012She takes apart Pat's excuses line by line and turns the blame back onto the father. - B17 lines
Come on, song, come on.
A princess who cannot wantRalph Breaks the Internet · 2018Disney I-want talk, then no song of her own. - B29 lines
Let me tell you what I do know.
Chuckie's ten-second confessionGood Will Hunting · 1997It turns a tiny daily ritual into the clearest proof of how much he wants more for his friend. - B27 lines
Dearest Father and Almighty Creator…
The last prayer at dinnerDon't Look Up · 2021It asks for comfort rather than escape, and the parallel lines close like a door.