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
- B26 lines
I like killing people because it is so much fun.
The hunter's plaintextZodiac · 2007Killing, decoded, ranks above hunting and above sex. - B28 lines
Yes, he had. And I wanted a home. Why not?
The Nurse's StoryDouble Indemnity · 1944She moves from wanting a home to open resentment, and each small grievance carries the next. - B29 lines
Reverend Parris, I have laid seven babies un-baptized in the earth.
Ann Putnam's AccusationThe Crucible · 2014She moves from buried babies to Tituba's magic, turning private grief into a public charge. - B27 lines
Now, details on the sudden announcement...
The Golden Ticket bulletinWilly Wonka & the Chocolate Factory · 1971Short clauses stack the announcement, the number and the prize until the offer sounds unreal. - B26 lines
Good thing I have a lot of fucking weed for you guys.
Danny's murderous business pitchThis Is the End · 2013It hands out gifts, then asks for a killing, stacking conditions until death is a line item. - C16 lines
Now let's consider a star.
The collapsing-star lectureOppenheimer · 2023He treats a star as a furnace fighting gravity, and each sentence drops one floor. - C18 lines
She taught me herself
Enola's reading listEnola Holmes · 2020She stacks books until self-teaching becomes the point, then owns it. - B26 lines
Hello. Me again. I know who she is.
Naming GailHusbands and Wives · 1992Looks, school, the office chase: she builds a rap sheet out of details she already knew. - B18 lines
Pat, there's a possibility, I want you to be prepared for it, she may not return.
the doctor's closing adviceSilver Linings Playbook · 2012It forces him to face the worst, then offers one thread of hope, ending firm and kind. - B19 lines
Random thoughts...
Journal by the seaEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind · 2004The scattered journal voice moves from guilt to small chores, like a real mind wandering. - B28 lines
Now, this would be your room.
The landlady's sales pitchLolita · 1962She climbs from a room to bloodline to culture, turning a rental pitch into a social-climbing speech. - B16 lines
Why would I wonder if there's more to life when the life I got is perfect?
Ralph's enough speechRalph Breaks the Internet · 2018He walks from paper-zero to best friend like it is a love letter, not a TED talk. - B26 lines
You're being tasked to Headquarters, where you'll be riding the desk of an agent named Robert Hanssen.
The handler's briefingBreach · 2007It stacks titles and history, then drops one warning, building a whole person. - B17 lines
As Mathew said: "Enter by the narrow gate".
The narrow gate passageAn American Crime · 2007Seven short lines build a stark contrast between the wide road and the narrow one, ending like a verdict. - B26 lines
Hey, boy,
Eddie's verdict speechBad Boys · 1983Six lines tighten from a greeting to a verdict and leave no room to answer back. - B17 lines
Your father was special
Rocky's training termsCreed · 2015He grants the bloodline, then prices the work: knockdowns, get-ups, and nothing overnight. - B17 lines
It's good to cry sometimes.
Allison calms him downTucker and Dale vs. Evil · 2010She soothes him step by step, then takes control with a question. - C19 lines
Spielberg: It was literally the worst period of my entire life.
Fifteen years of silenceSpielberg · 2017He names the worst years, claims the distance, then hears his father in his own work. - C17 lines
Of course that's your contention. You're a first-year grad student.
Will's takedown speechGood Will Hunting · 1997He ticks off the student's reading in order, and the steady rhythm leaves no room to answer back. - B16 lines
Now, I...
A father's late confessionAll of Us Strangers · 2023Short lines build from admission to insistence, letting a quiet man finally say the thing that matters. - B27 lines
The shameless self-interest.
Frank's diagnosis speechBad Education · 2019Short, clinical phrases stack up until theft sounds like an illness to be treated. - B26 lines
He was not a bad fellow, but I managed to run him off and marry the first of two total deadbeats.
Ouiser's self-mockerySteel Magnolias · 1989The complaint builds until it denies her whole life, funny and wounding at once. - B27 lines
I'm so sorry, and I'm so embarrassed,
The apology that will not stopMy Fellow Americans · 1996Courtesy keeps talking until it becomes a racial briefing, and the vice president has to walk him off the green. - B16 lines
Say no more.
The fake driver's runaway storyThe Christmas Chronicles: Part Two · 2020He matches her family nightmare line by line until the cart is already moving.