Movie monologues, one line at a time
1,967 real monologues from 152 films. Play a line, pause, say it back.
- 1Full speech: hear it once
- 2Shadow: repeat each line
- 3Blind: listen, then reveal
- B24 lines
But the thing with clues, my teacher says...
Cheryl's clue lessonThe Secret Life of Walter Mitty · 2013She turns a writing lesson into a little performance, building to her own punch line. - B24 lines
The building is a symbol, as is the act of destroying it.
V on symbolsV for Vendetta · 2006Four short steps build from one building to the whole world without ever sounding abstract. - B24 lines
A comet between five to ten kilometers across, that we estimate came from the, uh…
Mindy explains the cometDon't Look Up · 2021The more nervous he gets, the deeper he hides in jargon, and the fear shows anyway. - B25 lines
As usual, it was all about him.
Neal's voice-overInterstate 60 · 2002Short flat lines build the quiet pressure of a father who decides everything. - B14 lines
You know, kids lose their toys every day.
Bo's lost-toy listToy Story 4 · 2019Yard, wrong box, taken away: three ordinary steps that are still forever. - B14 lines
'Cause it's not just zeros and ones, it's hidden messages.
Keys on zeros and onesFree Guy · 2021He walks from binary to authorship, each step a little more in love with himself. - B24 lines
Oh, I love it.
New York opens the mapUncle Frank · 2020He starts with love of the city, then stretches Creekville until a fourteen-year-old can see past the porch. - B25 lines
If you are not too busy, sir, might I trouble you for a few words in private conversation?
Ong's private requestThe Letter · 1940Courtesies stack up until the case name lands like a card laid face down. - B25 lines
Listen to me. We're a new company with a new name.
The new-firm speechThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013It builds a fake national myth for a brokerage, escalating until the room believes it. - B24 lines
Look at you. No wife, no kids.
Rick's envy speechWe're the Millers · 2013He starts at no family and ends at nobody noticing if you vanish. The toast walks itself into a eulogy. - B24 lines
Look, you need to learn how things work on this island.
Fink's survival classThe Wild Robot · 2024He lays out the island, then cuts kindness in one clean line. - B24 lines
We... We had our own secret way of communicating.
Father-daughter codeKnives Out · 2019She sells Harlan’s love as a game you only win by his rules. - B15 lines
I've never done anything like this before.
The prince who was dressedThe Princess and the Frog · 2009He stacks the castle's favors like a joke, then lands on how useless that made him. - B24 lines
I went out walking for a couple of hours last night.
Juror 8 buys a knife12 Angry Men · 1957A walk, a pawnshop, six dollars; the plain price lands louder than any speech. - B24 lines
This is your temporary sidearm.
Issuing the sidearmWrath of Man · 2021Care, respect, return it whole: mock-solemn rules with a live round underneath. - B15 lines
You see that cockroach?
The cockroach speechPaths of Glory · 1957A bug becomes a mirror for his own death, and the calm makes it worse. - B15 lines
I'm just wondering why God would give me a dream that's probably never gonna come true.
Kurt's dream confessionAmerican Underdog · 2021It moves from a raw question about God to a simple plea for one chance, building in steps. - B15 lines
See, Mike, the only difference between giving up and not giving up...
Rob's let-go logicSwingers · 1996He builds the paradox step by step until the joke turns into a truth. - B25 lines
Because, once upon a time, a Jewish man mated with a fish.
the race rant and the book burningJojo Rabbit · 2019Absurdity delivered as common sense slides straight into a book burning. - B25 lines
Of course, if you like that, you should really read Six Seconds in Dallas...
pitching Six Seconds in DallasSlacker · 1990His stacking sentences speed up until a research book sounds like a thriller trailer. - C15 lines
Years ago, before you were born,
How the villa arrivedDownton Abbey: A New Era · 2022Sixty years of a transfer told as if it were a joke she almost forgot. - C14 lines
Putting out a fire in a fucking nigger neighborhood...
Rage over his father's deathAmerican History X · 1998Grief twists into hatred in four clipped lines, and the chill comes from his certainty. - A21 lines
When I was a kid,
Grandma's old boatsLuca · 2021She walks boats backward from motors to oars, laughing the years in. - B25 lines
Yes, I know that, but I beg you to help me now.
Beech's plea to HollowayThe Uninvited · 1944It moves from apology to plea to a strange confession, stripping the old man of his pride.