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
- B15 lines
It's a class. I go to the hot kind, where they heat the room.
Walter on hot yogaThe Secret Life of Walter Mitty · 2013His voice warms as he explains how sweat carries fear away, a rare moment of enthusiasm. - B14 lines
I just want you to know, this is the most propulsive thing that's ever happened to me. Thank you.
The commander's impatienceDon't Look Up · 2021He piles impatience on impatience until the whole room feels the pressure. - B15 lines
He's my baby.
Susan's fear for her sonInterstate 60 · 2002She moves from love to worst-case fear in five short lines, and never raises her voice. - 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. - B13 lines
I'm from Bismarck, North Dakota,
Bruce rewrites his hometownUncle Frank · 2020He lies first, then dresses it as self-invention, and Beth cuts the costume in half a line. - B14 lines
Well, tell you what. I'm not driving another fucking mile.
David prices the delayWe're the Millers · 2013He stacks the ask: no more miles, then cash, then the address. Each line is a tighter screw. - B14 lines
Tell that to my sisters, my brothers, my real mom.
Brightbill settles the nameThe Wild Robot · 2024He lists sisters, brothers, a real mom, then asks what he is. The anger narrows instead of shouting. - 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. - 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. - B15 lines
you know, I didn't know all that stuff about his dogs.
Jack Ruby's dogSlacker · 1990Tiny pet details make a killer absurdly human, and that contrast is the joke. - B11 lines
Please?
Luca begs into the teamLuca · 2021Please, then freedom. Short lines, the whole escape bet. - B15 lines
Wyldstyle. The prophecy states that...
The prophecy crowns The SpecialThe Lego Movie · 2014Titles stack like a coronation, then the next line has to take them back. - B14 lines
By a skilful arrangement of our emperors, the same water comes and fills this tank.
Aziz on his ancestorsA Passage to India · 1984He turns a water tank into a family history, giving the visit a deeper echo. - B14 lines
Gatsby disappeared...
Gatsby is pulled awayThe Great Gatsby · 2013Four lines of voiceover cut the confession window shut. - B14 lines
In fact, it was decreed by its creator that this place shall never age.
the founder's dying wishThe Way Way Back · 2013He invents an absurd dying wish with a straight face, and the seriousness is the joke. - B14 lines
You know, old boy, Edith was never my fiancee.
Candy clears it upThe Life and Death of Colonel Blimp · 1943He saves his friend's face first and only then takes the mistake apart. - B14 lines
You know, this doesn't define you.
Helen's pep talkArthur the King · 2024Four short pushes in a row turn sympathy into action without a single lecture. - B14 lines
So many -- So many different episodes are like
David indexes the fountain hitsFriends: The Reunion · 2021He rapid-fires guitar, first kiss, umbrella — the set becomes a table of contents. - B15 lines
My great grandfather gave it to my great grandmother
The great-grandparents’ marriageThe Proposal · 2009The dress becomes the old fight: tribe, stubbornness, a couple that held. - B15 lines
I was actually looking at the storyboard here.
the director on shot 37American Movie · 1999It drifts from a casual glance into an old obsession, half explanation and half self-encouragement. - B14 lines
But if you are tempted, make sure you do your homework.
The dealer's warningCan You Ever Forgive Me? · 2018He warns without naming names, letting insider hints do the work.