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
I don't believe in secrets.
Sandra's honesty speechBeautiful Thing · 1996She states a rule, then breaks it for kindness, and the gap is the point. - B15 lines
Mirabel, I know you want to help.
Abuela asks her to step asideEncanto · 2021She first credits the wish to help, then sells absence as the family's best gift. - B14 lines
It says you haven't been there in months.
the father's rantGoodFellas · 1990Each short sentence lands harder, turning disappointment into open shame. - B15 lines
Vallejo Police Department. -I want to report a double murder.
A flat call: two deadZodiac · 2007No name. Miles, a brown car, a gun type. Traffic, except it is a double murder. - B14 lines
She sends her spirit on me in church;
Abigail's AccusationThe Crucible · 2014Four short clauses pile up spirit, prayer and blood until the charge sounds rehearsed. - B15 lines
Gluten's a vague term.
Seth on glutenThis Is the End · 2013He turns a buzzword into a mock lecture, half joke and half swagger. - B14 lines
That's when I was an x-ray technician and I had my ADD and my anxiety.
Pat on meds and hairSilver Linings Playbook · 2012He circles from drugs to hair and back, and the rambling itself shows how his mind jumps. - B14 lines
Look, our files are confidential, Mr. Barish, So I can't show you evidence.
the doctor's explanationEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind · 2004Four calm sentences build a wall of procedure that Joel can neither argue with nor break through. - B14 lines
That's the most fatuous lie you could possibly think up.
Humbert's accusationLolita · 1962He dismisses her story, then answers his own questions, building a guess into a verdict. - B14 lines
Felix, I know we've never once talked about having a family before, but...
Calhoun decides to adoptRalph Breaks the Internet · 2018She has never talked family, then she jumps with both feet. The speech is a charge, not a conversation. - B15 lines
I won Boy Scout merit badges in every category except riflery.
O'Neill's five thingsBreach · 2007Five flat admissions rattle by, and the calm is exactly what makes one of them suspect. - B14 lines
Maybe, if he's more regular with his support...
Paula's family ledgerAn American Crime · 2007It slides from unpaid support to her mother's illness, then lands a family secret. - B15 lines
This story happened right here, right in these very woods.
Chad's campfire storyTucker and Dale vs. Evil · 2010He grounds the tale in the ground under their feet, then withholds the scare to the last word. - B15 lines
Been thinking about you all week, today.
Harry's domestic fantasyAll of Us Strangers · 2023He lists ordinary evenings together, and the details carry all the tenderness. - B15 lines
Your car, your clothes.
Pam's outburstBad Education · 2019She lists cars, houses and tuition until her sacrifice sounds like a bill. - B14 lines
That's how many people voted against me
The count that still keeps him upMy Fellow Americans · 1996He turns a vote total into a private wound, then tries to laugh it off before anyone offers comfort. - B14 lines
We had some good times…
The enemy reopens old filesThe Christmas Chronicles: Part Two · 2020Good times, ruined everything, then trust yanked back: four beats and the feud is live. - B14 lines
And then I saw you on the TV and I remembered, you know?
Mike's lonely confessionFargo · 1996It starts with a TV memory and slides into a confession he cannot hold back. - B14 lines
There are opportunities in life for gaining knowledge and experience.
Jeffrey's pitchBlue Velvet · 1986He frames a break-in as a lesson, making the dangerous sound almost reasonable. - B14 lines
You know surfer is not even my job. - I know.
Ken explains his jobBarbie · 2023He rules out surfer and lifeguard with a straight face, and only beach is left. - B15 lines
Good morning. My name is Smiley.
Smiley names the fallenDo the Right Thing · 1989Short flat sentences about the dead land harder than any speech. - B14 lines
I'm trying to fucking make this all work for you.
Selling the comebackUncut Gems · 2019Howard wraps fear in NBA money talk until the pitch itself proves he is trapped. - B14 lines
I had someone who looked out for me
Barley's brother speechOnward · 2020He admits he never had a dad, then hands the title to the kid beside him. - B14 lines
I should be. Interfering with the palace staff on a royal visit... and me part of it, to boot.
Anna owns up to the druggingDownton Abbey · 2019She moves from expected guilt to open defiance, and the character lands.