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
- B14 lines
Yeah, yeah. The girls are so nice to me here.
Ally on singing hereA Star Is Born · 2018She shrugs off the honor while quietly claiming a place she was never meant to have. - B14 lines
It's okay.
Rita's circle of okaySigned, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Have Made · 2021Okay three times: from the room is fine to the heart will be fine. - B14 lines
Just cos we were friendly doesn't allow you to break in.
Ray's angry outburstButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid · 1969Four quick lines pour out his fear of being dragged down with them. - B14 lines
I felt kind of pleased with the way I'd handled the situation.
Joe's voice-overSunset Boulevard · 1950Four calm voice-over lines turn a small conquest into money and a safe parking spot. - B14 lines
I think you're nuts.
Dad's reality checkThe Super Mario Bros. Movie · 2023Short hits, each one heavier: nuts, the job, then Luigi as collateral. - B14 lines
Stupid beyond all comprehension, but you'll never survive here. You got nothing going for you. Zero. Zilch.
Boris's brutal assessmentWhatever Works · 2009He runs through her brains and looks like a ruthless rating, and the numbers land like punchlines. - B15 lines
Now listen everyone
David's case for goingThe Mist · 2007He throws out the monster sermon, then reduces survival to one move: walk toward help or die waiting. - 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. - B15 lines
You're right.
Ricky's mocking confessionAmerican Beauty · 1999He gives his father the monster he fears, and the calm delivery makes it unbearable. - B15 lines
Growing up in my family, it wasn't good enough to be great.
Freedom on the swingFree Guy · 2021She turns a family that never let great be enough into one airborne beat. The line leaves the ground with her. - B14 lines
Yeah, but kindergarten is so different.
Woody begs to go to schoolToy Story 4 · 2019He starts with Bonnie's fear, then Andy, each line more urgent than the last. - B15 lines
You have me.
Wally claims him at the graveUncle Frank · 2020He starts with You have me and lands on till death like a vow. - B13 lines
The good people at Universal Dynamics
Vontra's retrieval confessionThe Wild Robot · 2024She takes the smile apart as code, then lists three specs that make coldness sound like a manual. - B14 lines
Stop. Stop it.
The no-quitting speechAmerican Underdog · 2021Four quick lines escalate from a stop to an order, setting the rule that neither of them gets to quit. - B11 lines
To win my famous race,
The three legs of the cupLuca · 2021Swim, eat, bike, sold like a pasta ad with the volume cranked. - B15 lines
Wyldstyle, you're such an amazing person.
Talking Wyldstyle down after Batman bailsThe Lego Movie · 2014Emmet's pep talk keeps slipping: amazing person, then eyes that don't work. Clumsy, and that's why it lands. - B15 lines
I knew it was a great mistake for a man like me to fall in love.
Life only goes upThe Great Gatsby · 2013He calls love a mistake, then draws a life that is not allowed to fall. - B14 lines
Ever since I was a small Cambodian child.
Owen's invented lifeThe Way Way Back · 2013He stretches one lie from childhood to war to clown fighting, deadpan the whole way. - B14 lines
Olivia Baker.
Michael's roster pitchArthur the King · 2024He reads his team like a résumé, laying his ambition on the table in four lines. - B14 lines
Of course. Who wouldn't? He's such an old darling.
Angela on the GeneralThe Life and Death of Colonel Blimp · 1943Four quick turns of praise build a bright, affectionate portrait of her employer. - B12 lines
When my agent called me and said,
Lottery guest callFriends: The Reunion · 2021One agent call, and the job lands like a winning ticket. - B14 lines
Here's what I think of the lottery: I think when you play the lottery...
Mark's lottery theoryAmerican Movie · 1999He ranks the lottery above drugs with deadpan conviction. - B14 lines
And now, both of our universes face total destruction.
The alternate selves' warningBeavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe · 2022The warning stacks stakes and a deadline until the final line lands like a countdown. - B15 lines
I tell you what. I think that having an audience...
On having an audienceThe End of the Tour · 2015He strips the thrill of an audience down to a plain mammal level and dares to say it.