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. - B25 lines
Millie, please.
Guy begs Millie to wakeFree Guy · 2021He inventories a fake city as a real home. The plea is inventory, not a slogan. - 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. - 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. - B24 lines
All right, listen. I took out $300, but I'm only betting with 100.
Trent's casino planSwingers · 1996He turns casino perks into a confident little hustle, and it almost works. - 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. - B24 lines
Oh, Henry's much more pragmatic.
How she talks about HenryDownton Abbey: A New Era · 2022Pragmatic, endurance, workmate: she turns romance into the day’s work and still leaves a door ajar. - B24 lines
None of them are fucking all right, OK?
Cameron drills the hateAmerican History X · 1998Four clipped lines build a doctrine line by line; it sounds like training, not talk. - 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. - B25 lines
It makes me just wanna pick up whoever...
Wants to throw someone out a windowThe Lego Movie · 2014Polite office talk, then the nearest body is suddenly the target. - B25 lines
India isn't a drawing room. We're out here to do justice and to keep the peace.
Ronny on dutyA Passage to India · 1984He builds duty into sacrifice, showing how colonial logic sounds from inside. - B25 lines
Seven chipmunks twirling on a branch...
The seven rhymeThere's Something About Mary · 1998The pitch slides into nonsense verse, which is where the sales routine peaks. - B24 lines
He gives large parties...
Jordan on big partiesThe Great Gatsby · 2013Four light lines turn a mob into privacy. The flip is the joke, and the diagnosis. - B25 lines
Lord Pressfield's daughter, the famous and talented Laura, all self hate and
the tabloid narrationThe Gentlemen · 2020The flowery tabloid prose lands as cruelty, stacking adjectives until the scandal feels like a headline.