Movie monologues, one line at a time
1,969 real monologues from 153 films. Play a line, pause, say it back.
- 1Full speech: hear it once
- 2Shadow: repeat each line
- 3Blind: listen, then reveal
- B24 lines
I can't specifically say that I regret any of my actions.
Lee's courtroom confessionCan You Ever Forgive Me? · 2018She pulls back from remorse step by step, then calls the crime her happiest years. - B25 lines
We thought it needed to be the two of you to go through the portal.
The overbuilt planBeavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe · 2022They calmly admit the whole plan was pointless, then roast themselves. - B24 lines
This is a very weird situation.
Opening the drought storyReservoir Dogs · 1992Four lines set the era, the market and the desperation without wasting a word. - B24 lines
It was a battle, and I didn't win.
The night's verdictThe Dawn Wall · 2017Four clipped sentences tighten from a lost fight to a personal verdict. - B25 lines
The smell of dried blood.
Empty-club sensesFight Club · 1999Each sense confirms the same lag: Tyler was here last night. - B25 lines
This is what drives life at college. "Are you having sex or aren't you?
Mark's product pitchThe Social Network · 2010From Relationship Status to why people log on: hormones as the site's center. - B25 lines
This drug that we're going to give you now
Gibson's last optionBe Here Now · 2015He explains the drug, then closes the door on every other option. - B25 lines
Thursday night, I calls the information, but the lady will not tell me number.
Helga's call to informationDeathtrap · 1982She turns a phone call into a story, and the stranger it gets, the more she seems to sense something. - B24 lines
Well, that's rich coming from you, Baby,
Goldi's stacked roastPuss in Boots: The Last Wish · 2022She tees it up with wait for it, then pins Baby with a whole adjective pile. - B25 lines
And after that, blank pages, blank pages. Nothing but nothing.
A vocation like a spider's webSuddenly, Last Summer · 1959The spider's web image makes poetic talent sound unbearably fragile. - B25 lines
I was jealous.
Hillary's confessionBeaches · 1988The confession is painfully honest, and the yodel line breaks the tension. - B24 lines
Grandpa, I won't stand for it.
Alice's courtroom outburstYou Can't Take It with You · 1938Four rising lines turn her patience into a quiet, devastating counterattack. - B25 lines
It was all a game I made up,
Lucy's dream confessionThe Ghost and Mrs. Muir · 1947It drifts from a light disclaimer into a quiet confession, gathering weight line by line. - B24 lines
I tell you he just sat there talking to me all night.
Mollie's account of that nightHis Girl Friday · 1940She dismantles the scandal piece by piece, and her calm makes it harder to dismiss. - B24 lines
Next thing you know, he's gonna be coming in one of these fucking walkers.
Tommy mocks SpiderGoodFellas · 1990Four lines move from prophecy to dare, turning a joke into public humiliation. - B24 lines
So, and that's it, and we have fun.
Isaac's farewell speechManhattan · 1979He frames the breakup as a gift, and the more graceful it sounds, the guiltier it reads. - B25 lines
Why do you never wonder if Parris be Is the accuser always holy now?
Proctor's OutburstThe Crucible · 2014He moves from question to charge to verdict in one breath, naming revenge as the real law. - B25 lines
You think anyone in Hiroshima or Nagasaki
The president throws the blame backOppenheimer · 2023First the swear about who cares, then Hiroshima isn't about you. - B24 lines
Pat, the silver lining thing is yours.
The doctor's pitchSilver Linings Playbook · 2012Instead of lecturing, the doctor hands Pat his own words back and lets the benefits do the arguing. - B25 lines
...the fact of your remaining would only mean one thing: that you....
Her case for his stayingLolita · 1962She builds a conditional case that turns staying into a proposal he never agreed to. - B24 lines
I came here today because, well, I met your brother...
Wyatt's warningAtlas Shrugged: Part I · 2011He lowers his voice first, then spells out the terms, keeping the threat inside the pauses. - B25 lines
But I just sat there.
M'Lynn's last nightSteel Magnolias · 1989Short broken lines slow time down and land on one soft word: peace. - B24 lines
It’s actually a sports car to a speedboat,
The fake portal, listed like toysBarbie · 2023Car, boat, rocket, bike: the more she names, the dumber the magic gets, then don’t think. - B24 lines
But I have such doubts, Granny.
Mary's doubts about the estateDownton Abbey · 2019Three questions turn a fading era into something personal and uneasy.