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
- B25 lines
Whatever you do, watch out for that restraining order, OK?
Danny's sixth-sense speechSilver Linings Playbook · 2012He turns a joke about intuition into a strange, sincere pep talk. - B24 lines
There was a big-rig pileup a couple of weeks ago.
Wyatt praises the recoveryAtlas Shrugged: Part I · 2011Four calm sentences set the facts, and only the last one turns into praise. - B24 lines
Oh. I’m not trained to go over there.
Ken’s job description for BeachBarbie · 2023Each line shrinks the duty until he admits he cannot save anyone. - B25 lines
We're going to Monaco so that we can drive to Switzerland
Jordan's detour planThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013He rattles off a smuggling detour as if it were a business itinerary. - B25 lines
I have something for you, chancellor.
V's farewell giftV for Vendetta · 2006The politeness makes the killing colder, as if it were a gift to be handed over. - B25 lines
Honestly, I remember saying one time to David,
Jennifer on the first kissFriends: The Reunion · 2021She starts with camera fright and ends up pouring the crush into the part. - B25 lines
Four documents.
The lawyer reads the four documentsThe Social Network · 2010He recites the paperwork in clerk voice, and the old shares die inside the procedure. - B25 lines
You're too easy on yourself. Don't you see?
Isaac's moral lectureManhattan · 1979Five sentences build from small self-deception to public betrayal without pausing for breath. - B25 lines
I have the best, sir -
Corey on His Own CasesThe Crucible · 2014He turns a lifetime of lawsuits into proof that he knows his rights. - B24 lines
Oh, my God. Oh, my God. - (RONNIE) Pat told me.
Ronnie pleads for PatSilver Linings Playbook · 2012He stacks small claims and pushes until his friend gets one more chance. - B24 lines
If you intend to keep your word, then keep it.
Rearden sets his termsAtlas Shrugged: Part I · 2011Four short turns move from a promise to a break, and the unfinished last line cuts deepest. - B24 lines
Everything is backwards here.
Barbie indicts the Real WorldBarbie · 2023Object, hated, called crazy, arrested: each beat drops another floor. - B25 lines
But it gets even better, babe.
Jordan's pitch to NaomiThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013He turns a prison sentence into a family budget and keeps smiling. - B25 lines
You know, someday we're gonna be like him.
Isaac's mortality riffManhattan · 1979He turns someone else's decay into a joke about his own reputation, and it lands because it is sincere. - B25 lines
No, old man, you have not hurt these people if But you must understand,
Danforth on the AgeThe Crucible · 2014He builds the trial into a sunrise that separates light from dusk. - B24 lines
To Colorado and the New Renaissance
Wyatt's toastAtlas Shrugged: Part I · 2011Four short toasts build from a place to an age, turning dinner into a manifesto. - B25 lines
And if it weren’t for these technicalities
Ken's ruling confessionBarbie · 2023He laughs MBA and swim class into mere technicalities, then claims the house. - B24 lines
She claims as well that none of you have Now, children, this is a court of law.
Danforth on Law and BibleThe Crucible · 2014He stacks law, Bible and death penalty into one solemn warning. - B25 lines
So after a short while, no surprise...
The anatomy of a collapseAtlas Shrugged: Part I · 2011Five short steps lay out cause and effect until the collapse seems inevitable. - B23 lines
I’m just gonna sit here and wait and hope
Barbie sits this one outBarbie · 2023She parks the leadership job on some other Barbie and waits for a snap. - B24 lines
A fire, a fire is burning!
Proctor's courtroom outburstThe Crucible · 2014It builds from fire to the devil's face and drags the judges into the same flames. - B24 lines
I can’t do brain surgery, I’ve never flown a plane. - [Sasha’s mom scoffs]
Barbie’s not-good-enough listBarbie · 2023She demotes herself from brain surgery and flying a plane all the way to the Supreme Court, and the list gets emptier as it grows. - B24 lines
I come to do the Devil's work.
Hale's confessionThe Crucible · 2014A few short lines turn him into the devil's helper and end with blood on his head. - B25 lines
You’re not your girlfriend.
Barbie strips Ken’s identityBarbie · 2023Girlfriend, house, mink, beach — each one crossed off until he is not those things.