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
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. - B25 lines
Everybody's back this year. The Gales. The Hutchisons.
Betty's neighbor roll callThe Way Way Back · 2013She rattles off the whole neighborhood and sets the social rules in one breath. - B25 lines
He has major wounds from abuse.
the vet's diagnosisArthur the King · 2024It stacks one clinical detail on another, so the bad news grows heavier with each line. - B25 lines
... Watson, or whatever your name is, you are not in Hyde Park, with an audience of loafers.
The general's lectureThe Life and Death of Colonel Blimp · 1943It corrects the name, lists the medals and quotes Napoleon, so wounded pride dresses up as authority. - B24 lines
But yet, they labeled it as such.
Adams on being kept in the darkThe Thin Blue Line · 1988Four flat lines move from headlines to isolation, and the calm makes it worse. - B23 lines
We had seen David for another role
The hangdog face became RossFriends: The Reunion · 2021They keep a face first, then drop it onto a part, like casting from memory. - B24 lines
A woman has a favorite handbag and it always hangs on her bedpost, where she can get at it easily.
Lisa's handbag deductionRear Window · 1954Lisa walks the audience through the clue step by step, turning an object into an argument. - B25 lines
It's happening even now. More questions. More details.
The room comes backNational Theatre Live: Prima Facie · 2022Detail and shame land in short blows, and then her counsel smiles as if it went well. - B24 lines
I'm through with mugs and spivs and dirt!
Harry's big break dreamNight and the City · 1950Each line climbs higher, a rocket of ambition that shows how badly he wants out. - B25 lines
Bill, traditionally...
The money menAmerican Movie · 1999It sizes up two men by how they handle money, setting up the whole negotiation. - B24 lines
Do not underestimate sparkly blue eyes...
Jack's survival speechCan You Ever Forgive Me? · 2018It sells charm and street sense as a survival kit, then quietly admits it stopped working. - B24 lines
It's them. I know it.
The governor's space traumaBeavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe · 2022Four short lines escalate from recognition to cannibalism, turning guilt into a survival log. - B24 lines
That a woman conceived me, I thank her.
A bachelor's vowMuch Ado About Nothing · 1993He thanks the woman who bore him, then turns his refusal of marriage into a final, almost religious vow. - B24 lines
I know, but I would like to tell you just like I tell the kids in my classes.
Brad explains his Tourette'sFront of the Class · 2008He turns a frightening condition into something ordinary by comparing it to a sneeze. - B24 lines
I was close with the Evers brothers.
The cardinal's civil-rights storySpotlight · 2015Four beats: closeness, a stand, then being hated. He boasts, and plants the outsider's bruise first. - B24 lines
Sorry to harp on about this, but that makes him Mr Tonay and I'm just Tony.
the two Tonys24 Hour Party People · 2002He turns a name into a rank and pleads his case like a lawyer. - B24 lines
You will forgive my curiosity, Mr. Blaine. The point is...
Strasser's quiet interrogationCasablanca · 1943He lays out the threat, the search and his private bet in one smooth, polite run. - B25 lines
I just think it's hard to cast that role, you know, to fill it when you know it's gonna be like 30 to 40 years.
On casting a spouseThe End of the Tour · 2015He piles one metaphor on another until the impossibility of marriage sounds almost reasonable. - B24 lines
He...
Salieri's confessionAmadeus · 1984Broken short lines build the idol's weight and the wound it left. - B25 lines
...about a year ago, I was going to night school, studying advanced accounting.
Baxter explains the keyThe Apartment · 1960He turns one small favor into a chain reaction, making his guilt sound almost innocent. - B25 lines
A new product has been found, something of use to the world, and so a new industry moves into an undeveloped area.
Linus defends industrySabrina · 1954He turns a business pitch into a case for libraries, hospitals and Saturday movies. - B25 lines
I see you down here again...
The threat that escalatesTraining Day · 2001Each line raises the stakes, from losing a car to bodily harm, and the pressure never lets up. - B24 lines
You know where I was last night while you were home soaking your feet in hot water?
Pepi's errand complaintThe Shop Around the Corner · 1940He stacks the chores until the grievance turns comic.