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
- B25 lines
All I want... All I have ever wanted... is the quiet of a private life...
Edward on what he wantsSense and Sensibility · 1995The plainer he makes his dream, the more clearly it clashes with his mother's plans. - B25 lines
If I throw you off of that balcony,
The balcony testAladdin · 2019Two ifs turn an identity check into a fall, and he never raises his voice. - B25 lines
I don't know what to say.
Harry lets goDeconstructing Harry · 1997From speechless to a doubled surrender, the admission of defeat lands quietly. - B25 lines
I don't wanna kill anybody, but if I gotta get out that door and you're in my way, one way or the other you're getting out of my way.
White's line in the sandReservoir Dogs · 1992He draws a line and shows exactly what crossing it costs. - B24 lines
I got so angry and I lost control
Mei’s apology in four hitsTurning Red · 2022She stacks the damage fast: anger, the explosion, then the real sentence about being perfect. - B24 lines
Wilberforce, conditions in Jamaica are far more brutal than I could have imagined.
Clarkson's Jamaica reportAmazing Grace · 2006He lists the deaths as plain facts, then lands on sugar, so the horror sells itself. - B25 lines
I think my way of dealing with it was you just get back on that horse and go climb again.
coping after KyrgyzstanThe Dawn Wall · 2017Five plain sentences move from numbness to resolve, ending on the one moment that proved him. - B25 lines
For six months, I couldn't sleep.
Insomnia photocopies the worldFight Club · 1999Each short line strips one more layer of real until only copies remain. - B24 lines
That was my baby too.
Jim insistsBlue Jay · 2016The repeated short lines turn a claim into a plea she cannot ignore. - B24 lines
The first thing we're going to need is a lot of pictures.
Let the hacking beginThe Social Network · 2010He lists the photos he does not have, then fires the starting gun. - B25 lines
You guys heard of Nothin' But A G Thang?
karaoke meet-cute pitchRye Lane · 2023She clears the room of decent men so Dom can arrive as fate. - B25 lines
I have something to say.
Mr. Green's confessionClue · 1985He seizes the floor, admits his secret, and admits why he can never let it out. - B25 lines
Making their master happy was the tribe's very reason for existence.
Loyalty as a survival lawMinions · 2015It states the mission like scripture, then one rub nails the joke. - B25 lines
But the cancer is back.
Vashti's cancer updateBe Here Now · 2015It moves from the worst news to a fairy-tale ending without ever raising its voice. - B24 lines
Stammering: Is it really that good? It couldn't be, could it?
Sidney's disbeliefDeathtrap · 1982His stammer hides envy and admiration at once, and hints at everything to come. - B24 lines
Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain.
The lighting-glitch PACome from Away · 2021She names the crisis, then trades it for lights, four lines that pin the cabin down. - B25 lines
Come now, Sir Wilfrid, you must not think of it.
the nurse's bedtime routineWitness for the Prosecution · 1957A run of small domestic orders shows how much the nurse controls the old lawyer's day. - B24 lines
Star light, star bright,
The wishing rhymePuss in Boots: The Last Wish · 2022Four rhymed lines turn a kids' chant into a spell, then hand off to the legend. - B24 lines
I highly recommend it to you, by the way.
A pitch for the dinner5 to 7 · 2014The smoother her sales pitch, the more the invitation feels like a trap. - B24 lines
No. I don't understand what hate is...
On hate and sanitySuddenly, Last Summer · 1959It moves from not understanding hate to a wry claim of sanity, all in a flat tone. - B24 lines
You know, dude, it's no big deal.
From love to rageSLC Punk · 1998Brother and love stack up, then a but dumps both into a filthy threat. - B24 lines
Janet, I want to help you. That's why we're here.
The counsellor turns it aroundAnother Year · 2010She reassures Janet, then reverses the scene until Janet answers her own question. - B24 lines
James Alexander Dix, quarterback for the L.A. Stallions, '89, '90.
Joe recites Jimmy's recordThe Last Boy Scout · 1991He reads the man's scandals like a file, and the flat rhythm cuts deeper than shouting. - B24 lines
Dear CC, we're spending the summer at our beach house.
Hillary's summer letterBeaches · 1988Four short lines build a quiet summer and end on a small confession of loneliness.