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
But if I am to speak in earnest,
The wife he wantsPersuasion · 2007The joke stops, and one standard is pressed until trust itself is refused. - 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
Lester, I refuse to live like this.
Carolyn's indictmentAmerican Beauty · 1999Four short lines move from refusal to the charge that he only liked her silence. - B25 lines
[chuckles] Okay, funny story. [clears throat] When I was running for president, I had to sneak cigarettes for the whole first month of the campaign because, you know, photographs of me smoking went for, what, a hundred grand a pop?
The president's smoking storyDon't Look Up · 2021A cozy personal anecdote slides the world-ending topic off the table, and the ease is the horror. - B25 lines
Son, let me give you some Daniel Olivier philosophy.
The father's philosophyInterstate 60 · 2002Four short sentences build a closed system of advice that leaves no room to argue. - B25 lines
Ah, come on, now.
You get to chooseUncle Frank · 2020He puts the default life on the table, then hands her the pen for a name. - B25 lines
Who the fuck has the goddamn gall to call this house on a Tuesday night?
Mad Max's phone rantThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013The sudden shift from rage to a polite hello makes the temper hilarious. - B24 lines
I mean, we're all gutted, but, uh,
Walt’s succession speechKnives Out · 2019Grief first, then he turns companionship into a crown. - B24 lines
He's what every gutless, freedom-hating terrorist is:
Prothero's on-air tiradeV for Vendetta · 2006Label, insult and threat come in one breath, and the rising fury reads as pure performance. - B24 lines
Cool. So I guess it's just us, then. A little father and son bonding trip to Mexico.
Kenny kills the father-son tripWe're the Millers · 2013Four lines from bonding trip to pervert Olympics, and the girl is no longer optional. - B22 lines
And I will not leave
Roz's task speechThe Wild Robot · 2024Contracts, damage, warranty—love read out like a fault report. - B24 lines
They're filthy fucks.
Cross Gashi offWrath of Man · 2021He curses them first, then files them as the wrong animals for that job. - B25 lines
I have a proposition to make to all of you.
Juror 8 proposes a vote12 Angry Men · 1957He offers a vote, steps aside, and draws the line, handing the choice back to each man. - B24 lines
I know, the new places down on the strip, now, those places are supposed to be it.
Trent's old-school pitchSwingers · 1996He dismisses the new strip in one breath and crowns the old place as home. - B24 lines
It's taken my entire life...
giving up on mankindSlacker · 1990He widens his disappointment from a lifetime to all of mankind. - B25 lines
But you should never have come here.
A husband books doctors like a man drowningDownton Abbey: A New Era · 2022London, then America: love as a string of orders, because he cannot sit still with the news. - B24 lines
If you see a Jew, you tell us, we tell the Gestapo, and they tell the SS,
the reporting chainJojo Rabbit · 2019The straight-faced chain of agencies makes the absurd process sound official. - B25 lines
We'll let the niggers, kikes, and spics grab for the pie.
counting on violenceAmerican History X · 1998A calm speech about profit and killing that chills precisely because it stays level. - B24 lines
I'd just come upstairs to turn down the beds.
Lizzie's account of the ghostThe Uninvited · 1944She starts with an everyday chore and ends swearing it was a woman, which makes it chilling. - B24 lines
Here you see the celebrated hospitality of the East.
Aziz on his own homeA Passage to India · 1984He mocks his own shabby home with a grand phrase and shields his friends. - B25 lines
You asked me to follow around your girl and I did.
the detective's confessionThere's Something About Mary · 1998He owns the job he took, then draws a line, turning a hired man into a person. - B24 lines
It's no coincidence.
Why he bought the houseThe Great Gatsby · 2013Four beats drop the mask: coincidence, then the house, the parties, the tea. - B24 lines
I'm sure you're all roadmen, gangsters, proper naughty boys and all that bollocks.
the street negotiation speechThe Gentlemen · 2020Ray deflates the crowd first, then names his price, staying calm while outnumbered. - B25 lines
It happened inside the tube. So, no one really knows.
The tube legendThe Way Way Back · 2013Owen builds an absurd legend in deadpan, climbing from rumor to partying with Jesus.