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
It's hers. It's never left here. She hasn't either.
Why he never moved outYou Can't Take It with You · 1938A scent and a room carry decades of loyalty, and the calm delivery makes it land. - B24 lines
Me. The story of me life.
The captain names his bookThe Ghost and Mrs. Muir · 1947He decides the subject, the title and the byline in four lines, vanity and charm together. - B14 lines
For now we see through a glass,
the funeral readingBelfast · 2021The old words slow the scene and set death against a longer view of time. - B15 lines
I don't believe in secrets.
Sandra's honesty speechBeautiful Thing · 1996She states a rule, then breaks it for kindness, and the gap is the point. - B25 lines
I just made something unexpected
Isabela grows something of her ownEncanto · 2021She sings from a crooked new plant all the way to it's mine, and the perfect act splits in the melody. - B25 lines
Things have been different since I met Hildy.
Bruce on HildyHis Girl Friday · 1940He defines Hildy by contrast with everyone else, and the plain delivery makes it sincere. - B25 lines
It was a glorious time.
the glory daysGoodFellas · 1990A few calm lines open up a whole era and make it feel golden. - B25 lines
I'll have to give up my apartment.
The cost of going brokeManhattan · 1979He lists what he must give up, and each item makes the panic funnier and sadder. - B24 lines
I will be reborn in paradise.
Slaves for paradiseZodiac · 2007He files murder as afterlife staffing: rebirth, then a workforce of slaves. - B25 lines
That's cute. Say it again. He came here first to ask where Lola was.
Phyllis explains her schemeDouble Indemnity · 1944She narrates manipulation as a tidy procedure, and the calm is what chills. - B25 lines
From out my forest by the riverside.
Putnam Claims the LandThe Crucible · 2014Five short beats push from where the timber came to who owns the ground, each louder than the last. - B25 lines
But, uh, I actually just adopted this incontinent spaniel.
Jonah's dog storyThis Is the End · 2013He tells a messy dog story with total sincerity, which is what makes it funny. - C13 lines
You think that I tell them about your politics.
Lawrence's tap warningOppenheimer · 2023Rearview glass, then static on the phone: surveillance sold as ordinary lab talk. - B25 lines
Listen to me.
Pat's breakdownSilver Linings Playbook · 2012It starts as a whisper and spills into raw panic, letting his polished front fall apart. - B14 lines
I don't know! I'm lost, I'm scared, I feel like I'm disappearing.
Clementine's breakdownEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind · 2004The repeated line shows a mind coming apart while Joel can only watch. - B25 lines
You see, I'm a strongly emotional woman.
A late-night confessionLolita · 1962It confesses loneliness, asks for touch, and closes on a line she repeats to convince herself. - B24 lines
Welcome back to the search bar, madam.
Search-bar greetingRalph Breaks the Internet · 2018Breakfast burrito small talk, then the next ticket, like a real help desk. - B25 lines
My wife was the one... Good to see you, Bob.
Hanssen on his wifeBreach · 2007Short consecutive lines turn a hard man soft as he credits his wife for his faith. - A25 lines
She needs to be punished, Paula.
Gertrude's cover storyAn American Crime · 2007She justifies punishment, then coaches each child on the lie, command and cover story in one breath. - B24 lines
Now, you create a distraction.
Tucker's planTucker and Dale vs. Evil · 2010He hands out the plan in clipped beats, calm and absurd at the same time. - C15 lines
Say all we done is show the world that democracy isn't chaos.
A defense of messy democracySpielberg · 2017Three rising claims turn a noisy people into a union still worth aspiring toward. - B24 lines
We are working on a bill.
Mouch explains the billAtlas Shrugged: Part I · 2011Four flat lines describe a ruinous bill as routine business, which makes it colder. - C15 lines
Most days I wish I never met you...
Lambeau's confessionGood Will Hunting · 1997He admits Will outshines him and then confesses the pain of watching it wasted. - B24 lines
I am sorry to be the one to tell you this, but no one is keeping anything from you, okay?
Pam's defense speechBad Education · 2019Her stacked reasons and because-clauses turn a deflection into a performance.