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
- B14 lines
Oh, just you know, like, listening you know, helps a lot.
Beavis's lonely confessionBeavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe · 2022Mumbling lines peel back to the quiet fear of never being really heard. - C15 lines
Signior Leonato, truth it is, good signior, your niece regards me with an eye of favour.
Benedick's proposalMuch Ado About Nothing · 1993He circles the request in courtly turns, and the formality betrays how serious he is. - B24 lines
Make a fresh start.
Brad's memory of middle schoolFront of the Class · 2008Three short lines and one tic carry the whole slide from hope to disappointment. - C15 lines
We've got two stories here.
Robby's two-story ultimatumSpotlight · 2015He lays both pieces on the table, then forces a pick so there is no third door. - B25 lines
I have a proposition for whoever has those letters. I'll handle the entire transaction.
Ferrari's propositionCasablanca · 1943He lays out his cut, the risk and the extras like a contract, and never blinks. - C15 lines
If we had done this by the mail, if I had access to my library, if I could look stuff up...
On rewriting his own quotesThe End of the Tour · 2015Three stacked ifs build to a confession: he is smart only when alone. - B25 lines
My heart was filling up...
Salieri's hatredAmadeus · 1984From a filling heart to violent thoughts, a few lines show a man turning. - B25 lines
You know, I used to live like Robinson Crusoe.
The Robinson Crusoe lineThe Apartment · 1960The desert-island image turns loneliness into a story and Fran into the footprint that ends it. - C25 lines
Your lord does know my mind.
Olivia's refusalTwelfth Night · 2012She lists every virtue, then closes the door with one quiet sentence. - B25 lines
Yes, the cold businessman behind his marble desk way up in his executive suite.
The cold businessman on the ledgeSabrina · 1954Cold, mechanical images pile up until the respectable man himself is on the ledge. - B14 lines
And it said, "Dear Wendy,
the love-note confessionBuffalo '66 · 1998Wendy reads the note line by line, sinking into it until the fake letter becomes her finest moment. - B24 lines
Well, I really wouldn't care to scratch your surface, Mr. Kralik because I know exactly what I'd find.
Novak's three-layer cutThe Shop Around the Corner · 1940Heart, soul, then brains. She turns his depth talk into a map of what she already despises. - B25 lines
I knew a lady very like your sister...
the colonel's warningSense and Sensibility · 1995He pleads through another woman's ruin, and the calm telling is what makes it land. - B14 lines
Every day I just think things will be different...
She says trapped out loudAladdin · 2019Hope shows up every day; the city does not move; one word is left. - B25 lines
No. No, no, no, no.
The handler's warningReservoir Dogs · 1992Five lines move from denial to exposure to orders, spelling out the code Freddy must follow. - B25 lines
It's now five years since you first brought this bill to the House.
Pitt asks him to stayAmazing Grace · 2006He counts five years of effort, then admits no one can replace him. - B24 lines
The bottom section of the route follows a vague series of cracks and corners in the rock.
The traverse explainedThe Dawn Wall · 2017Four calm sentences build the terrain, the dead end and the open problem, then stop at a question. - B25 lines
Have you ever heard a death rattle before?
death rattle countdownFight Club · 1999She turns dying into a named sound effect and a countdown. - B24 lines
You know, I've already apologized in The Crimson to the ABHW,
Sorry, now clapThe Social Network · 2010He checks the apology box, then flips the hearing into a pitch for credit. - B25 lines
Gave it a sweetheart neckline because you're my sweetheart.
Coronation-gown pitchMinions · 2015Herb sells the sweetheart neckline, the cinch, the armor, and the nuclear sheen as one long compliment. - B14 lines
and now I will tell about the sixth house, about your health.
the health readingBe Here Now · 2015It stacks chart details into a slow build, then lands on one grim verdict. - B25 lines
If they do come, I'll simply say that he did write to me...
Sidney's cover storyDeathtrap · 1982He rehearses a lie like a schedule, and the precise details make it chilling. - B14 lines
Tell the kids I'm all right
Put a pin in GanderCome from Away · 2021She turns a safety call into a map ritual so home can find the town. - B24 lines
My lord, I must object.
objection speechWitness for the Prosecution · 1957One objection doubles as a grammar lesson, exposing the gender hidden in murderer.