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
- B13 lines
I live under the porch.
Perrito's porch confessionPuss in Boots: The Last Wish · 2022He lists mice and centipedes as landlords, and sounds proud of the misery. - B15 lines
Alright. Next pitch. Do not be afraid of the ball.
The baseball pep talk5 to 7 · 2014He teaches safety, then courage, then offers his own nose as proof. - C15 lines
That's what I meant when I said his life was his work.
The Poet's Life, Going in CirclesSuddenly, Last Summer · 1959She repeats and reverses until the idea sounds less like logic and more like a prayer. - B24 lines
Legalized gambling.
The bookmaking mathThe Last Boy Scout · 1991He turns arithmetic into a threat, showing the mob will hate them for the loss. - B15 lines
I don't give a shit about the sun!
Leona's truth speechBeaches · 1988Five unbroken lines turn a small lie about sunshine into a lifetime of resentment. - B13 lines
Me. I'm thinking more along the lines of
From princess to presidentWreck-It Ralph · 2012They hand her a throne; she turns the vacancy into a democracy gag that still lands. - B25 lines
Now, suppose I do pay you this money.
Grandpa's tax argumentYou Can't Take It with You · 1938He reduces a grand argument to a simple shopper's question, and the collector cannot answer it. - B24 lines
Fog in the channel is treacherous.
The captain on the seaThe Ghost and Mrs. Muir · 1947He turns fog, fear and honesty into one small creed about how to live. - B14 lines
We see How bright you burn
The family gives the gift backEncanto · 2021They name her fire and her nerve, then wait for her to open the door herself. - B25 lines
All right, get this.
Walter's phone schemeHis Girl Friday · 1940Short commands pile up into a plan, and the last line hides the whole scheme in office routine. - B25 lines
This guy who lives across the street from me that I've known all my life.
Karen recounts the assaultGoodFellas · 1990Short parallel sentences, one beat each, carry her shock and rising panic. - B25 lines
They mean nothing cos nothing worth knowing is understood with the mind.
Isaac on the brainManhattan · 1979He argues against thinking with such conviction that the speech becomes its own joke. - B24 lines
No, no. Now let me instruct you.
Hale Sets His TermsThe Crucible · 2014He rejects superstition, insists on evidence, then locks them into accepting a clean result. - B15 lines
We can't leave. I'm not leaving, okay? I'm a victim.
Jay's victim speechThis Is the End · 2013It climbs from stubborn refusal to childhood humiliation, so the joke and the fear share one breath. - C12 lines
We've all heard about Einstein
The Einstein-letter pushbackOppenheimer · 2023He uses a public rumor to name the secret, then lands on his own people in camps. - B25 lines
Here's a fun fact. You know where the term OK comes from?
The OK storySilver Linings Playbook · 2012A nerdy aside delivered with real delight, showing how Pat tries to charm a room. - B24 lines
I could die right now, Clem.
Joel's quiet confessionEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind · 2004A few plain sentences build to a happiness so complete that dying sounds fine. - B24 lines
I have loved you from the minute I saw you.
The confession in the letterLolita · 1962In three lines she moves from love to loneliness to possession, then stops cold. - B25 lines
Ballet shoes? Ballet classes? Ballet folklorico?
Autofill guessing balletRalph Breaks the Internet · 2018Shoes, classes, folklorico, then a kid's soccer phase: the engine is sure it knows the house. - B24 lines
We picked you because of your facility with computers.
Hanssen's rationaleBreach · 2007He stacks reasonable-sounding motives until the real question is buried. - B14 lines
At first I thought they were trying to kill you,
Dale recounts the nightTucker and Dale vs. Evil · 2010The run of and-then clauses builds absurdity, then lands on a cold verdict. - C14 lines
I can't listen to this anymore.
The amendment as cureSpielberg · 2017He stops the quarrel, then makes slavery the illness and the amendment the only cure. - B24 lines
And it was great PR for this company,
James defends the pulloutAtlas Shrugged: Part I · 2011Four tidy lines of reasoning collapse into one line of pure self-interest. - B24 lines
My father was an alcoholic. Mean, fuckin' drunk.
Sean's childhood confessionGood Will Hunting · 1997The flat, matter-of-fact delivery makes the remembered violence hit harder than any complaint.