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
The creator never wanted the place to change.
the creator's dying wishThe Way Way Back · 2013A deathbed wish explains why the park stays shabby, delivered with mock solemnity. - B23 lines
They have no idea
This show saved a lifeFriends: The Reunion · 2021Binge-watching becomes rescue: they have no idea, then I was one of them. - B25 lines
Beavis and Butt-Head, hear us.
The portal summonsBeavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe · 2022Mock-scriptural commands make two dummies sound like cosmic heralds. - B14 lines
You don't know what it's like.
The maid's fearAmadeus · 1984She moves from 'you don't understand' to concrete details, making the fear real. - C25 lines
Sweet, Sir Toby, be patient for tonight.
Maria plots her revengeTwelfth Night · 2012She calms the knight, then swears the scheme will work or she has no wit at all. - B14 lines
I, Aladdin, being of sound body and mind...
The backdated second wishAladdin · 2019He recites will language over a kid who cannot speak, and the contract and the friendship pull in opposite directions. - B24 lines
Let me tell you something, Mr. Winklevoss, Mr. Winklevoss,
The president's closing lectureThe Social Network · 2010He says the surname twice, then tells them this complaint is beneath Harvard. - B24 lines
My mum was coming initially because I was getting a stem cell transplant and that's not going to happen now.
why his mum goes homeBe Here Now · 2015He breaks bad news without drama, then sends everyone to rest as if that were the only kind ending. - B24 lines
Just in the last few days, really. You know, it was pretty bad last week.
Porter on SidneyDeathtrap · 1982He lists the crying, the drinking and the recovery calmly, care mixed with a lawyer's watching eye. - B15 lines
Planes aren't made to just sit on the tarmac.
Planes can't just sitCome from Away · 2021The island trap is said as metal that dies if it stops moving. - B15 lines
About that day.
Puss admits he was afraidPuss in Boots: The Last Wish · 2022The legend is not allowed fear, then he ran from the church. Short, blunt, humiliating. - B25 lines
Patients are here because they can't think.
Reading the recordSuddenly, Last Summer · 1959The charges read like a verdict, and the flatness leaves no room to answer. - B24 lines
Listen, that fellow Bensinger is on his way right now.
Walter's schemeHis Girl Friday · 1940He flatters and then discards a rival in a few brisk orders, and the coldness is funny. - B15 lines
Nobody's helping me. I'm all alone.
Karen's prison outburstGoodFellas · 1990She builds from loneliness to humiliation, each detail tightening the pressure on Henry. - B24 lines
This guy's been married 12 years. What do you think will happen?
Isaac's prediction speechManhattan · 1979He dismantles the affair in four flat sentences, each one more certain than the last. - B25 lines
Why do you never wonder if Parris be Is the accuser always holy now?
Proctor's OutburstThe Crucible · 2014He moves from question to charge to verdict in one breath, naming revenge as the real law. - B25 lines
You drop in and out of my life,
Jean names the powerOppenheimer · 2023In and out, no explanation, power, I'd rather stay: the softer she talks, the harder it lands. - B25 lines
So, listen, I'm sorry that I didn't come see you down at the hospital.
Jake's apology and good newsSilver Linings Playbook · 2012A string of apologies that keeps curving into bragging, showing how blind he is. - B24 lines
To all patients of Dr. Howard Mierzwiak.
Mary's apology tapeEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind · 2004A quiet confession that turns the clinic's memory work into a betrayal. - B15 lines
All right, I believe you.
Humbert's apology and excuseLolita · 1962He claims to believe her and admits fault, then blames the place and everyone else in one breath. - B24 lines
There was a big-rig pileup a couple of weeks ago.
Wyatt praises the recoveryAtlas Shrugged: Part I · 2011Four calm sentences set the facts, and only the last one turns into praise. - B14 lines
You can do this, Jack.
Armed at the doorThe Christmas Chronicles: Part Two · 2020She boosts him, promises to watch, then hands over cookies as if they were a kit. - B24 lines
It’s actually a sports car to a speedboat,
The fake portal, listed like toysBarbie · 2023Car, boat, rocket, bike: the more she names, the dumber the magic gets, then don’t think. - B22 lines
But your mom,
Joe covers for MomSigned, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Have Made · 2021He walks from a lifetime of imagining the day down to wanting a share, and calls the crowding love.