Movie monologues, one line at a time
1,967 real monologues from 152 films. Play a line, pause, say it back.
- 1Full speech: hear it once
- 2Shadow: repeat each line
- 3Blind: listen, then reveal
- B25 lines
Making their master happy was the tribe's very reason for existence.
Loyalty as a survival lawMinions · 2015It states the mission like scripture, then one rub nails the joke. - B25 lines
But the cancer is back.
Vashti's cancer updateBe Here Now · 2015It moves from the worst news to a fairy-tale ending without ever raising its voice. - B24 lines
Stammering: Is it really that good? It couldn't be, could it?
Sidney's disbeliefDeathtrap · 1982His stammer hides envy and admiration at once, and hints at everything to come. - B15 lines
I starts my day at Tim Hortons.
The mayor’s Tim Hortons openCome from Away · 2021He starts with what he will not drink, then names the shop as the town’s hub. Greeting people is the job. - C15 lines
Are you aware that, while on my sickbed, I seriously considered strangling you with one of your own rubber tubes.
A mock courtroom indictmentWitness for the Prosecution · 1957He turns months of petty care into a formal indictment, alliterative and mock-solemn. - B24 lines
Star light, star bright,
The wishing rhymePuss in Boots: The Last Wish · 2022Four rhymed lines turn a kids' chant into a spell, then hand off to the legend. - C14 lines
But these days, they happen all the time but my husband and I, we have found that...
The five-to-seven schedule5 to 7 · 2014She explains an affair like a household schedule, and the calm is what unsettles him. - C15 lines
The emperor of Byzantium, when he received people in audience...
The Byzantine Throne SpeechSuddenly, Last Summer · 1959She builds a throne out of words just to walk down the stairs. - B24 lines
You know, dude, it's no big deal.
From love to rageSLC Punk · 1998Brother and love stack up, then a but dumps both into a filthy threat. - B24 lines
Janet, I want to help you. That's why we're here.
The counsellor turns it aroundAnother Year · 2010She reassures Janet, then reverses the scene until Janet answers her own question. - B24 lines
James Alexander Dix, quarterback for the L.A. Stallions, '89, '90.
Joe recites Jimmy's recordThe Last Boy Scout · 1991He reads the man's scandals like a file, and the flat rhythm cuts deeper than shouting. - B24 lines
Dear CC, we're spending the summer at our beach house.
Hillary's summer letterBeaches · 1988Four short lines build a quiet summer and end on a small confession of loneliness. - B24 lines
Now listen up, because I'm only going to say this once.
Calhoun's pep talkWreck-It Ralph · 2012Rhyme, mama-pride, and toilet jokes stacked until the drop feels like a joke that can still kill you. - B25 lines
Well, gentlemen, there'll be no interference from the powers that be.
Kirby's monopoly pitchYou Can't Take It with You · 1938In a few lines Kirby unveils the scale, the leverage and the nerve of the whole scheme. - B24 lines
I felt that way about a ship once, my first command.
The captain's first shipThe Ghost and Mrs. Muir · 1947He explains a house through a ship, and the old bully briefly shows what he loves. - B24 lines
Belfast was in shock this morning as the impact of last night's rioting was all too clear.
morning news reportBelfast · 2021The reporter stacks facts, then lands one pointed question about a fractured peace. - B25 lines
Can I tell you something? - I'm listening.
Warren's confessionAbout Schmidt · 2002One comparison and one number undo forty-two years in a single breath. - B24 lines
Well, I know this much.
sticking up for the pairBeautiful Thing · 1996She builds from a claim to evidence, and each line makes her own lie clearer. - B15 lines
Mirabel, I know you want to help.
Abuela asks her to step asideEncanto · 2021She first credits the wish to help, then sells absence as the family's best gift. - B24 lines
Nonsense, you've got an old-fashioned idea divorces last forever.
Walter on divorceHis Girl Friday · 1940He talks divorce down to a few mumbled words, then lands a line about a bond that cannot change. - B14 lines
It says you haven't been there in months.
the father's rantGoodFellas · 1990Each short sentence lands harder, turning disappointment into open shame. - B24 lines
But in all the years that we've been married
Yale's confessionManhattan · 1979He moves from excuses to self-disgust, then insists this time is different. - B15 lines
Vallejo Police Department. -I want to report a double murder.
A flat call: two deadZodiac · 2007No name. Miles, a brown car, a gun type. Traffic, except it is a double murder. - B25 lines
A guy that walks into a good looking dame's front parlor and says: "Good afternoon, I sell accident insurance on husbands.
Neff's bitter self-portraitDouble Indemnity · 1944He paints himself as a predator, then turns the mirror on her.