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
- B15 lines
I'm looking out the window, trying to see where we are,
The captain sees how farCome from Away · 2021She has flown this sky for years; on the ground it is only black. - 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. - B16 lines
Before I caught him with that woman, we made love and...
CC tells the affair storyBeaches · 1988She lays out pregnancy, betrayal and his coming wedding in a flat, stunned voice. - B110 lines
Sad as it is, Vanellope cannot be allowed to race.
Candy's shutdown chainWreck-It Ralph · 2012If, then, when. He walks a child's race all the way to a dead arcade. - B18 lines
You know...
Doug's pitch to leaveThe Town · 2010It moves from a life observation to an invitation, casual on the surface and moving underneath. - B19 lines
This is a couple we met in Kansas when we were in Kansas.
Family photo tourAbout Schmidt · 2002A photo tour that maps her whole social world, offered to a man who has no pictures to return. - B18 lines
You know what?
Mirabel's send-off pep talkEncanto · 2021She waves the fear off, twists envy into a blessing, then exits on a roommate gag. - B17 lines
But still I couldn't hurt him. How could I hurt him?
Karen's inner confessionGoodFellas · 1990In a few lines she moves from mercy to jealousy, showing love tangled with possession. - B16 lines
And so I said: " Come and live with me in peace and safety...
The Oompa Loompa origin storyWilly Wonka & the Chocolate Factory · 1971Quoted speech and invented beast names turn a business deal into a fairy tale. - B15 lines
You will drown in a river of blood.
the doom prophecyThis Is the End · 2013Five short, biblical lines build from threat to apocalypse without a single joke. - B17 lines
And then when I'm angry, which is a lot these days, I go to the garage.
Danny on music and angerSilver Linings Playbook · 2012He moves from band names to smashed knuckles, making catharsis sound funny and sad. - B110 lines
Am I ugly?
the ugly doll storyEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind · 2004A child explains her own sadness through a doll, so the confession never turns self-pitying. - B17 lines
Mona Farlow is leaving for summer camp tomorrow.
The summer camp verdictLolita · 1962She moves from the bare fact to a full justification, making separation sound like care. - B16 lines
Yeah, sure, it was kind of predictable...
Who is left without a trackRalph Breaks the Internet · 2018She owns the old track, then names the not-knowing, then drops the identity question on her best friend. - B17 lines
As Mathew said: "Enter by the narrow gate".
The narrow gate passageAn American Crime · 2007Seven short lines build a stark contrast between the wide road and the narrow one, ending like a verdict. - B17 lines
It's good to cry sometimes.
Allison calms him downTucker and Dale vs. Evil · 2010She soothes him step by step, then takes control with a question. - B16 lines
Now, I...
A father's late confessionAll of Us Strangers · 2023Short lines build from admission to insistence, letting a quiet man finally say the thing that matters. - B12 lines
Belsnickel was a precocious and brilliant elf
The favorite learns the tradeThe Christmas Chronicles: Part Two · 2020Medicine and inventions sit side by side, so the later betrayal still smells like love. - B112 lines
I had a dream.
The robin dreamBlue Velvet · 1986It builds from darkness to light and lands on a simple, haunting rule. - B15 lines
I don’t know exactly what you meant with all of those little quips,
Barbie grades the catcallsBarbie · 2023She unpacks the puns like homework, then announces they have no genitals. - B15 lines
You want brothers on the wall?
Sal defends his wallDo the Right Thing · 1989Sal turns a question back on the customer and draws his line in five short, rising beats. - B18 lines
So we know the letter's addressed to John,
How a dead letter loopsSigned, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Have Made · 2021Oliver turns postal rules into gears that chewed a child's plea for months. - B14 lines
After that, an army of beauty experts invaded her house on Sunset Boulevard.
Joe on Norma's regimenSunset Boulevard · 1950A doomed beauty routine described like Olympic training, all the more painful for its seriousness. - B18 lines
I hope this doesn't sound weird, but I was thinking about you.
Cheryl's confessionThe Secret Life of Walter Mitty · 2013She starts with a hedge and ends with how the thought carried her forward, closing the distance.