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
- B19 lines
You shit-for-brains, man! You forgot I have a police radio!
Frank's closing tauntsBlue Velvet · 1986The taunts keep closing in, turning curses into footsteps and a countdown. - B12 lines
I got sad and weird,
The doodles made Barbie like herBarbie · 2023Sadness leaks into the drawings. She could not be her daughter, so she made Barbie herself. - B119 lines
Let me tell you the story of right hand, left hand.
the tale of two handsDo the Right Thing · 1989A boxing match between two hands turns an abstract idea into something you can watch. - B12 lines
I grew up loving the mail.
Charley's mail bloodlineSigned, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Have Made · 2021She answers the interview with family history: mail, mules, and why she still wants the job. - B14 lines
Hey, did you know that Bonnie was not his first kid?
Forky names the old kidToy Story 4 · 2019A brand-new toy blurts Woody’s unfinished grief for Andy, no filter, no mercy. - B14 lines
But, so years ago, when you told me
Beth throws the old advice backUncle Frank · 2020She quotes him, then uses unless to show the sermon never covered him. - B14 lines
But you... you're my friend,
Brightbill afraid of lossThe Wild Robot · 2024Stutters and what-ifs: the fear of being left, said all the way through. - B114 lines
She should be here, Kurt.
An elder's quiet pleaAmerican Underdog · 2021She stacks small observations instead of arguments, and ends on one word that lands. - B15 lines
Wyldstyle, you're such an amazing person.
Talking Wyldstyle down after Batman bailsThe Lego Movie · 2014Emmet's pep talk keeps slipping: amazing person, then eyes that don't work. Clumsy, and that's why it lands. - B15 lines
He gets so excited.
the ghost crab lessonThe Way Way Back · 2013She delivers a crab fact like a family legend, and the earnestness shows the bond. - B17 lines
You can do this. Let's go. All right, guys, listen.
Michael's final pep talkArthur the King · 2024Short commands stack the pressure until the race becomes the only thing left to do. - B15 lines
I was battling depression.
Depression, and food that would not go downFriends: The Reunion · 2021Battle, dark place, not going out, then food stuck in the throat: it keeps dropping. - B15 lines
I think, obviously, there's gotta be some fear...
On letting days slipAmerican Movie · 1999He names the fear behind delay, then shows it as six lost years in one room. - B16 lines
I just want to say, you know, like, um, we were eating some nachos, you know?
Beavis's clumsy confessionBeavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe · 2022The filler words make the confession sound painfully real rather than written. - B19 lines
Listen to me. Wanna know what I heard in here?
the story of the paid missBuffalo '66 · 1998He moves from hearsay to certainty to curses, building the justification for his rage. - B14 lines
I made you look like a prince on the outside.
To the door. You open it.Aladdin · 2019The look only walks him to the threshold. The real name still has to speak. - B111 lines
I've loved...
Amanda's empty-nest speechBlue Jay · 2016Broken short lines turn her private dread into something the listener overhears. - B16 lines
You've got to get through it.
Vashti's pep talkBe Here Now · 2015Six short sentences that refuse to let the diagnosis have the last word. - B16 lines
Welcome to Gander Academy, nicest hotel on the east coast.
Beulah's hotel welcomeCome from Away · 2021Washrooms, food, clothes, sleep: she maps the school like a lobby and calls it a hotel. - B15 lines
Santa Coloma wasn't a heist... [speaks in Spanish]
Not a heistPuss in Boots: The Last Wish · 2022He denies the robbery, then adds church guests, then his empty place. Each beat drops the room. - 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. - B111 lines
Ay, Pedro.
Abuela's night prayerEncanto · 2021Crack, dying miracle, lose home again: she stacks the fear until Pedro has to hear it. - B17 lines
I'm a fucking idiot. I put myself up.
Seth's reconciliation speechThis Is the End · 2013He confesses fault by fault in rising rhythm, until he names the real wound in the friendship. - B16 lines
I can tell you about Lord of the Flies.
Pat sums up Lord of the FliesSilver Linings Playbook · 2012He turns a whole novel into a verdict on human nature, and it lands as self-portrait.