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
- B16 lines
She's being coy.
Owen's flirting boastThe Way Way Back · 2013He brags, answers himself and undercuts it, showing Owen's cocky charm. - B14 lines
You know, this doesn't define you.
Helen's pep talkArthur the King · 2024Four short pushes in a row turn sympathy into action without a single lecture. - B14 lines
You know, old boy, Edith was never my fiancee.
Candy clears it upThe Life and Death of Colonel Blimp · 1943He saves his friend's face first and only then takes the mistake apart. - B119 lines
We drove back towards Dallas and we drove to the motel.
Adams on the night's driveThe Thin Blue Line · 1988The flat account of a drive quietly nails down the last time he saw the man. - B14 lines
So many -- So many different episodes are like
David indexes the fountain hitsFriends: The Reunion · 2021He rapid-fires guitar, first kiss, umbrella — the set becomes a table of contents. - B110 lines
Coven relates to Northwestern in this sense.
The money pitchAmerican Movie · 1999He turns two films into one ledger, and the sums get more desperate with each line. - B115 lines
Frank, if I may get down to it, OK, I think it would be a mistake to back out.
Talk him into OprahThe Proposal · 2009She keeps stacking the case through a barking dog and a stolen phone, then hands the choice back to Frank. - B14 lines
But if you are tempted, make sure you do your homework.
The dealer's warningCan You Ever Forgive Me? · 2018He warns without naming names, letting insider hints do the work. - B15 lines
We never found out who won that trip to space camp, because the records were lost when the gym burned down.
The judge's sentencing speechBeavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe · 2022It slides from a flimsy excuse about lost records to a grand, pompous sentence. - B17 lines
Stand here, listen, listen up. Focus, please, all right?
The father's parting lectureFront of the Class · 2008The pressure builds line by line, packing a father's impatience and helplessness into a doorway. - B13 lines
I'm still trying to pull the wool over Klink's eyes
Bob's marriage punchlineAuto Focus · 2002Four beats: Hogan duty, then his own divorce, each turn faster than the last. - B15 lines
I was just telling Monsieur Laszlo that unfortunately I'm not able to help him.
Ferrari's pitchCasablanca · 1943He builds himself up before delivering the refusal, so the no sounds like a favor. - B14 lines
Okay? I would do it in a heartbeat. Good.
Terrified but willingThe End of the Tour · 2015He confesses a week of trauma and the same eagerness in one breath, which is the whole man. - B14 lines
Tell me...
Salieri's challengeAmadeus · 1984A run of questions pulls the priest into his logic and turns defence into accusation. - B110 lines
He used to tell his wife I was the branch manager from Seattle...
Miss Olsen spills the historyThe Apartment · 1960She lists the pattern with weary humor, and every name makes the affair smaller. - B14 lines
I've been watching you for a long time, mademoiselle.
The teacher's diagnosisSabrina · 1954He reads her cooking like a symptom until the verdict lands: in love, and unhappy. - B114 lines
Here's a joke, boy.
The Snail JokeTraining Day · 2001A slow little creature becomes a lesson about who controls a situation and who only reacts. - B114 lines
Before I went away, I made up a few lies.
his invented pastBuffalo '66 · 1998He invents his past in growing detail, revealing the man he wishes he were. - B119 lines
I know just what you mean, madam.
The candy-control pitchThe Shop Around the Corner · 1940He agrees with her, inflates the pounds, then sells the tinkle as a message. - B14 lines
And they would hide out in these canyons, I guess.
Aron's canyon story127 Hours · 2010He paints the canyon's past in plain strokes, making a history lesson feel like adventure. - B14 lines
That's it. I'm done.
Broccoli pizza rantInside Out · 2015The complaint climbs from quitting to blaming a city, like a verdict. - B14 lines
Oh, imagine a land It's a faraway place
Arabian Nights opens the gateAladdin · 2019He sings a far country into the kids' ears, then lands on chaotic, but home. - B115 lines
We're in the warehouse. Look where we are.
White's calm-down loopReservoir Dogs · 1992He repeats one simple scene over and over, using routine to hold panic at bay. - B110 lines
What was that
Ming's spiral rantTurning Red · 2022Short jabs, a rhetorical question, and a glitter insult: worry turned into a comic drum fill.