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
- B223 lines
Hello, John, how are you doing today?
The full phone pitchThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013It runs from small talk to closing the trade in one breath, a textbook sales script. - B26 lines
Well, Alan didn't mail it
Harlan opens the double tuitionKnives Out · 2019Two payment lines first, then the word steal—an audit spoken as family talk. - B29 lines
You have to understand, Evey, I didn't want this for either of us...
V explains himselfV for Vendetta · 2006The explanation grows denser until it lands on one concrete place, making the choice feel real. - B25 lines
I mean, if you ever wanna kiss a girl or ask her to go out, or I mean...
David's count to threeWe're the Millers · 2013He starts at dating and ends at every fear, selling a junk tip like life advice. - B24 lines
I have a task that has become impossible.
Roz's task confessionThe Wild Robot · 2024Impossible task, then the heart, then a child. A malfunction spoken as care. - B26 lines
But we're not leaving him behind.
H will not leave himWrath of Man · 2021Rule, tribe, money, verdict. Short beats, like a field order. - B24 lines
I went out walking for a couple of hours last night.
Juror 8 buys a knife12 Angry Men · 1957A walk, a pawnshop, six dollars; the plain price lands louder than any speech. - B210 lines
Philippe, have you ever tried to bring charges against an officer?
Roget's threat and offerPaths of Glory · 1957He stacks charges and rank, then dangles a rewritten report as the way out. - B29 lines
Fifty yards long. Eight-yard end zones.
the indoor war pitchAmerican Underdog · 2021It builds the field into a gladiator arena, rule by brutal rule. - B27 lines
Mike, do you even think I know what the hell they're saying to me half the time?
Trent's dating theorySwingers · 1996He turns not understanding women into a strategy, and it almost sounds convincing. - B237 lines
This secret group, you know, the group that's in charge of the government -
the space-colony theorySlacker · 1990He rolls from a secret group to drug money to mind-wiping drugs, all in the tone of a briefing. - B25 lines
You're famous, beautiful and rich.
Daisy talks the star awakeDownton Abbey: A New Era · 2022She stacks class, money, and manners until comfort sounds like an order. - B220 lines
Okay, let's talk like turkeys.
Adolf's reverse-psychology lectureJojo Rabbit · 2019A half-baked scheme gets delivered like a war lecture, and the smugness is the punchline. - B246 lines
All right, listen up. We need to open our eyes.
the garage speechAmerican History X · 1998Layered anaphora and a closing question push the crowd to the edge of action. - B24 lines
I'd just come upstairs to turn down the beds.
Lizzie's account of the ghostThe Uninvited · 1944She starts with an everyday chore and ends swearing it was a woman, which makes it chilling. - B27 lines
Now, Five, If, on the other hand, We were to immediately launch an all-out and coordinated attack...
Turgidson's first-strike pitchDr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb · 1964His tidy numbering and confident numbers make a nuclear war sound like a bargain, and that is terrifying. - B26 lines
And I know what you're going to ask next.
Aziz eruptsA Passage to India · 1984He predicts the request, quotes the English back, and erupts with all his hurt. - B28 lines
For instance, one time I wanted to have...
The double-decker couch pitchThe Lego Movie · 2014He talks guests into a product name and sells the dumb invention straight. - B214 lines
High...
Within and withoutThe Great Gatsby · 2013He names the window: inside the mess, still watching it. - B27 lines
My boys, they're naive,
the coach's apologyThe Gentlemen · 2020The Coach owns the fault, lists what cannot be repaid, then trades loyalty for his lads' safety. - B24 lines
Last I heard he went into a deep depression.
The legend growsThe Way Way Back · 2013He turns a quiet kid into a fallen star, and the straight face is what sells the joke. - B25 lines
He has major wounds from abuse.
the vet's diagnosisArthur the King · 2024It stacks one clinical detail on another, so the bad news grows heavier with each line. - B222 lines
The trouble with you young fellows is you want to go changing everything. What's the result?
The general's lectureThe Life and Death of Colonel Blimp · 1943He stacks up the costs, then drills the lesson into a few blunt rules for survival. - B213 lines
So on the bottom half of this piece of paper...
explaining the proverbThe Thin Blue Line · 1988He unpacks a proverb into his own life, and the calm delivery is what stings.