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
- B29 lines
And I just remember sitting with these five other people
Begging the producer to let him goFriends: The Reunion · 2021From sitting with five people to hat in hand, each line drops him lower. - B27 lines
You don't know the meaning of the word "Neighbors.
The dog owner's outburstRear Window · 1954The speech climbs from question to grief, accusing the whole building of indifference. - B24 lines
Poor boy's been ill. What a pity!
Helen's mock sympathyNight and the City · 1950She starts with fake pity, then lets the newspaper do the cutting, wound by wound. - B211 lines
I realized one thing, in a kind of Christian-coded ethical arena:
Mark's faith confessionAmerican Movie · 1999He argues himself in circles about faith and ambition, half confessing, half defending. - B26 lines
I've done a lot of things in my life. Practically built an empire with your mother from the ground up.
Joe's succession pitchThe Proposal · 2009Pride in the mill tightens into a job offer Andrew never asked for. - B24 lines
Do not underestimate sparkly blue eyes...
Jack's survival speechCan You Ever Forgive Me? · 2018It sells charm and street sense as a survival kit, then quietly admits it stopped working. - B24 lines
We've located the second creature.
The agent's threat analysisBeavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe · 2022The clinical tone builds until the punchline about their internal organs lands. - B27 lines
I have deceived even your very eyes.
Borachio's confessionMuch Ado About Nothing · 1993He confesses in plain order, and the calm inventory is what makes it chilling. - B24 lines
The Americans with Disabilities Act gives us the right to do anything or go anyplace that we want to.
A patient's bitter speechFront of the Class · 2008He raises the law first, then punctures it line by line, and the gap between rights and life stings. - B212 lines
You know, it's because you care about this place.
Conley’s friendly squeezeSpotlight · 2015Love of Boston, bad apples, outsider editor—the whole silence in one pour. - B28 lines
That was invented by Cubby Broccoli, producer of the James Bond films.
the origin of broccoli24 Hour Party People · 2002He keeps inventing detail, and the deadpan build is the whole joke. - B25 lines
You must know it's very important I get out of Casablanca.
Laszlo's appealCasablanca · 1943He turns one man's escape into a cause for thousands, which makes the request hard to dismiss. - B213 lines
I was a towel boy at this chichi health club.
The towel boy storyThe End of the Tour · 2015He lines up prestige and humiliation until the joke lands on himself. - B25 lines
My heart was filling up...
Salieri's hatredAmadeus · 1984From a filling heart to violent thoughts, a few lines show a man turning. - B28 lines
I don't know what you did to that girl...
The doctor's parting warningThe Apartment · 1960It moves from blame to warning, and ends on the plainest piece of advice. - B25 lines
I don't know. Tell me I'm imagining things.
Sabrina begs to be sent awaySabrina · 1954Five Tell me lines in a row plead to be sent away and confess the wish to stay. - B27 lines
Unfortunately, it doesn't work that way.
The Sheep and the WolfTraining Day · 2001It builds from stray bullets to sheep and wolves until cruelty sounds like duty. - B24 lines
Well, I really wouldn't care to scratch your surface, Mr. Kralik because I know exactly what I'd find.
Novak's three-layer cutThe Shop Around the Corner · 1940Heart, soul, then brains. She turns his depth talk into a map of what she already despises. - B25 lines
I knew a lady very like your sister...
the colonel's warningSense and Sensibility · 1995He pleads through another woman's ruin, and the calm telling is what makes it land. - B29 lines
I'd wish to be free.
The genie wants to be a personAladdin · 2019He sells freedom like a host greeting the room, then the laugh drops into wanting to be human. - B214 lines
I'm more powerful than you because I'm a bigger sinner.
A catalogue of sinsDeconstructing Harry · 1997He recites his sins like a resume, proud and damned at the same time. - B26 lines
You girls seen a brown bag with a white stripe and my initials?
Osgood loses his thingsSome Like It Hot · 1959He piles loss on loss without losing his dignity, which is what makes it funny. - B27 lines
What the fuck am I doing here, man?
White's regret speechReservoir Dogs · 1992He turns a single bad feeling into a full confession of his own failure. - B25 lines
It's now five years since you first brought this bill to the House.
Pitt asks him to stayAmazing Grace · 2006He counts five years of effort, then admits no one can replace him.