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
- B25 lines
So I was sitting up there through this storm.
weeping in the portaledgeThe Dawn Wall · 2017From storm to weeping to chasing something unreal, five lines build loneliness to a peak. - B26 lines
Everywhere I travel, tiny life.
Single-serving lifeFight Club · 1999Each miniature item trains the ear to hear people as packets. - B24 lines
That was my baby too.
Jim insistsBlue Jay · 2016The repeated short lines turn a claim into a plea she cannot ignore. - B212 lines
People came to Facemash in a stampede, right?
Mark's pitch in the coldThe Social Network · 2010He splits the traffic, names recognition, kills dating, and lifts the whole campus onto a site they would run. - B25 lines
And finally, Kevin!
The Queen knights KevinMinions · 2015Name, honor, new title: the whole ceremony in one clean run. - B26 lines
What I want for us now is to be really clear about what we want from this journey and that is...
Andy's be-here-now resolveBe Here Now · 2015He asks for no miracle, only to face the journey together, and the calm makes it land. - B24 lines
What I should do is beat the fat bastard on the head...
Sidney's murder fantasyDeathtrap · 1982The mace, the hole and the stolen credit roll out as casually as a shopping list. - B27 lines
I was born in Poland, I think.
A lifetime of not saying itCome from Away · 2021Poland, parents, wife: he unwraps the secret one layer at a time. - B25 lines
Come now, Sir Wilfrid, you must not think of it.
the nurse's bedtime routineWitness for the Prosecution · 1957A run of small domestic orders shows how much the nurse controls the old lawyer's day. - B24 lines
Little Jack Horner didn't have any magic.
Jack rewrites the rhymePuss in Boots: The Last Wish · 2022He kills Little Jack Horner in one breath, then crowns the Magic Czar in the next. - B245 lines
I started working when I was 11.
Arielle's farewell monologue5 to 7 · 2014She spans a lifetime to justify one refusal, then overturns a proverb in the final line. - B27 lines
It's impossible that Sebastian won't walk through that door again...
A mother remembering her sonSuddenly, Last Summer · 1959It slides from disbelief into a small domestic memory, which makes the grief land harder. - B27 lines
Now, Bob and I may not be innocent...
Suspicious is not a crimeSLC Punk · 1998The narrator admits they look bad, then uses mock legalese to say that is not a crime. - B27 lines
Yeah. But, they wanted cash.
Mary's car-buying storyAnother Year · 2010She rattles through cash points and forgotten insurance without pausing, and the panic lands as comedy. - B219 lines
It starts out...
Jimmy's rant on his fallThe Last Boy Scout · 1991It builds from painkillers to dead family to the league's betrayal, each step hotter than the last. - B212 lines
I am the captain
The Industry songBeaches · 1988It turns a machine into a wife and sings a dying age with the grandeur of a war song. - B213 lines
Wait. No, I'm not. What do you have to say for yourself?
Felix's jail rantWreck-It Ralph · 2012Rescue joy lasts one beat, then the grievance list starts stacking. - B212 lines
Listen, when I was courting your grandmother, it took me two years to propose.
Grandpa's courting storyYou Can't Take It with You · 1938He turns his own fainting fits into comedy, then lands a quietly sincere last line. - B24 lines
Oh, poor Lucy, we've such bad news for you.
The mother's bad-news build-upThe Ghost and Mrs. Muir · 1947She lays bad news out as good, and the calm delivery makes the pressure feel gentle. - B29 lines
There was this guy there going around to all the ladies...
The agent's bar storyThe Town · 2010She turns a bar creep into a joke and then slips herself into the story, which is the interrogation. - B27 lines
Every night, before I go to sleep,
Buddy's bedtime prayerBelfast · 2021The boy stacks up his wishes until the last line lands as pure want. - B25 lines
Can I tell you something? - I'm listening.
Warren's confessionAbout Schmidt · 2002One comparison and one number undo forty-two years in a single breath. - B25 lines
All right, get this.
Walter's phone schemeHis Girl Friday · 1940Short commands pile up into a plan, and the last line hides the whole scheme in office routine. - B29 lines
Let me understand this.
Tommy's mock cross-examinationGoodFellas · 1990Short questions and pauses turn a joke into a suffocating interrogation.