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
MacGREGOR: Using innuendo, third-person hearsay...
MacGregor's counterattackAll the President's Men · 1976The stacked list of charges builds like a drumroll, painting the press itself as the conspiracy. - B25 lines
I'll tell you what you're doing, milady.
Anna's rallying speechDownton Abbey · 2019It builds from house to village to county, then lands on one image. - B215 lines
Last night was to be our last night. It was all finished.
Maria's confessionA Shot in the Dark · 1964Her story slides from calm detail into an excuse, so guilt and longing arrive together. - B27 lines
You know, it's like...
the drifting-at-sea speechA Star Is Born · 2018A slow sea metaphor carries him from drifting to settling, and it lands gently. - B23 lines
There are no small miracles, Oliver.
Norman makes the miracle largeSigned, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Have Made · 2021He turns a small mercy into a sermon about distance, comfort with a pulpit in it. - B25 lines
Well, I had no pressing engagement, except with those boys from the finance office.
Joe on bad writingSunset Boulevard · 1950It drifts from dodging creditors to savouring bad prose, funny and quietly sad. - B29 lines
Now, we are going to stay here for one more day...
the deal termsM*A*S*H · 1970It lays out threat, reward and escape route in one steady, almost contract-like run. - B24 lines
Let me teach you something about love. Okay?
Boris's lesson on loveWhatever Works · 2009Four lines move from caveat to verdict, cutting romance down to whatever works. - B24 lines
Shut up. Just shut up.
Kyle draws the lineWin Win · 2011He shuts her mouth, then fences Leo off from the money. - B26 lines
These were murders.
The penicillin indictmentThe Third Man · 1949Gangrened legs and maddened children turn a trade into a list of murders. - B26 lines
I had a kid, Lenny, and I gave him up for adoption.
Linda's adoption confessionMighty Aphrodite · 1995She states it straight, then the pauses let the missing days show. - B24 lines
The wallet was just something I could put it in.
Sean explains the giftThe Secret Life of Walter Mitty · 2013He explains a careful gift as if it were nothing, which is exactly what makes it touching. - B212 lines
He totally freaked and decided to send me to military school.
Ricky's hospital confessionAmerican Beauty · 1999He lists abuse like a schedule, and the flat delivery is what makes the story unbearable. - B241 lines
What I'm about to say may be hard to understand.
Guy wakes the extrasFree Guy · 2021He cushions the hard part, then turns getting robbed and stabbed into a list of reasons to stop watching. - B225 lines
When Joe and I started seeing each other, we wanted exactly the same thing.
Sally's breakup storyWhen Harry Met Sally... · 1989It builds from freedom to a child's sentence, then breaks on a single sob. - B24 lines
I don't… I don't understand.
Kate's breaking questionDon't Look Up · 2021It climbs from stutter to shout, turning helplessness into an accusation. - B211 lines
The O.W stands for One Wish.
The wish granter explains himselfInterstate 60 · 2002He turns granting wishes into a deadpan business pitch, and it lands. - B25 lines
There was this one boy in high school who got killed in a car wreck.
The fake-grief classmatesUncle Frank · 2020He barely knew the dead boy, then names the kids who used the wreck for tears. - B25 lines
Listen to me. We're a new company with a new name.
The new-firm speechThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013It builds a fake national myth for a brokerage, escalating until the room believes it. - B27 lines
You have been very patient, my friend.
Blanc admits the hire is nonsenseKnives Out · 2019He grants the motive is weak, then twists the mystery onto who paid him. - B24 lines
The building is a symbol, as is the act of destroying it.
V on symbolsV for Vendetta · 2006Four short steps build from one building to the whole world without ever sounding abstract. - B26 lines
Look, I'm just a small-time fucking drug dealer.
David dismantles the fake familyWe're the Millers · 2013He sells out each of them in turn, hoping cruelty will count as proof they are disposable. - B24 lines
This is serious.
Reckless names the defectThe Wild Robot · 2024Short hits in a row: defective, wrong place, wrong thing, go back. - B213 lines
SINGING I hear the train a comin
The prison-train songWrath of Man · 2021A lullaby about not playing with guns, sung over a man being broken.