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
- B210 lines
Can I speak candidly, boss?
Talk the boss off the ledgeWrath of Man · 2021He names the mood, names the body count coming, then locks the inside-job line. - B27 lines
This gentleman has been standing alone against us.
Juror Nine explains his vote12 Angry Men · 1957He turns doubt into courage and gives the lone juror a way to keep standing. - B224 lines
Gentlemen of the court, there are times when I'm ashamed...
Dax's defense pleaPaths of Glory · 1957Dax turns shame into a weapon, lists every broken rule, then begs for mercy. - B29 lines
Because this is my time, sir.
Kurt's case to startAmerican Underdog · 2021He builds from who he is to what the team will do, turning doubt into an offer. - B24 lines
We're both kinda crying, but not like, not the kind of crying that's like...
the crying bitSwingers · 1996The fumbling explanation is the joke: the more he can't name the crying, the funnier it gets. - B228 lines
Man, I am freaking out so severely. Did you hear what happened on the freeway?
The freeway storySlacker · 1990The telling speeds up with each detail, then stops cold on a doubled had enough. - B25 lines
In the end.
Violet on getting past itDownton Abbey: A New Era · 2022She turns a bad match into that's life, and the room has to swallow it. - B24 lines
If you see a Jew, you tell us, we tell the Gestapo, and they tell the SS,
the reporting chainJojo Rabbit · 2019The straight-faced chain of agencies makes the absurd process sound official. - B25 lines
We'll let the niggers, kikes, and spics grab for the pie.
counting on violenceAmerican History X · 1998A calm speech about profit and killing that chills precisely because it stays level. - B24 lines
Think of it... those two women struggling on the cliff.
The cliff speculationThe Uninvited · 1944It paints the struggle on the cliff, then withdraws into a whisper of a hint. - B28 lines
It's difficult to think of under these conditions, but, Well, what happened was, They got me on the old,
Ripper's war storyDr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb · 1964He recounts torture calmly, then ends on the enemy's cameras, which is both absurd and unnerving. - B215 lines
Yes, it's true.
The Special talks himself downThe Lego Movie · 2014He strikes his own qualifications one by one until the pep talk is a performance review. - B24 lines
He gives large parties...
Jordan on big partiesThe Great Gatsby · 2013Four light lines turn a mob into privacy. The flip is the joke, and the diagnosis. - B26 lines
Now, listen.
The South African takes commandThe Life and Death of Colonel Blimp · 1943Six short lines build from taking command to showing the knife, all in a flat, level voice. - B219 lines
You have a D.A...
A death-row monologueThe Thin Blue Line · 1988Short parallel sentences make the horror sound routine, which is what makes it land. - B23 lines
They have no idea
This show saved a lifeFriends: The Reunion · 2021Binge-watching becomes rescue: they have no idea, then I was one of them. - B24 lines
And I'll tell you something else.
Jeff's closing argumentRear Window · 1954He knots the calls, the card and the case into one tightening argument. - B26 lines
You must understand that times have changed.
The son's defenceNight and the City · 1950He explains away his father's whole life in a few calm lines, and the calm is the cruelty. - B214 lines
I'll show you this song. I'll sing it for you.
The farewell songAmerican Movie · 1999A grief song keeps cracking jokes, and that mix is what makes it land. - B24 lines
You know, God damn it, Elaine, I tried more with you than anybody else ever.
the old-score argumentCan You Ever Forgive Me? · 2018One claims she tried hardest, the other lists every failure; neither backs down. - B25 lines
Beavis and Butt-Head, hear us.
The portal summonsBeavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe · 2022Mock-scriptural commands make two dummies sound like cosmic heralds. - B29 lines
I should have found time to tell you earlier,...
A father's confession24 Hour Party People · 2002He admits his failures as a father and then quietly writes himself out of the lead role. - B28 lines
I couldn't be regular old Dave Wallace...
How the pen name cameThe End of the Tour · 2015He recounts a plain moment as if it were lore, and the deadpan makes it funny. - B210 lines
Displace one note...
Salieri sees God in the scoreAmadeus · 1984Saying one note moved would diminish it turns jealousy into awe.