Movie monologues, one line at a time
1,967 real monologues from 152 films. Play a line, pause, say it back.
- 1Full speech: hear it once
- 2Shadow: repeat each line
- 3Blind: listen, then reveal
- B27 lines
The thing about the tour is, yes, I would like to get laid off of it a couple of times.
On wanting to be wantedThe End of the Tour · 2015He stages a fantasy of being chosen without asking, and the passivity says more than the desire. - B24 lines
He...
Salieri's confessionAmadeus · 1984Broken short lines build the idol's weight and the wound it left. - B25 lines
...about a year ago, I was going to night school, studying advanced accounting.
Baxter explains the keyThe Apartment · 1960He turns one small favor into a chain reaction, making his guilt sound almost innocent. - B25 lines
A new product has been found, something of use to the world, and so a new industry moves into an undeveloped area.
Linus defends industrySabrina · 1954He turns a business pitch into a case for libraries, hospitals and Saturday movies. - B210 lines
All right, well, it was a quiet night.
The drunk-driver stopTraining Day · 2001The flat delivery builds to a life-saving twist that lands harder than any boast. - B211 lines
...what happened was this bookie got so sick...
the bookie's veiled threatBuffalo '66 · 1998Revenge is told as a chain of causes, and the slower it goes, the closer the threat lands. - B24 lines
You know where I was last night while you were home soaking your feet in hot water?
Pepi's errand complaintThe Shop Around the Corner · 1940He stacks the chores until the grievance turns comic. - B26 lines
Well, I'll tell you how I know so much.
Aron's hero speech127 Hours · 2010The bragging escalates until it exposes the very stubbornness that trapped him. - B25 lines
All I want... All I have ever wanted... is the quiet of a private life...
Edward on what he wantsSense and Sensibility · 1995The plainer he makes his dream, the more clearly it clashes with his mother's plans. - B26 lines
The Cave of Wonders.
Jafar's cave ruleAladdin · 2019He sells gold and freedom, then treats the temptation as certain. - B210 lines
Life sometimes takes very strange twists and turns, and we're not responsible for our feelings.
Jane's marriage confessionDeconstructing Harry · 1997She dresses up being left as fate, and the calm delivery is what makes it sting. - B215 lines
I have this thing about saxophone players.
Sugar on sax playersSome Like It Hot · 1959Her voice softens line by line, turning a joke into a confession. - B213 lines
OK, let me tell you what Like A Virgin's about.
The Madonna theoryReservoir Dogs · 1992He turns a pop song into a full-blown absurd thesis, deadpan from start to finish. - B24 lines
I got so angry and I lost control
Mei’s apology in four hitsTurning Red · 2022She stacks the damage fast: anger, the explosion, then the real sentence about being perfect. - B27 lines
Take them on. Blow their dirty, filthy ships out of the water.
Newton's parting chargeAmazing Grace · 2006He lists the ports and the filth, then cuts to a bare command, turning remorse into a charge. - B25 lines
I think my way of dealing with it was you just get back on that horse and go climb again.
coping after KyrgyzstanThe Dawn Wall · 2017Five plain sentences move from numbness to resolve, ending on the one moment that proved him. - B25 lines
For six months, I couldn't sleep.
Insomnia photocopies the worldFight Club · 1999Each short line strips one more layer of real until only copies remain. - B212 lines
And finally, we got Zooey.
Sydney's engagement toastI Love You, Man · 2009It builds from formal praise into a crude hint, and the slow setup makes the disaster land harder. - B210 lines
Oh, god. I don't even know where to start.
Amanda on her marriageBlue Jay · 2016She starts unsure and ends swept up, and the one-week-on rhythm carries the whole speech. - B24 lines
The first thing we're going to need is a lot of pictures.
Let the hacking beginThe Social Network · 2010He lists the photos he does not have, then fires the starting gun. - B25 lines
You guys heard of Nothin' But A G Thang?
karaoke meet-cute pitchRye Lane · 2023She clears the room of decent men so Dom can arrive as fate. - B25 lines
I have something to say.
Mr. Green's confessionClue · 1985He seizes the floor, admits his secret, and admits why he can never let it out. - B25 lines
Making their master happy was the tribe's very reason for existence.
Loyalty as a survival lawMinions · 2015It states the mission like scripture, then one rub nails the joke. - B25 lines
But the cancer is back.
Vashti's cancer updateBe Here Now · 2015It moves from the worst news to a fairy-tale ending without ever raising its voice.