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
- B211 lines
While you've been away, we've been back here in serious triage, trying to clean up your fucking mess.
Rez's warningA Star Is Born · 2018It builds from facts to a verdict and closes with a hard line that leaves no room. - B24 lines
You said that
Shane traces how she found itSigned, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Have Made · 2021She starts with the person who knew him longest, walks it to the church, and lands on one phone call. - B27 lines
The last week in December, the rains came.
The rain moves him inSunset Boulevard · 1950Seven voice-over lines let the rain, not an argument, move him into the house. - B25 lines
Listen, I got an idea how we can make some money.
the betting planM*A*S*H · 1970It lays out a cheat in two calm halves, as if reading a strategy memo. - B27 lines
I didn't see her...
Stella's confessionThe Uninvited · 1944The halting pauses build until they land on the simple need to be loved. - B26 lines
She's cheerful, not demanding.
Boris weighs the marriageWhatever Works · 2009He compares wife to ex-wife item by item, and the grumbling hides real contentment. - B25 lines
As, uh… As some of you may know, the most valuable minerals in the world are fast becoming those that are deployed in the manufacture of cell phones and, uh, computers.
Isherwell's rare-earth pitchDon't Look Up · 2021A smooth sales pitch that turns geopolitical anxiety into a reason to buy. - B28 lines
Like the other night, I made love to this woman, and it was so incredible...
Harry's theory of friendshipWhen Harry Met Sally... · 1989Harry grows more pleased with himself, setting up the argument that follows. - B24 lines
Forbes made me a superstar.
Fame brings a stampedeThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013One detail about suits sums up the absurd rush of fame and money. - B214 lines
You know, sometimes I think
Harlan on the childrenKnives Out · 2019He admits the money was a leash, then names Ransom as the real knife. - B25 lines
Before you go further, let me remind you things were very chaotic back then.
The major's brush-offV for Vendetta · 2006Five sentences of polite obstruction that reveal more the harder they try to close the subject. - B214 lines
This town had serious drug problem.
The official's drug policy speechInterstate 60 · 2002He narrates a social catastrophe in the tone of a business report, and that calm is the horror. - B211 lines
You know I like you, right? H.
He likes you, then he tells youWrath of Man · 2021Warm-up first, then layer by layer: the pals, the help, the inside seat. - B24 lines
She said she saw the killing through the windows of a moving elevated train.
Juror Eight takes apart a witness12 Angry Men · 1957He breaks the testimony into cars, details and timing, laying each piece out to be seen. - B28 lines
Oh, there's nothing to it.
Dax's firing-squad briefingPaths of Glory · 1957He explains a killing like a recipe, and the calm is the cruelty. - B216 lines
You know what you are? You're like a big bear with claws and with fangs, man.
the bear and the bunnySwingers · 1996Framing a shy guy as a bear who cannot use his claws is both comic and oddly kind. - B210 lines
Well, why don't you come and see for yourself?
The Hollywood butler offerDownton Abbey: A New Era · 2022From come and see to make us both comfortable, he rewrites master and man without raising his voice. - B25 lines
All right, boy, this is what we gonna do.
Lamont's deadpan riffAmerican History X · 1998He schedules hatred like a chore, and the deadpan absurdity exposes how empty it is. - B28 lines
Dear Elsa, this is hard for me to say, "but I don't want to marry you anymore.
the forged letterJojo Rabbit · 2019The letter escalates from polite to absurd, turning a child's jealousy into dark comedy. - B24 lines
gentlemen, gentlemen!
Turgidson calls for a prayerDr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb · 1964After the panic he smoothly turns to prayer, and the contrast is the joke. - B28 lines
Guys, you're all so talented and imaginative.
A worksite talk for geniusesThe Lego Movie · 2014He flatters their talent, names the solo habit, then sells the manual as universe-saving. - B210 lines
But the city seen from the Queensboro Bridge...
The bridge voice-overThe Great Gatsby · 2013New York looks first-seen, then the line lets even Gatsby happen. - B27 lines
My Lord Bishop, I want to make a confession.
The general's confessionThe Life and Death of Colonel Blimp · 1943He turns a love story into a military search, letting the bishop fill in the punchline. - B216 lines
I got a call one morning, a lady here in Vidor...
The rolling-pin caseThe Thin Blue Line · 1988From phone call to confession to silence, it traces a loop that keeps repeating.