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
- B27 lines
I don't know how to fight back. I'm not strong like you.
CC's list of grievancesBeaches · 1988It climbs from weakness to accusation and ends by handing the forgiveness back. - B26 lines
Well, sir. Here we are again.
Grandpa's odd graceYou Can't Take It with You · 1938He reports a family's ordinary life like a progress note to heaven, and the solemn tone is the joke. - B24 lines
Fog in the channel is treacherous.
The captain on the seaThe Ghost and Mrs. Muir · 1947He turns fog, fear and honesty into one small creed about how to live. - B250 lines
Ah, I didn't, ahem, get much sleep last night...
the father's toastAbout Schmidt · 2002He moves from a crossroads to his late wife, then thanks each relative by name before one quiet close. - B25 lines
She don't know where he is. I'm the only one that knows.
Mollie's outburstHis Girl Friday · 1940Cornered by reporters, Mollie turns the pressure back on them in a few wounded, defiant lines. - B25 lines
They had bad skin and wore too much makeup. They didn't look very good.
Sizing up the wivesGoodFellas · 1990Skin, makeup and clothes pile into a verdict on a whole way of living. - B24 lines
This guy's been married 12 years. What do you think will happen?
Isaac's prediction speechManhattan · 1979He dismantles the affair in four flat sentences, each one more certain than the last. - B220 lines
Look at me, Mr. Neff.
Lola's storyDouble Indemnity · 1944She builds from a look to a death without raising her voice, which makes it worse. - B211 lines
Thou shalt not kill.
Reciting the CommandmentsThe Crucible · 2014He recites the laws one by one, and the very one he broke is the one he misses. - B25 lines
You think anyone in Hiroshima or Nagasaki
The president throws the blame backOppenheimer · 2023First the swear about who cares, then Hiroshima isn't about you. - B27 lines
Can I just explain myself? I didn't want Nikki to think that I was associated
Tiffany's outburstSilver Linings Playbook · 2012It builds from self-justification to accusation, landing one final verdict on Pat. - B24 lines
I wouldn't care if your maternal grandfather turned out to be a Turk.
Charlotte's warningLolita · 1962She shrugs off ancestry, then makes belief a matter of life and death in four quick lines. - B26 lines
A couple of years ago,
Prasak's old caseBreach · 2007It builds from a quiet 'years ago' into the weight of a hunt that never ended. - B24 lines
There was a big-rig pileup a couple of weeks ago.
Wyatt praises the recoveryAtlas Shrugged: Part I · 2011Four calm sentences set the facts, and only the last one turns into praise. - B27 lines
I shouldn't have gone on the way I did.
Ouiser's apologySteel Magnolias · 1989She moves from apology to self-mockery, letting the room breathe again after tears. - B213 lines
Let's do something crazy tonight. Just get insane. I wanna be crazy!
Rupert's crazy-night speechThe King of Comedy · 1982The repeated chants about having fun build a manic rhythm that plays as both act and breakdown. - B28 lines
I mean, I look at a piano, I see a bunch of keys, three pedals and a box of wood.
The piano explanationGood Will Hunting · 1997He uses an ordinary piano to show a gift that he himself cannot put into words. - B27 lines
But what do we really sell? I’ll tell you what.
The CEO's sparkle-and-agency pitchBarbie · 2023Dream, imagination, sparkle, then female agency — the empty climb is the joke. - B211 lines
And at that precise moment, the door opened...
the reconstructionA Shot in the Dark · 1964Clouseau builds a murder from small physical details, one short step at a time. - B23 lines
You told me
Hold on, let go, then the giftSigned, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Have Made · 2021The old lesson becomes the present: what he was meant to release, someone else kept. - B24 lines
What a wonderful next year it's going to be. What fun we'll have!
Norma's midnight promisesSunset Boulevard · 1950Four escalating promises show generosity curdling into panic. - B26 lines
All right, men, we're not here to sell lemonade. We're here to practice.
the kickoff speechM*A*S*H · 1970The textbook speech clashes with the chaos it is supposed to organize. - B26 lines
I've thought this thing out, and you must go away from here.
Rick's planThe Uninvited · 1944He shifts from pleading to promising, turning a tiny flat into a shared future. - B28 lines
Yeah, here's the Xanax he takes for his panic attacks.
June's med listDon't Look Up · 2021The flat, itemized list of pills grows more intimate and cruel with each line.