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
- B28 lines
You tell your parents that President Orlean and Isherwell are sociopaths and fascists!
The demagogue's pitchDon't Look Up · 2021It recruits children as messengers and packages fear, conspiracy and chant into pure imperatives. - B27 lines
We are gathered here today...
the wedding vowsWhen Harry Met Sally... · 1989Formal parallel lines build from vows to wine to rings, making the marriage official. - B24 lines
The Quaalude,
A brief history of ludesThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013The deadpan documentary tone about a party drug is where the dark humor lives. - B25 lines
You were seen leaving.
Harlan builds the alibi in piecesKnives Out · 2019Cameras and a son's last look turn her from first suspect into someone who could not have stayed. - B29 lines
After what happened, after what they did...
Delia's confessionV for Vendetta · 2006She moves from suicidal guilt to Oppenheimer, mixing apology with a plea she cannot finish. - B24 lines
I never got the rest of the 53 bucks, but, given the dynamics of Interstate 60, I wasn't concerned.
Neal's highway voice-overInterstate 60 · 2002The calm voice-over turns coincidence into a rule of the road and sets up what comes next. - B24 lines
As soon as the body hit the floor, he said he heard footsteps upstairs...
Juror Eight retells the testimony12 Angry Men · 1957He paces the testimony into footsteps, a door and a dash, walking the room through it. - B26 lines
Note, the feathers for aerodynamics, the sparkly color to dazzle the enemy, the boots purely decorative.
the uniform tourJojo Rabbit · 2019He presents an absurd design like a product launch, and the straight face sells it. - B25 lines
Looking over my story so far...
Inside and outside the secretThe Great Gatsby · 2013Five short lines place Nick as the man who watches other people's secrets. - B24 lines
See, the Millers, one is black and one is white.
The witness defends himselfThe Thin Blue Line · 1988The harder he denies, the more the denial gives him away. - B24 lines
So in come all the paramedics and whatever,
The night the paramedics ended itFriends: The Reunion · 2021EMTs walk in on the one episode where the whole cast is needed, so nothing else can shoot. - B24 lines
As I see it, Harry, your only course is to keep moving right ahead.
Phil's ultimatumNight and the City · 1950Four calm lines close every exit while sounding like friendly advice, which is what makes them work. - B25 lines
Of course, if you like that, you should really read Six Seconds in Dallas...
pitching Six Seconds in DallasSlacker · 1990His stacking sentences speed up until a research book sounds like a thriller trailer. - B210 lines
Roger sold dope to kids.
Justifying the killingTraining Day · 2001It stacks small facts into a case for murder, and the calm logic is what sells it. - B218 lines
You were just a boy
Talking Hakim off the vizierAladdin · 2019She walks him from the gardens to honor, then moves his loyalty from Jafar to the city. - B28 lines
I seen Mrs. Ferrars myself: Miss Lucy Steele as was.
Thomas's reportSense and Sensibility · 1995Eight sentences pile detail on detail until a quiet marriage becomes a village drama. - B25 lines
No. No, no, no, no.
The handler's warningReservoir Dogs · 1992Five lines move from denial to exposure to orders, spelling out the code Freddy must follow. - B210 lines
They'll hire private detectives who'll follow you day and night.
Sean's persecution lectureThe Social Network · 2010Detectives, then invented dirt: he sells getting robbed as the standard script. - B211 lines
From that, I got an American agent and manager and flew to America and a year later I had Spartacus.
Andy on career and illnessBe Here Now · 2015He runs from his biggest win to his deepest uncertainty in one breath. - B27 lines
YOU are...
Myra's disillusioned speechDeathtrap · 1982It moves from feeling estranged to fearing the police, withdrawing love step by step. - B26 lines
Not 'er, the chap I was going with. He was a bit younger than me but I loved 'im.
The woman's story of betrayalWitness for the Prosecution · 1957She moves from love to betrayal to revenge in flat sentences, and the motive lands. - B25 lines
You know...
Nine lives as a jokePuss in Boots: The Last Wish · 2022From not liking cats to calling extra lives absurd, the favor he offers is the last life. - B27 lines
Come out here, son. I want you to see something.
the director's pitchSuddenly, Last Summer · 1959He builds his case in stages, junk lot to building to bequest, so money and obligation arrive together. - B222 lines
You know something.
Ramsey's warningYou Can't Take It with You · 1938It builds from his own ruin to Kirby's fate and breaks off mid-sentence.