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
- B218 lines
You know what the money's for?
Alonzo's debt revealedTraining Day · 2001It spills the whole story like gossip, then lands on two words that seal Alonzo's fate. - B216 lines
I still had a connection, which was insane cause you couldn't get weed any-fucking-where.
Freddy's weed-dealing bitReservoir Dogs · 1992The anecdote drifts into comedy, turning a small errand into a whole cast of callers. - B28 lines
A Stanford MBA named Roy Raymond wants to buy his wife some lingerie,
The Victoria's Secret parableThe Social Network · 2010He sells the happy ending first, then walks the founder off the bridge. - B28 lines
Hello, lovely folk.
Reading the update emailBe Here Now · 2015It moves from bright weather to chemo to a joke, making a heavy update feel light and warm. - B25 lines
I am friend and client of Paul Wyman.
Helga introduces herselfDeathtrap · 1982Her broken grammar runs on and on, growing stranger and more stubborn with each line. - B24 lines
But I did, Mama.
Goldi says just rightPuss in Boots: The Last Wish · 2022She denies the leftover wish, then files the bears under a fairy-tale punchline. - B26 lines
Don't worry a thing about what people say.
the family cover storySuddenly, Last Summer · 1959She packages a lie as care, calmly rehearsing the story the family will tell outsiders. - B26 lines
It's the highest honor they can give you.
Henry on what being made meansGoodFellas · 1990The stacked sentences build from honor to license, pride rising with every line. - B25 lines
I tell you straight, Mister - I have seen marvels in this court.
Proctor on What He Has SeenThe Crucible · 2014He moves from plain speech to what he has witnessed, slowly exposing the whole trial. - B26 lines
These are the two days that you have promised me and we have prepared to nail the big move.
Tiffany's protestSilver Linings Playbook · 2012She takes apart Pat's excuses line by line and turns the blame back onto the father. - B213 lines
I get the impression you want to leave but you don't like to leave...
The normal-guy speechLolita · 1962He piles up the word normal until politeness itself becomes a kind of pressure. - B211 lines
You know, she asked me this morning why you're like this.
O'Neill's list speechBreach · 2007He reads out every ready-made excuse, then throws the whole list away. - B212 lines
As the new coordinator...
Mouch announces his directivesAtlas Shrugged: Part I · 2011A calm list of controls delivered like paperwork, which makes the power grab land harder. - B25 lines
And if it weren’t for these technicalities
Ken's ruling confessionBarbie · 2023He laughs MBA and swim class into mere technicalities, then claims the house. - B25 lines
There was a time when I would have resented such impertinence...
Holloway's calm rebukeThe Uninvited · 1944The courtesy never cracks, and that is exactly what makes the threat land. - B26 lines
I was making that much almost every day through one rathole or another.
The rathole accountsThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013He explains a whole money scheme in the calmest voice, which makes it chilling. - B26 lines
Dearest Linda, Walter, and Joni...
Harlan’s letterKnives Out · 2019He asks them to take it with grace, then locks the door. Tenderness with no room to bargain. - B27 lines
It started last night, around midnight.
The night of the explosionV for Vendetta · 2006Short sentences tighten the fear until the eyeless stare lands, and it chills. - B27 lines
You see, I've got lung cancer.
Cody's cancer and dynamite warningInterstate 60 · 2002He stacks illness, dynamite and a threat so calmly that the calm itself is the menace. - B25 lines
You see, you were there all along...
He will rebuild the night for herThe Great Gatsby · 2013From every idea to I'll change it: the mansion is a love letter with a renovation clause. - B24 lines
You seek me out.
The soul calls like a foghornFriends: The Reunion · 2021She rapid-fires a duck into destiny, and the foghorn simile pins it. - B24 lines
It's taken my entire life...
giving up on mankindSlacker · 1990He widens his disappointment from a lifetime to all of mankind. - B211 lines
Listen to me, man. Listen to me.
Pleading while beatenTraining Day · 2001One claim repeated through the blows turns a defense into pure desperation. - B24 lines
This is a very weird situation.
Opening the drought storyReservoir Dogs · 1992Four lines set the era, the market and the desperation without wasting a word.