Movie monologues, one line at a time
2,019 real monologues from 158 films. Play a line, pause, say it back.
- 1Full speech: hear it once
- 2Shadow: repeat each line
- 3Blind: listen, then reveal
- B29 lines
A lot of times I leave a relationship and I feel like a whole person again.
the breakup monologueSlacker · 1990She moves from relief to self-doubt in a clean, honest arc. - B29 lines
Five minutes.
Guided breathingBe Here Now · 2015Short, warm instructions turn a frightening scan into a task he can count through. - B26 lines
As strictly as if he'd taken a vow. This sounds like vanity, doctor...
On chastity and puritySuddenly, Last Summer · 1959She admits vanity only to raise her son higher, dressing possession as virtue. - B213 lines
Now hear me, and beguile yourselves no more.
Danforth refuses to postponeThe Crucible · 2014It seizes the floor, then builds a wall of law without yielding an inch. - B24 lines
I’m a five-foot-nothing grandma
Ruth takes the myth apartBarbie · 2023Height, surgery, tax evasion: she makes herself a person, then tells Barbie to take a bow. - B26 lines
Let me tell you something.
The rich-or-poor openingThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013Personal history becomes the argument, and the choice sounds obvious. - B25 lines
Come, now, Mr. Creedy, you knew this was coming.
V's pitch to CreedyV for Vendetta · 2006It sounds like friendly reasoning while quietly closing every door. - B26 lines
You know, I've thought for a while...
Gatsby talks till dawnThe Great Gatsby · 2013Empty, then invented, then poor. He peels the costume in order. - B27 lines
It's a real primal thing, you know. Can it be escap - Perhaps human beings weren't made to be happy and free all the time.
the case against happinessSlacker · 1990He undercuts her optimism step by step, ending with the scrap heap. - B24 lines
My mum was coming initially because I was getting a stem cell transplant and that's not going to happen now.
why his mum goes homeBe Here Now · 2015He breaks bad news without drama, then sends everyone to rest as if that were the only kind ending. - B212 lines
Sebastian left her home like a toy he tired of.
Nothing but baitSuddenly, Last Summer · 1959She traces a used life from toy to bait, and the calm makes it crueller. - B24 lines
I come to do the Devil's work.
Hale's confessionThe Crucible · 2014A few short lines turn him into the devil's helper and end with blood on his head. - B210 lines
So you listen to me and you listen well.
Turning poverty into a sales pitchThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013Rapid rhetorical questions weld shame and desire into one driving force. - B216 lines
But when I was there, it was strange.
Finch's vision of the patternV for Vendetta · 2006It builds from a feeling to a prediction, and the calm delivery makes it colder. - B25 lines
See, I felt married to her.
It was all for herThe Great Gatsby · 2013The short landing: house, parties, motive. Only her left. - B28 lines
Check it out, man. I really, honestly believe that this guy is still alive.
The Elvis TheorySlacker · 1990It builds a wild theory with total confidence, then turns it into a joke about growing old. - B28 lines
I just get a sense that something like cancer has a switch and...
The cancer switchBe Here Now · 2015He turns a terminal illness into a switch he might flip, cold logic hiding hope. - B24 lines
You were the stranger, the destroyer.
The accusationSuddenly, Last Summer · 1959Short blows stack up until the listener is outsider, destroyer and teacher of cruelty. - B27 lines
He would not answer aye or nay to his indictment;
The tale of Giles CoreyThe Crucible · 2014She lays out the law clause by clause, and the calm makes the death land harder. - B28 lines
my point is that I know you're investigating Stratton.
Jordan's yacht defenseThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013He plays humble and pushy at once, turning innocence into a bargaining chip. - B24 lines
There is a face beneath this mask...
The speech beneath the maskV for Vendetta · 2006It peels identity down past face and bone, refusing to be reduced to a body. - B210 lines
The reason these guys are being forgotten is they're not Freemasons.
The Freemason RantSlacker · 1990It snowballs from a name list into a full conspiracy, funny because it is played so straight. - B24 lines
I want to continue this life with seeing my children grow up.
If I don't make itBe Here Now · 2015He accepts the worst ending first, then quietly entrusts his family to Vashti. - B25 lines
Patients are here because they can't think.
Reading the recordSuddenly, Last Summer · 1959The charges read like a verdict, and the flatness leaves no room to answer.