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
Civilization's going to pieces.
Tom on civilizationThe Great Gatsby · 2013He dresses panic as a duty, in borrowed long words. - B25 lines
Lord Pressfield's daughter, the famous and talented Laura, all self hate and
the tabloid narrationThe Gentlemen · 2020The flowery tabloid prose lands as cruelty, stacking adjectives until the scandal feels like a headline. - B28 lines
So, how was your winter?
Betty's winter disaster reportThe Way Way Back · 2013Rape, coming out and divorce become small talk, which makes it all the more absurd. - B27 lines
No, no. He wants to know why I race.
Why I raceArthur the King · 2024He turns down the money, then promises them a wall of his own photo. - B24 lines
Supposing she doesn't want to get married? She can go and be a governess.
On governessesThe Life and Death of Colonel Blimp · 1943Four questions in a row dismantle each option, building a tight argument. - B217 lines
When I was a kid, I used to want to be a detective...
the witness who plays detectiveThe Thin Blue Line · 1988Her cheerful nosiness explains why she watched so closely, and why her testimony matters. - B224 lines
Here's the position.
Andrews Reads the DamageA Night to Remember · 1958He answers every question with numbers until only one conclusion is left. - B24 lines
We saw a lot of guys who you believed were actors,
The same lines suddenly funnyFriends: The Reunion · 2021They burn a string of unfunny Joeys, then park the laugh on Matt. - B24 lines
A woman has a favorite handbag and it always hangs on her bedpost, where she can get at it easily.
Lisa's handbag deductionRear Window · 1954Lisa walks the audience through the clue step by step, turning an object into an argument. - B26 lines
I never did. Why? Why didn't I reach out to Adam?
Shame, then the next blowNational Theatre Live: Prima Facie · 2022Shame, a frozen mother, then the line that says the hard part is only starting. - B24 lines
I'm through with mugs and spivs and dirt!
Harry's big break dreamNight and the City · 1950Each line climbs higher, a rocket of ambition that shows how badly he wants out. - B25 lines
Bill, traditionally...
The money menAmerican Movie · 1999It sizes up two men by how they handle money, setting up the whole negotiation. - B27 lines
You know what, I feel sorry for you. Because you know what you're gonna have on your deathbed?
Margaret’s last warningThe Proposal · 2009Pity, a deathbed image, then the threat. She still sounds like she is closing a meeting. - B210 lines
I'll give you three reasons.
The agent's three reasonsCan You Ever Forgive Me? · 2018She answers with structure, and each reason cuts deeper than the last. - B24 lines
If I don't kill those guys, I'm going to be accused of murder.
The governor's logicBeavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe · 2022He builds a calm case for killing, and the deadpan makes it darker. - B25 lines
Oh, that I were a man!
Beatrice's outburstMuch Ado About Nothing · 1993She climbs from self-pity to raw revenge, and the sudden stop makes it land. - B25 lines
Returning Dad's call... [chuckles] I had to prepare for that.
Brad on his fatherFront of the Class · 2008A wry laugh leads into the ache of a childhood spent testing his father's patience. - B24 lines
I was close with the Evers brothers.
The cardinal's civil-rights storySpotlight · 2015Four beats: closeness, a stand, then being hated. He boasts, and plants the outsider's bruise first. - B24 lines
Nothing was wrong with the drumming as such,...
the producer on drumming24 Hour Party People · 2002He clears the drummer of blame, then buries the whole tradition in one bored aside. - B28 lines
I love you so much.
Ilsa's farewell vowCasablanca · 1943She stacks love, hate, fear and one last request in a quiet run, and the calm makes it hurt more. - B25 lines
I just think it's hard to cast that role, you know, to fill it when you know it's gonna be like 30 to 40 years.
On casting a spouseThe End of the Tour · 2015He piles one metaphor on another until the impossibility of marriage sounds almost reasonable. - B27 lines
Filled with such longing, such unfulfillable longing.
Salieri's questionAmadeus · 1984From being moved to questioning God, the monologue gives birth to his jealousy. - B26 lines
For a while there, you try kidding yourself that you're going with an unmarried man.
Fran's slow realizationThe Apartment · 1960She walks through the small humiliations until the word ugly lands, and it hurts. - B25 lines
Yes, the cold businessman behind his marble desk way up in his executive suite.
The cold businessman on the ledgeSabrina · 1954Cold, mechanical images pile up until the respectable man himself is on the ledge.