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
- C137 lines
Why shouldn't I work for the N.S.A.?
The NSA takedownGood Will Hunting · 1997He starts with one code and escalates to war and oil, dismantling the whole machine with ridicule. - C16 lines
Because not only do I know exactly how Mickey's business operates 199455205.
Fletcher's leverage speechThe Gentlemen · 2020He stacks facts, then crowns himself, turning blackmail into a job offer. - C16 lines
'Never assume anyone is telling the truth, even yourself.
the dean's legal creedNational Theatre Live: Prima Facie · 2022Paired contrasts evict instinct, then call law school only the start of the fight. - C112 lines
I mean in singing, but in loving,
no rhyme for loveMuch Ado About Nothing · 1993He runs through famous lovers only to mock his own clumsy tongue, building a stand-up rhythm. - C15 lines
We've got two stories here.
Robby's two-story ultimatumSpotlight · 2015He lays both pieces on the table, then forces a pick so there is no third door. - C16 lines
Cesario, by the roses of the spring, by maidhood, honour, truth, and...
Olivia's confessionTwelfth Night · 2012It opens with oaths and closes with a proverb, so a private plea sounds like law. - C112 lines
First, let me be clear.
Pitt urges delayAmazing Grace · 2006He admits the wrong, then argues for delay, making caution sound like duty. - C16 lines
But what a blessing to them, doctor, to be just peaceful.
On Peace and Devouring BirdsSuddenly, Last Summer · 1959She slides from blessing to devouring birds, and her own terror shows through the sweetness. - C16 lines
Instead of uranium or plutonium,
Teller’s Super pitchOppenheimer · 2023He swaps the fuel, then the yield, and the lecture leaves the room with him. - C14 lines
I can't listen to this anymore.
The amendment as cureSpielberg · 2017He stops the quarrel, then makes slavery the illness and the amendment the only cure. - C119 lines
Now it seems, for this brief moment in time...
Mickey's film-business speechThe Gentlemen · 2020He describes a kidnapping as hospitality, and the calm courtesy is the threat. - C111 lines
Stand outside it, don't take sides.
Due process, stated plainNational Theatre Live: Prima Facie · 2022She lines up who the law protects, then calls due process the whole job. - C15 lines
Signior Leonato, truth it is, good signior, your niece regards me with an eye of favour.
Benedick's proposalMuch Ado About Nothing · 1993He circles the request in courtly turns, and the formality betrays how serious he is. - C15 lines
We need to focus on the institution, not the individual priests.
Baron's proof standardSpotlight · 2015Three Show mes turn hunches into a test the institution has to fail. - C14 lines
By innocence I swear and by my youth I have one heart, one bosom, and one truth...
The page's refusalTwelfth Night · 2012Every vow is sincere and every vow hides the same secret, so the refusal is honest and false at once. - C14 lines
I gather you've heard there are other parties
Pash lays the Soviet lineOppenheimer · 2023Heard-of, go-between, then a man who can pass secrets: the net tightens one clause at a time. - C17 lines
Spielberg: I made the choice because I wanted people to say "Munich" is the context for problems that exist in today's world and basically are threatening to all of us.
Peace the hard waySpielberg · 2017He shuts the hiding place, then offers peace only as costly work done inside yourself. - C124 lines
While I am not emotional about the money,
Mickey's reckoning speechThe Gentlemen · 2020He turns debt, killing and revenge into a business speech, and the polish hides the knife. - C111 lines
But a lawyer's job is not that grand.
The job is to not knowNational Theatre Live: Prima Facie · 2022She shrinks the lawyer to a voice, then makes judging the moment you lose yourself. - C110 lines
Three years ago, I get a call from an ex-priest.
The priest is silencedSpotlight · 2015Witness, bishop threat, guilty phone call — a sworn timeline in hallway talk. - C18 lines
Why, man, he's a very devil.
Andrew's cowardly boastTwelfth Night · 2012He builds his rival into a monster line by line, and the bragging is what gives his fear away. - C111 lines
To talk about after.
Bohr's warning about afterOppenheimer · 2023From the power they are about to reveal to a new world, he recasts the bomb-maker as Prometheus. - C133 lines
Julian and I, we burn the midnight oil night after night.
An after-hours confessionNational Theatre Live: Prima Facie · 2022The same voice prices a guilty plea, then prices her desire, and ends by refusing the sweetness. - C18 lines
Rogers opposes my motion,
Exhibits go publicSpotlight · 2015He turns an opposing motion into the loophole that attaches sealed files.