Movie monologues, one line at a time
1,967 real monologues from 152 films. Play a line, pause, say it back.
- 1Full speech: hear it once
- 2Shadow: repeat each line
- 3Blind: listen, then reveal
- C15 lines
Okay, let me make one thing clear.
Casey fences off the kissWe're the Millers · 2013She denies the rom-com beat, then says the kiss is something Kenny can take home. - C14 lines
Once we get past the gates, it's only a question of time before we're compromised.
How long stealth buys themWrath of Man · 2021Gates, time, guards, quiet: each line cashes silence into extra life. - C15 lines
Colonel Dax, you're a disappointment to me.
the idealist speechPaths of Glory · 1957It dismantles Dax's decency piece by piece, ending in pity that is really contempt. - C114 lines
I've traveled.
Travel and spicesSlacker · 1990A tender memory of spice-laden wind snaps shut on a death sentence. - C14 lines
The Gambleris set in 1875.
The director sells the pictureDownton Abbey: A New Era · 2022He wraps a location deal in a polite love story so the house can take the money. - C14 lines
Putting out a fire in a fucking nigger neighborhood...
Rage over his father's deathAmerican History X · 1998Grief twists into hatred in four clipped lines, and the chill comes from his certainty. - C113 lines
Perhaps you're forgetting the provisions of plan r, sir.
Turgidson explains Plan RDr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb · 1964He turns a rogue order into proper procedure, and the bureaucracy becomes the nightmare. - C15 lines
I shall begin by reminding you of my contention that prisoner proposed the expedition with a premeditated intention of making advances to Miss Quested.
McBryde's openingA Passage to India · 1984He builds from intention to expense, turning an outing into a planned crime. - C19 lines
The parties were bigger.
Jazz Age stackThe Great Gatsby · 2013Parties, shows, buildings, and morals keep getting bigger until he is inside the market himself. - C14 lines
He commissioned me to do a job on Mickey.
Fletcher's confession to DaveThe Gentlemen · 2020He describes spying and character assassination like a routine work report. - C19 lines
My wife was English.
The story of his wifeThe Life and Death of Colonel Blimp · 1943Short flat sentences carry the story from loyalty to loss without a single raised voice. - C14 lines
All this time I was on probation. Juvenile probation.
Harris on his own confessionThe Thin Blue Line · 1988Four offhand lines cover probation, surrender and confession, and the ease is the point. - C18 lines
Oh, ho-ho. This... It relaxes him. He's got the upper hand.
The nod that digsNational Theatre Live: Prima Facie · 2022She barely speaks: a nod and a trailing but, until the other lawyer cannot stand to watch. - C15 lines
I had rather be a canker in a hedge than a rose in his grace!
A villain's confessionMuch Ado About Nothing · 1993He moves from a weed image to open threats, turning spite into something like a creed. - C18 lines
Did you know that they tried to bring me up
The lawyer names the watchersSpotlight · 2015Bar board, eyes on him, no record. Each line makes speech itself feel unsafe. - C14 lines
And what if you track down these men and kill them?
Laszlo's defianceCasablanca · 1943Four short sentences turn a death threat into a forecast that resistance outruns murder. - C17 lines
I think that if there's a sort of sadness for people under 45, it has something to do with pleasure
On a generation's emptinessThe End of the Tour · 2015He turns a vague cultural sadness into a concrete claim about pleasure and achievement. - C14 lines
Thou knowest no less but all I have unclasped to thee, the book even of my secret soul.
Orsino's charge to CesarioTwelfth Night · 2012He moves from confession to command in one breath, sending love out like a siege order. - C112 lines
What, your job is unfair to you?
Way it goes, gospelSwimming with Sharks · 1994He chants unfairness as weather, then drops the darkest private fact as proof. - C18 lines
For weeks, Marianne, I've had this pressing on me...
Elinor's outburstSense and Sensibility · 1995Her voice stays level as she lays out months of silence, which makes the confession cut deeper. - C18 lines
What, am I wrong? It's all over your book...
Doris's accusationDeconstructing Harry · 1997She builds her case line by line, turning family history into evidence against him. - C17 lines
I was still on the yacht, and the anchor broke loose.
Sugar's dream at seaSome Like It Hot · 1959She turns longing into a list of shipboard chores, and the sweetness makes the later betrayal worse. - C15 lines
So, Mr Orange...
Eddie's challenge to OrangeReservoir Dogs · 1992He repeats Orange's story until it collapses into one incredulous question. - C16 lines
It seems my young friend opposite has a long-term strategy to destroy the very nation that spawned him.
The opposition's counterattackAmazing Grace · 2006Three accusations in a row turn abolition into national suicide, each one harder to answer.