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
- C17 lines
But... But, I spoke in the car about the hole
The nested donutKnives Out · 2019He makes the case a hole you can see, then another hole inside it, like a tongue-twister. - C113 lines
Last night, I destroyed the Old Bailey...
V's invitation to ParliamentV for Vendetta · 2006It closes on an old rhyme and turns a bombing into a promise for next year. - C14 lines
I didn't want you to think my life had been a fraud, when it hasn't.
Violet on a marriage that was no fraudDownton Abbey: A New Era · 2022She refuses the word fraud, names English enough-happiness, then hands Isobel the scarlet-woman fear. - C17 lines
There were those of us who fought against it.
The ambassador explainsDr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb · 1964He explains a doomsday machine as a reluctant necessity, and the calm makes it absurd. - C15 lines
Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts.
The burial prayerA Passage to India · 1984The old prayer cuts into the trial, making Mrs Moore's death solemn and sudden. - C111 lines
So this is my moment to swoop in like a guardian fucking angel.
Mickey's empire pitchThe Gentlemen · 2020He builds from angel to infrastructure, dressing a crime empire as a respectable trade. - C113 lines
I stopped the car and sat still... remembering.
The drive that brought him backThe Life and Death of Colonel Blimp · 1943Lost on an old road, he remembers the lake and lets the memory decide his return. - C111 lines
I grew up in a family...
The FBI fatherThe Thin Blue Line · 1988Family teaching gives way to a night in Chicago, softening the whole testimony. - C113 lines
There is blood in the water, and I let the witness swim on.
Let him keep swimmingNational Theatre Live: Prima Facie · 2022Each image pulls the net tighter while the witness still feels safe. - C16 lines
She told me, not thinking I had been myself,
Benedick railing at BeatriceMuch Ado About Nothing · 1993The complaint keeps escalating from daggers to poison air, each image more absurd than the last. - C19 lines
Look, Mr. Garabedian,
The reporter bets the GlobeSpotlight · 2015He admits the walls, then stacks the Globe over the Phoenix and sells reach as the only chip he has. - C18 lines
When you're used to doing heavy-duty literary stuff that doesn't sell well, being human animals with egos,
The paradox of selling wellThe End of the Tour · 2015He builds a tight no-win argument about success, and the logic itself is the punchline. - C113 lines
To faults, madonna, that drink and good counsel will a amend.
The fool's syllogismTwelfth Night · 2012He builds a mock-syllogism so tidy it seems to prove the lady herself the fool. - C17 lines
It's been ten years since I elected myself president of this organization.
The boss's ten-year reportSome Like It Hot · 1959He reports murder as corporate business, and the deadpan tone makes the threat funnier and colder. - C14 lines
I've spent 18 months being torn apart by you in the House, Mr Wilberforce.
Fox switches sidesAmazing Grace · 2006He turns eighteen months of rivalry into a joke, then seals the switch with a drink. - C15 lines
This is the third item.
Porter on the estateDeathtrap · 1982He names a large fortune flatly, and the calm shows how used he is to money and calculation. - C129 lines
My beloved Max, an extraordinary thing has happened.
Reading Christine's letter to MaxWitness for the Prosecution · 1957The letter unfolds motive, scheme and desire in one long breath, read aloud to the jury. - C14 lines
As many times as I've had to answer that question...
A Mother Defends Her PoetSuddenly, Last Summer · 1959She turns a simple question into a defence of her son's unknown genius. - C18 lines
Another thing that pissed me off, talking about who started punk rock.
Who started punkSLC Punk · 1998He stacks the origin questions, throws them out, and replaces them with harder, faster, and more love. - C116 lines
Now, get this, you double-crossing chimpanzee.
Hildy's phone tiradeHis Girl Friday · 1940From insult to vow, the tirade covers quitting, cutting off Walter, and starting over. - C17 lines
I came into this village
Hale's confession speechThe Crucible · 2014He turns his own failure into a warning, building regret line by line. - C13 lines
You think that I tell them about your politics.
Lawrence's tap warningOppenheimer · 2023Rearview glass, then static on the phone: surveillance sold as ordinary lab talk. - C14 lines
Well, that's all anticipatory anxiety.
Sally's hymn to being singleHusbands and Wives · 1992She sells the split as one clean yank: the resentments come out with the tooth. - C15 lines
All my life I had to fight.
A fight in her houseSpielberg · 2017The list of men closes in until the fight is inside her own house.