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
- B14 lines
Maybe, if he's more regular with his support...
Paula's family ledgerAn American Crime · 2007It slides from unpaid support to her mother's illness, then lands a family secret. - B24 lines
I firebombed the bowling alley, killed three people.
Horowitz's crime storyBad Boys · 1983Four flat sentences turn a triple killing into an offhand story, which is what makes it land. - B17 lines
I'm trying to push off my back foot like you told me. Hey, Donnie. Come here.
Rocky lays out the workCreed · 2015He admits the body is slower, then still hands Donnie a way to fight with brains and ears. - B14 lines
But that's OK, Allie, because I get it.
Chad's drunken pitchTucker and Dale vs. Evil · 2010He hears a no as agreement and keeps building his case, which is both creepy and funny. - C15 lines
Spielberg: And one day, my dad just broke down, and I never had seen my dad cry before.
The kitchen outburstSpielberg · 2017The memory speeds from shock to a scream until the room throws him out. - B24 lines
You need to have the Rio Norte rerailed with your new metal.
Dagny stakes her businessAtlas Shrugged: Part I · 2011Four lines turn a rail order into a personal all-in bet on his metal. - B27 lines
whereby a defendant can claim self-defense against an agent of the government...
Will's courtroom defenceGood Will Hunting · 1997He recites law like poetry, and the grander it sounds, the more it shows he is playing a game. - B15 lines
I've always felt like a stranger in my own family.
Adam on being the outsiderAll of Us Strangers · 2023It moves from explanation to resignation without ever raising its voice. - B27 lines
The shameless self-interest.
Frank's diagnosis speechBad Education · 2019Short, clinical phrases stack up until theft sounds like an illness to be treated. - B26 lines
He was not a bad fellow, but I managed to run him off and marry the first of two total deadbeats.
Ouiser's self-mockerySteel Magnolias · 1989The complaint builds until it denies her whole life, funny and wounding at once. - B14 lines
That's how many people voted against me
The count that still keeps him upMy Fellow Americans · 1996He turns a vote total into a private wound, then tries to laugh it off before anyone offers comfort. - B23 lines
Look, just because I care for Bob,
Claire claims both lovesThe Christmas Chronicles: Part Two · 2020She stammers through caring for Bob, then uses any less to keep the dead father on the scale. - B210 lines
First, Miss Long, thank you for your help at the office and for passing this on to Jerry.
The thank-you speech on tapeThe King of Comedy · 1982The stiff, grateful phrasing rings against the emptiness of the room where he records it. - B26 lines
I guess you think you're, you know, like an authority figure.
Carl's parking-lot tiradeFargo · 1996The insults climb from uniform to gate until a whole life is mocked. - B26 lines
Gentlemen, gentlemen! Here's what I want.
the colonel's briefingUnited 93 · 2006The repeated I want turns a panicked room into a list of clear tasks. - B14 lines
There are opportunities in life for gaining knowledge and experience.
Jeffrey's pitchBlue Velvet · 1986He frames a break-in as a lesson, making the dangerous sound almost reasonable. - B23 lines
In our assessment, money is not speech,
Supreme Court Barbie holds courtBarbie · 2023A toy bench suddenly runs a full brief, and the stiff words stay steady. - B15 lines
Good morning. My name is Smiley.
Smiley names the fallenDo the Right Thing · 1989Short flat sentences about the dead land harder than any speech. - C18 lines
We move on now, ladies and gentlemen, to lot number 38. Lot 38.
The auctioneer's openingUncut Gems · 2019He stacks estimate, romance, and opening bid until the room has nowhere to sit except in the number. - B28 lines
I don't want a cookie. We've gotta get that bookkeeper to say it was Magruder.
Carl's Plan to Trap HerAll the President's Men · 1976He turns a plan to corner the bookkeeper into a run of short, quick lines that build urgency. - B29 lines
He said, "All right, Westley.
Three years of that threatThe Princess Bride · 1987The same death threat runs for three years and ends in a friendship. - B17 lines
A growth spell is a bit more advanced.
Dad's growth-spell rulesOnward · 2020He names the difficulty, then quotes the rule, and the lesson still sounds like a bit. - B16 lines
Now I want you to put these on, okay? Slide your arm through here.
The life vest speechBeasts of the Southern Wild · 2012He gives orders like a captain, but every step is a father hiding his fear. - B24 lines
I live my own life now, Violet.
Lady Bagshaw stands her groundDownton Abbey · 2019In four calm lines she claims a life of her own after years of duty.