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
- B25 lines
Bump, right, that you received when somebody hit you.
Clouseau explains police methodA Shot in the Dark · 1964He turns guesswork into doctrine and delivers it as if it were law. - B26 lines
Look, talent comes everywhere. Everybody's talented.
Jack on talentA Star Is Born · 2018He starts by tearing down her excuse and ends by giving her a reason to sing. - B14 lines
It's okay.
Rita's circle of okaySigned, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Have Made · 2021Okay three times: from the room is fine to the heart will be fine. - B14 lines
Just cos we were friendly doesn't allow you to break in.
Ray's angry outburstButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid · 1969Four quick lines pour out his fear of being dragged down with them. - B213 lines
I had landed myself in the driveway of some big mansion that looked run-down and deserted.
Narration on the mansionSunset Boulevard · 1950It moves from hiding a car to Dickens, then lands the image with one short line. - B25 lines
It's a mortal sin. Look, Dago, he is not committing suicide.
Hawkeye's moral loopholeM*A*S*H · 1970He splits intending from doing and hands the chaplain a clean conscience, all in one breath. - B16 lines
Hey.
Luigi's quiet spillThe Super Mario Bros. Movie · 2023He starts as backup, then the repeat of sick and tired lets the hurt catch up. - B212 lines
Meanwhile, I divorced Jessica, moved downtown and gave up.
Life after the divorceWhatever Works · 2009He narrates his own decline flatly, then swerves into social anger without missing a beat. - C15 lines
Well I ll tell you Think of yourselves as ingredients in a degustation concept
The chef reads the room as a recipeThe Menu · 2022He demotes the diners to ingredients without raising his voice, and the joke stops being a joke. - B15 lines
Now listen everyone
David's case for goingThe Mist · 2007He throws out the monster sermon, then reduces survival to one move: walk toward help or die waiting. - B24 lines
I understand that, Cindy. But, uh...
Mike's careful noWin Win · 2011He grants her feeling, then questions her right to move a man she barely sees. - B28 lines
It was a terrible thing.
Popescu on the accidentThe Third Man · 1949The self-blame and detail make it sound like a witness and a rehearsal at once. - B220 lines
I'm very hungry, actually. Um, so then I ran away when I was 14.
From running away to the first jobMighty Aphrodite · 1995Short beats and cold jokes string trauma, drifting, and a career into one crooked, complete story. - B26 lines
Harville's sister was a very superior woman,
A passion he will not leavePersuasion · 2007Three steps turn one superior woman into a passion he must not leave. - B24 lines
But the thing with clues, my teacher says...
Cheryl's clue lessonThe Secret Life of Walter Mitty · 2013She turns a writing lesson into a little performance, building to her own punch line. - B24 lines
Lester, I refuse to live like this.
Carolyn's indictmentAmerican Beauty · 1999Four short lines move from refusal to the charge that he only liked her silence. - B15 lines
Growing up in my family, it wasn't good enough to be great.
Freedom on the swingFree Guy · 2021She turns a family that never let great be enough into one airborne beat. The line leaves the ground with her. - B216 lines
They can't be friends.
the friendship amendmentWhen Harry Met Sally... · 1989Harry builds exceptions until his own rule catches the two of them. - B24 lines
A comet between five to ten kilometers across, that we estimate came from the, uh…
Mindy explains the cometDon't Look Up · 2021The more nervous he gets, the deeper he hides in jargon, and the fear shows anyway. - B25 lines
Son, let me give you some Daniel Olivier philosophy.
The father's philosophyInterstate 60 · 2002Four short sentences build a closed system of advice that leaves no room to argue. - B18 lines
I know this is new to everybody...
What Forky means to BonnieToy Story 4 · 2019Woody walks from a first smile to a total change, and sells a fork as the thing keeping her upright. - B25 lines
If you are not too busy, sir, might I trouble you for a few words in private conversation?
Ong's private requestThe Letter · 1940Courtesies stack up until the case name lands like a card laid face down. - B25 lines
Ah, come on, now.
You get to chooseUncle Frank · 2020He puts the default life on the table, then hands her the pen for a name. - B212 lines
This is not a tip, this is a prescription.
A prescription for successThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013He delivers absurd self-care as a doctor's order, and the straight face is the joke.