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
- B212 lines
Alex was my son.
Jimmy remembers AlexThe Last Boy Scout · 1991Short sentences build with no drama, so the loss lands harder than any speech. - B25 lines
Ride? All I ride is the subway.
CC's replyBeaches · 1988She answers a world of horses with a subway joke, then admits she hates her hair. - B217 lines
Congratulations, soldier.
The medal citationWreck-It Ralph · 2012The officer stacks virtues until dignity, then hangs the whole speech on a man who never enlisted. - B24 lines
I knew two people that did that once. They went out of the building.
Tony's absurd cautionary taleYou Can't Take It with You · 1938He turns a simple date into a fatal fable, and the deadpan delivery is the joke. - B26 lines
I don't really know.
Lucy recalls her courtshipThe Ghost and Mrs. Muir · 1947She tells her marriage as a girl who mistook a novel's ending for real life. - B219 lines
This sound woke me up.
The night his mother leftThe Town · 2010It rebuilds the night through a child's eyes; the calm details hurt more than tears. - B210 lines
As we drove past a side street, three men on the corner dived for cover.
the reporter's dispatchBelfast · 2021He reports the night in the first person, so the chaos feels seen rather than quoted. - B17 lines
Lately, every night, I find myself asking the same question: "Who is this old woman who lives in my house?
Warren's list of grievancesAbout Schmidt · 2002The list piles small irritations into a portrait of a marriage gone flat. - B28 lines
Last week, right, I went to Woolwich.
story of his fatherBeautiful Thing · 1996It starts as a story, builds into a question, and lands on a cold judgement. - B15 lines
Mirabel, I know you want to help.
Abuela asks her to step asideEncanto · 2021She first credits the wish to help, then sells absence as the family's best gift. - B25 lines
Things have been different since I met Hildy.
Bruce on HildyHis Girl Friday · 1940He defines Hildy by contrast with everyone else, and the plain delivery makes it sincere. - B24 lines
That's what it's all about. That's what the FBI could never understand.
the protection speechGoodFellas · 1990A plain analogy explains the whole racket with the calm confidence of an insider. - B25 lines
I'll have to give up my apartment.
The cost of going brokeManhattan · 1979He lists what he must give up, and each item makes the panic funnier and sadder. - B25 lines
In this cipher is my identity.
Weekend kill deadlineZodiac · 2007He prices a dozen bodies in one weekend, from identity to a shopping list. - B28 lines
Yes, he had. And I wanted a home. Why not?
The Nurse's StoryDouble Indemnity · 1944She moves from wanting a home to open resentment, and each small grievance carries the next. - B29 lines
I look for John Proctor
Abigail's OutburstThe Crucible · 2014She builds from a single claim to a full accusation, letting every sentence carry more heat. - B26 lines
We began with five Golden Tickets.
The first-ticket news reportWilly Wonka & the Chocolate Factory · 1971It builds suspense with a lightning metaphor, then drops the answer onto one small town. - B25 lines
But, uh, I actually just adopted this incontinent spaniel.
Jonah's dog storyThis Is the End · 2013He tells a messy dog story with total sincerity, which is what makes it funny. - B26 lines
Well, if they do,
How stars dieOppenheimer · 2023He turns collapse and swallowed light into a black hole, then admits the work cannot save anyone in the room. - B228 lines
Welcome.
The headmistress’s finishing speechEnola Holmes · 2020Commands, drills, and marriage get sold in the same sweet register until the lock on the door makes the deal plain. - C119 lines
I was, uh, living with this fabulous, interesting woman named Harriet Harmon.
Harriet, rememberedHusbands and Wives · 1992Great love to the ward, with the sex details piling until the story will not sit still. - B218 lines
I come home from work after I left early, which I never do,
the shower confessionSilver Linings Playbook · 2012It walks step by step from the door to the curtain, each short line cutting deeper. - B29 lines
Now, the, uh-- The first thing we need you to do, Mr. Barish,
the erasure walkthroughEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind · 2004It turns deleting a person into a tidy service, moving from belongings to a promised new life. - B16 lines
...uh, don't tell Charlotte that I told you this, will you...
The neighbor's whisperLolita · 1962She disclaims gossip, then hands over the juiciest observation, which is how small talk really works.