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
- B227 lines
For years, I said I was her godmother, but I told her the truth on her 18th birthday.
Bagshaw's confessionDownton Abbey · 2019She tells a scandalous past in the calmest possible voice. - B210 lines
Facts, Hercule, facts.
Clouseau lists his factsA Shot in the Dark · 1964Each item ends on Fact! like a hammer blow, building a comic rhythm. - B27 lines
With a voice like from heaven, but you know what?
The father on fameA Star Is Born · 2018He builds the myth of Sinatra, then drops the others into nobody status in one line. - B110 lines
She's not even a cup.
Shane upgrades the mother briefSigned, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Have Made · 2021Tea, kettle, beaker, grail, then four days of household wreckage as the punchline. - B28 lines
It's too late.
Ray's parting verdictButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid · 1969Short sentences pile pressure on the two men, then a dry self-mocking line closes it. - B210 lines
There was a time in this business when they had the eyes of the whole wide world.
Norma on the talkiesSunset Boulevard · 1950It builds from the golden age to smashed idols, then lands on pure contempt. - B26 lines
This isn't a hospital! It's an insane asylum!
Hot Lips lets it all outM*A*S*H · 1970She moves from insult to itemized grievance, building the anger line by line until it peaks. - B23 lines
Do you think I know
Luigi's smart denialThe Super Mario Bros. Movie · 2023He answers the description piece by piece, then cuts the whole thing with one clean no. - B14 lines
Stupid beyond all comprehension, but you'll never survive here. You got nothing going for you. Zero. Zilch.
Boris's brutal assessmentWhatever Works · 2009He runs through her brains and looks like a ruthless rating, and the numbers land like punchlines. - B214 lines
Good evening everyone
Katherine’s chargeThe Menu · 2022She keeps her voice even while listing how the chef made her disappear. The kitchen lesson is the humiliation. - B28 lines
Sure as long as the machines are working
Civilization with the lights offThe Mist · 2007He chains machines, fear, and manners into one cold if-then. - B25 lines
Okay. You know what, I'll tell you what.
The lot offerWin Win · 2011He gives the money first, then nails Kyle staying. The beat is clean. - B24 lines
I told you to go away, Martins.
Calloway's dressing-downThe Third Man · 1949He dismisses Martins first, then dismantles his western fantasy piece by piece. - B26 lines
You've got a fine right, you have, after the way you treated Mother, "after the way you treated us all!
The stage rantMighty Aphrodite · 1995The charges stack in a row until the last one lands as an accusation, not acting class. - B224 lines
Let's run away together. Let's make every moment count, starting now.
The fantasy farewellThe Secret Life of Walter Mitty · 2013It escalates from elopement to deathbed farewell, silly and sincere at the same time. - B26 lines
Now I know how you can afford all this equipment.
Lester's summer-job memoriesAmerican Beauty · 1999He turns a cheap summer job into the proudest thing he ever owned. - B28 lines
We did it. Everything that we wanted to create, it actually happened.
Keys: we actually did itFree Guy · 2021Cappuccinos and memoirs, said like a kid who watched the dream boot up. - B27 lines
I got married so I could stop dating.
Harry's divorce monologueWhen Harry Met Sally... · 1989It slides from a joke into the cruelest quote, tightening until the laughter dies. - B25 lines
[chuckles] Okay, funny story. [clears throat] When I was running for president, I had to sneak cigarettes for the whole first month of the campaign because, you know, photographs of me smoking went for, what, a hundred grand a pop?
The president's smoking storyDon't Look Up · 2021A cozy personal anecdote slides the world-ending topic off the table, and the ease is the horror. - B29 lines
Everything in life is like high school.
Kirby's high school theoryInterstate 60 · 2002The list maps work onto school item by item, building a bleak but convincing case. - B15 lines
So it seems to me like you're never gonna behave yourself
Woody sings himself outToy Story 4 · 2019The lullaby turns into a complaint: you won't listen, so tomorrow save yourself. - C17 lines
We used to meet each other constantly once or twice a week.
A confession of secret loveThe Letter · 1940She moves from secrecy to self-disgust in calm, mounting sentences that chill the listener. - B13 lines
I'm from Bismarck, North Dakota,
Bruce rewrites his hometownUncle Frank · 2020He lies first, then dresses it as self-invention, and Beth cuts the costume in half a line. - B223 lines
Hello, John, how are you doing today?
The full phone pitchThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013It runs from small talk to closing the trade in one breath, a textbook sales script.