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
- C13 lines
And if you think I am dumb enough
Linda sells her brother out loudKnives Out · 2019She spots the bait, then talks anyway, and Walt's empty shop is on the table. - C19 lines
I know why you did it.
V on fear and consentV for Vendetta · 2006It starts with sympathy and ends in judgment, recasting tyranny as a bargain. - B16 lines
Enough! Let's get something straight right now!
David kills the family actWe're the Millers · 2013He strips kid, wife, and family in a row, then lands on the job and a pop-culture snap. - B215 lines
Come on now, darling. Think of everything you've sacrificed.
Facilier's sales pitchThe Princess and the Frog · 2009Praise, then her father's fatigue, then the easy close. You can hear the trap tighten one courtesy at a time. - B22 lines
And I will not leave
Roz's task speechThe Wild Robot · 2024Contracts, damage, warranty—love read out like a fault report. - B26 lines
But we're not leaving him behind.
H will not leave himWrath of Man · 2021Rule, tribe, money, verdict. Short beats, like a field order. - B26 lines
Now are you trying to tell me that this knife...
Juror 8 on possibility12 Angry Men · 1957He builds a whole chain out of a dropped knife and pries the verdict open with possibility. - B210 lines
Philippe, have you ever tried to bring charges against an officer?
Roget's threat and offerPaths of Glory · 1957He stacks charges and rank, then dangles a rewritten report as the way out. - B119 lines
I got this call from Brad
Brenda's testimonyAmerican Underdog · 2021She moves from a panic-filled phone call to a boy who keeps beating the odds, holding grief and pride together. - B24 lines
I know, the new places down on the strip, now, those places are supposed to be it.
Trent's old-school pitchSwingers · 1996He dismisses the new strip in one breath and crowns the old place as home. - B237 lines
This secret group, you know, the group that's in charge of the government -
the space-colony theorySlacker · 1990He rolls from a secret group to drug money to mind-wiping drugs, all in the tone of a briefing. - B24 lines
Oh, Henry's much more pragmatic.
How she talks about HenryDownton Abbey: A New Era · 2022Pragmatic, endurance, workmate: she turns romance into the day’s work and still leaves a door ajar. - B16 lines
When you stand before the enemy and have to end his life,
the officer's selection speechJojo Rabbit · 2019Questions and standards make mass killing sound like a hiring requirement. - B26 lines
No money. For these courts.
The terms of the betAmerican History X · 1998Each line raises the stakes until the court becomes a border, and losing means exile. - A21 lines
Hey, hey, hey. I know your problem.
Alberto names the fearLuca · 2021He casts the inner critic as a guy, then hands Luca a shout to shut him off. - B24 lines
I'd just come upstairs to turn down the beds.
Lizzie's account of the ghostThe Uninvited · 1944She starts with an everyday chore and ends swearing it was a woman, which makes it chilling. - C113 lines
Perhaps you're forgetting the provisions of plan r, sir.
Turgidson explains Plan RDr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb · 1964He turns a rogue order into proper procedure, and the bureaucracy becomes the nightmare. - B24 lines
Here you see the celebrated hospitality of the East.
Aziz on his own homeA Passage to India · 1984He mocks his own shabby home with a grand phrase and shields his friends. - B19 lines
I'm rescuing you, sir. You're the one the prophecy spoke of.
The prophecy named youThe Lego Movie · 2014She stacks most important, most talented, most interesting onto a guy who just wanted to follow the booklet. - B28 lines
Civilization's going to pieces.
Tom on civilizationThe Great Gatsby · 2013He dresses panic as a duty, in borrowed long words. - C16 lines
Location, staff, technology.
The inventory in the cellarThe Gentlemen · 2020He lists sites, staff and tech like a founder pitching a funding round. - B16 lines
She's being coy.
Owen's flirting boastThe Way Way Back · 2013He brags, answers himself and undercuts it, showing Owen's cocky charm. - B27 lines
No, no. He wants to know why I race.
Why I raceArthur the King · 2024He turns down the money, then promises them a wall of his own photo. - B27 lines
Now, listen to me, you son of a gun,
Candy's farewell threatThe Life and Death of Colonel Blimp · 1943He blesses the match and threatens it in the same breath, so affection and menace arrive together.