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
- C17 lines
Hey I m Blake Halls I own Fortico
Owner wants him promotedWrath of Man · 2021Hero talk first, then he is sent out so the raise can be locked in behind the door. - B28 lines
The plan is, um...
Caps and cigarette buttsWe're the Millers · 2013He brief a heist with bottle caps. The more serious he gets, the dumber it is. - B16 lines
Baby, look at me. Look at me.
Trent's winner speechSwingers · 1996He asks and answers his own question until the reframing feels real. - B24 lines
I went out walking for a couple of hours last night.
Juror 8 buys a knife12 Angry Men · 1957A walk, a pawnshop, six dollars; the plain price lands louder than any speech. - B218 lines
That proves that most of us are more afraid of getting hurt than of getting killed.
The soldiers' debate on fearPaths of Glory · 1957It moves from weapons to the nature of fear, turning banter into a rough philosophy. - B218 lines
Sheesh. That was intense.
Adolf's running commentaryJojo Rabbit · 2019He turns a deadly standoff into jokes and bad plans, keeping horror and comedy in one frame. - B25 lines
But you should never have come here.
A husband books doctors like a man drowningDownton Abbey: A New Era · 2022London, then America: love as a string of orders, because he cannot sit still with the news. - B15 lines
I'm just wondering why God would give me a dream that's probably never gonna come true.
Kurt's dream confessionAmerican Underdog · 2021It moves from a raw question about God to a simple plea for one chance, building in steps. - C16 lines
Then he got up to go, and I knew if he left, I'd never see him again,
The night of the shootingThe Letter · 1940The flat, repeated gunshots make the violence feel mechanical and therefore unbearable. - B212 lines
To confirm the fact that he had issued the go code, and he said, "yes, gentlemen,
Ripper's recorded rantDr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb · 1964Ripper's calm certainty turns a war order into a prayer, and that is what makes it chilling. - B1132 lines
First of all, get in line!
Giulia's terms for the CupLuca · 2021She claims the revenge, then dumps the triathlon on them like a campaign speech. - B16 lines
Then the guide couldn't recall which cave she'd gone into.
Aziz's broken accountA Passage to India · 1984The scrambled order and repeats show his panic better than any line could. - B213 lines
Okay. All the people of the universe were once free to travel...
Wyldstyle retells the universeThe Lego Movie · 2014The second briefing is a chain: chaos, walls, stolen weapon, hiding. She sounds bored because the stakes already own her. - B210 lines
Most wives would beg their other halves to get out of this game, but not you.
Rosalind's exit adviceThe Gentlemen · 2020She moves from smoke-and-fire imagery to a plan for leaving without a scratch. - B211 lines
I had been drunk just twice in my life.
Drunk twiceThe Great Gatsby · 2013He keeps a lifetime tally so this party can land as the second drunk. - B17 lines
My eyes have seen the glory...
The hate song on the machineAmerican History X · 1998It hijacks a familiar hymn, which makes the hate feel sanctioned rather than fringe. - B14 lines
In fact, it was decreed by its creator that this place shall never age.
the founder's dying wishThe Way Way Back · 2013He invents an absurd dying wish with a straight face, and the seriousness is the joke. - B23 lines
We had seen David for another role
The hangdog face became RossFriends: The Reunion · 2021They keep a face first, then drop it onto a part, like casting from memory. - B222 lines
The trouble with you young fellows is you want to go changing everything. What's the result?
The general's lectureThe Life and Death of Colonel Blimp · 1943He stacks up the costs, then drills the lesson into a few blunt rules for survival. - C115 lines
Hey, this is Mark. Now, Mark is not a punk rocker.
Mark's messy introductionSLC Punk · 1998It cuts Mark down to an outsider, then uses the pot and acid he always had to explain why every tribe liked him. - C111 lines
I grew up in a family...
The FBI fatherThe Thin Blue Line · 1988Family teaching gives way to a night in Chicago, softening the whole testimony. - C116 lines
Today, the prosecutor came second.
The winner's walk outNational Theatre Live: Prima Facie · 2022Small gestures pile up until her private ranking flips from second to first. - B25 lines
Happened to me once back in the States.
The lost wallet storyNight and the City · 1950A travel anecdote told as small talk, full of the loose details a hustler can grip. - B24 lines
You haven't spent much time around cemeteries, have you?
Stella's grim lessonRear Window · 1954She dismantles the romantic theory with plain sense, then lands a grim joke.