Movie monologues, one line at a time
2,019 real monologues from 158 films. Play a line, pause, say it back.
- 1Full speech: hear it once
- 2Shadow: repeat each line
- 3Blind: listen, then reveal
- 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - B210 lines
We are gathered here today
Puss holds his own funeralPuss in Boots: The Last Wish · 2022Funeral boilerplate plus a roll call of nicknames: retirement spoken as a legend ending. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - B14 lines
And now, both of our universes face total destruction.
The alternate selves' warningBeavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe · 2022The warning stacks stakes and a deadline until the final line lands like a countdown. - C121 lines
I do much wonder
Benedick lists his conditionsMuch Ado About Nothing · 1993He mocks lovers, then lists impossible conditions, and the final clause quietly admits he is not immune. - B26 lines
I want to make teaching my life. [barking]
Explaining Tourette's in an interviewFront of the Class · 2008He moves from his dream to his condition, as calm as a teacher and as honest as a confession. - B24 lines
I was close with the Evers brothers.
The cardinal's civil-rights storySpotlight · 2015Four beats: closeness, a stand, then being hated. He boasts, and plants the outsider's bruise first. - B26 lines
I've done a lot of things in my life. Practically built an empire with your mother from the ground up.
Joe's succession pitchThe Proposal · 2009Pride in the mill tightens into a job offer Andrew never asked for.