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
- B115 lines
Once upon a time, there were three little pigs.
The rewritten Three Little PigsMinions · 2015She opens like a storybook and lands on a wipeout. Bedtime becomes a contract. - B24 lines
Nine times out of ten it's an electric razor, but... every once in a while...
indefinite article policyFight Club · 1999He hides a crude joke inside the grammar of corporate policy. - C18 lines
One of the best parts of my job is reading new writers and occasionally, even publishing them.
The editor's introduction5 to 7 · 2014She moves from a personal creed into concrete work, giving the reading the feel of a real opening. - B25 lines
Come now, Sir Wilfrid, you must not think of it.
the nurse's bedtime routineWitness for the Prosecution · 1957A run of small domestic orders shows how much the nurse controls the old lawyer's day. - C15 lines
That's what I meant when I said his life was his work.
The Poet's Life, Going in CirclesSuddenly, Last Summer · 1959She repeats and reverses until the idea sounds less like logic and more like a prayer. - B27 lines
Yeah. But, they wanted cash.
Mary's car-buying storyAnother Year · 2010She rattles through cash points and forgotten insurance without pausing, and the panic lands as comedy. - B223 lines
Football is a dying beast, Joe.
Marcone on football's declineThe Last Boy Scout · 1991It moves from one metaphor to decline, a betting bill and a bribe list, calm and chilling. - B18 lines
Well, I know it's not Buckingham Palace, but it's home to me.
CC's freedom speechBeaches · 1988The speech slides from a joke into joy and lands on a shout of freedom. - B18 lines
Hello, my royal subjects!
King Candy's race announcementWreck-It Ralph · 2012Hail, wipe, roster, then the coin. Ceremony that turns into a cover charge. - B16 lines
I ask the American people to join me in saying a thanks
The president on the planeCome from Away · 2021Thanks, a prayer, then a test: the speech packs fear into will. - B24 lines
It's hers. It's never left here. She hasn't either.
Why he never moved outYou Can't Take It with You · 1938A scent and a room carry decades of loyalty, and the calm delivery makes it land. - B25 lines
If I was pissed at you, I'm sure it would have something to do
Jay's backhanded confessionThis Is the End · 2013It claims calm, then lists every grudge before recasting the disaster as fate. - B24 lines
Me. The story of me life.
The captain names his bookThe Ghost and Mrs. Muir · 1947He decides the subject, the title and the byline in four lines, vanity and charm together. - C17 lines
If you feel that way, you should just go.
Stop fooling ourselvesknocked-up-2007 · 2007Each reason gets colder and ends by calling the split a favor to both people. - B17 lines
I pull the Adventurer over whenever I feel like stretching my legs...
Roadside monologueAbout Schmidt · 2002The travelogue suddenly lands on Helen, turning a souvenir list into grief. - B24 lines
I've been fighting all my life.
Sandra's fight speechBeautiful Thing · 1996Short parallel lines and one hard number turn a challenge into proof. - B113 lines
Look, when your mother left...
The father's hard answerThe Town · 2010Not one comforting word, yet it captures both the harshness of that world and the father's helplessness. - B117 lines
There you are.
Abuela's ceremony speechEncanto · 2021Fifty years of the candle, compressed into one rule: the Gift is for serving. - B24 lines
I will be reborn in paradise.
Slaves for paradiseZodiac · 2007He files murder as afterlife staffing: rebirth, then a workforce of slaves. - B26 lines
Argue with her, or you'll be on a honeymoon with blood on your hands.
Walter's guilt tripHis Girl Friday · 1940The threats build from the honeymoon to a lifetime, turning a favor into a haunting. - B27 lines
For us, to live any other way was nuts.
the sucker speechGoodFellas · 1990It calmly declares honest workers dead, and the calm is what makes it chilling. - B24 lines
So, and that's it, and we have fun.
Isaac's farewell speechManhattan · 1979He frames the breakup as a gift, and the more graceful it sounds, the guiltier it reads. - B24 lines
I suppose you realize, Mr. Dietrichson...
Walter's Insurance PitchDouble Indemnity · 1944The pitch sounds like expert concern, which is what makes the coming signature so dangerous. - C14 lines
I want a mark of confidence, is all!
Parris Claims His RankThe Crucible · 2014He turns fear of dismissal into a claim that his office is above contradiction.