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
- B27 lines
But, really, what's so hard about finding an apartment?
Sally's apartment theoryWhen Harry Met Sally... · 1989Deadpan delivery sells an absurd theory, and the joke lands because she never blinks. - B118 lines
You listening? It's easier than you think.
Everyone wants to get richThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013The Amish and Buddhist detour turns a sales lesson into a comic rant that still lands. - B25 lines
Colonel Blake has secured for us The Halls of Montezuma.
the war-movie trailerM*A*S*H · 1970The pitch is so over-the-top that it becomes a parody of war propaganda. - B24 lines
I have a task that has become impossible.
Roz's task confessionThe Wild Robot · 2024Impossible task, then the heart, then a child. A malfunction spoken as care. - B25 lines
But that's why you accelerate and way of the big semi to come at us, which should be in about 25 seconds, I figure.
The afterlife argumentInterstate 60 · 2002He builds from a truck to the afterlife in one breath, trapping Neal in his logic. - B26 lines
Well, Alan didn't mail it
Harlan opens the double tuitionKnives Out · 2019Two payment lines first, then the word steal—an audit spoken as family talk. - B214 lines
We're interrupting your regular program to bring you this terrifying report...
The official news reportV for Vendetta · 2006It drips with heroism and safety while contradicting everything the viewer just saw. - B213 lines
SINGING I hear the train a comin
The prison-train songWrath of Man · 2021A lullaby about not playing with guns, sung over a man being broken. - B28 lines
I think it was Winston Churchill who…
The apology buildupDon't Look Up · 2021He name-drops Churchill to dress an empty apology up as historic duty. - C111 lines
But, yeah, I was spying on her.
David invents how they metWe're the Millers · 2013The Converse and the spying are too specific to feel made up, which is why the neighbors buy it. - B26 lines
Accomplishing one thing or the other is not what's gonna make you worthy of her.
the father's adviceAmerican Underdog · 2021It moves from love to worth to character, each line calmer and firmer than the last. - B27 lines
Mike, do you even think I know what the hell they're saying to me half the time?
Trent's dating theorySwingers · 1996He turns not understanding women into a strategy, and it almost sounds convincing. - B25 lines
I have a proposition to make to all of you.
Juror 8 proposes a vote12 Angry Men · 1957He offers a vote, steps aside, and draws the line, handing the choice back to each man. - B220 lines
Okay, let's talk like turkeys.
Adolf's reverse-psychology lectureJojo Rabbit · 2019A half-baked scheme gets delivered like a war lecture, and the smugness is the punchline. - B25 lines
You're famous, beautiful and rich.
Daisy talks the star awakeDownton Abbey: A New Era · 2022She stacks class, money, and manners until comfort sounds like an order. - B224 lines
Gentlemen of the court, there are times when I'm ashamed...
Dax's defense pleaPaths of Glory · 1957Dax turns shame into a weapon, lists every broken rule, then begs for mercy. - B28 lines
Of course, we shall miss Singapore.
Bob's plantation pitchThe Letter · 1940He moves from nostalgia to self-assurance, and the last line quietly exposes his vanity. - B27 lines
Now, Five, If, on the other hand, We were to immediately launch an all-out and coordinated attack...
Turgidson's first-strike pitchDr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb · 1964His tidy numbering and confident numbers make a nuclear war sound like a bargain, and that is terrifying. - B11 lines
Please?
Luca begs into the teamLuca · 2021Please, then freedom. Short lines, the whole escape bet. - B25 lines
It makes me just wanna pick up whoever...
Wants to throw someone out a windowThe Lego Movie · 2014Polite office talk, then the nearest body is suddenly the target. - B24 lines
I believe Dr Aziz is innocent.
Fielding's resignationA Passage to India · 1984Four short lines build from belief to pledge to resignation, leaving him no way back. - B214 lines
High...
Within and withoutThe Great Gatsby · 2013He names the window: inside the mess, still watching it. - C110 lines
I know how you lot love fables, so let me share a little fable with you. 1994
Mickey's dragon fableThe Gentlemen · 2020He tells an execution like a bedtime story, and the calm makes the threat land harder. - B24 lines
None of them are fucking all right, OK?
Cameron drills the hateAmerican History X · 1998Four clipped lines build a doctrine line by line; it sounds like training, not talk.