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
It happened inside the tube. So, no one really knows.
The tube legendThe Way Way Back · 2013Owen builds an absurd legend in deadpan, climbing from rumor to partying with Jesus. - B16 lines
I bet you never even had a name.
Mama Luna names himPuss in Boots: The Last Wish · 2022She goes from no-name to Pickles and cheerfully files a legend under pet. - B24 lines
We saw a lot of guys who you believed were actors,
The same lines suddenly funnyFriends: The Reunion · 2021They burn a string of unfunny Joeys, then park the laugh on Matt. - B24 lines
Well, if they are, they're cracking, my dear chap. It's a sure sign.
On foul fighting and honourThe Life and Death of Colonel Blimp · 1943It moves from a soldier's hunch to a quoted ideal, then undercuts it with a one-word joke. - C114 lines
My father would tell me that when Dillinger was killed...
The Dillinger storyThe Thin Blue Line · 1988One vivid detail after another turns an old news story into something absurd. - C17 lines
It was a character flaw, sure, but we all have those.
Chaos, lightly dismissedSLC Punk · 1998It first calls showing off a shared flaw and sets that part aside, then folds intimidation, snapping, and theft into Chaos in man, and only then calls it a little tiresome. - C18 lines
I feel bad that I've just said that. I just... I want him to be better.
Regret after the insultNational Theatre Live: Prima Facie · 2022The insult softens into an old friendship and ends on a mother picking up food. - B24 lines
And I'll tell you something else.
Jeff's closing argumentRear Window · 1954He knots the calls, the card and the case into one tightening argument. - B26 lines
You must understand that times have changed.
The son's defenceNight and the City · 1950He explains away his father's whole life in a few calm lines, and the calm is the cruelty. - B24 lines
It's them. I know it.
The governor's space traumaBeavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe · 2022Four short lines escalate from recognition to cannibalism, turning guilt into a survival log. - C121 lines
This can be no trick.
Benedick talks himself into loveMuch Ado About Nothing · 1993He argues down his own resistance step by step, and the joke is that he never stands a chance. - B24 lines
The Americans with Disabilities Act gives us the right to do anything or go anyplace that we want to.
A patient's bitter speechFront of the Class · 2008He raises the law first, then punctures it line by line, and the gap between rights and life stings. - C117 lines
When you're a poor kid from a poor family, religion counts for a lot.
Saviano's testimonySpotlight · 2015He starts with a poor kid who needs the church, then walks the room to the line where you cannot say no to God. - B113 lines
I took disco lessons in the sixth grade
The confession listThe Proposal · 2009Disco lessons, then funerals, then a broken engagement: she stacks facts until they stop being small talk. - B24 lines
Do not underestimate sparkly blue eyes...
Jack's survival speechCan You Ever Forgive Me? · 2018It sells charm and street sense as a survival kit, then quietly admits it stopped working. - B29 lines
I should have found time to tell you earlier,...
A father's confession24 Hour Party People · 2002He admits his failures as a father and then quietly writes himself out of the lead role. - B213 lines
I was a towel boy at this chichi health club.
The towel boy storyThe End of the Tour · 2015He lines up prestige and humiliation until the joke lands on himself. - C25 lines
Your lord does know my mind.
Olivia's refusalTwelfth Night · 2012She lists every virtue, then closes the door with one quiet sentence. - A27 lines
Uh, I'm in this band.
The band pitchSlacker · 1990He works up a pitch about his band, then undercuts it by admitting he mostly sleeps. - B112 lines
No, don't worry. I kept your name out of it, so there'll be no trouble...
Baxter's cover-up on the phoneThe Apartment · 1960He smooths over every problem for his boss, and the ease of the lie shows his position. - B25 lines
I don't know. Tell me I'm imagining things.
Sabrina begs to be sent awaySabrina · 1954Five Tell me lines in a row plead to be sent away and confess the wish to stay. - B227 lines
There's this serial burglar and, uh...
The peanut butter storyTraining Day · 2001The tale grows more absurd until the punchline lands as a cold fact. - B24 lines
My husband spends far more than he can ever earn.
Constanze's pleaAmadeus · 1984Four lines defend her husband and reveal how tired she is of it. - A24 lines
Ginger ale is pop, Ma.
the glass of waterBuffalo '66 · 1998He keeps batting away the soda, and the repetition carries his quiet exasperation.