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
Now, suppose I do pay you this money.
Grandpa's tax argumentYou Can't Take It with You · 1938He reduces a grand argument to a simple shopper's question, and the collector cannot answer it. - B26 lines
Good thing I have a lot of fucking weed for you guys.
Danny's murderous business pitchThis Is the End · 2013It hands out gifts, then asks for a killing, stacking conditions until death is a line item. - B26 lines
To all who follow the hard and honorable profession of the sea, to the after-guard and forecastle alike,
The captain's dedicationThe Ghost and Mrs. Muir · 1947He names every rank aboard, turning a formal dedication into a salute to all seamen. - C16 lines
Marriage is like that show, Everybody Loves Raymond, but it's not funny.
An unfunny marriage sitcomknocked-up-2007 · 2007He borrows a cozy sitcom, then strips the jokes and the ending. - B19 lines
This is a couple we met in Kansas when we were in Kansas.
Family photo tourAbout Schmidt · 2002A photo tour that maps her whole social world, offered to a man who has no pictures to return. - B15 lines
I don't believe in secrets.
Sandra's honesty speechBeautiful Thing · 1996She states a rule, then breaks it for kindness, and the gap is the point. - C19 lines
Let me ask you a question. What do you call a guy...
Dino's speech on ratsThe Town · 2010A chain of questions builds to a verdict, insulting with real structure. - B231 lines
Don't be upset or mad at all
Mirabel waiting in the darkEncanto · 2021She starts on totally fine, rips it, and turns the rest of the song into a plea at the candle. - C111 lines
Okay. I'm your shooter, Negro male adult,
Toschi walks the shot backwardZodiac · 2007He plays the shooter in first person until patience sounds like cruelty. - C14 lines
I'm good for, we'll say at least 25 years yet.
Walter's insurance pitchHis Girl Friday · 1940He sells a policy by painting Hildy old and poor, and each question makes refusal feel cruel. - B29 lines
Let me understand this.
Tommy's mock cross-examinationGoodFellas · 1990Short questions and pauses turn a joke into a suffocating interrogation. - B24 lines
Of course I will. What d'you think I'm gonna do? Hang myself?
Tracy's bravado breaksManhattan · 1979She builds herself up line by line and then tears the whole act down herself. - C16 lines
A claims man is a doctor and a bloodhound and a cop and a judge and a jury...
the claims man speechDouble Indemnity · 1944One title after another piles up until a desk job sounds like a courtroom, and the rhythm does the selling. - B25 lines
From out my forest by the riverside.
Putnam Claims the LandThe Crucible · 2014Five short beats push from where the timber came to who owns the ground, each louder than the last. - B25 lines
And if they can't understand you, then they're not listening, and that's their problem.
Grandpa on accentsBelfast · 2021It turns a boy's shame into a proud trick, then lands on the only opinion that matters. - B16 lines
My dear friends, you are now about to enter the nerve center...
Wonka's room revealWilly Wonka & the Chocolate Factory · 1971He builds mystery, then drops the wonder in one plain line about eating everything. - B218 lines
But my second husband was Joe Dallet.
Kitty on the dead husbandOppenheimer · 2023From falling hard to a head over a trench; the cause is mud. - A26 lines
Well, they picked up the Florida Labor Day circuit...
Gertrude's household speechAn American Crime · 2007She moves from the parents' absence to money to a demand for labor, tightening the room step by step. - B24 lines
Bring back everything that's ever hurt you.
Rocky loads the old woundsCreed · 2015He stacks the hurt, the blocks, the fists, then cashes it on the promise of the next punch. - C14 lines
Well, that's all anticipatory anxiety.
Sally's hymn to being singleHusbands and Wives · 1992She sells the split as one clean yank: the resentments come out with the tooth. - B25 lines
Here's a fun fact. You know where the term OK comes from?
The OK storySilver Linings Playbook · 2012A nerdy aside delivered with real delight, showing how Pat tries to charm a room. - B25 lines
My wife was the one... Good to see you, Bob.
Hanssen on his wifeBreach · 2007Short consecutive lines turn a hard man soft as he credits his wife for his faith. - B15 lines
Besides, how hard can parenting be?
Felix's parenting lectureRalph Breaks the Internet · 2018Treat them like pals, give them everything. The sweetness is the setup for the crash. - B25 lines
You see, I'm a strongly emotional woman.
A late-night confessionLolita · 1962It confesses loneliness, asks for touch, and closes on a line she repeats to convince herself.