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
- B24 lines
Youth killed in robbery attempt.
the obituary read aloudBad Boys · 1983The flat newsread turns a death into a cold, official announcement. - C17 lines
Spielberg: I got in trouble with several critics who didn't like that I shied away from the love story between Shug and Celie.
Admitting he stopped shortSpielberg · 2017He starts with the critics, names the skipped scene, and ends on timid, not technique. - B211 lines
So we were at dinner however many years ago.
The wrong card storyBad Education · 2019He narrates his own slide in a flat voice, and the small sums do the damage. - B14 lines
At first I thought they were trying to kill you,
Dale recounts the nightTucker and Dale vs. Evil · 2010The run of and-then clauses builds absurdity, then lands on a cold verdict. - B24 lines
Oh, they have a weapon against you.
An oblique warningAtlas Shrugged: Part I · 2011Four easy sentences that tighten one by one, ending on a line that lands like a verdict. - B25 lines
My books, my personal appearances,
Haney's confession of what he wasMy Fellow Americans · 1996He starts with books and appearances, then the sentence breaks, and you hear a man missing the sound of being called Mr. President. - B26 lines
And, Jerry. Jerry, I just wanna say one more thing, Jerry.
A parting vow of revengeThe King of Comedy · 1982Even thrown out, he insists on the last word and turns humiliation into a threat. - B110 lines
Am I ugly?
the ugly doll storyEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind · 2004A child explains her own sadness through a doll, so the confession never turns self-pitying. - B12 lines
I know I’m Stereotypical Barbie
Barbie diagnoses herselfBarbie · 2023She denies she reasons, then files the glitches in paper-speak. - B26 lines
Unless you... Unless you done stood in the door,
Da Mayor's outburstDo the Right Thing · 1989Six short lines pile up hunger, shame and anger until the whole block goes quiet. - C118 lines
I was in a television studio when the Apollo mission launched.
Seeing the whole planetDavid Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet · 2020A studio memory narrows from a blue sphere to a hard edge on existence. - B26 lines
The sky's fallin' on your head. The waves are crashin' over your little boat.
The storm and the harbourGood Will Hunting · 1997The storm metaphor tightens line by line until it lands squarely on the man listening. - B12 lines
Belsnickel was a precocious and brilliant elf
The favorite learns the tradeThe Christmas Chronicles: Part Two · 2020Medicine and inventions sit side by side, so the later betrayal still smells like love. - B111 lines
Today I staked out Frank's place with a camera.
Jeffrey's case reportBlue Velvet · 1986The calm, numbered delivery of grisly leads makes the danger feel real. - B29 lines
MacGREGOR: Using innuendo, third-person hearsay...
MacGregor's counterattackAll the President's Men · 1976The stacked list of charges builds like a drumroll, painting the press itself as the conspiracy. - B29 lines
Listen, if I just don't say this, I'll never forgive myself.
the pep talk before the showA Star Is Born · 2018Short parallel clauses pile up until the warning about the audience lands. - B17 lines
Greetings, and welcome to the 2018 Adventure Racing - World Championship!
the race briefingArthur the King · 2024The speech swings from welcome to hard numbers, turning excitement into pressure. - C17 lines
Let me just say something right now.
No way to disprove itthe-man-from-earth-2007 · 2007Outrage and expertise are both waved aside, and the story is left standing. - B25 lines
One... she was found with the murder weapon in her hands.
The four factsA Shot in the Dark · 1964He stacks numbered facts like a prosecutor, then hands the verdict to his listener. - B28 lines
I just want to own my own life.
Mary's speech about her own lifeDownton Abbey · 2019She names the wish, lists the duties, then lands on the one loss that hurts. - B13 lines
Eight years ago,
Secret codes in crayonSigned, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Have Made · 2021He treats a forgotten magazine like a case file, earnest enough to be funny. - C15 lines
Remember what the fellow said.
Borgias and the cuckoo clockThe Third Man · 1949A two-country comparison turns bloodshed into the price of art, delivered like an epigram. - B25 lines
I wanted the dough, and I wanted to get out of there as quickly as I could.
The editing grindSunset Boulevard · 1950Five voice-over lines move from greed to suffocation, pricing the job he took. - B26 lines
I do not see plays because I can nap at home for free.
Ouiser's tiradeSteel Magnolias · 1989Her excuses pile up into a comic creed and land on an anecdote that defeats her own point.