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
- B214 lines
It's the only thing that I'd gotten any, like, food pellets from the universe for.
Trapped by his writingThe End of the Tour · 2015He narrates depression and self-destructive coping as comedy, which makes it land harder. - C25 lines
He left behind him myself and a sister.
Sebastian tells his storyTwelfth Night · 2012A quiet account that layers a father's death and a sister's drowning without raising its voice. - B228 lines
Man, I am freaking out so severely. Did you hear what happened on the freeway?
The freeway storySlacker · 1990The telling speeds up with each detail, then stops cold on a doubled had enough. - B15 lines
A girl like you, for the rest of your life you wanna cry in your noodle soup?
Mrs. Dreyfuss's advice on marriageThe Apartment · 1960Her rapid questions mix scolding with real tenderness, as if she were planning for her own child. - B26 lines
First, call Larrabee Shipping.
Linus cancels everythingSabrina · 1954He issues one cancellation after another like a checklist, and the calm hides how much it costs him. - B29 lines
Hey, yeah, it's me. Listen, we got the green light.
The phone ordersTraining Day · 2001Short bursts of orders show a man running an operation from a pay phone. - B210 lines
Displace one note...
Salieri sees God in the scoreAmadeus · 1984Saying one note moved would diminish it turns jealousy into awe. - B14 lines
Here's a picture of me with Jack Kemp.
the photo-album rambleBuffalo '66 · 1998She turns each snapshot into a small boast, and the piling up says more about her than the photos. - B24 lines
Well, I really wouldn't care to scratch your surface, Mr. Kralik because I know exactly what I'd find.
Novak's three-layer cutThe Shop Around the Corner · 1940Heart, soul, then brains. She turns his depth talk into a map of what she already despises. - B26 lines
The Cave of Wonders.
Jafar's cave ruleAladdin · 2019He sells gold and freedom, then treats the temptation as certain. - B26 lines
Edward and I have been secretly engaged...
Lucy's confessionSense and Sensibility · 1995She starts with a bombshell and ends with flattery, wrapping the blow in sisterly warmth. - B25 lines
I don't know what to say.
Harry lets goDeconstructing Harry · 1997From speechless to a doubled surrender, the admission of defeat lands quietly. - B28 lines
I mean, everybody panics - everybody.
Professional versus psychopathReservoir Dogs · 1992He forgives panic, then draws the hard line at killing, defining what a professional is. - C116 lines
Well, it was my freshman year at Princeton.
Junior's sob storySome Like It Hot · 1959A ridiculous accident turns heartbreak comic and sad at once, tightening beat by beat. - B16 lines
If someone loved you very much...
Annina's pleaCasablanca · 1943By hiding her own story inside a hypothetical, she makes the plea without confessing it. - B24 lines
The bottom section of the route follows a vague series of cracks and corners in the rock.
The traverse explainedThe Dawn Wall · 2017Four calm sentences build the terrain, the dead end and the open problem, then stop at a question. - C110 lines
All that winter, we spread out across the country gathering evidence for Parliament.
The winter of evidenceAmazing Grace · 2006A whole season of work becomes a few plain numbers, then closes on a deadline. - B25 lines
This is what drives life at college. "Are you having sex or aren't you?
Mark's product pitchThe Social Network · 2010From Relationship Status to why people log on: hormones as the site's center. - B18 lines
But in all seriousness hon...
Amanda's anniversary speechBlue Jay · 2016She moves from teasing to sincere praise, then springs the surprise. - B28 lines
Sometimes what you're getting is this unprocessed me, you know, like I might,
the dream confessionBe Here Now · 2015She moves from raw feeling to nightmare to the image of Jesse without a dad, closing in on her deepest fear. - B27 lines
Darling, you're a writer. All writers go through periods like this.
Myra's sales pitchDeathtrap · 1982She builds a staircase of reasons, each step making the call seem inevitable. - B17 lines
You stole my dream! I was going to conquer England someday!
Scarlet's coronation speech to herselfMinions · 2015She lists the England she was going to own, down to the sparkly dress, then drops the whole dream on three Minions. - B25 lines
Have you ever heard a death rattle before?
death rattle countdownFight Club · 1999She turns dying into a named sound effect and a countdown. - B245 lines
I started working when I was 11.
Arielle's farewell monologue5 to 7 · 2014She spans a lifetime to justify one refusal, then overturns a proverb in the final line.