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
I didn't see her...
Stella's confessionThe Uninvited · 1944The halting pauses build until they land on the simple need to be loved. - C14 lines
In a reputable breeding program, rule number one is you certainly would not breed an animal that has shown a history of aggression towards humans.
The rule they ignoreblackfish-2013 · 2013The breeding rule is stated cleanly, then a dog and a percentage show it was ignored. - B26 lines
Can you believe this little inchworm setting her sights on me?
Boris complains to his friendsWhatever Works · 2009He pretends to complain while bragging, and reaches for Pygmalion to make the point. - B24 lines
The wallet was just something I could put it in.
Sean explains the giftThe Secret Life of Walter Mitty · 2013He explains a careful gift as if it were nothing, which is exactly what makes it touching. - B111 lines
One day I was partying in my basement...
Mike on the vodka nightsAmerican Movie · 1999It starts in loneliness, finds company in Mark, and lands on quiet joy. - B17 lines
I was ready to finally do what I was made to do.
The toy the ad couldn't saveToy Story 4 · 2019He was built to jump, then boxed, then thrown. The slogan turns into a question. - B25 lines
Millie, please.
Guy begs Millie to wakeFree Guy · 2021He inventories a fake city as a real home. The plea is inventory, not a slogan. - B16 lines
Oh, they're very nice. All right. [laughs]
Wally on his own peopleUncle Frank · 2020He grants they are nice, then admits the crazy, and parks the love on a mother with a sharp tongue. - B28 lines
Like the other night, I made love to this woman, and it was so incredible...
Harry's theory of friendshipWhen Harry Met Sally... · 1989Harry grows more pleased with himself, setting up the argument that follows. - B26 lines
They don't know, right? They gotta think about it,
Naming the client's doubtThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013He voices the client's harshest doubt, then turns distrust into a lesson. - B25 lines
Listen, I got an idea how we can make some money.
the betting planM*A*S*H · 1970It lays out a cheat in two calm halves, as if reading a strategy memo. - B25 lines
Brightbill was never supposed to get this far.
Longneck on the heart that paysThe Wild Robot · 2024He admits the gosling should never have gotten this far, then hands the unpaid hours to the heart. - B113 lines
The first time, wasn't that great.
Laura's quest speechInterstate 60 · 2002She builds a quest out of failed comparisons until the obsession sounds logical. - B24 lines
It's something I've had since I was a kid.
Marta says she cannot lieKnives Out · 2019Childhood to reflex, then the last line lands: a lie makes her puke. - B24 lines
The building is a symbol, as is the act of destroying it.
V on symbolsV for Vendetta · 2006Four short steps build from one building to the whole world without ever sounding abstract. - B24 lines
They're filthy fucks.
Cross Gashi offWrath of Man · 2021He curses them first, then files them as the wrong animals for that job. - B16 lines
My grandfather invented the flash-freezing process.
Brie's life resumeDon't Look Up · 2021She stacks outrageous facts like trophies until the list itself becomes the joke. - C15 lines
Okay, let me make one thing clear.
Casey fences off the kissWe're the Millers · 2013She denies the rom-com beat, then says the kiss is something Kenny can take home. - B29 lines
Fifty yards long. Eight-yard end zones.
the indoor war pitchAmerican Underdog · 2021It builds the field into a gladiator arena, rule by brutal rule. - B24 lines
We're both kinda crying, but not like, not the kind of crying that's like...
the crying bitSwingers · 1996The fumbling explanation is the joke: the more he can't name the crying, the funnier it gets. - B24 lines
You sit here, vote guilty like the rest of us...
Juror Ten's bitter rant12 Angry Men · 1957A rapid sneer that dumps prejudice and anger in one breath. - B24 lines
If you see a Jew, you tell us, we tell the Gestapo, and they tell the SS,
the reporting chainJojo Rabbit · 2019The straight-faced chain of agencies makes the absurd process sound official. - B25 lines
In the end.
Violet on getting past itDownton Abbey: A New Era · 2022She turns a bad match into that's life, and the room has to swallow it. - B15 lines
You see that cockroach?
The cockroach speechPaths of Glory · 1957A bug becomes a mirror for his own death, and the calm makes it worse.