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
- C17 lines
There were those of us who fought against it.
The ambassador explainsDr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb · 1964He explains a doomsday machine as a reluctant necessity, and the calm makes it absurd. - B11 lines
Look, during school,
Giulia says she doesn't belongLuca · 2021School address, then the weirdo label. Short lines, and the loneliness is already there. - B15 lines
Wyldstyle. The prophecy states that...
The prophecy crowns The SpecialThe Lego Movie · 2014Titles stack like a coronation, then the next line has to take them back. - C15 lines
Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts.
The burial prayerA Passage to India · 1984The old prayer cuts into the trial, making Mrs Moore's death solemn and sudden. - B24 lines
He gives large parties...
Jordan on big partiesThe Great Gatsby · 2013Four light lines turn a mob into privacy. The flip is the joke, and the diagnosis. - B24 lines
I'm sure you're all roadmen, gangsters, proper naughty boys and all that bollocks.
the street negotiation speechThe Gentlemen · 2020Ray deflates the crowd first, then names his price, staying calm while outnumbered. - B29 lines
You don't think I see what you're doing?
Derek's meltdownAmerican History X · 1998A single furious speech that burns the dinner down, tightening with every clause. - B14 lines
Ever since I was a small Cambodian child.
Owen's invented lifeThe Way Way Back · 2013He stretches one lie from childhood to war to clown fighting, deadpan the whole way. - B24 lines
Little Jack Horner didn't have any magic.
Jack rewrites the rhymePuss in Boots: The Last Wish · 2022He kills Little Jack Horner in one breath, then crowns the Magic Czar in the next. - B15 lines
I thought Chandler was gonna be the easiest part to cast,
Chandler was supposed to be easyFriends: The Reunion · 2021Five lines take a sure thing and leave the room unfunny. - B26 lines
For me, Murdoch, it means more than that.
The General on the armisticeThe Life and Death of Colonel Blimp · 1943It climbs from private bickering to a verdict on justice, then closes with a blessing. - B217 lines
When I was a kid, I used to want to be a detective...
the witness who plays detectiveThe Thin Blue Line · 1988Her cheerful nosiness explains why she watched so closely, and why her testimony matters. - B29 lines
This actually needs some explanation. Beers in supermarkets in Utah is weak.
Why the weak beer backfiresSLC Punk · 1998It inflates a weak beer into a fatter drunk and then into oppression. - C16 lines
'Never assume anyone is telling the truth, even yourself.
the dean's legal creedNational Theatre Live: Prima Facie · 2022Paired contrasts evict instinct, then call law school only the start of the fight. - B25 lines
You're crazy. You don't know what I've got!
Harry's wrestling rantNight and the City · 1950Harry escalates from claim to shout, selling his fantasy to himself most of all. - B16 lines
I just want to say, you know, like, um, we were eating some nachos, you know?
Beavis's clumsy confessionBeavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe · 2022The filler words make the confession sound painfully real rather than written. - C17 lines
She dying, as it must be so maintained,
The friar's planMuch Ado About Nothing · 1993He lays out a lie as if it were mercy, and the calm delivery is what persuades them. - B17 lines
You're right. Drop!
A father's late confessionFront of the Class · 2008He moves from admitting the stares to admitting helplessness, then finally takes the blame. - C15 lines
Look, I told you guys, these are tough cases.
MacLeish sells the settlementSpotlight · 2015He turns a system that hid priests into a story about how hard the cases were. - B16 lines
I forgot what it was like to have a family.
Margaret on familyThe Proposal · 2009Breakfasts and holiday invites pile up until she admits she is terrified of losing a house that finally wanted her. - B24 lines
You know, God damn it, Elaine, I tried more with you than anybody else ever.
the old-score argumentCan You Ever Forgive Me? · 2018One claims she tried hardest, the other lists every failure; neither backs down. - B29 lines
There it is, the wheel,...
the wheel of fortune speech24 Hour Party People · 2002He fuses a game-show host with the philosopher Boethius, and the deadpan sells it. - B28 lines
I couldn't be regular old Dave Wallace...
How the pen name cameThe End of the Tour · 2015He recounts a plain moment as if it were lore, and the deadpan makes it funny. - C26 lines
Oh, mistress mine, where are you roaming?
Feste's love songTwelfth Night · 2012The song soothes even as it teases, promising that lovers meet at the end.