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
- B113 lines
I was defective right out of the box.
Gabby asks to be loved onceToy Story 4 · 2019Factory defect, Andy, Bonnie, then one question that is already a trade. - C120 lines
Now, from the beginning...
Keys on why Guy wokeFree Guy · 2021He walks from the loop to the girl of his dreams, then hands the whole confession to Millie. - B16 lines
I only asked him to be best man in my wedding
Daddy as best manUncle Frank · 2020Drunk-night talk turns the stern father back into a shaky man. - B19 lines
Well, he was the head counselor at the boys' camp...
Marie's first sightWhen Harry Met Sally... · 1989Marie builds from camp jobs to a crowded room, then lands on a melon and makes it tender. - B25 lines
Who the fuck has the goddamn gall to call this house on a Tuesday night?
Mad Max's phone rantThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013The sudden shift from rage to a polite hello makes the temper hilarious. - B26 lines
All right, men, we're not here to sell lemonade. We're here to practice.
the kickoff speechM*A*S*H · 1970The textbook speech clashes with the chaos it is supposed to organize. - B24 lines
The time has come again.
Longneck’s migration briefThe Wild Robot · 2024He sells the brutal miles as what shapes the flock, then drops a quiet blessing and lets them go. - B15 lines
He's my baby.
Susan's fear for her sonInterstate 60 · 2002She moves from love to worst-case fear in five short lines, and never raises her voice. - B26 lines
Except it was a suicide, all right?
The cop nails suicideKnives Out · 2019He locks the blood spray, slams the murder door, and ends on impatience. - B24 lines
He's what every gutless, freedom-hating terrorist is:
Prothero's on-air tiradeV for Vendetta · 2006Label, insult and threat come in one breath, and the rising fury reads as pure performance. - B211 lines
You know I like you, right? H.
He likes you, then he tells youWrath of Man · 2021Warm-up first, then layer by layer: the pals, the help, the inside seat. - B14 lines
I just want you to know, this is the most propulsive thing that's ever happened to me. Thank you.
The commander's impatienceDon't Look Up · 2021He piles impatience on impatience until the whole room feels the pressure. - B26 lines
Look, I'm just a small-time fucking drug dealer.
David dismantles the fake familyWe're the Millers · 2013He sells out each of them in turn, hoping cruelty will count as proof they are disposable. - B14 lines
What are you doin' in that extra beat? Balancing your checkbook? Come on, man.
coach's sideline scoldingAmerican Underdog · 2021Four clipped orders in a row show a coach too impatient to explain twice. - B24 lines
Oh, Mike, please! You're the fun-lovin', outgoing party guy...
Trent's pep talkSwingers · 1996The insults are the affection: he bullies Mike back toward feeling like a catch. - B24 lines
She said she saw the killing through the windows of a moving elevated train.
Juror Eight takes apart a witness12 Angry Men · 1957He breaks the testimony into cars, details and timing, laying each piece out to be seen. - B25 lines
Break free.
Elsa's ancestry speechJojo Rabbit · 2019She answers racist hierarchy with mythic ancestry, building to a perfect put-down. - B26 lines
No, we... we went for a walk in the town one day, and there was a shop where a man was taking photographs.
How the miniature happenedDownton Abbey: A New Era · 2022Old feeling told as a walk and a shop; burning it would have been cleaner than sending it back. - B28 lines
Oh, there's nothing to it.
Dax's firing-squad briefingPaths of Glory · 1957He explains a killing like a recipe, and the calm is the cruelty. - C16 lines
Deterrence is the art of producing in the mind of the enemy...
defining deterrenceDr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb · 1964It builds a clean definition of deterrence step by step, and the calm delivery makes it chilling. - B11 lines
That's Saturno. It's my favorite.
Saturn would floatLuca · 2021She tells astronomy like a magic trick, and the last line is the reveal. - B28 lines
For instance, one time I wanted to have...
The double-decker couch pitchThe Lego Movie · 2014He talks guests into a product name and sells the dumb invention straight. - B26 lines
And I know what you're going to ask next.
Aziz eruptsA Passage to India · 1984He predicts the request, quotes the English back, and erupts with all his hurt. - B27 lines
I will tell you God's truth. God's truth about myself.
Gatsby tells his lifeThe Great Gatsby · 2013He stacks fortune, Oxford, and tradition like a résumé he memorized.