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
My boys, they're naive,
the coach's apologyThe Gentlemen · 2020The Coach owns the fault, lists what cannot be repaid, then trades loyalty for his lads' safety. - B25 lines
We'll let the niggers, kikes, and spics grab for the pie.
counting on violenceAmerican History X · 1998A calm speech about profit and killing that chills precisely because it stays level. - B15 lines
When I was younger, my dad used to bring me down here to do this all the time.
Susanna on her fatherThe Way Way Back · 2013She slides from crab trivia to her mother's joke, carrying warmth and hurt in one breath. - B17 lines
Oh, I've been called all kinds of things.
The nickname menu nobody wantedPuss in Boots: The Last Wish · 2022He lists the insults like groceries. Only the last line admits he never got a real name. - B13 lines
Jennifer had this warmth and sincerity
Jennifer saves RachelFriends: The Reunion · 2021Warmth turns spoiled into someone you can like. - B27 lines
My Lord Bishop, I want to make a confession.
The general's confessionThe Life and Death of Colonel Blimp · 1943He turns a love story into a military search, letting the bishop fill in the punchline. - B27 lines
Now, Bob and I may not be innocent...
Suspicious is not a crimeSLC Punk · 1998The narrator admits they look bad, then uses mock legalese to say that is not a crime. - B111 lines
He was one of these kind that didn't like getting involved.
the look that matteredThe Thin Blue Line · 1988She moves from her husband's fear to her own stubborn look, ending on the glance that decides everything. - C111 lines
Stand outside it, don't take sides.
Due process, stated plainNational Theatre Live: Prima Facie · 2022She lines up who the law protects, then calls due process the whole job. - B27 lines
I've been thinking, Helen.
Phil's retirement dreamNight and the City · 1950Short sentences stack into a dream of escape that keeps drifting further from the room. - B24 lines
If I don't kill those guys, I'm going to be accused of murder.
The governor's logicBeavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe · 2022He builds a calm case for killing, and the deadpan makes it darker. - B25 lines
Oh, that I were a man!
Beatrice's outburstMuch Ado About Nothing · 1993She climbs from self-pity to raw revenge, and the sudden stop makes it land. - B27 lines
This city, these people,
Takes a village to abuse oneSpotlight · 2015From not belonging to the proverb flip that indicts the whole city. - B221 lines
Thank you all so much for coming out
Margaret's wedding confessionThe Proposal · 2009She starts with the visa panic, then owns the harm, and lets each pause drop another fact on the lawn. - B25 lines
We will continue to work together because I have no other option.
Lee cuts Jack offCan You Ever Forgive Me? · 2018Four flat sentences build from terms to orders, leaving Jack no room to reply. - B26 lines
I feel like a big dandelion cock...
the dandelion speech24 Hour Party People · 2002It grows from a slip of the tongue into a filthy, soaring image of spreading seeds. - C25 lines
Present mirth hath present laughter.
The carpe diem tuneTwelfth Night · 2012It moves from laughter to loss in a few lines, giving the revel a chill. - B15 lines
I tell you what. I think that having an audience...
On having an audienceThe End of the Tour · 2015He strips the thrill of an audience down to a plain mammal level and dares to say it. - C123 lines
Everybody's running around here wondering when the bombs are gonna fall, and the fact of the matter is that the bombs have already fallen.
The sidewalk sermonSlacker · 1990It builds from diagnosis to threat, mixing big abstractions with raw street anger. - B212 lines
And I was mad about her. But I knew it was hopeless and I decided to end it all.
Baxter's story of the kneeThe Apartment · 1960He turns a suicide attempt into comedy, and the deadpan delivery is what finally comforts her. - B25 lines
I'll tell you a secret.
The killing mythTraining Day · 2001He invents a myth about killing to make murder sound like a perk. - B14 lines
Do you have pupils?
Mozart's defenceAmadeus · 1984Four lines go from denial to conviction, showing an artist's stubborn pride. - B28 lines
You see, I thought of giving it, uh to my wife's uncle for Christmas.
Pirovitch's mean little ledgerThe Shop Around the Corner · 1940He stacks thrift, dislike, and revenge until the gift sounds like a just war. - B29 lines
My dear madam, I'm at a loss...
Willoughby's cold letterSense and Sensibility · 1995Its flawless courtesy is the cruelest part, and the reader hears every refusal.