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
- B213 lines
You play the horses?
Fergie's horse storyThe Town · 2010The gelding metaphor lets him confess a family's ruin in a calm, almost friendly voice. - B210 lines
What's the most common double consonant in the English language?
From double L to killZodiac · 2007He turns a scout table into a working crime method, one guess at a time. - C116 lines
Now, get this, you double-crossing chimpanzee.
Hildy's phone tiradeHis Girl Friday · 1940From insult to vow, the tirade covers quitting, cutting off Walter, and starting over. - B220 lines
Look at me, Mr. Neff.
Lola's storyDouble Indemnity · 1944She builds from a look to a death without raising her voice, which makes it worse. - B25 lines
This guy who lives across the street from me that I've known all my life.
Karen recounts the assaultGoodFellas · 1990Short parallel sentences, one beat each, carry her shock and rising panic. - B24 lines
This guy's been married 12 years. What do you think will happen?
Isaac's prediction speechManhattan · 1979He dismantles the affair in four flat sentences, each one more certain than the last. - B25 lines
Does someone afflict you, child?
Hale Questions the ChildThe Crucible · 2014He lowers his voice and names birds and beasts, drawing the child toward confession. - C16 lines
Of course you have.
Sproule's dismissalThe Ghost and Mrs. Muir · 1947Six lines move from mock sympathy to open contempt and a firm dismissal. - C16 lines
Hitler called quantum physics "Jewish science.
Hate as the only head startOppenheimer · 2023He turns a physics race into a political bet: Hitler’s antisemitism may starve the German lab of the people who could win it. - B17 lines
We say nothing.
Dad's gag orderEncanto · 2021He starts at we say nothing, then edits the break-in out of the night like copy for guests. - B24 lines
But then people were getting in fights in the parking lot at work and in the bathroom.
Tiffany's job storySilver Linings Playbook · 2012Four calm sentences carry a whole collapse, and the flat tone makes it land harder. - C112 lines
Uh, w-w-we both couldn't sleep one night, remember?
Gabe brings back the snow nightHusbands and Wives · 1992He stacks tender details until the romance sounds like a last plea. - B17 lines
Mona Farlow is leaving for summer camp tomorrow.
The summer camp verdictLolita · 1962She moves from the bare fact to a full justification, making separation sound like care. - B25 lines
Ballet shoes? Ballet classes? Ballet folklorico?
Autofill guessing balletRalph Breaks the Internet · 2018Shoes, classes, folklorico, then a kid's soccer phase: the engine is sure it knows the house. - C110 lines
He started spying for the Russians, we think, in 1985.
The traitor's billBreach · 2007It stacks secrets, sums and dead sources into a calm indictment, letting the facts do the shouting. - C15 lines
Say all we done is show the world that democracy isn't chaos.
A defense of messy democracySpielberg · 2017Three rising claims turn a noisy people into a union still worth aspiring toward. - B29 lines
At the end of the day, I think it boils down to integrity.
year-end tribute speechBad Education · 2019Bob builds a case for integrity through plain sayings, then turns the applause on Frank. - C112 lines
I'm sure you can understand, doing the kind of show I'm doing, it's mind-boggling.
A long apology at gunpointThe King of Comedy · 1982He slides from complaint to apology, turning dignity into a performance. - B210 lines
I'm gonna take a leave from Taggart Transcontinental.
Dagny lays out her takeoverAtlas Shrugged: Part I · 2011She lists her terms in order, never letting her brother's interruptions break the rhythm. - B27 lines
Clem, there's nothing wrong with you.
Joel lists what he lovesEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind · 2004Each plain word builds a farewell he cannot stop saying. - B24 lines
It’s actually a sports car to a speedboat,
The fake portal, listed like toysBarbie · 2023Car, boat, rocket, bike: the more she names, the dumber the magic gets, then don’t think. - B18 lines
I never had no trouble with these people.
Sal defends his shopDo the Right Thing · 1989He counts small neighborhood memories until pride and hurt land on one quiet boast. - C122 lines
My wife used to fart when she was nervous.
Sean on his wife's quirksGood Will Hunting · 1997It slides from a crude joke into real grief and makes intimacy feel concrete. - C17 lines
And yet, this is what we've been turning this dizzying diversity into.
Green strip, then palmsDavid Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet · 2020It offers the comfort of a green view, then lifts the shot until that green is only an edge.