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
- B14 lines
First in 10 for Jim Foster's 0-1 team.
announcer's dry critiqueAmerican Underdog · 2021The booth stacks record, pressure and protection into one wry summary. - B117 lines
My whole life people have told me I have this star quality.
the actress's childhood storySwingers · 1996Praise turns to insult then back to praise, and the swing makes the story land. - C117 lines
I think I know this man better than anyone here.
Juror Nine on the old man12 Angry Men · 1957From a torn jacket to a lifetime of silence, it turns pity into understanding. - B210 lines
Well, why don't you come and see for yourself?
The Hollywood butler offerDownton Abbey: A New Era · 2022From come and see to make us both comfortable, he rewrites master and man without raising his voice. - B28 lines
Dear Elsa, this is hard for me to say, "but I don't want to marry you anymore.
the forged letterJojo Rabbit · 2019The letter escalates from polite to absurd, turning a child's jealousy into dark comedy. - C17 lines
Oh, by the way, sir, have you heard that General Mireau...
Dax reveals the artillery orderPaths of Glory · 1957He lays out the case step by step until the general traps himself. - C17 lines
When you merely wish to bury bombs, There's no limit to the size.
how the machine worksDr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb · 1964Catastrophe is explained like a product manual, which is exactly what makes it frightening. - B27 lines
MasterBuilders spend years...
Empty head as talentThe Lego Movie · 2014He names the emptiness first, then flips it into an edge other builders train years for. - B210 lines
But the city seen from the Queensboro Bridge...
The bridge voice-overThe Great Gatsby · 2013New York looks first-seen, then the line lets even Gatsby happen. - B24 lines
First of all, I'm gonna need to know how your lads got the information. 19945
the terms laid downThe Gentlemen · 2020Instead of accepting the apology, the other side demands the source first, reclaiming control. - B210 lines
Things have changed since you've been gone.
Cameron's pitchAmerican History X · 1998He builds from change to a single missing piece, making the offer sound inevitable. - B16 lines
But it's your first day? Worst-case scenario.
Owen's pep talkThe Way Way Back · 2013He opens with the worst case, then hands over a T-shirt as armor, absurd and effective. - B110 lines
Back when I was a pup,
Always itPuss in Boots: The Last Wish · 2022He wraps abandonment in hide-and-seek until the last beat: he is still looking. - B29 lines
And I just remember sitting with these five other people
Begging the producer to let him goFriends: The Reunion · 2021From sitting with five people to hat in hand, each line drops him lower. - B27 lines
Yes, it's me, Theo.
Theo's phone callThe Life and Death of Colonel Blimp · 1943The clipped answers build the ache of going home to a country that may no longer exist. - C119 lines
Problems and contradictions: I am an anarchist.
The anarchist loopSLC Punk · 1998The listener is led from creed to government and back, and has to sit with the loop. - B213 lines
I always tried very hard, every judge I know of does...
a judge staying neutralThe Thin Blue Line · 1988He lays out the rule of neutrality, then admits the line moved him anyway. - C111 lines
But a lawyer's job is not that grand.
The job is to not knowNational Theatre Live: Prima Facie · 2022She shrinks the lawyer to a voice, then makes judging the moment you lose yourself. - B210 lines
Please, sir, listen.
Harry's pleaNight and the City · 1950He moves from accounting to oath-taking, laying bare a small man's desperation without winning anything. - B16 lines
[echoing] I am Cornholio!
Cornholio's TP rantBeavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe · 2022Six escalating chants turn a demand for toilet paper into a full uprising. - B26 lines
You are a villain. I jest not.
Benedick's challengeMuch Ado About Nothing · 1993Polite thanks, a flat accusation, a formal challenge, then goodbye - all without raising his voice. - C14 lines
I think if you really want to understand the crisis,
Sipe on the culture of secrecySpotlight · 2015He walks from required celibacy to cover for abusers and names the crisis as a system. - B116 lines
Three days ago, I loathed you.
From loathing to the second proposalThe Proposal · 2009He walks the hate forward sentence by sentence until it has nowhere to go but marry me. - B24 lines
I can't specifically say that I regret any of my actions.
Lee's courtroom confessionCan You Ever Forgive Me? · 2018She pulls back from remorse step by step, then calls the crime her happiest years.