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
- B26 lines
It could mean he didn't want the case, or he resented being appointed.
Juror Eleven on the defence lawyer12 Angry Men · 1957He lays out assignment, pay and odds, making a weak defence feel inevitable. - C14 lines
I didn't want you to think my life had been a fraud, when it hasn't.
Violet on a marriage that was no fraudDownton Abbey: A New Era · 2022She refuses the word fraud, names English enough-happiness, then hands Isobel the scarlet-woman fear. - B18 lines
I just wanted to let you know that I don't want to break up with you now.
the second forged letterJojo Rabbit · 2019The second letter swings from cruel to tender, exposing the boy behind the joke. - C15 lines
Colonel Dax, you're a disappointment to me.
the idealist speechPaths of Glory · 1957It dismantles Dax's decency piece by piece, ending in pity that is really contempt. - B28 lines
Well, I, uh-- I-I first became aware of it, Mandrake, During the physical act of love. Huh.
Ripper explains his theoryDr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb · 1964He lays out a mad theory in calm, measured lines, and the calmness is what unsettles. - B215 lines
Yes, it's true.
The Special talks himself downThe Lego Movie · 2014He strikes his own qualifications one by one until the pep talk is a performance review. - B218 lines
What a gentleman.
The fixer writes a character letterThe Great Gatsby · 2013Oxford, medals, breeding: a résumé that ends on never looking at a wife. - C110 lines
Sweet Mary Jane is my vice of choice, as you well know.
Mickey's sermon on viceThe Gentlemen · 2020Mickey turns his own trade into a moral ladder, climbing to the claim that facilitation is participation. - B17 lines
Move! Let's go! Open the fucking gates!
The guard's barrageAmerican History X · 1998Command piles on command with no breath, turning the cell block into pure pressure. - B15 lines
I need a hero.
The hero broadcastThe Way Way Back · 2013He turns a movie lyric into a rescue plea, grand and ridiculous at once. - B27 lines
Whenever I've let my guard down,
Kitty's no-trust speechPuss in Boots: The Last Wish · 2022She walks from dropped guards to a poker table and nails trust shut, line by line. - B213 lines
I remember one time I was -- It was middle of the week,
A news chopper finds the leakFriends: The Reunion · 2021He can't name the weekday, but he can still see the exact wet patch on his own roof. - C17 lines
In earlier years,
The refugee's closing wordsThe Life and Death of Colonel Blimp · 1943He revises his own honesty step by step and lands on plain homesickness as the real reason. - B28 lines
So we started our debate. This was our custom.
A tired party cycleSLC Punk · 1998It turns a belief clash into a party-and-fight rhythm, then admits the rhythm is already tired. - B213 lines
So on the bottom half of this piece of paper...
explaining the proverbThe Thin Blue Line · 1988He unpacks a proverb into his own life, and the calm delivery is what stings. - C133 lines
Julian and I, we burn the midnight oil night after night.
An after-hours confessionNational Theatre Live: Prima Facie · 2022The same voice prices a guilty plea, then prices her desire, and ends by refusing the sweetness. - B24 lines
As I see it, Harry, your only course is to keep moving right ahead.
Phil's ultimatumNight and the City · 1950Four calm lines close every exit while sounding like friendly advice, which is what makes them work. - B26 lines
The only thing we can do.
The warden's speechBeavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe · 2022A weary warden turns a prison mess into a lesson and lets the boys go. - B27 lines
I have deceived even your very eyes.
Borachio's confessionMuch Ado About Nothing · 1993He confesses in plain order, and the calm inventory is what makes it chilling. - C15 lines
We've got two stories here.
Robby's two-story ultimatumSpotlight · 2015He lays both pieces on the table, then forces a pick so there is no third door. - B220 lines
I mean, it's the only time...
Lee's statement before sentencingCan You Ever Forgive Me? · 2018Her sentences break into fragments as she confesses, the rhythm slowly deflating. - C25 lines
Sweet, Sir Toby, be patient for tonight.
Maria plots her revengeTwelfth Night · 2012She calms the knight, then swears the scheme will work or she has no wit at all. - C18 lines
When you're used to doing heavy-duty literary stuff that doesn't sell well, being human animals with egos,
The paradox of selling wellThe End of the Tour · 2015He builds a tight no-win argument about success, and the logic itself is the punchline. - B227 lines
You should quit. Quit.
The looping rantSlacker · 1990One order is repeated and twisted until the repetition itself becomes the scene's menace.