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
- B29 lines
Mr. Sheldrake, I've got good news for you.
Baxter's declarationThe Apartment · 1960He closes every escape route for himself, then ends on a coined word that undercuts the grandeur. - B29 lines
Says that you're the shooter, OK?
The frame-up threatTraining Day · 2001It moves from a blood test to a death threat without raising its voice, which makes it colder. - B26 lines
Mozart was lucky the emperor yawned only once.
Salieri counts the yawnsAmadeus · 1984He computes success from yawns, cold as a betting table and horribly funny. - B212 lines
And I, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart.
The Christmas thanksThe Shop Around the Corner · 1940Doctors, nurses, home: he promotes the staff before he pays them, and the stammer makes it land. - B212 lines
I would not have burdened you, Miss Dashwood...
Brandon's confessionSense and Sensibility · 1995The broken, halting sentences let the listener feel anger held under a calm voice. - B25 lines
I fuckin' walked in here, I told these guys about staying put.
Eddie accuses Mr WhiteReservoir Dogs · 1992He stacks each grievance in order until the whole disaster lands on one man. - B26 lines
Africa, your sufferings have been a theme that has engaged and arrested my heart.
A vow spoken in painAmazing Grace · 2006He turns suffering into a divine commission, and the parallel lines carry pure will. - B14 lines
In the back of this truck. At the lake.
Amanda's confessionBlue Jay · 2016From the lake to the plumber joke, she turns one memory into a whole youth. - B27 lines
It didn't stop you from writing it.
Erica's ink speechThe Social Network · 2010She walks from you wrote it to ink, and pins the post as a wound that stays. - B17 lines
I feel so torn in so many different ways
Torn Between EveryoneBe Here Now · 2015One breath names her split duties, then lands on a simple hope that help is coming. - B26 lines
Make way for Prince Ali
Prince Ali's entrance numberAladdin · 2019Make way, drums, and a hard sell stacked until a fake prince owns the street. - B27 lines
Mr. Anderson, Sidney is simply bursting with creative ideas about your play.
Myra's push for a dealDeathtrap · 1982She piles promise on promise, leaving the young writer no graceful way to refuse. - B29 lines
I was in a pub and I met a girl. I don't even remember her name.
Vole explains the travel agencyWitness for the Prosecution · 1957He turns a shabby impulse into a vivid story, sounding foolish rather than guilty. - B218 lines
Nature isn't created in the image of man's compassion.
A mother's late admissionSuddenly, Last Summer · 1959It moves from cold thesis to private regret, landing the whole speech on her son. - B211 lines
...what happened was this bookie got so sick...
the bookie's veiled threatBuffalo '66 · 1998Revenge is told as a chain of causes, and the slower it goes, the closer the threat lands. - B17 lines
Aw, Ralph, what are you, nuts? Come on. This isn't me.
Vanellope’s identity speechWreck-It Ralph · 2012She refuses the princess label, then claims racer and glitch as the real résumé. - B14 lines
Good morning. I'm Captain Beverley Bass.
Airspace still closedCome from Away · 2021Name, then the warning, then a stay with no clock on it. - B24 lines
Grandpa, I won't stand for it.
Alice's courtroom outburstYou Can't Take It with You · 1938Four rising lines turn her patience into a quiet, devastating counterattack. - B27 lines
I don't know how to fight back. I'm not strong like you.
CC's list of grievancesBeaches · 1988It climbs from weakness to accusation and ends by handing the forgiveness back. - B15 lines
Maybe I deserve it. I've been shitty my whole life.
Craig's farewell speechThis Is the End · 2013He confesses, then hands his death over as a gift, in plain short lines that hit hard. - B27 lines
Yeah, she's happy today.
Happy only for todayknocked-up-2007 · 2007She grants one good day, then spends the next lines taking it back as proof they are wrong for each other. - B219 lines
I could tell there was something different in his voice and...
the best man's toastAbout Schmidt · 2002He traces the marriage back to one phone call and lets a changed voice carry the whole toast. - B29 lines
There was this guy there going around to all the ladies...
The agent's bar storyThe Town · 2010She turns a bar creep into a joke and then slips herself into the story, which is the interrogation. - C18 lines
All right, here's your story. The jailbreak of your dreams.
Hildy dictates the jailbreakHis Girl Friday · 1940She stacks short clauses until the absurd escape becomes a joke told deadpan.