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
Mary was a goddess.
Holloway on MaryThe Uninvited · 1944Worship slides into self-regard as she folds herself into the memory of Mary. - C115 lines
She slept with Leo Brockman, never having been to bed with anyone before but her husband,
the voice-over on her rebirthWhatever Works · 2009A deadpan voice-over walks her fall and rise step by step, and the flatness is the joke. - B14 lines
'Cause Keys and I made something great.
Millie stops playing alongFree Guy · 2021Four beats from the work they made to the people in it, then she takes the board. - B16 lines
I've really been unhappy probably at least for a good week...
writing his depression inAmerican Movie · 1999He turns a private low into raw material for a character, saying it without self-pity. - B29 lines
I don't want you seeing that Lassiter boy again.
The father's hell threatUncle Frank · 2020Ban, slur, then the lake of fire: each step harder than the last. - B212 lines
Right now everything is great. Everyone is happy. Everyone is in love.
Harry's marriage warningWhen Harry Met Sally... · 1989The speech slides from everyone-is-in-love to screaming over furniture, building by exaggeration. - B27 lines
I want to stay married, Dad, but...
A father-and-son talkThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013He wants to stay married yet admits the pull of temptation, and the honesty makes it land. - B27 lines
Pay attention, now.
Harlan uses the family as leverageKnives Out · 2019He names the mother with no papers, then locks Marta into one unarguable drill. - B123 lines
My father was a writer. You would have liked him.
Evey tells her storyV for Vendetta · 2006She builds from a father's creed to her parents' disappearance, landing on one unforgettable image. - B28 lines
Here's my proposition.
Cody's contract termsInterstate 60 · 2002He reads out a job offer like a contract, and every clause quietly marks who holds power. - B13 lines
The good people at Universal Dynamics
Vontra's retrieval confessionThe Wild Robot · 2024She takes the smile apart as code, then lists three specs that make coldness sound like a manual. - B28 lines
Yeah, here's the Xanax he takes for his panic attacks.
June's med listDon't Look Up · 2021The flat, itemized list of pills grows more intimate and cruel with each line. - B28 lines
I have returned.
David's rewrite of the U-turnWe're the Millers · 2013He walks the betrayal from payday to boredom to hero, and almost believes the voiceover. - B113 lines
All my life, I've defined myself through sports.
Kurt's confession speechAmerican Underdog · 2021It walks from a life of scores to a single choice, and lands on her. - B210 lines
Alright. I want you to go over to that girl and I want you to get those digits.
the bad-man pep talkSwingers · 1996Movie ratings become a pep talk, turning warm advice into a playable mission. - B24 lines
Maybe the boy did kill his father, didn't hear the scream...
Juror Eight's chain of maybes12 Angry Men · 1957A chain of maybes builds, then breaks open: maybe it happened, and maybe it did not. - B25 lines
Cora, I owe you an apology.
The apology to CoraDownton Abbey: A New Era · 2022She names the old slight, then jokes that she almost never apologizes. Clean and brief. - B27 lines
Now, listen, Jojo. Can I give you some really good advice?
the Führer's warningJojo Rabbit · 2019He warns against brainwashing with total conviction, which is the film's irony in miniature. - B28 lines
It's difficult to think of under these conditions, but, Well, what happened was, They got me on the old,
Ripper's war storyDr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb · 1964He recounts torture calmly, then ends on the enemy's cameras, which is both absurd and unnerving. - B220 lines
I arrived...
Metal Beard's tale of the towerThe Lego Movie · 2014The casualty list gets dumber as it goes: laser sharks, then just a head. - B24 lines
It's no coincidence.
Why he bought the houseThe Great Gatsby · 2013Four beats drop the mask: coincidence, then the house, the parties, the tea. - C16 lines
Should you try and undermine me,
Mickey's poisoned warningThe Gentlemen · 2020Mickey wraps a death threat in courtly courtesy, making the poison feel like manners. - B25 lines
All right, boy, this is what we gonna do.
Lamont's deadpan riffAmerican History X · 1998He schedules hatred like a chore, and the deadpan absurdity exposes how empty it is. - B24 lines
The creator never wanted the place to change.
the creator's dying wishThe Way Way Back · 2013A deathbed wish explains why the park stays shabby, delivered with mock solemnity.