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
- B23 lines
I'm not really stressing about the manpower.
Jack does not miss the menPuss in Boots: The Last Wish · 2022The dead are inventory. The bag matters more than the bodies. - B15 lines
I was battling depression.
Depression, and food that would not go downFriends: The Reunion · 2021Battle, dark place, not going out, then food stuck in the throat: it keeps dropping. - C19 lines
My wife was English.
The story of his wifeThe Life and Death of Colonel Blimp · 1943Short flat sentences carry the story from loyalty to loss without a single raised voice. - B24 lines
You know, dude, it's no big deal.
From love to rageSLC Punk · 1998Brother and love stack up, then a but dumps both into a filthy threat. - B217 lines
He called me Charlie Manson.
Adams answers the doctorThe Thin Blue Line · 1988He stacks the doctor's claims one by one, then flips them with a single flat line. - C18 lines
I know, I know. Sounds bad, right? But some of them...
Rattling the policeNational Theatre Live: Prima Facie · 2022She admits the pleasure, then stacks irritation, mistakes, and ruined testimony into one method. - B211 lines
You are a wonder.
Phil's verdictNight and the City · 1950It praises Harry, lists every door he has closed, then ends with a flat death sentence. - B14 lines
What happened, Butt-Head?
Beavis misses SerenaBeavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe · 2022Four flat lines slide from confusion to heartbreak over a girl he never had. - B210 lines
I cannot bid you bid my daughter live. That were impossible.
Leonato's termsMuch Ado About Nothing · 1993He removes the impossible demand and then lays out terms that grief can actually accept. - C15 lines
We need to focus on the institution, not the individual priests.
Baron's proof standardSpotlight · 2015Three Show mes turn hunches into a test the institution has to fail. - B24 lines
I've been thinking about writing a new book.
Lee's book requestCan You Ever Forgive Me? · 2018She lays the request out in three hesitant pieces, each one more personal. - C24 lines
If ever thou shalt love, in the sweet pangs of it, remember me.
The duke on true loversTwelfth Night · 2012It sets lovers' fickleness against their one fixed image, a tidy paradox of desire. - C15 lines
If we had done this by the mail, if I had access to my library, if I could look stuff up...
On rewriting his own quotesThe End of the Tour · 2015Three stacked ifs build to a confession: he is smart only when alone. - B26 lines
See, I'm a drifter from Texas.
The drifter's memorySlacker · 1990He narrates decay without a flicker, so the calm is what chills the listener. - B210 lines
Roger sold dope to kids.
Justifying the killingTraining Day · 2001It stacks small facts into a case for murder, and the calm logic is what sells it. - B28 lines
The only thing that worried me was the actual killing.
Salieri imagines the killingAmadeus · 1984From dreaming to doing it yourself, the monologue admits the fear plainly. - B131 lines
Well, when I first came to work here something very strange happened to me.
The late confessionThe Shop Around the Corner · 1940Memory, mockery, and a shop joke walk her all the way to I fell for you. - C18 lines
For weeks, Marianne, I've had this pressing on me...
Elinor's outburstSense and Sensibility · 1995Her voice stays level as she lays out months of silence, which makes the confession cut deeper. - B26 lines
They're not to make a move till Joe Cabot shows up.
Orange's standoff briefingReservoir Dogs · 1992Six clipped lines build from the rule to the task to a threat, laying out an undercover man's trap. - B25 lines
It's now five years since you first brought this bill to the House.
Pitt asks him to stayAmazing Grace · 2006He counts five years of effort, then admits no one can replace him. - B24 lines
That was my baby too.
Jim insistsBlue Jay · 2016The repeated short lines turn a claim into a plea she cannot ignore. - B24 lines
Let me tell you something, Mr. Winklevoss, Mr. Winklevoss,
The president's closing lectureThe Social Network · 2010He says the surname twice, then tells them this complaint is beneath Harvard. - B14 lines
Andy was booked in to go in for chemo and he got there and they decided that what they were going to do is run a scan to make sure there were no surprises.
Good News From the ScanBe Here Now · 2015It moves from a routine appointment to an unexpected scan and ends on real relief. - B14 lines
I made you look like a prince on the outside.
To the door. You open it.Aladdin · 2019The look only walks him to the threshold. The real name still has to speak.