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
- C17 lines
But you see, the thing is ....
Clifford's polite refusalDeathtrap · 1982He wraps a firm refusal inside a doctor's metaphor so it never sounds like a no. - B24 lines
My client's life is at stake. That's all that matters... his life.
Sir Wilfrid's vow to his clientWitness for the Prosecution · 1957He piles up plain declarations until his duty to the client feels unbreakable. - B27 lines
It's impossible that Sebastian won't walk through that door again...
A mother remembering her sonSuddenly, Last Summer · 1959It slides from disbelief into a small domestic memory, which makes the grief land harder. - B19 lines
Listen to me. Wanna know what I heard in here?
the story of the paid missBuffalo '66 · 1998He moves from hearsay to certainty to curses, building the justification for his rage. - B13 lines
Me. I'm thinking more along the lines of
From princess to presidentWreck-It Ralph · 2012They hand her a throne; she turns the vacancy into a democracy gag that still lands. - B111 lines
Well… you take a taxi to the Goose.
The three-day ferry mapCome from Away · 2021Each transfer stretches the way home until the view is the only consolation. - B117 lines
And I was so miserable and confused I had to do something.
Alice's letter homeYou Can't Take It with You · 1938Read aloud to the family, it moves from surrender to longing without raising its voice. - B25 lines
I was jealous.
Hillary's confessionBeaches · 1988The confession is painfully honest, and the yodel line breaks the tension. - B16 lines
I'm a cannibal, hombre. We're gonna fucking eat your ass.
Danny's cannibal speechThis Is the End · 2013He announces himself, brags about his catch and crowns himself, all in one crude rush. - B26 lines
Shh.
Calm-down in the tubknocked-up-2007 · 2007The if-then chain makes relaxation sound medical, which is how the panic dresses up as expertise. - B250 lines
Ah, I didn't, ahem, get much sleep last night...
the father's toastAbout Schmidt · 2002He moves from a crossroads to his late wife, then thanks each relative by name before one quiet close. - B25 lines
She don't know where he is. I'm the only one that knows.
Mollie's outburstHis Girl Friday · 1940Cornered by reporters, Mollie turns the pressure back on them in a few wounded, defiant lines. - B25 lines
That's cute. Say it again. He came here first to ask where Lola was.
Phyllis explains her schemeDouble Indemnity · 1944She narrates manipulation as a tidy procedure, and the calm is what chills. - B26 lines
Don't get too big on me. Just don't bust my balls.
Billy brings up the old daysGoodFellas · 1990He moves from don't tease me to the shine box, smiling while naming Tommy's deepest wound. - B211 lines
OK... for me...
the list that makes life worth livingManhattan · 1979The list moves from comedy to art to a girl's face, and the smallest item hits hardest. - B211 lines
Thou shalt not kill.
Reciting the CommandmentsThe Crucible · 2014He recites the laws one by one, and the very one he broke is the one he misses. - C16 lines
Instead of uranium or plutonium,
Teller’s Super pitchOppenheimer · 2023He swaps the fuel, then the yield, and the lecture leaves the room with him. - B18 lines
I was given a miracle.
Abuela's apology at the riverEncanto · 2021Miracle, fear, lost sight, because of me: she unpicks the rules until a person is left. - B28 lines
How are you in love? Tell me about that.
Pat on his love for NikkiSilver Linings Playbook · 2012The more sincerely he describes the marriage, the more controlling it sounds. - C16 lines
The wedding was a quiet affair...
Humbert's asideLolita · 1962It fuses a quiet wedding and a dagger into one wry confession of vanity and guilt. - B17 lines
I don't care. It's fine.
If she likes me, that is enoughRalph Breaks the Internet · 2018He shrugs it off, then makes her one heart the whole internet. - B14 lines
Well, that's a lot to put on yourself, son.
The father's adviceBreach · 2007It moves from comfort to a family code without ever raising its voice. - B215 lines
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you. I have some sad news for you.
Tony's opening monologueThe King of Comedy · 1982The deadpan delivery of an absurd black joke turns a routine opening into a controlled tease. - B25 lines
So after a short while, no surprise...
The anatomy of a collapseAtlas Shrugged: Part I · 2011Five short steps lay out cause and effect until the collapse seems inevitable.