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
- B210 lines
They'll hire private detectives who'll follow you day and night.
Sean's persecution lectureThe Social Network · 2010Detectives, then invented dirt: he sells getting robbed as the standard script. - B110 lines
I came out of the second lot of chemo.
Andy's treatment planBe Here Now · 2015He walks his family through each medical step without a note of self-pity. - B25 lines
If I throw you off of that balcony,
The balcony testAladdin · 2019Two ifs turn an identity check into a fall, and he never raises his voice. - C14 lines
Myra here has just been rattling on for a moment.
Sidney shuts it downDeathtrap · 1982He excuses his wife first, then closes the whole matter in a single cool sentence. - B26 lines
Not 'er, the chap I was going with. He was a bit younger than me but I loved 'im.
The woman's story of betrayalWitness for the Prosecution · 1957She moves from love to betrayal to revenge in flat sentences, and the motive lands. - B26 lines
Millions of years ago, dinosaurs fed on leaves of those trees.
The dinosaur metaphorSuddenly, Last Summer · 1959It frames extinction as the fate of the gentle, then turns the point quietly on people. - B16 lines
I'll tell you what I'm gonna do.
the revenge vowBuffalo '66 · 1998He folds his own death into the revenge, turning despair into a terrifying plan. - B15 lines
Planes aren't made to just sit on the tarmac.
Planes can't just sitCome from Away · 2021The island trap is said as metal that dies if it stops moving. - B222 lines
You know something.
Ramsey's warningYou Can't Take It with You · 1938It builds from his own ruin to Kirby's fate and breaks off mid-sentence. - B16 lines
Before I caught him with that woman, we made love and...
CC tells the affair storyBeaches · 1988She lays out pregnancy, betrayal and his coming wedding in a flat, stunned voice. - B17 lines
I'm a fucking idiot. I put myself up.
Seth's reconciliation speechThis Is the End · 2013He confesses fault by fault in rising rhythm, until he names the real wound in the friendship. - B211 lines
Hey, Doc Howard. Ben Stone calling.
The voicemail rantknocked-up-2007 · 2007He starts with his name and ends hoping the plane crashes, so the threat collapses into panic. - B212 lines
You've taken a city that's been graft-ridden for 40 years...
Walter's grand pitchHis Girl Friday · 1940A rapid run of promises turns a newspaper scoop into a revolution and a career. - B28 lines
For most of the guys, killings were accepted.
The rules of the lifeGoodFellas · 1990Eight flat lines turn killing into policy, and the calm is what condemns it. - B25 lines
Why do you never wonder if Parris be Is the accuser always holy now?
Proctor's OutburstThe Crucible · 2014He moves from question to charge to verdict in one breath, naming revenge as the real law. - B24 lines
Enough of this madhouse.
Condon quits on the spotOppenheimer · 2023From madhouse to Generalissimo in four lines. The rage becomes a resignation, not a debate. - B19 lines
I can finally see.
Mirabel turns the blame aroundEncanto · 2021She names the grief first, then because of you three times, and the crack becomes something they fix together. - B17 lines
And then when I'm angry, which is a lot these days, I go to the garage.
Danny on music and angerSilver Linings Playbook · 2012He moves from band names to smashed knuckles, making catharsis sound funny and sad. - B24 lines
I wouldn't care if your maternal grandfather turned out to be a Turk.
Charlotte's warningLolita · 1962She shrugs off ancestry, then makes belief a matter of life and death in four quick lines. - B17 lines
Come on, song, come on.
A princess who cannot wantRalph Breaks the Internet · 2018Disney I-want talk, then no song of her own. - B16 lines
She didn't like it, boss. She didn't get it.
Eric's confessionBreach · 2007The run of short lines turns a clumsy excuse into something close to an apology. - B248 lines
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Let me introduce myself.
Rupert's debut monologueThe King of Comedy · 1982He turns a bleak childhood into laughter, tightening the joke with every beat. - B212 lines
As the new coordinator...
Mouch announces his directivesAtlas Shrugged: Part I · 2011A calm list of controls delivered like paperwork, which makes the power grab land harder. - B24 lines
To all patients of Dr. Howard Mierzwiak.
Mary's apology tapeEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind · 2004A quiet confession that turns the clinic's memory work into a betrayal.