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
- B24 lines
gentlemen, gentlemen!
Turgidson calls for a prayerDr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb · 1964After the panic he smoothly turns to prayer, and the contrast is the joke. - B28 lines
Guys, you're all so talented and imaginative.
A worksite talk for geniusesThe Lego Movie · 2014He flatters their talent, names the solo habit, then sells the manual as universe-saving. - B27 lines
Possibly...
The green light goes ordinaryThe Great Gatsby · 2013Nick writes the lamp back into a dock fixture and the dream loses a piece. - C119 lines
Now it seems, for this brief moment in time...
Mickey's film-business speechThe Gentlemen · 2020He describes a kidnapping as hospitality, and the calm courtesy is the threat. - B29 lines
We're talking about books here. I'm also talking about my job.
The father's rantAmerican History X · 1998He ties the book list to his own job and lets the grievance run. - B15 lines
About that day.
Puss admits he was afraidPuss in Boots: The Last Wish · 2022The legend is not allowed fear, then he ran from the church. Short, blunt, humiliating. - B23 lines
They have no idea
This show saved a lifeFriends: The Reunion · 2021Binge-watching becomes rescue: they have no idea, then I was one of them. - B24 lines
Do you remember, Clive, we used to say, "Our armies are fighting for our women, our children and our homes"?
Theo on warThe Life and Death of Colonel Blimp · 1943He dismantles the old slogan step by step, then closes with a question that has no answer. - B24 lines
Wouldn't it be more of an act of rebellion...
Clothes versus rebellionSLC Punk · 1998Hair dye and punky clothes get stacked, then the whole effort is called petty. - B212 lines
Dennis filed the motion for a new trial...
The lawyer on the failed motionThe Thin Blue Line · 1988Legal procedure becomes a list of dead ends, and the jargon cannot hide the defeat. - C15 lines
Because, you know, I mean, we all think we know the absolute truth of our lives,
Memory as a defenseNational Theatre Live: Prima Facie · 2022Mismatched dresses and misplaced keys are walked forward until testing a woman's word sounds like the price of freedom. - B16 lines
Here's the plan.
Hartson's escape planBeavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe · 2022Short steps lay out the route and quietly send the pair away. - C15 lines
Signior Leonato, truth it is, good signior, your niece regards me with an eye of favour.
Benedick's proposalMuch Ado About Nothing · 1993He circles the request in courtly turns, and the formality betrays how serious he is. - C18 lines
Rogers opposes my motion,
Exhibits go publicSpotlight · 2015He turns an opposing motion into the loophole that attaches sealed files. - C16 lines
There is no woman's sides can bide the beating of so strong a passion as love doth give my heart.
Orsino's passion speechTwelfth Night · 2012He builds his love into an ocean, and the more he swells it the more naked his vanity looks. - B26 lines
What it was, was a 28-year-old person...
On the pink roomThe End of the Tour · 2015He turns a breakdown into a pink room with a drain, calm and chilling. - B25 lines
Of course, if you like that, you should really read Six Seconds in Dallas...
pitching Six Seconds in DallasSlacker · 1990His stacking sentences speed up until a research book sounds like a thriller trailer. - B218 lines
You know what the money's for?
Alonzo's debt revealedTraining Day · 2001It spills the whole story like gossip, then lands on two words that seal Alonzo's fate. - B14 lines
You don't know what it's like.
The maid's fearAmadeus · 1984She moves from 'you don't understand' to concrete details, making the fear real. - B213 lines
Now the things you gotta remember are the details.
The handler's story lessonReservoir Dogs · 1992Twelve straight lines build a method for lying, from details to relentless repetition. - B19 lines
Although my memory is fading, I remember two things very clearly: I'm a great sinner and Christ is a great saviour.
The blind captain's reckoningAmazing Grace · 2006He moves from faith to the twenty thousand names and ends by putting himself lowest. - B27 lines
I was having dinner in the Kirkland dining hall with Mark,
The dining-hall chicken confessionThe Social Network · 2010Each extra detail makes the rite dumber and the headline heavier. - B29 lines
They rang the next day and said, "They've offered you the lead role in this movie.
The unpaid leadBe Here Now · 2015The reversal lands fast: a great offer, no pay, then a wife's question that decides it. - B14 lines
I, Aladdin, being of sound body and mind...
The backdated second wishAladdin · 2019He recites will language over a kid who cannot speak, and the contract and the friendship pull in opposite directions.