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
- B17 lines
I must apologize for Myra's suspicions, Clifford.
Sidney calms the roomDeathtrap · 1982He soothes the visitor with an apology, then slides the attention back onto the cuffs. - C129 lines
My beloved Max, an extraordinary thing has happened.
Reading Christine's letter to MaxWitness for the Prosecution · 1957The letter unfolds motive, scheme and desire in one long breath, read aloud to the jury. - B28 lines
I molested an elderly gardener of great virtue.
A madwoman's confessionSuddenly, Last Summer · 1959She confesses to the worst so neatly that the confession itself sounds sane. - A29 lines
Now listen to me.
Billy's photo rulesBuffalo '66 · 1998The absurd demand is delivered like a ritual, which makes it both funny and sad. - B114 lines
Hello? Hello. It's me again.
Hannah on holdCome from Away · 2021Messages, busy signals, I should be there: she nails herself to the phone. - B17 lines
I don't want any part of this, Dad.
Tony's farewell speechYou Can't Take It with You · 1938It falls from refusal to confession and finally says what years of silence held. - B14 lines
And she goes to rescue the princess.
the bedtime story turnBeaches · 1988The fairy tale grows darker until the mother slips in her own wish for sleep. - B24 lines
Listen, that fellow Bensinger is on his way right now.
Walter's schemeHis Girl Friday · 1940He flatters and then discards a rival in a few brisk orders, and the coldness is funny. - B24 lines
Next thing you know, he's gonna be coming in one of these fucking walkers.
Tommy mocks SpiderGoodFellas · 1990Four lines move from prophecy to dare, turning a joke into public humiliation. - B29 lines
It is a providence,
Proctor's SpeechThe Crucible · 2014He turns ruin into providence and cold wind, building pressure through short, breaking lines. - B25 lines
Because she had indicated a great desire
He builds a reason to goOppenheimer · 2023Desire, treatment, extreme distress: he stacks private need until the visit sounds unavoidable. - B18 lines
She didn't do this! Whoa!
Bruno takes the blame in publicEncanto · 2021He clears her, claims it, then names her motive. Ten years of hiding in one burst. - B25 lines
So, listen, I'm sorry that I didn't come see you down at the hospital.
Jake's apology and good newsSilver Linings Playbook · 2012A string of apologies that keeps curving into bragging, showing how blind he is. - B210 lines
Even in the most harmonious households, such as ours...
Humbert's rules speechLolita · 1962It builds from a happy household to duty and rules, dressing a private grudge as common sense. - B111 lines
I know it sounds crazy...
Vanellope admits the track feels like homeRalph Breaks the Internet · 2018She climbs from it felt like home to Ralph wanting the same day forever, and unhooks the shared dream. - B27 lines
That was a colossally stupid thing to do!
A handler's dressing-downBreach · 2007The handler piles blame on blame, turning one mistake into shared guilt. - B211 lines
My name is Clementine Kruczynski.
Clementine's erasure tapeEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind · 2004Her own recorded cruelty makes the romance sound like a wound she chose. - B24 lines
If this got out
Barbie in Los Angeles, if this got outBarbie · 2023Leak, life-size, walking the streets: each clause makes the disaster bigger. - B17 lines
You know something, Pino?
Vito's pushbackDo the Right Thing · 1989It moves from a question to an accusation to a wound, tearing the brotherhood open. - B28 lines
I mean, I look at a piano, I see a bunch of keys, three pedals and a box of wood.
The piano explanationGood Will Hunting · 1997He uses an ordinary piano to show a gift that he himself cannot put into words. - B14 lines
Kate, I want you to know I really care for your mother.
A stepfather, one day at a timeThe Christmas Chronicles: Part Two · 2020He will not claim the house tonight. He makes closeness a daily size she can actually hold. - C19 lines
Began as a schoolhouse and ended as a temple.
From schoolhouse to medicinethe-man-from-earth-2007 · 2007A schoolhouse becomes a temple, the miracles are crossed off, and only a little medicine is left. - A210 lines
Come here, buddy.
Michael's goodbye to ArthurArthur the King · 2024He promises and coaxes without a single grand word, which is what breaks you. - B118 lines
As you know, my mother left my dad and me.
The bear and two leavingsSigned, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Have Made · 2021He starts at a museum and walks the story down to a stuffed animal and a mother he could not keep.