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
Nor, for one, for cigarettes, I don't know where I'd be today.
Cody's confession about advertisingInterstate 60 · 2002He moves from cigarettes to lies to a fatal diagnosis, and the calm carries the whole change. - B28 lines
You tell your parents that President Orlean and Isherwell are sociopaths and fascists!
The demagogue's pitchDon't Look Up · 2021It recruits children as messengers and packages fear, conspiracy and chant into pure imperatives. - B213 lines
It's always difficult to keep personal prejudice out of a thing like this.
Juror Eight on prejudice12 Angry Men · 1957He admits his own bias before naming the standard, which makes the speech hard to dismiss. - C113 lines
I am beginning to question your loyalty to myself and the party.
The leader's ultimatumJojo Rabbit · 2019It builds from polite doubt through swelling rhetoric to a crude order, and the mask slips at the end. - B15 lines
That night in the city, when you thought I was The Special...
The first time anyone believed himThe Lego Movie · 2014He turns one compliment into fuel and keeps the voice small. - B14 lines
Gatsby disappeared...
Gatsby is pulled awayThe Great Gatsby · 2013Four lines of voiceover cut the confession window shut. - B24 lines
Well, that's rich coming from you, Baby,
Goldi's stacked roastPuss in Boots: The Last Wish · 2022She tees it up with wait for it, then pins Baby with a whole adjective pile. - B26 lines
And one day we came to work and they said,
They raised the sixFriends: The Reunion · 2021Mom and Dad walk on set, and a guest spot turns into parenting six adults. - B216 lines
I got a call one morning, a lady here in Vidor...
The rolling-pin caseThe Thin Blue Line · 1988From phone call to confession to silence, it traces a loop that keeps repeating. - C110 lines
I see me, I see my life, the one I have built, my career.
Witness in her own courtNational Theatre Live: Prima Facie · 2022The witness list turns private dread into the shape of a case she refuses. - B25 lines
Beavis and Butt-Head, hear us.
The portal summonsBeavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe · 2022Mock-scriptural commands make two dummies sound like cosmic heralds. - B212 lines
You know, it's because you care about this place.
Conley’s friendly squeezeSpotlight · 2015Love of Boston, bad apples, outsider editor—the whole silence in one pour. - C218 lines
If this fall into thy hand, revolve.
The forged letterTwelfth Night · 2012The letter escalates from flattery to costume instructions, and each line tightens the trap. - B27 lines
I've always dreamed of pulling a Guy Fawkes on the Texas Legislature.
the Guy Fawkes dreamSlacker · 1990A fantasy of blowing up the legislature slides into contempt for fake libertarians. - B27 lines
(Barks) - Every nerve ending, all my senses, blood in my veins, everything I have is screaming, "Take off,
The panic sequenceReservoir Dogs · 1992It builds from nerves and blood to the dog and the officers, driving the inner panic to a peak. - B29 lines
I don't mind that we lost to the Dutch today by less than a second.
Cameron decides to sueThe Social Network · 2010He can live with losing by a second. He cannot live with Facebook beating the race to England. Then he spends the family money. - B16 lines
I don't know what effect it's having on the children.
Talking to his kidsBe Here Now · 2015He turns the hardest subject into plain talk, protecting his children with calm words. - B210 lines
(SINGING) Riffraff
He cannot play a princeAladdin · 2019He sings every insult they used, then chooses the truth even if the dream ends. - B25 lines
If they do come, I'll simply say that he did write to me...
Sidney's cover storyDeathtrap · 1982He rehearses a lie like a schedule, and the precise details make it chilling. - B219 lines
At the ball...
The night of the ballSuddenly, Last Summer · 1959From a lost coat check to a cry in the dark, short lines make the memory replay live. - B27 lines
I was born in Poland, I think.
A lifetime of not saying itCome from Away · 2021Poland, parents, wife: he unwraps the secret one layer at a time. - B16 lines
I mean, I don't know what kind of a mother I'd make.
CC's confessionBeaches · 1988She admits her doubts first, then names the one thing she truly wants. - B213 lines
I pulled his hair out of his fucking head. I bit him. He's out cold.
Henry recounts the beatingGoodFellas · 1990Short stacked sentences make the violence sound breathless and almost routine. - B25 lines
I tell you straight, Mister - I have seen marvels in this court.
Proctor on What He Has SeenThe Crucible · 2014He moves from plain speech to what he has witnessed, slowly exposing the whole trial.