Movie monologues, one line at a time
2,002 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
- B25 lines
You think anyone in Hiroshima or Nagasaki
The president throws the blame backOppenheimer · 2023First the swear about who cares, then Hiroshima isn't about you. - B25 lines
I have the best, sir -
Corey on His Own CasesThe Crucible · 2014He turns a lifetime of lawsuits into proof that he knows his rights. - B16 lines
I can tell you about Lord of the Flies.
Pat sums up Lord of the FliesSilver Linings Playbook · 2012He turns a whole novel into a verdict on human nature, and it lands as self-portrait. - B213 lines
I get the impression you want to leave but you don't like to leave...
The normal-guy speechLolita · 1962He piles up the word normal until politeness itself becomes a kind of pressure. - B17 lines
I find two results for your query.
Pied-piper cleanupRalph Breaks the Internet · 2018He bins therapy, then turns a fairy tale into a door they can actually run through. - C137 lines
Why shouldn't I work for the N.S.A.?
The NSA takedownGood Will Hunting · 1997He starts with one code and escalates to war and oil, dismantling the whole machine with ridicule. - B14 lines
Because Barbie Land is now Ken Land.
Ken sells Ken Land as Century CityBarbie · 2023He pitches patriarchy like a travel ad and leaves Gloria one clean cut. - B217 lines
Well, you begin by doing
Joe asks Oliver to choose loveSigned, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Have Made · 2021He starts at the fear, offers to be a mother, and closes on Shakespeare. - B26 lines
Ah, yes, my morning ritual.
Jordan's morning ritualThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013A deadpan checklist makes an outrageous morning sound routine. - B28 lines
Granddad always took care of us.
Meg's soft askKnives Out · 2019She claims family first, then makes giving the money back sound like moral hygiene. - B26 lines
The question I want to ask is about St. Mary's...
A hypothesis about St. Mary'sV for Vendetta · 2006A slow build of hypotheticals reopens a case everyone thought was closed. - B124 lines
Where in the shit do you think you're going, hmm?
The leader's last appealJojo Rabbit · 2019It moves from threat to bribe to begging, showing the whole machinery of control before a single line ends it. - B15 lines
I knew it was a great mistake for a man like me to fall in love.
Life only goes upThe Great Gatsby · 2013He calls love a mistake, then draws a life that is not allowed to fall. - B110 lines
Emmet, you didn't let me finish earlier.
The ghost admits the prophecy was fakeThe Lego Movie · 2014He kills the myth first, then shrinks the whole job to believe. - B214 lines
Sorry to crash the party with your past lives.
Death names himselfPuss in Boots: The Last Wish · 2022He crashes first, then peels off every cover story until only the name is left. - B26 lines
It was a fun night,
They rewrite the joke on tape nightFriends: The Reunion · 2021Fun first, then the method: if the crowd kills it, they put their heads together and beat it live. - B25 lines
They already decided what to do with you in the hall.
The witness on the scalesThe Thin Blue Line · 1988From a decision in the hall to a swinging scale, it ends like a verdict. - C19 lines
I was led into an interview room.
The spectator sits downNational Theatre Live: Prima Facie · 2022She walks from feet-up spectatorship into a room so cold she cannot even ask for a woman officer. - C27 lines
This fellow is wise enough to play the fool.
On playing the foolTwelfth Night · 2012It rises from a compliment to a maxim, so the clown is praised and the wise are warned at once. - B28 lines
The first hurdle for the true warrior.
a Nietzschean creedSlacker · 1990He recites Nietzsche, making suffering the only proof of worth. - B27 lines
So, anyway, one night she plays it real cool.
Elois gets her revengeReservoir Dogs · 1992It tightens from playing cool to calling the medics, turning revenge into grotesque comedy. - C111 lines
Can I say something here?
Baron closes the nightSpotlight · 2015He calls the dark normal, splits the blame, then names the work and Monday. - B29 lines
Long is our city limits sign.
Valerie's saga of the city limits signInterstate 60 · 2002One road sign spawns lawsuit after lawsuit, and the plain delivery makes it believable. - B25 lines
Four documents.
The lawyer reads the four documentsThe Social Network · 2010He recites the paperwork in clerk voice, and the old shares die inside the procedure.