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
- B13 lines
For me when I watch it, it's -- I'm --
She cannot watch herself actFriends: The Reunion · 2021She names the job, then admits the tape looks like a lie she would never buy. - B247 lines
I got a call at my house about 3:30 one morning.
The detective on the confessionThe Thin Blue Line · 1988It moves from building evidence to a flat confession to an almost comic search for the gun. - C19 lines
'You fucked a guy on a sofa in work.'
The self-blame stackNational Theatre Live: Prima Facie · 2022The charges tighten from the sofa to pity, the lawyer and consent, all aimed at herself. - C26 lines
I could not stay behind you.
Antonio's vow to followTwelfth Night · 2012He calls his worry sharper than steel, making care sound like a weapon that drives him on. - B216 lines
it's like I've had a total recalibration of my mind, you know.
the mind recalibratedSlacker · 1990He moves from an old mental wall to quantum physics and ends with a butterfly causing rain. - C15 lines
The man you just killed just got released from prison.
Eddie defends the dead manReservoir Dogs · 1992He stacks four years, a sealed mouth and manhood until loyalty sounds unarguable. - B18 lines
Yes or No questions.
Neal's roadside reasoningInterstate 60 · 2002He reasons his way through fear like a nervous student, tense and absurd at once. - B29 lines
Yeah. I guess for the last few days, I've been facing my own mortality.
Andy on facing deathBe Here Now · 2015He turns fear into relief, working it out aloud in short, halting lines. - B24 lines
If only that goddamned lousy production had worked...
Sidney's regretDeathtrap · 1982He traces the killing back to a failed play, and the excuse gets colder with every line. - B114 lines
I could simply kill you all.
Jafar's revenge listAladdin · 2019He refuses a quick kill, then raises the punishment to taking the daughter. - B27 lines
Mr. Brossard, the new lawyer we got...
the mother's praiseSuddenly, Last Summer · 1959She praises the lawyer, mourns the widow, and arrives at the will, all in a tone of sympathy. - B25 lines
In my culture, there is a word, awrah.
Ali names awrahCome from Away · 2021He stacks the religious word, the women in the room, and the part of his body that should have stayed unseen. - C18 lines
A shabby little room, far from the limelight.
Strauss writes the procedureOppenheimer · 2023From the shabby room to the appeal, he scripts a killing as a renewal. - B26 lines
I have seen my blood running out!
Abigail's OutburstThe Crucible · 2014She casts herself as the wounded one, and the short lines keep tightening the pressure. - B26 lines
She said to show her something, Pat. This dance can be that something.
The dance as proofSilver Linings Playbook · 2012It folds skill, discipline and romance into the simple claim that the dance is for her. - B15 lines
All right, I believe you.
Humbert's apology and excuseLolita · 1962He claims to believe her and admits fault, then blames the place and everyone else in one breath. - B24 lines
I can’t do brain surgery, I’ve never flown a plane. - [Sasha’s mom scoffs]
Barbie’s not-good-enough listBarbie · 2023She demotes herself from brain surgery and flying a plane all the way to the Supreme Court, and the list gets emptier as it grows. - B26 lines
Let me tell you something.
The rich-or-poor openingThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013Personal history becomes the argument, and the choice sounds obvious. - B23 lines
You knew because there is the slightest,
A good nurseKnives Out · 2019He explains the save as repetition, then lets the compliment sit. - B25 lines
I know you may never forgive me...
V's confessionV for Vendetta · 2006He binds his own suffering to her resistance, making the excuse feel honest. - B25 lines
She only married you because I was poor...
She only married youThe Great Gatsby · 2013Poverty, waiting, and the wrong husband stacked into one grab for Daisy. - B14 lines
No.
Puss picks his nerve back upPuss in Boots: The Last Wish · 2022Four lines: one life, no more running, fear me, then he will never stop for this one. - B24 lines
You know, I got the audition sides across my fax machine,
Janice came in on a faxFriends: The Reunion · 2021From faxed sides to she lives in me: the part as something already inside her. - C18 lines
He won't admit what he did, but I know he knows.
The one on trialNational Theatre Live: Prima Facie · 2022Denial, friendly letters, and the role reversal stack until she is the one the court will test.