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
- C15 lines
This is the third item.
Porter on the estateDeathtrap · 1982He names a large fortune flatly, and the calm shows how used he is to money and calculation. - B14 lines
You said it yourself.
Always be secondAladdin · 2019Aladdin uses Jafar's own rule; one word, second, walks him into the lamp. - B24 lines
You've gotta understand...
the mother's money talkSuddenly, Last Summer · 1959She moves from a plea to a family history, and every sentence turns feeling into a figure. - B16 lines
But Diane wants to take one last look round.
Nick leads her to the lookoutCome from Away · 2021He shrugs off a million stairs and hides the whole feeling inside a view. - C16 lines
Why go through all this against a man
Mermaids?Oppenheimer · 2023Resume, A-bomb, Super bomb, then a fairy tale that ends the hunger. - B213 lines
Now hear me, and beguile yourselves no more.
Danforth refuses to postponeThe Crucible · 2014It seizes the floor, then builds a wall of law without yielding an inch. - B29 lines
The first night that Pat and I met,
Tiffany's timeline defenseSilver Linings Playbook · 2012She builds a case out of dates and coincidences until it almost sounds airtight. - C111 lines
Okay, here’s the deal.
Weird Barbie’s power playBarbie · 2023Map, then bait, then take the power when the guard drops. - B28 lines
my point is that I know you're investigating Stratton.
Jordan's yacht defenseThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013He plays humble and pushy at once, turning innocence into a bargaining chip. - C18 lines
And it would have worked
Kindness wrecks the boardKnives Out · 2019Three ifs take the plan apart; the last line makes mercy the winning move. - B25 lines
It's a basic principle of the universe...
The equal and opposing reactionV for Vendetta · 2006He frames revenge as physics, and the calm makes it land harder. - B210 lines
We're different.
Born differentThe Great Gatsby · 2013I, they, she — then one sentence that closes the door. - B24 lines
But I did, Mama.
Goldi says just rightPuss in Boots: The Last Wish · 2022She denies the leftover wish, then files the bears under a fairy-tale punchline. - B25 lines
Honestly, I remember saying one time to David,
Jennifer on the first kissFriends: The Reunion · 2021She starts with camera fright and ends up pouring the crush into the part. - C15 lines
Bar table, bench. Panic. All the barristers are men!
The room is all menNational Theatre Live: Prima Facie · 2022The list of roles narrows until the room itself is the accusation, and the heartbeat lands it. - C18 lines
Why, man, he's a very devil.
Andrew's cowardly boastTwelfth Night · 2012He builds his rival into a monster line by line, and the bragging is what gives his fear away. - B27 lines
It's a real primal thing, you know. Can it be escap - Perhaps human beings weren't made to be happy and free all the time.
the case against happinessSlacker · 1990He undercuts her optimism step by step, ending with the scrap heap. - B29 lines
Five minutes.
Guided breathingBe Here Now · 2015Short, warm instructions turn a frightening scan into a task he can count through. - C14 lines
Would have exactly the same effect on an audience, wouldn't it?
The case to SidneyDeathtrap · 1982A chain of rhetorical questions reframes the killing as a hit show no one can disprove. - B117 lines
No, no long faces, all right?
The Genie sells the last wishAladdin · 2019He keeps rewriting the pitch, from warrior prince to wiping the law, selling harder each pass. - B26 lines
There's only one little operation they perform here.
explaining the operationSuddenly, Last Summer · 1959She starts with a little operation and ends at drilling the skull, and the calm delivery is the horror. - B16 lines
I tell my staff, "Go home. Get some sleep.
Claude finally criesCome from Away · 2021Send them home, stay up, turn on the set. Five days come out in one line. - C18 lines
the purpose of this letter is to state my opinion
Borden reads the letter to HooverOppenheimer · 2023He stacks probability until a scientist is written as a Soviet agent. - B24 lines
I come to do the Devil's work.
Hale's confessionThe Crucible · 2014A few short lines turn him into the devil's helper and end with blood on his head.