Movie monologues, one line at a time
2,054 real monologues from 161 films. Play a line, pause, say it back.
- 1Full speech: hear it once
- 2Shadow: repeat each line
- 3Blind: listen, then reveal
- 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. - B24 lines
Oh, my God. Oh, my God. - (RONNIE) Pat told me.
Ronnie pleads for PatSilver Linings Playbook · 2012He stacks small claims and pushes until his friend gets one more chance. - B17 lines
But it’s "Barbie and Ken.
There is no just KenBarbie · 2023He splits the name, then the gaze, then kills himself with cannot do flips. - B243 lines
Our story begins, as these stories often do...
Rookwood's conspiracy storyV for Vendetta · 2006It tells a massacre like a fairy tale, which makes the horror land harder. - C17 lines
Now the one thing about Wall Street and this market is, for me, I feel
Dressing a bribe as charityThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013The gentle tone is what makes the offer dangerous. - B28 lines
You see, after we left New York, she was very nervous.
Gatsby takes the crashThe Great Gatsby · 2013He starts with her nerves, then gives the wheel back in a whisper. Confession as cover. - B27 lines
And then we get the script and, of course,
A potato meets her idolFriends: The Reunion · 2021She crowns Sean Penn the greatest actor alive, then finds her own part is a potato. - C15 lines
'Are you sure you want to go through with this?'
Why she is still hereNational Theatre Live: Prima Facie · 2022The question opens a list of costs, and the list answers by refusing to leave. - C25 lines
But, oh, how vile an idol proves this god.
Antonio's betrayed speechTwelfth Night · 2012Betrayal turns into moral argument, and the restraint makes the hurt land harder. - B28 lines
Check it out, man. I really, honestly believe that this guy is still alive.
The Elvis TheorySlacker · 1990It builds a wild theory with total confidence, then turns it into a joke about growing old. - B24 lines
My mum was coming initially because I was getting a stem cell transplant and that's not going to happen now.
why his mum goes homeBe Here Now · 2015He breaks bad news without drama, then sends everyone to rest as if that were the only kind ending. - B15 lines
I feared losing you. Like I lost your mother.
The Sultan hands over powerAladdin · 2019He names the fear first, then trades little girl for next sultan. - C19 lines
Just look around you! Jesus Christ. You don't have to read Hustler.
The celebrity-news speechDeathtrap · 1982A run of tabloid examples builds a cold case for scandal as currency. - B27 lines
Where will you cut, doctor?
Where the knife will goSuddenly, Last Summer · 1959Polite questions pile into rising dread, quietly moving the operating table into the room. - B16 lines
I phone American and say, "I'm ready to go wherever you want to send me.
Thanks in an empty airportCome from Away · 2021She wanted another route. She ends up thanking the few who still fly. - C15 lines
Dr. Bush, I thought I was performing a service
Bush on trying a manOppenheimer · 2023He starts from service to the country and lands on try me then. Principle rides on temper. - C17 lines
I came into this village
Hale's confession speechThe Crucible · 2014He turns his own failure into a warning, building regret line by line. - B25 lines
You’re not your girlfriend.
Barbie strips Ken’s identityBarbie · 2023Girlfriend, house, mink, beach — each one crossed off until he is not those things. - B25 lines
Come, now, Mr. Creedy, you knew this was coming.
V's pitch to CreedyV for Vendetta · 2006It sounds like friendly reasoning while quietly closing every door. - C14 lines
You think about the people that built this country, hardworking people like you.
Denham's sympathy trapThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013He takes your side against the system, then waits for you to slip. - B210 lines
Listen, she was in the wrong, running out on the road.
Tom talks Daisy downThe Great Gatsby · 2013He blames the woman in the road, then sells leaving town like a weekend.