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
- B13 lines
If the show was about that time in your life
The friends-as-family years were overFriends: The Reunion · 2021He treats the stop as a life stage, not a speech. Quiet, not soppy. - C14 lines
My voice is screaming, but only inside my head.
The scream inside her headNational Theatre Live: Prima Facie · 2022The speech shrinks from a scream to a question to a bare accusation. - C24 lines
Remain thou still in darkness.
Sir Topas passes sentenceTwelfth Night · 2012It fakes a church sentence from a joke, solemn enough to be absurd. - B210 lines
The reason these guys are being forgotten is they're not Freemasons.
The Freemason RantSlacker · 1990It snowballs from a name list into a full conspiracy, funny because it is played so straight. - B14 lines
is to get clearer, get a snapshot of where you guys think we're at and
Andy states his aimBe Here Now · 2015He lays out both options calmly, making the doctor answer on his terms. - B26 lines
Porter just gave me the figures of Myra's estate.
Sidney counts the estateDeathtrap · 1982Cold figures turn grief into arithmetic, and the arithmetic decides his next move. - B213 lines
All last summer, Sebastian was famished for blonds.
A menu of peopleSuddenly, Last Summer · 1959Reciting a dead man's tastes like a menu makes the calm itself feel cold. - B17 lines
Tom Brokaw phones me. Tom Brokaw.
Why Janice stayedCome from Away · 2021Brokaw on the phone, then she will not hunt grief, then she is still there at year ten. - C17 lines
The Oppenheimer matter was
Hill names the feudOppenheimer · 2023From animus to the isotope humiliation, then to a personnel system built to break a man. - B27 lines
He would not answer aye or nay to his indictment;
The tale of Giles CoreyThe Crucible · 2014She lays out the law clause by clause, and the calm makes the death land harder. - B23 lines
But thanks to the Barbies,
The CEO keeps the titleBarbie · 2023He drops the existential burden and keeps CEO in the same breath, then resets Barbieland. - B216 lines
But when I was there, it was strange.
Finch's vision of the patternV for Vendetta · 2006It builds from a feeling to a prediction, and the calm delivery makes it colder. - C17 lines
You know, Jordan, I'll tell you something.
Denham on privilegeThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013He trashes a whole class, then singles Jordan out, which is flattery with a hook. - B26 lines
You know, I've thought for a while...
Gatsby talks till dawnThe Great Gatsby · 2013Empty, then invented, then poor. He peels the costume in order. - C111 lines
And it occurs to me in this moment, in court, as I am answering this question,
Private cross-examinationNational Theatre Live: Prima Facie · 2022She proves he could remember, then uses that proof to show why they will trust her less. - C25 lines
They praise me and make an ass of me.
Feste on enemies and friendsTwelfth Night · 2012Feste builds a topsy-turvy argument that flattery harms and honesty helps, then leaves it hanging. - B16 lines
You've got to get through it.
Vashti's pep talkBe Here Now · 2015Six short sentences that refuse to let the diagnosis have the last word. - B16 lines
I'll explain that later.
Sidney plots the murderDeathtrap · 1982He breaks the killing into fitness, weapon and outcome, turning murder into craft. - B27 lines
We'll fly north, little bird.
The trip northSuddenly, Last Summer · 1959A tender promise collapses into one denial, releasing the whole regret. - B15 lines
On the northeast tip of North America, on an island called Newfoundland,
At the steelCome from Away · 2021A map of the island, then lost and found spoken as a pair. - C15 lines
'Cause I don't like your phrase.
Kitty breaks the questionOppenheimer · 2023She vetoes the wording, then cuts money and curiosity away from joining. - B29 lines
Okay, what about Ordinary Barbie?
Gloria invents Ordinary BarbieBarbie · 2023She uses maybe to leave room for mom, president, or neither, then lands on getting through the day. - B24 lines
There is a face beneath this mask...
The speech beneath the maskV for Vendetta · 2006It peels identity down past face and bone, refusing to be reduced to a body. - C17 lines
which started kicking in by the time I finished my sales meeting.
The phases of the pillsThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013A calm, list-like narration of losing control makes the whole thing darkly funny.