Long videos · Monologue shadowing
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
2,054 monologues · 161 filmsPage 86 of 86
- B24 lines
You were the stranger, the destroyer.
The accusationSuddenly, Last Summer · 1959Short blows stack up until the listener is outsider, destroyer and teacher of cruelty. - B224 lines
Do you dream of becoming financially independent but struggle every month just to pay your bills?
The infomercial sales pitchThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013It moves from the viewer's pain to a cure in one breathless sales arc. - C136 lines
'Your Honour, I am here in a unique position.
A barrister indicts herselfNational Theatre Live: Prima Facie · 2022She steps from counsel to complainant, and each before this knocks the self-blame into a rhythm. - B112 lines
And I laid down next to him, and we just laid still
The last breath beside himBe Here Now · 2015She records the funny noise, the deep breaths and the stillness without looking away. - B25 lines
Patients are here because they can't think.
Reading the recordSuddenly, Last Summer · 1959The charges read like a verdict, and the flatness leaves no room to answer. - C15 lines
Fucking Rugrat.
Donnie's rant about RugratThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013The insults pile up fast, turning betrayal into a comic tirade. - C112 lines
'There was a time, not so long ago,
What we cannot unseeNational Theatre Live: Prima Facie · 2022Old rulings give way to a fact the room cannot unknow, and then the law becomes something people made. - B26 lines
He helped bring me back to life...
The sunshine days in EuropeSuddenly, Last Summer · 1959A few lines open a whole journey, brightness already hiding what comes next. - B25 lines
But it gets even better, babe.
Jordan's pitch to NaomiThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013He turns a prison sentence into a family budget and keeps smiling. - B25 lines
And after that, blank pages, blank pages. Nothing but nothing.
A vocation like a spider's webSuddenly, Last Summer · 1959The spider's web image makes poetic talent sound unbearably fragile. - B28 lines
It's sad, you understand? It's like...
Donnie's fake-loyalty speechThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013He rages about betrayal while wearing the wire that will end Jordan. - B26 lines
The ones from the free beach climbed over the fence or swam around it.
The crowd over the fenceSuddenly, Last Summer · 1959From the fence to the tips, the passage paints dependence and greed in a few strokes. - B26 lines
He accepted all as how things are...
Catherine on Sebastian's waysSuddenly, Last Summer · 1959Six quiet lines build a portrait of a man who would rather accept than act. - B29 lines
When he tried to escape...
The chase up the white streetSuddenly, Last Summer · 1959Long and short lines trade places until the chase and the heat become one pressure.