Best Film Speeches and Monologues

[stayillogical]

What are your favorites? Post em!

Here's a good one. Trainspotting:

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[From: Skulls]

“Everything is more complicated than you think. You only see a
tenth of what is true. There are a million little strings attached to
every choice you make. You can destroy your life every time you
choose. But maybe you won’t know for twenty years! And you may never
ever trace it to its source. And you only get one chance to play it
out. Just try and figure out your own divorce ...

And they say there’s no fate, but there is: it’s what you create!
And even though the world goes on for eons and eons, you are only here
for a fraction of a fraction of a second. Most of your time is spent
being dead, or not yet born. But while alive, you wait in vain wasting
years for a phone call or a letter or a look from someone or something
to make it all right, but it never comes—or it seems to, but it
doesn’t, really.

So you spend your time in vague regret or vaguer hope that
something good will come along, something to make you feel connected,
something to make you feel cherished, something to make you feel
whole, something to make you feel loved. And the truth is, I feel so
angry! And the truth is, I feel so fucking sad! And the truth is, I’ve
felt so fucking hurt for so fucking long and for just as long, I’ve
been pretending I’m okay, just to get along. I don’t know why. Maybe
because ... no one wants to hear about my misery—because they have
their own.

Well, fuck everybody.

Amen.”

[screamoutmyname]

everything from American Psycho.

especially the begining and ending scenes

[Smash Adams]

When you live hard and you play hard and burn the candle at both ends... in this life, you can lose everything you love, everything that loves you. Alot of people told me that I'd never wrestle again, they said "he's washed up", "he's finished" , "he's a loser", "he's all through". You know what? The only ones gonna tell me when I'm through doing my thing, is you people here. You people here... you people here. You're my family.

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[FondestMemory]

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[stayillogical]

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[Kif]

"I wish I could have lived like you, David...Do you hear me, detective? I'm trying to tell you how much I admire you and your pretty wife...Tracy...It's disturbing how easily a member of the press can purchase information from the men in your precinct... I visited your home this morning after you'd left. I tried to play husband. I tried to taste the life of a simple man. It didn't work out. So I took a souvenir: Her pretty head...Because I envy your normal life, it seems that envy is my sin...She begged for her life, detectives...She begged for her life and for the life of the baby inside of her. Oh! He didn't know"

[SwishMX48]

Robin Williams on the park bench in Good Will Hunting. Epic.

[TheHoldSteady]

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[williek311]

Patton

[Ailite]

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Most powerful thing I have ever seen

[TheHoldSteady]

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Most powerful thing I have ever seen
I love this part. Effing brilliant.

[Ailite]

I love this part. Effing brilliant.
that is by far my favorite scene out of any movie I've ever seen. Blows me away every single time

[Thomas Balkcom]

I Guess I could be pretty pissed off at what happened to me.

But it is hard to stay mad when there's SO much Beauty in the world...
And... sometimes I feel like...
I'm seeing it all at once...
and it's too much...

my heart fills up like a ballon thats about to burst.

and then...
I remember...
to relax...
and stop trying to hold on to it.

and it flows through me like rain
and I can't feel anything but gratitude.


For every single moment of my simple little life. You have no idea what I'm talking about - I'm sure.
But...
don't worry...
You will...
someday.

[Thomas Balkcom]

that was the first one that came to mind, I'm sure I'll think of more

[Thomas Balkcom]

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such an amazing scene

[PaulsRightNut]

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[radiofriendly]

uhhh, call me sentimental but the living room finale of Jerry Maguire is def. up there...

[Sweep_the_Leg]

This is cliched, but it gives me chills every time.

Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am? I'm a dog chasing cars. I wouldn't know what to do with one if I caught it. You know, I just... do things. The mob has plans, the cops have plans, Gordon's got plans. You know, they're schemers. Schemers trying to control their little worlds. I'm not a schemer. I try to show the schemers how pathetic their attempts to control things really are. So, when I say that you and your girlfriend was nothing personal, you know that I'm telling the truth. It's the schemers that put you where you are. You were a schemer, you had plans, and look where that got you. I just did what I do best. I took your little plan and I turned it on itself. Look what I did to this city with a few drums of gas and a couple of bullets. Hmmm? You know... You know what I've noticed? Nobody panics when things go "according to plan." Even if the plan is horrifying! If, tomorrow, I tell the press that, like, a gang banger will get shot, or a truckload of soldiers will be blown up, nobody panics, because it's all "part of the plan." But when I say that one little old mayor will die, well then everyone loses their minds! Introduce a little anarchy. Upset the established order, and everything becomes chaos. I'm an agent of chaos. Oh, and you know the thing about chaos? It's... fair.

[MikeTheManR]

I have a poster of this entire scene on my wall:

Silent Bob (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003620/): So there's me an' Amy, and we're all inseparable, right? Just big time in love. And then four months down the road, the idiot gear kicks in, and I ask about the ex-boyfriend. Which, as we all know, is a really dumb move. But, you know how it is - you don't wanna know, but you just have to, right? Stupid guy bullshit. So, anyway, she starts telling me about him - how they fell in love, and how they went out for a couple of years, and how they lived together, her mother likes me better, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah - and I'm okay. But then she drops the bomb on me, and the bomb is this: it seems that a couple of times, while they were goin' out, he brought some people to bed with them. Menage a tois I believe it's called. Now this just blows my mind, right. I mean, I am not used to this sort of thing. I mean, I was raised Catholic for God's sakes.
Jay (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0582939/): Saint Shithead.
Silent Bob (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003620/): So, I'm totally weirded out by this, right? And I just start blastin' her. Like I don't know how to deal with what I'm feeling, so I figure the best way is by callin' her a slut, right? And tell her she was used. I'm-I'm out for blood. I really wanna hurt this girl. I'm like, "What the fuck is your problem?", right. And she's just all calmly tryin' to tell me like it was that time and it was that place and she doesn't think she should apologize because she doesn't feel that she's done anything wrong. I'm like, "Oh, really?" That's when I look her strait in the eye, I tell her it's over. I walk.
Jay (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0582939/): Fucking-A.
Silent Bob (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003620/): No, idiot. It was a mistake. I wasn't disgusted with her, I was afraid. At that moment, I felt small - like-like I'd lacked experience, like I'd never be on her level, like I'd never be enough for her or something like that, you know what I'm saayin'? But, what I did not get, she didn't care. She wasn't looking for that guy anymore. She was - she was looking for me, for-for the Bob. But, uh, by the time I figure this all out, it was too late, man. She moved on, and all I had to show for it was some foolish pride, which then gave way to regret. She was the girl, I know that now. But, I pushed her away. So I've spent every day since then chasing Amy... So to speak.

[Anderson]

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[Ailite]

Lord of The Rings has a multitude of fantastic monologues

[about3fitty]

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[doyouhas?]

“Everything is more complicated than you think. You only see a
tenth of what is true. There are a million little strings attached to
every choice you make. You can destroy your life every time you
choose. But maybe you won’t know for twenty years! And you may never
ever trace it to its source. And you only get one chance to play it
out. Just try and figure out your own divorce ...

And they say there’s no fate, but there is: it’s what you create!
And even though the world goes on for eons and eons, you are only here
for a fraction of a fraction of a second. Most of your time is spent
being dead, or not yet born. But while alive, you wait in vain wasting
years for a phone call or a letter or a look from someone or something
to make it all right, but it never comes—or it seems to, but it
doesn’t, really.

So you spend your time in vague regret or vaguer hope that
something good will come along, something to make you feel connected,
something to make you feel cherished, something to make you feel
whole, something to make you feel loved. And the truth is, I feel so
angry! And the truth is, I feel so fucking sad! And the truth is, I’ve
felt so fucking hurt for so fucking long and for just as long, I’ve
been pretending I’m okay, just to get along. I don’t know why. Maybe
because ... no one wants to hear about my misery—because they have
their own.

Well, fuck everybody.

Amen.”

this. thank you! i can honestly say this is my favorite movie (just watched it yesterday) and this scene is absolutely perfect.

[DroppedUrPocket]

one of my favorite scenes in one of my favorite movies. the monologue comes in at 3:15 to 4:45.

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[Chris Fallon]

Gordon Gekko and The Joker immediately come to mind -- as well as just about any scene from High Fidelity.

But I should mention many of my true favorites have already been posted, so thank you!

[anamericangod]

"Everything is more complicated than you think. You only see a tenth of what is true. There are a million little strings attached to every choice you make; you can destroy your life every time you choose. But maybe you won't know for twenty years. And you'll never ever trace it to its source. And you only get one chance to play it out. Just try and figure out your own divorce. And they say there is no fate, but there is: it's what you create. Even though the world goes on for eons and eons, you are here for a fraction of a fraction of a second. Most of your time is spent being dead or not yet born. But while alive, you wait in vain, wasting years, for a phone call or a letter or a look from someone or something to make it all right. And it never comes or it seems to but doesn't really. And so you spend your time in vague regret or vaguer hope for something good to come along. Something to make you feel connected, to make you feel whole, to make you feel loved. And the truth is I'm so angry and the truth is I'm so fucking sad, and the truth is I've been so fucking hurt for so fucking long and for just as long have been pretending I'm OK, just to get along, just for, I don't know why, maybe because no one wants to hear about my misery, because they have their own, and their own is too overwhelming to allow them to listen to or care about mine. Well, fuck everybody. Amen. "

[stayillogical]

"Everything is more complicated than you think. You only see a tenth of what is true. There are a million little strings attached to every choice you make; you can destroy your life every time you choose. But maybe you won't know for twenty years. And you'll never ever trace it to its source. And you only get one chance to play it out. Just try and figure out your own divorce. And they say there is no fate, but there is: it's what you create. Even though the world goes on for eons and eons, you are here for a fraction of a fraction of a second. Most of your time is spent being dead or not yet born. But while alive, you wait in vain, wasting years, for a phone call or a letter or a look from someone or something to make it all right. And it never comes or it seems to but doesn't really. And so you spend your time in vague regret or vaguer hope for something good to come along. Something to make you feel connected, to make you feel whole, to make you feel loved. And the truth is I'm so angry and the truth is I'm so fucking sad, and the truth is I've been so fucking hurt for so fucking long and for just as long have been pretending I'm OK, just to get along, just for, I don't know why, maybe because no one wants to hear about my misery, because they have their own, and their own is too overwhelming to allow them to listen to or care about mine. Well, fuck everybody. Amen. "

2nd post.

[LaDiabla]

Cliche, but the whole Fight Club movie.

Also, Mean Girls. One of the best movies ever.
Word vomit.

[Roboman]

I couldn't think of any by myself as I'm not a huge movie buff, but I had to post this one because of my recent watching of Entourage:
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[joeag1985]

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[anamericangod]

2nd post.

Didn't even see it, haha.

[chokeychicken]

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[Kozzy333]

"Man, I see in fight club the strongest and smartest men who've ever lived. I see all this potential, and I see squandering. God damn it, an entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables; slaves with white collars. Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need. We're the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our Great War's a spiritual war... our Great Depression is our lives. We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars. But we won't. And we're slowly learning that fact. And we're very, very pissed off."

[voncorn]

"I love you. And not in a friendly way, although I think we're great friends. And not in a misplaced affection, puppy-dog way, although I'm sure that's what you'll call it. And it's not because you're unattainable. I love you. Very simple, very truly. You're the epitome of every attribute and quality I've ever looked for in another person. I know you think of me as just a friend and crossing that line is the furthest thing from an option you'd ever consider. But I can't do this any longer. I can't stand next to you without wanting to hold you. I can't look into your eyes without feeling that longing you only read about in trashy romance novels. I can't talk to you without wanting to express my love for everything you are. I know this will probably queer our friendship - no pun intended - but I had to say it, because I've never felt this before, and I like who I am because of it. And if bringing it to light means we can't hang out anymore, then that hurts me. But I couldn't allow another day to go by without getting it out there, regardless of the outcome, which by the look on your face is to be the inevitable shoot-down. And I'll accept that But I know some part of you is hesitating for a moment, and if there is a moment of hesitation, that means you feel something too. All I ask is that you not suppress that - at least for ten minutes - and try to dwell in it before you dismiss it. There isn't another soul on this fucking planet who's ever made me the person I am when I'm with you, and I would risk this friendship for the chance to take it to the next plateau. Because it's there between you and me. You can't deny that. And even if we never speak again after tonight, please know that I'm forever changed because of you and what you've meant to me, which - while I do appreciate it - I'd never need a painting of birds bought at a diner to remind me of."

[CellarGhosts]

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[LaDiabla]

"Man, I see in fight club the strongest and smartest men who've ever lived. I see all this potential, and I see squandering. God damn it, an entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables; slaves with white collars. Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need. We're the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our Great War's a spiritual war... our Great Depression is our lives. We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars. But we won't. And we're slowly learning that fact. And we're very, very pissed off."

I love 'And we're very, very pissed off' part so much.
So true.

[stayillogical]

"Sons of Rohan, of Gondor! My brothers! I see in your eyes, the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day! An hour of wolves and shatter shields when the age of men comes crashing down! But it is not this day! This day we fight! By all that you hold dear on this good earth, I bid you stand, MEN OF THE WEST!"

Trust me when I say that I typed that all myself.

[Miss Heartcore]

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[narcoleptic953]

"Sons of Rohan, of Gondor! My brothers! I see in your eyes, the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day! An hour of wolves and shatter shields when the age of men comes crashing down! But it is not this day! This day we fight! By all that you hold dear on this good earth, I bid you stand, MEN OF THE WEST!"

Trust me when I say that I typed that all myself.

Gives me chills every fucking time. Most of that movie does actually.

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[CellarGhosts]

"I'll tell you the problem with the scientific power that you're using here: it didn't require any discipline to attain it. You read what others had done and you took the next step. You didn't earn the knowledge for yourselves, so you don't take any responsibility for it. You stood on the shoulders of geniuses to accomplish something as fast as you could and before you even knew what you had you patented it and packaged it and slapped it on a plastic lunchbox, and now, you're selling it! You want to sell it!"

[Kozzy333]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B35rYEkYgvs

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Warning: Spoiler if you haven't seen There will be blood.

[MADSTA]

Ferris Bueller has some pretty good monologues.

[CellarGhosts]

Ferris Bueller is one of my favorites. good pick.

[Chris Fallon]

I'm beginning to realize Al Pacino has at least one great monologue in nearly every movie he is in.

[I'm DC]

It may have already been posted, but the prayer from The Boondock Saints is a pretty kick ass part in a movie.

[CellarGhosts]

I'm beginning to realize Al Pacino has at least one great monologue in nearly every movie he is in.
Haha, true. That speech in Scent Of a Woman is probably my favorite of his.

[Why Bother?]

He knows a hero when he sees one. Too few characters out there, flying around like that, saving old girls like me. And Lord knows, kids like Henry need a hero. Courageous, self-sacrificing people. Setting examples for all of us. Everybody loves a hero. People line up for them, cheer them, scream their names. And years later, they'll tell how they stood in the rain for hours just to get a glimpse of the one who taught them how to hold on a second longer. I believe there's a hero in all of us, that keeps us honest, gives us strength, makes us noble, and finally allows us to die with pride, even though sometimes we have to be steady, and give up the thing we want the most. Even our dreams.

[CellarGhosts]

"Why shouldn't I work for the N.S.A.? That's a tough one, but I'll take a shot. Say I'm working at N.S.A. Somebody puts a code on my desk, something nobody else can break. Maybe I take a shot at it and maybe I break it. And I'm real happy with myself, 'cause I did my job well. But maybe that code was the location of some rebel army in North Africa or the Middle East. Once they have that location, they bomb the village where the rebels were hiding and fifteen hundred people I never met, never had no problem with, get killed. Now the politicians are sayin', "Oh, send in the Marines to secure the area" 'cause they don't give a shit. It won't be their kid over there, gettin' shot. Just like it wasn't them when their number got called, 'cause they were pullin' a tour in the National Guard. It'll be some kid from Southie takin' shrapnel in the ass. And he comes back to find that the plant he used to work at got exported to the country he just got back from. And the guy who put the shrapnel in his ass got his old job, 'cause he'll work for fifteen cents a day and no bathroom breaks. Meanwhile, he realizes the only reason he was over there in the first place was so we could install a government that would sell us oil at a good price. And, of course, the oil companies used the skirmish over there to scare up domestic oil prices. A cute little ancillary benefit for them, but it ain't helping my buddy at two-fifty a gallon. And they're takin' their sweet time bringin' the oil back, of course, and maybe even took the liberty of hiring an alcoholic skipper who likes to drink martinis and fuckin' play slalom with the icebergs, and it ain't too long 'til he hits one, spills the oil and kills all the sea life in the North Atlantic.

So now my buddy's out of work and he can't afford to drive, so he's got to walk to the fuckin' job interviews, which sucks 'cause the shrapnel in his ass is givin' him chronic hemorrhoids. And meanwhile he's starvin', 'cause every time he tries to get a bite to eat, the only blue plate special they're servin' is North Atlantic scrod with Quaker State. So what did I think? I'm holdin' out for somethin' better. I figure fuck it, while I'm at it why not just shoot my buddy, take his job, give it to his sworn enemy, hike up gas prices, bomb a village, club a baby seal, hit the hash pipe and join the National Guard? I could be elected president."

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Robin Williams on the park bench in Good Will Hunting. Epic.

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[doyouhas?]

Into The Wild has brilliant monologues throughout the entire film. I couldn't find any online, but if you've seen the movie, you'll know what I'm talking about.

[CellarGhosts]

"I have no idea to this day what those two Italian ladies were singing about. Truth is, I don't want to know. Some things are best left unsaid. I'd like to think they were singing about something so beautiful, it can't be expressed in words, and makes your heart ache because of it. I tell you, those voices soared higher and farther than anybody in a gray place dares to dream. It was like some beautiful bird flapped into our drab little cage and made those walls dissolve away, and for the briefest of moments, every last man in Shawshank felt free"

[forget_december]

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[Anderson]

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I really didn't like this. I didn't like the film in general and came close to walking out, but this scene was imo terrible.

[Anderson]

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[MyWorldEntire]

Opening and closing scenes to No Country For Old Men
"I was sheriff of this county when I was twenty-five years old. Hard to believe. My grandfather was a lawman; father too. Me and him was sheriffs at the same time; him up in Plano and me out here. I think he's pretty proud of that. I know I was. Some of the old time sheriffs never even wore a gun. A lotta folks find that hard to believe. Jim Scarborough'd never carry one; that's the younger Jim. Gaston Boykins wouldn't wear one up in Camanche County. I always liked to hear about the oldtimers. Never missed a chance to do so. You can't help but compare yourself against the oldtimers. Can't help but wonder how theyd've operated these times. There was this boy I sent to the 'lectric chair at Huntsville Hill here a while back. My arrest and my testimony. He killed a fourteen-year-old girl. Papers said it was a crime of passion but he told me there wasn't any passion to it. Told me that he'd been planning to kill somebody for about as long as he could remember. Said that if they turned him out he'd do it again. Said he knew he was going to hell. "Be there in about fifteen minutes". I don't know what to make of that. I sure don't. The crime you see now, it's hard to even take its measure. It's not that I'm afraid of it. I always knew you had to be willing to die to even do this job. But, I don't want to push my chips forward and go out and meet something I don't understand. A man would have to put his soul at hazard. He'd have to say, "O.K., I'll be part of this world."
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[chokeychicken]

I really didn't like this. I didn't like the film in general and came close to walking out, but this scene was imo terrible.

wow.

two of my all time favorite movies. in my opinion, they had just about every element needed for great cinema. but walking out? really?