50 Greatest Movie Monologues

[CubanSucks]

http://www.film.com/features/story/t...ogues/27983372

There were some misquotes in the key lines/moments but a good list. Discuss, damnit

[admiralsnackbar]

Good list, but seems to honor vanilla mainstream movies over other sorts of equally successful types of film IMO.

James Earl Jones telling Conan to consider the riddle of steel on the tree of woe.

Kurt Russell was one long monologue of John Wayne parody in "Big Trouble in Little China."

Ewan McGregor narrating in Trainspotting.

Corey Feldman with the only worthwhile performance of his career delivered at the bottom of a well.

David Carradine talking about Superman at the end of Kill Bill 2.

Donald Pleasance talking about a creepy little bas he treated but must now kill in "Halloween."

And this one's kind of obscure, but David Thewlis spewed forth what should have been undeliverable lines in "Naked."

That's all I got right now.

[midnightpulp]

Good list, but seems to honor vanilla mainstream movies over other sorts of equally successful types of film IMO.

James Earl Jones telling Conan to consider the riddle of steel on the tree of woe.

Kurt Russell was one long monologue of John Wayne parody in "Big Trouble in Little China."

Ewan McGregor narrating in Trainspotting.

Corey Feldman with the only worthwhile performance of his career delivered at the bottom of a well.

David Carradine talking about Superman at the end of Kill Bill 2.

Donald Pleasance talking about a creepy little bas he treated but must now kill in "Halloween."

And this one's kind of obscure, but David Thewlis spewed forth what should have been undeliverable lines in "Naked."

That's all I got right now.

A monologue from Naked definitely should've been included somewhere.

As well as Orson Welles's monologue from the scene on the ferris wheel in "The Third Man."

"Don't be so gloomy. After all it's not that awful. Like the fella says, in Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love - they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock. So long Holly."

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

I know the guy was trying to not overload it with Pacino but "the bad guy" speech from Scarface should have a place on there. I'm in line with his philosophy that yes, Pacino grandstands and overacts but what shines through is that he's having fun and in the end the audience has some too.

There's a definite lack of comedy on the list. I would love to see Steve Martin's monologue near the end of "My Blue Heaven" on there.

[Veterinarian]

I know the guy was trying to not overload it with Pacino but "the bad guy" speech from Scarface should have a place on there.

[Destro]

opening to Full Metal Jacket should be on the list

[clambake]

"how were you able to cook your grits in 5 minutes, when it takes the entire grit eating world 20 minutes?"

[Cry Havoc]

I was just looking this up myself yesterday. Weird.

[baseline bum]

[Fpoonsie]

I was just about to point out the gross injustice of a lack of Ed Norton's 25th Hour speech in the mirror, but looks like they give it a (somewhat laughable) "honorable mention" at the bottom.

[JMarkJohns]

You can't have a top-50 list of film monologues and only award honorable mention to Norton and the 25th Hour. That scene is insane, it's intensity never wavers, despite it being 5 minutes long.

Almost no comedies. Groucho Marx has about a dozen that could easily make this list, and I can think of three from Animal Crackers that could be in the top-20.

[Darrin]

I can do some of this from memory. Scent of a Woman, The American President, A Few Good Men, Good Will Hunting, Braveheart, A League of their Own, The Devil's Advocate (BTW, Al Pacino has multiple nominations), Shawshank Redemption, etc.

I love monologues, BTW. Some of my favorite time is spent reciting these lines.

[mrsmaalox]

[koriwhat]

"try not to suck any on the way out of the parking lot!"

[stretch]

"try not to suck any on the way out of the parking lot!"

[baseline bum]

"try not to suck any on the way out of the parking lot!"

37? At the same time?

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

Wow that was really good

[mrsmaalox]

You can't have a top-50 list of film monologues and only award honorable mention to Norton and the 25th Hour. That scene is insane, it's intensity never wavers, despite it being 5 minutes long.

Almost no comedies. Groucho Marx has about a dozen that could easily make this list, and I can think of three from Animal Crackers that could be in the top-20.

Yes as far as the comedies go, don't most of Woody Allen's movies contain at least one neurotic monologue?

[CosmicCowboy]

How could Patton not make the top 50?

[SourCandy]

1:40


your whole way of life is bull !

[Veterinarian]

Coffee's for closers tbh.

[koriwhat]

37? At the same time?

[JMarkJohns]

Yes as far as the comedies go, don't most of Woody Allen's movies contain at least one neurotic monologue?

Yep... One reason I liked Groucho's so much is most were completely impromptu.

[CubanSucks]

How could Patton not make the top 50?

It's #3

[CubanSucks]

Ewan McGregor narrating in Trainspotting.

He said he wanted to keep narrations off the list just cause he had too many to begin with. I LOVE that scene though.


skip to 3:40


I know a lot of people would think of the dialogue from the very first scene, but the better music and the fact that he cleans up gives the edge to the ending IMO