I am ridiculously disappointed you missed a very important monologue: the dying breath speech. By all means, my favourite is Blade Runner's (tears in the rain). You didn't even mention it :(
Malsanity Blade runner's is super interesting because we love tears in the rain, but when we were throwing ideas around we thought of it as a really well delivered line, more than a monologue.
Matthew McConaughey's courtroom speech in A Time To Kill is one of the most moving I've ever seen, I'm genuinely stunned that neither that one nor Tears in Rain even got a mention
"I know. It’s all wrong. By rights we shouldn’t even be here. But we are. It’s like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger, they were. And sometimes you didn’t want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it’s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something, even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn’t. They kept going. Because they were holding on to something. That there’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo… and it’s worth fighting for."
i started crying just reading this omg i have no words to explain how beautiful, moving, and inspiring this monologue was. sam is truly the greatest character ever
Kate Rehahn same. I wished it was number 1. Not that JN didn’t deserve it. Shaw was brilliant in the film, and the monologue is awesome. Along with the quote “you’re gonna need a bigger boat”. Classic.
It's the only monologue that I've ever had a visceral reaction to. I got chills all the way up my back the first time I saw it. I still get chills whenever I rewatch it.
Japanese submarine slammed two torpedoes into our side, chief. It was comin’ back, from the island of Tinian to Leyte, just delivered the bomb. The Hiroshima bomb. Eleven hundred men went into the water. Vessel went down in twelve minutes. Didn’t see the first shark for about a half an hour. Tiger. Thirteen footer. You know, you know that when you’re in the water, chief? You tell by lookin’ from the dorsal to the tail. Well, we didn’t know. `Cause our bomb mission had been so secret, no distress signal had been sent. They didn’t even list us overdue for a week. Very first light, chief. The sharks come cruisin’. So we formed ourselves into tight groups. You know it’s kinda like `ol squares in battle like a, you see on a calendar, like the battle of Waterloo. And the idea was, the shark nearest man and then he’d start poundin’ and hollerin’ and screamin’ and sometimes the shark would go away. Sometimes he wouldn’t go away. Sometimes that shark, he looks right into you. Right into your eyes. You know the thing about a shark, he’s got lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll’s eye. When he comes at ya, doesn’t seem to be livin’. Until he bites ya and those black eyes roll over white. And then, ah then you hear that terrible high pitch screamin’ and the ocean turns red and spite of all the poundin’ and the hollerin’ they all come in and rip you to pieces. Y’know by the end of that first dawn, lost a hundred men. I don’t know how many sharks, maybe a thousand. I don’t know how many men, they averaged six an hour. On Thursday mornin’ chief, I bumped into a friend of mine, Herbie Robinson from Cleveland. Baseball player, bosom’s mate. I thought he was asleep, reached over to wake him up. Bobbed up and down in the water, just like a kinda top. Up ended. Well, he’d been bitten in half below the waist. Noon the fifth day, Mr. Hooper, a Lockheed Ventura saw us, he swung in low and he saw us. He’d a young pilot, a lot younger than Mr. Hooper, anyway he saw us and come in low. And three hours later a big fat PBY comes down and start to pick us up. You know that was the time I was most frightened? Waitin’ for my turn. I’ll never put on a lifejacket again. So, eleven hundred men went in the water, three hundred and sixteen men come out, the sharks took the rest, June the 29, 1945. Anyway, we delivered the bomb.
I loved seeing Quint from Jaws. That scene of the movie was so perfect. From terrifying action during the day, to the men hanging out together talking and comparing scars... then it's calm, we're tuned into every word their saying, and Quint in his sharp, clear and calm voice continues to cut the silence with his terrifying story. PERFECT!
0Myles0 yeah, that seen easily makes the movie....f they were to replace Robert Shaw and take that scene out entirely, the whole movie would be good but forgotten, like deep blue sea....Shaw’s monologue gave that movie depth.
It's a salute to possibly the greatest similar scene in The Caine Mutiny. After the Captain is convicted, the men have a party. In walks the lawyer who tells them what REALLY just happened. They didn't win a victory. They shamed themselves for not helping a battle weary war hero when he needed their support aboard ship. But they turned on him and didn't help him. The men realize that THEY are the bad guys, not the Captain. That's just like Nicholson being shamed that HE is the bad guy. Of course, he doesn't accept responsibility like the men of the Caine did.
Agreed. I'm my opinion it could have taken two spots in this list. Greatest court room monolog and the best from a military film. When mojo didn't mention it in the military section I was shocked and was about to come and comment! Then i saw they included it the court section and thought it read fair enough. Great scene!
what I love most about CineFix's top 10s is that each individual winner is a "#1 choice" in a specific field. So when you look at it that way they're all #1 instead of the number they landed on the list.
ShadowHatter Yes! He previously didn't handle his "honorable mentions" too well (they felt like picks he was obliged to not miss out and would just get them out of the way). But this. This was excellent!
Yes. Much more thoughtful and just plain smart way of assessing altogether. It's a pleasure to watch these ratings. That said -- Nicholson does not trump Gregory Peck. Good grief.
Patrick Bateman in American Psycho has so many great monologues, particularly the morning routine and the hip to be square ones, I can't believe not even one got mentioned. Any of Verbal's monologues in Usual Suspects are inspired and perfectly performed by Kevin Spacey. Audrey Hepburn's Holly Golightly also had a few heart wrenching monologues.
“I hope to meet my friend and shake his hand, I hope the pacific ocean’s as blue as it’s been in my dreams, I hope....” gets me every time. the redemption in that film is Red’s, not Andy. Andy never lost hope
thing about a shark, cheif,......the eyes, black eyes..........like a dolls eyes. hardly seems to be livin'. till he bite ye. and those balcony eyes roll into white......... BESR MONOLOGUE EVER
@@CH-sl5eq One of my all all time favorite actors. I will always wonder what other great acting performances he would have treated us to if he hadn't died so suddenly at just 51. He left behind 9 children.
@@Shah-of-the-Shinebox I'd recommend the book, every chapter starts with a monologue by Sheriff Bell. In the movie, you only get the last few monologues, so they don't make sense.
He's wrong though, Superman isn't Superman when he wakes up, He's Clark Kent with superpower. Clark Kent isnt the act, it's who he is and how he was raised. Superman is the alter ego. Superman was raised and at heart as a Sweet Kansas farmers boy.
@@LazyYes im sorry, it's a nice take, but it's just not correct....just because he was RAISED as Clark Kent, doesn't mean that's who he is. He IS Kal-El.. he IS Superman...the glasses is what he puts on to "disguise" himself (and i think we can ALL Agree it's the greatest disguise of all time...lol, hope you detect the sarcasm). You can be raised something, and that can determine who you are at heart, but regardless, in his blood, down to his DNA, he IS an alien, and he is a super powered being. In order to "hide" this, he does exactly what Bill says; dons the glasses, acts goofy, nerdy, even wimpy, in order to throw off people who may SOMEHOW see through that AMAZING disguise I mentioned (lol again), and think that this nerdy goof couldn't possibly be the greatest hero of their time...
@@scottferguson3842 lol i like that too, for some reason...im sure you're being sarcastic, but it's funny to see him make the full sandwich, and then someone actually eats it...while talking about her daughter murdering a goldfish ...
The court room monologue from To Kill a Mockingbird was so moving to me. I recently watched the movie in class and everyone was completely silent. Groundbreaking.
Hmmmm I think it falls short. Doesn't has the impact it has on the book and I didn't like the way he delivered it. The words are good but the acting wasn't on point.
100% agreed. This is an amazing speech by a characters who knows he is going to die so therefore is brutally honest. Remember too, Tarantino wrote the screenplay
@@cirofesta1027 No, he was baiting Don Coccotti (Walken) into anger so he would kill him quickly. Otherwise, they were going to torture him until he gave up Clarence.
rybrentmannftw Definitely, a great monologue, deep and inspired. It's a shame it's not even mentioned. Although, to be fair, it doesn't fit in any of their categories.
It’s amazing how many people don’t seem to understand that this a list compiling ten examples among millions of choices. Not every monologue is going to be on here, and the choices are going to be extremely subjective.
It's a great line, that's for certain, but that scene is made by a combination of things. I mean, the lighting on that set is beautiful, but also the cinematography and editing. The decision to show his face right at the crux of the line as he slams the trunk shut. Priceless! And of course the low angle of the shot making Liotta appear all the more imposing, as if we're the ones in that trunk!
1. Mel Gibson's battle speech- Braveheart 2. Kevin Costner in JFK- longest monologue in cinema history. 3. Al Pacino's rant against God in The Devil's Advocate. 4. Jack Nicholson's rant against God for creating women in The Witches of Eastwick 5. The opening monologue to PATTON
@@mollykapping9040 I would give that honor to Nels Gudmunsen's summation in Snow Falling on Cedars. Not a particularly good movie--unnecessarily stylized and Ethan Hawke was miscast and hadn't yet come into his own as an actor--but Max von Sydow was truly masterful in this scene.
Some writers specialize in great monologues. Tarantino is one. I love the story Tim Roth practices in Reservoir Dogs. Also the Jew Hunter from Inglorious Basterds and the Christopher Walken scene from True Romance.
Tarantino's dialogues are just amazing. They sound like very a legit (and many times relatable) conversation. On reservoir dogs I aldo love the scene where they talk about tips. Great director :)
I should resist comparing a Paddy Chayevsky to a Quentin Tarantino, I guess. One wrote a screenplay that predicted the rise of the reality television craze and the complete backrupcy of corporate media. The other wrote a great little piece on why we shouldn't tip waiters. Yeah, they are pretty equivalent.
Naturally, everyone knows (or least, ought to know ...), Quint's story/monologue was based directly off of the real life sinking of the USS Indianapolis, where so many men whom ended up in the water, where killed by the sharks. It still is, by far, the biggest single loss of life to shark attacks in history. ... no wonder Hooper went from drunk to stone colder sober in under 5 seconds. In fact, watch Richard Dreyfuss's face, even as the camera pushes in; he conveys that mixture of absolute shock, being, as a shark biologist, he knows very well the story, yet at the same time is hanging on every word, no doubt because he (Hooper) clearly never met an actual survivor of that horror ... which stands in utter contrast to the prior jollity of the pair comparing 'battle injuries' they have had from sharks, and the first time they started liking each other ... brilliant piece of 'stillness' on his part ...
Apparently the scene was first made with the actors drunk as are the characters (method style) but was a disaster so they did it again the next day, hungover.
Andrew Erwin Yeah, but that's a bit of a cheat, Andrew, since those monologues long pre-date the movies as an art form. They weren't written for a screenplay. If you use those criteria, you could include anything from, say, 'Streetcar Named Desire', 'Long Day's Journey Into Night', or any screen adaptation of Chekhov.
Thomas Headley Sorry you went to crappy schools, Thomas. Long ago -- before we de-funded our once-great public school system, and put stupid ideologues like Betsey De Vos in charge -- Shakespeare was better taught.
“So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. There are other forces at work in this world Frodo, besides the will of evil. Bilbo was meant to find the Ring. In which case, you were also meant to have it. And that is an encouraging thought.”
It's short but the "Tears in the rain" monologue from Blade Runner The horror monologue from Apocalypse Now I know this video wasn't out at the time, but every Punisher monologue from Daredevil season 2 Rutger Hauer's monologue from Hobo With a Shotgun is great, but I didn't really like the rest of the movie Any of Christian Bale's monologues from American Psycho You guys should do a 10 Most Unnerving Performances list. I'd be very excited to see what you come up with.
American Psycho had by far the best monologues, especially the final one where Patrick Bateman comes to terms with the fact that his life, everything around it, and everyone in it is inconsequential and homogenous, and how he cannot even derive meaning or pleasure from being a psychopath. Absolutely chilling delivery from Christian Bale, and surprised that it did not even get a mention.
Kevin Spacey stands disgraced today. But there's no taking away his acting chops. He can do more with one look or one gesture that most other actors can do with a whole film. If ever Spacey,. Nicholson and Brando had done a scene together, the movie projector would explode!
I've always loved the monologue at the start of Lord of the Rings by Cate Blanchett. It both sets the tone and provides historical context for the film perfectly. The score behind her helps, of course, but she's excellent.
Rumors aren't inherently false. Seeing as I have no source, and the person I heard it from had no source, it's a rumor. Even if it's factually correct, it's still a rumor unless there's a direct source.
I've heard that before, too. I wouldn't be surprised if it was true, though. Damon was just getting off working with Robin Williams and Williams had a pretty awesome monologue in Good Will Hunting. Maybe Damon learned a thing or two.
One of the best monologues - The opening lines of "Trainspotting" (1996) - by 'Rent boy' : - "Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching luggage. Choose a three-piece suit on hire purchase in a range of fucking fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pissing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked up brats you spawned to replace yourselves. Choose your future. Choose life... But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life. I chose somethin' else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you've got heroin? " ...... and then the last lines by the same character: - "Now I've justified this to myself in all sorts of ways. It wasn't a big deal, just a minor betrayal. Or we'd outgrown each other, you know, that sort of thing. But let's face it, I ripped them off - my so called mates. But Begbie, I couldn't give a shit about him. And Sick Boy, well he'd done the same to me, if he'd only thought of it first. And Spud, well okay, I felt sorry for Spud - he never hurt anybody. So why did I do it? I could offer a million answers - all false. The truth is that I'm a bad person. But, that's gonna change - I'm going to change. This is the last of that sort of thing. Now I'm cleaning up and I'm moving on, going straight and choosing life. I'm looking forward to it already. I'm gonna be just like you. The job, the family, the fucking big television. The washing machine, the car, the compact disc and electric tin opener, good health, low cholesterol, dental insurance, mortgage, starter home, leisure wear, luggage, three piece suite, DIY, game shows, junk food, children, walks in the park, nine to five, good at golf, washing the car, choice of sweaters, family Christmas, indexed pension, tax exemption, clearing gutters, getting by, looking ahead, the day you die. "
" We train young men to drop fire on people, but their commanders won't allow them to write "fuck" on their airplanes because it's obscene! " has to be my favorite line ever. I also loved the "You have to have men who are moral... and at the same time who are able to utilize their primordial instincts to kill without feeling... without passion... without judgment... without judgment! Because it's judgment that defeats us. " part
+Randy Miller III That's not true. A monologue is a speech that is given for an audience. When it is not intended for a ln audience it is called a soliloquy.
Disappointed that Marlin Brando's "horror' monologue in Apocalypse Now wasn't mentioned. Would have mentioned John Doe in Se7en too. I love your channel !
In my opinion the great dictator will always have the greatest monologue. It’s so real and visceral, it could give goosebumps and tears to even the most hardest individuals.
I love the battle speech monologue. I am surprised yall didnt give an honorable mention to one of the greatest battle speech's ever written, Henry V St. Crispin's day speech, given in movie form by Kenneth Branagh in 1989. My personal all time favorite is in Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, not the one given by Aragorn at the end, but the one given by Theodin at the battle of Minas Tirith
I was thinking of Theoden, too! Note about the film: the scene where he rides down the front row striking their swords with his own was epic and the actor's idea
Shakespeare's St. Crispin's Day speech is amazing in its own right, but IMO the best cinematic use of it is in Penny Marshall's "Renaissance Man" as a New York Puerto Rican recites it in uniform, on bivouac, in the rain, rifle in hand, during a thunderstorm. Totally nailed it!
I've been an actor all my life, and finding "the best" of anything is extremely difficult. Just too much good stuff out there. That said, I must agree with El Viajero, below. Rutger Hauer's "Tear in rain" speech by David Peoples must remain the most dramatically vivid in my mind. Better still, Rutger actually improved upon it, adding his own lines for drama, only the night before. Here are 10 more of my all-time favorites: 1) Stirling Hayden's 'rainwater' speech in "Dr. Strangelove." 2) Everything Orson Welles said in "Citizen Kane." 3) Bogart's farewell speech in "Casablanca." 4) Viola Davis' explanation in "Doubt." 5) Kirk Douglas' final battle speech in "Spartacus" and losing it in "Paths Of Glory." 6) Henry Fonda's farewell speech in "Mr. Roberts." 7) Murry Hamilton's 'heart to heart' speech with Dustin Hoffman in "The Graduate." 8) Hoagy Carmichael's advice to wounded sailor in "The Best Days of our Lives." 9) James Dean's "you're tearing me apart!" speech in "Rebel Without A Cause." 10) *My Number One Favorite is,* Spencer Tracy's closing address in "Judgment at Nuremberg."
I'm not sure that the people who are complaining that you left such and such a movie of your list because if you didn't, we'd be here all week watching it. I am sometimes displeased that something I like is left off of one of your lists, but I understand why it has to be done. Don't let the haters get to you... I love your videos and appreciate all of the hard work you put into them! Thank you!
Nicholas Genovese You could make an entire reel of Sorkin monologues...if you included television. But this list is weak, because two of your choices displayed an uncharacteristic (for Cinefix) susceptibility to sentimental cliché--and ham-fisted acting. 'Rocky Balboa'?!? Are you kidding me? A string of sentimental clichés delivered by the most overrated vulgarian among major stars since John Wayne. And much as I love Chaplin, uh...no. Great comedian, best when silent. Sentimental truths, stridently overacted. Y'know what you look like with your good bag, and your cheap shoes, CineFix?
Anything from network,,,,,,,,crispin glover in dead man,or rivers edge,,,,,,,,dennis hopper in true romance.......and about 3 or 4 scenes from the witch,,,,,,,,,oh yeah,,,,,,harry dean stanton in paris texas. Probably more,,,,,,,,
rick rose Cliche or not, it could not be more true and inspirational for tons of people, including me! It is incisive and direct to the point the speech of Rocky Balboa
Nicholas Genovese You couldn't be more wrong, Nick: a string of fatuous clichés, stridently overacted straight to the camera. Empty and obvious -- the worst sort of preachy grandstanding.
Antonio Salieri's monologue about Don Giovanni and Leopold Mozart's death has to be one of THE best performances in any movie, the awe, jealousy, sadness, and anguish is so palpable! I loved it so much I used it for a monologue assignment in one of my middle school drama classes.
I am disappointed that Bruno Ganz's monologue in "The Downfall" (2004) is not mentioned. it would have been my top pick for the breakdown category. The Performance was teriffic and made a lasting impression.
I find it's shamefully overlooked as a film in entirety, but Jean-Claude Van Damme's monologue in JCVD. Not only a spectacular, and ad libbed monologue, but the way it was shot, the 4th wall break, the retraction from the film set, and subsequent reentry. Such an underrated film.
Wow. The whole list is kinda bogus without Karl Childers "I reckon you wanna know what I'm a-doin' here, mmm" monologue from "Sling Blade." Also suspiciously absent, any of Alex's monologues from "A Clockwork Orange."
A Few Good Men is one of the top movies of all time PERIOD! I’ve watched it at least 1X a week over the last 20 years & have not tired of it in any way/shape/form! A true masterpiece!
I really wish that "A Few Good Men" had included the rebuttal, where Cruise's character tears down the Colonel's argument as being 100% self-serving instead of altruistic.
I think the monologue of michael stuhlbarg to his son (timothée charlament) in one of the last scenes of 'call me by your name' is wonderful and worth a mention.
This is the only Cinefix video I hate, because they did not include nor even mention Roy Batty's beautiful "Tears in Rain" monologue from Blade Runner - which is infamous for making countless audiences cry, and also I think that H.I.'s "Dream of the Future" voice-over monologue from the overlooked Raising Arizona would make a great candidate for #8, since I personally think it is the greatest monologue ever.
Man they seriously miss the final speech from Call me by your name delivered perfectly by Michael Stuhlbarg that was the most brilliant scene of 2017 in my opinion.
My favorite monologue didn't make it on here... While I love Jule's speech of "Ezekiel 25:1," there's just something so brilliant and provocative the way Tarantino wrote Bill's Superman speech in "Kill Bill: Vol. 2," and David Carradine's greatest performance that doesn't NEARLY get the recognition he deserves.
I am ridiculously disappointed you missed a very important monologue: the dying breath speech. By all means, my favourite is Blade Runner's (tears in the rain). You didn't even mention it :(
Malsanity Blade runner's is super interesting because we love tears in the rain, but when we were throwing ideas around we thought of it as a really well delivered line, more than a monologue.
CineFix We'll just agree to disagree. At least you put Ozymandias' speech, which I appreciate
+Malsanity
Stuff like that has to be cut to make room for the obligatory pretentious hipster entries, that no one gives a shit about.
+Dire Squirrel You mean good choices.
Willie Knight
Go away little hipster. No one likes you. Not even your parents.
Feels like Hans Landa deserves a spot here somewhere
Matthew McConaughey's courtroom speech in A Time To Kill is one of the most moving I've ever seen, I'm genuinely stunned that neither that one nor Tears in Rain even got a mention
Fully agree, that was an amazing courtroom monologue.
It’s one of the few “non obvious” monologues. It was so gripping and resonates just as much now as it did then.
I really love that movie and made my boyfriend watch it because of that scene! The first time I saw it, I had chills and was crying.
Now imagine... imagine she was... white
"I know. It’s all wrong. By rights we shouldn’t even be here. But we are. It’s like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger, they were. And sometimes you didn’t want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it’s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something, even if you were too small to understand why.
But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn’t. They kept going. Because they were holding on to something.
That there’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo… and it’s worth fighting for."
Where is this from
+roxasbuddy gee you think maybe one of the Lord of the Rings flicks?
+diddymuck I never seen it lol movie toooo long
8_BitMario Ain't a soul could've played that character better than Astin, and personally he's my favorite character in the books.
Great fkn character.
i started crying just reading this omg i have no words to explain how beautiful, moving, and inspiring this monologue was. sam is truly the greatest character ever
The speech from the great dictator is IMO one of the finest speeches ever written end of! It is truly timeless, leagues above just a speech in a film!
spicy110 A small nitpick: The barber in the movie is nameless. Schultz is the former aviator who escapes with the barber from the camp.
Zvi mur i think everyone knows that -.-
Well, this film is a masterpiece and TRULY timeless.
+spicy110 My thoughts too. Always the best part in any movie ever.
+Zvi mur I thought that when he said it. Hasn't he always been referred to as "A Jewish Barber"?
Quint's monologue is my favorite. Its done just perfectly by Shaw. A brilliant balance between nostalgia and fear.
Kate Rehahn same. I wished it was number 1. Not that JN didn’t deserve it. Shaw was brilliant in the film, and the monologue is awesome. Along with the quote “you’re gonna need a bigger boat”. Classic.
It was the first thing I thought of as I clicked on this.
I thought this was a shoe-in for no.1
It's the only monologue that I've ever had a visceral reaction to. I got chills all the way up my back the first time I saw it. I still get chills whenever I rewatch it.
Japanese submarine slammed two torpedoes into our side, chief. It was comin’ back, from the island of Tinian to Leyte, just delivered the bomb. The Hiroshima bomb. Eleven hundred men went into the water. Vessel went down in twelve minutes. Didn’t see the first shark for about a half an hour. Tiger. Thirteen footer. You know, you know that when you’re in the water, chief? You tell by lookin’ from the dorsal to the tail. Well, we didn’t know. `Cause our bomb mission had been so secret, no distress signal had been sent. They didn’t even list us overdue for a week. Very first light, chief. The sharks come cruisin’. So we formed ourselves into tight groups. You know it’s kinda like `ol squares in battle like a, you see on a calendar, like the battle of Waterloo. And the idea was, the shark nearest man and then he’d start poundin’ and hollerin’ and screamin’ and sometimes the shark would go away. Sometimes he wouldn’t go away. Sometimes that shark, he looks right into you. Right into your eyes. You know the thing about a shark, he’s got lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll’s eye. When he comes at ya, doesn’t seem to be livin’. Until he bites ya and those black eyes roll over white. And then, ah then you hear that terrible high pitch screamin’ and the ocean turns red and spite of all the poundin’ and the hollerin’ they all come in and rip you to pieces. Y’know by the end of that first dawn, lost a hundred men. I don’t know how many sharks, maybe a thousand. I don’t know how many men, they averaged six an hour. On Thursday mornin’ chief, I bumped into a friend of mine, Herbie Robinson from Cleveland. Baseball player, bosom’s mate. I thought he was asleep, reached over to wake him up. Bobbed up and down in the water, just like a kinda top. Up ended. Well, he’d been bitten in half below the waist. Noon the fifth day, Mr. Hooper, a Lockheed Ventura saw us, he swung in low and he saw us. He’d a young pilot, a lot younger than Mr. Hooper, anyway he saw us and come in low. And three hours later a big fat PBY comes down and start to pick us up. You know that was the time I was most frightened? Waitin’ for my turn. I’ll never put on a lifejacket again. So, eleven hundred men went in the water, three hundred and sixteen men come out, the sharks took the rest, June the 29, 1945. Anyway, we delivered the bomb.
Christoph Walz at the beginning of Inglorious Basterds.
Jordan Neal Yes
good one
It's not exactly a monologue. There are questions asked and then answered. It is almost a mono logue
great speech but it's more of a dialogue between him and the farmer
Then couldn't the same thing be said about the courtroom scene in A Few Good Men?!
"I've seen thing you people wouldn't believe, attack ships on fire......"
I loved seeing Quint from Jaws.
That scene of the movie was so perfect. From terrifying action during the day, to the men hanging out together talking and comparing scars... then it's calm, we're tuned into every word their saying, and Quint in his sharp, clear and calm voice continues to cut the silence with his terrifying story. PERFECT!
0Myles0 yeah, that seen easily makes the movie....f they were to replace Robert Shaw and take that scene out entirely, the whole movie would be good but forgotten, like deep blue sea....Shaw’s monologue gave that movie depth.
"I'll never put on a life jacket again."
Nothing deserved the #1 spot like A Few Good Men. Absolutely perfect monologue from a perfect scene in a brilliant film.
It's a salute to possibly the greatest similar scene in The Caine Mutiny. After the Captain is convicted, the men have
a party. In walks the lawyer who tells them what REALLY just happened. They didn't win a victory. They shamed
themselves for not helping a battle weary war hero when he needed their support aboard ship. But they turned
on him and didn't help him. The men realize that THEY are the bad guys, not the Captain. That's just like Nicholson
being shamed that HE is the bad guy. Of course, he doesn't accept responsibility like the men of the Caine did.
Agreed. I'm my opinion it could have taken two spots in this list. Greatest court room monolog and the best from a military film. When mojo didn't mention it in the military section I was shocked and was about to come and comment! Then i saw they included it the court section and thought it read fair enough. Great scene!
what I love most about CineFix's top 10s is that each individual winner is a "#1 choice" in a specific field. So when you look at it that way they're all #1 instead of the number they landed on the list.
ShadowHatter I agree ;)
ShadowHatter yea. it's a great way to do a list.
ShadowHatter Yes! He previously didn't handle his "honorable mentions" too well (they felt like picks he was obliged to not miss out and would just get them out of the way). But this. This was excellent!
Yes. Much more thoughtful and just plain smart way of assessing altogether. It's a pleasure to watch these ratings.
That said -- Nicholson does not trump Gregory Peck. Good grief.
What I lovve is that you-unlike Ms. Mojo-are aware that great filmmaking didn't start after 1970.
That Jaws scene gives me chills every time I hear it. Fantastically written and beautifully delivered.
Patrick Bateman in American Psycho has so many great monologues, particularly the morning routine and the hip to be square ones, I can't believe not even one got mentioned. Any of Verbal's monologues in Usual Suspects are inspired and perfectly performed by Kevin Spacey. Audrey Hepburn's Holly Golightly also had a few heart wrenching monologues.
"AND YOU WILL KNOW MY NAME IS THE LORD, WHEN I LAY MY VENGENCE UPON THEE..."
“I hope to meet my friend and shake his hand, I hope the pacific ocean’s as blue as it’s been in my dreams, I hope....” gets me every time. the redemption in that film is Red’s, not Andy. Andy never lost hope
Yep, the whole film is a masterpiece and the last part about hope brings to me tears every time.
"Get busy living or get busy dying - God Damn right!" Yes, a Masterpiece movie.
I'm crying with just the highlight
That speech Quint gave in Jaws is one of the greatest things ever put to film.
Amen.
thing about a shark, cheif,......the eyes, black eyes..........like a dolls eyes. hardly seems to be livin'. till he bite ye. and those balcony eyes roll into white......... BESR MONOLOGUE EVER
the indianapolis story.
Robert Shaw is excellent in everything.
@@CH-sl5eq One of my all all time favorite actors. I will always wonder what other great acting performances he would have treated us to if he hadn't died so suddenly at just 51. He left behind 9 children.
'Network' is THE monologue. It's the single greatest monologue written for the screen of all time.
What about Tommy Lee Jones' character at the end of No Country For Old Men?
Yes, a real true grit. Including the reference to 'digging in that ole caliche soil'.
I still don't get the ending of No Country for Old Men
@@Shah-of-the-Shinebox I'd recommend the book, every chapter starts with a monologue by Sheriff Bell. In the movie, you only get the last few monologues, so they don't make sense.
One of my favorites is Bill's monologue in Kill Bill II. At the end about Superman. Brilliant.
He's wrong though, Superman isn't Superman when he wakes up, He's Clark Kent with superpower. Clark Kent isnt the act, it's who he is and how he was raised. Superman is the alter ego. Superman was raised and at heart as a Sweet Kansas farmers boy.
@@LazyYes im sorry, it's a nice take, but it's just not correct....just because he was RAISED as Clark Kent, doesn't mean that's who he is. He IS Kal-El.. he IS Superman...the glasses is what he puts on to "disguise" himself (and i think we can ALL Agree it's the greatest disguise of all time...lol, hope you detect the sarcasm).
You can be raised something, and that can determine who you are at heart, but regardless, in his blood, down to his DNA, he IS an alien, and he is a super powered being. In order to "hide" this, he does exactly what Bill says; dons the glasses, acts goofy, nerdy, even wimpy, in order to throw off people who may SOMEHOW see through that AMAZING disguise I mentioned (lol again), and think that this nerdy goof couldn't possibly be the greatest hero of their time...
Kill Bill; yeah I like watching him make those bologna sandwiches.
@@scottferguson3842 lol i like that too, for some reason...im sure you're being sarcastic, but it's funny to see him make the full sandwich, and then someone actually eats it...while talking about her daughter murdering a goldfish ...
that chaplin scene is mind blowing...and im not really into those older movies..but he fuckin nailed it...literal goosebumps
The court room monologue from To Kill a Mockingbird was so moving to me. I recently watched the movie in class and everyone was completely silent. Groundbreaking.
so happy that Shawshank was on here
I think Matthew McCoughney's monologue of A Time to Kill was truly overlooked.
Hmmmm I think it falls short. Doesn't has the impact it has on the book and I didn't like the way he delivered it. The words are good but the acting wasn't on point.
Absolutely agree...Nicholson was great, and no disrespect, but McConaughey's was powerful, and deserved consideration, if not to win it outright.
Also his speech in Contact about not being able to have faith in someone (Jodi Foster) who didn't believe in God
@@willyBOB77 Matthew is honestly one of the all-time greatest monologists in movies. He packs the punch in ways, most actors simply fail.
Don't forget Reese Witherspoon's dismantling of the wet perm in Legally Blonde
Dennis Hopper giving his "last cigarette" speech to hitman Christopher Walken in,"True Romance."
100% agreed. This is an amazing speech by a characters who knows he is going to die so therefore is brutally honest. Remember too, Tarantino wrote the screenplay
@@cirofesta1027 No, he was baiting Don Coccotti (Walken) into anger so he would kill him quickly. Otherwise, they were going to torture him until he gave up Clarence.
@@toddgaak422 EXACTLY! I tell people all the time the same thing.
Half eggplant
RIP Rutger Hauer
No tears in the rain from blade runner?
rybrentmannftw Not really a speech though. It's very short. Beautiful and poetic, DEFINITELY.
***** i think they could have at least mentioned it since they need to follow what the theme of the episode is: Top 10 Monologues
rybrentmannftw Definitely, a great monologue, deep and inspired. It's a shame it's not even mentioned. Although, to be fair, it doesn't fit in any of their categories.
***** It is not that short. But it's really really great.
Pierre Laporte There was a death category, which it would fit in perfectly.
It’s amazing how many people don’t seem to understand that this a list compiling ten examples among millions of choices. Not every monologue is going to be on here, and the choices are going to be extremely subjective.
Agreed. But they often have their hearts set on one film in list after list after list. They should mix it up a little more.
Cinafix does ask for things the audience feels they missed.
Yeah, but they talk about the same fifteen movies in their top tens.
Fair enough and it starts a good dialogue - all credit to them for what they do
"As far back as I could remember, I always wanted to be a gangster" is as good as "Call me Ishmael" in my book.
Wow! You wrote Moby Dick!
It's a great line, that's for certain, but that scene is made by a combination of things. I mean, the lighting on that set is beautiful, but also the cinematography and editing. The decision to show his face right at the crux of the line as he slams the trunk shut. Priceless! And of course the low angle of the shot making Liotta appear all the more imposing, as if we're the ones in that trunk!
@@TTFMjock is that a monty python reference. If so always look on the bright side of life
@@TTFMjock No! But he stayed in a Holiday Inn Express last night!
Pulp Fiction's Ezekiel 25 17 and Brick Top's monologue in Snatch. Still, great list.
Jules ...Every word!
Which brick top monologue?
Grim Reaper "As greedy as a pig" and "Do you know what nemesis means?"
Ight
Kotano You know what should be on the list is Glory with Denzel Washington and Morgan Freeman
1. Mel Gibson's battle speech- Braveheart
2. Kevin Costner in JFK- longest monologue in cinema history.
3. Al Pacino's rant against God in The Devil's Advocate.
4. Jack Nicholson's rant against God for creating women in The Witches of Eastwick
5. The opening monologue to PATTON
After watching this video, I realized just how good Al Pacino is at monologues. He has some great speeches in "The Recruit"
Love the Braveheart speech.
Dr Evil's monologue on his childhood: "The details of my life are quite inconsequential"
Moniker yes yes. Brilliant!!!
Meat helmets.
My mother was a fifteen year old French pros-ti-tute named Chloe with webbed feet
"That's enough."
Matthew McConaughey's closing argument in A Time to Kill.
"Now imagine she's white."
James Kirkley he was just brilliant there
My #1. Absolutely brilliant.
Agreed, how did this not even get an honourable mention!?
I was coming here to write this exact one. Best courtroom monologue ever.
@@mollykapping9040 I would give that honor to Nels Gudmunsen's summation in Snow Falling on Cedars. Not a particularly good movie--unnecessarily stylized and Ethan Hawke was miscast and hadn't yet come into his own as an actor--but Max von Sydow was truly masterful in this scene.
I miss Ezekiel 25/17 from Pulp Fiction :(
Some writers specialize in great monologues. Tarantino is one. I love the story Tim Roth practices in Reservoir Dogs. Also the Jew Hunter from Inglorious Basterds and the Christopher Walken scene from True Romance.
Tarantino's dialogues are just amazing. They sound like very a legit (and many times relatable) conversation. On reservoir dogs I aldo love the scene where they talk about tips. Great director :)
Tarantino is a clown, his dialogues are stylish and shallow.
I should resist comparing a Paddy Chayevsky to a Quentin Tarantino, I guess. One wrote a screenplay that predicted the rise of the reality television craze and the complete backrupcy of corporate media. The other wrote a great little piece on why we shouldn't tip waiters. Yeah, they are pretty equivalent.
whatever I replied, wouldn't satisfy you.
Naturally, everyone knows (or least, ought to know ...), Quint's story/monologue was based directly off of the real life sinking of the USS Indianapolis, where so many men whom ended up in the water, where killed by the sharks. It still is, by far, the biggest single loss of life to shark attacks in history.
... no wonder Hooper went from drunk to stone colder sober in under 5 seconds. In fact, watch Richard Dreyfuss's face, even as the camera pushes in; he conveys that mixture of absolute shock, being, as a shark biologist, he knows very well the story, yet at the same time is hanging on every word, no doubt because he (Hooper) clearly never met an actual survivor of that horror ... which stands in utter contrast to the prior jollity of the pair comparing 'battle injuries' they have had from sharks, and the first time they started liking each other ... brilliant piece of 'stillness' on his part ...
Apparently the scene was first made with the actors drunk as are the characters (method style) but was a disaster so they did it again the next day, hungover.
Also hoopers expression was very genuine. Richard Dreyfus just sat in awe at Shaw the whole time
Kenneth Branagh as Hamlet (Hamlet's Soliloquy) was pretty memorable.
I guess they couldn't use any Shakespeare plays, he'd win too many...
We Happy few..KB
Andrew Erwin which soliloquy? My personal favorite is the last one.
Andrew Erwin
Yeah, but that's a bit of a cheat, Andrew, since those monologues long pre-date the movies as an art form. They weren't written for a screenplay.
If you use those criteria, you could include anything from, say, 'Streetcar Named Desire', 'Long Day's Journey Into Night', or any screen adaptation of Chekhov.
Thomas Headley
Sorry you went to crappy schools, Thomas. Long ago -- before we de-funded our once-great public school system, and put stupid ideologues like Betsey De Vos in charge -- Shakespeare was better taught.
No mention of Jules' one tasty burger/Ezekiel 25:17 monologue?
Gene
Suddenly I'm in the mood for a Big Kahuna burger.
Uh, you want fries with that?
“So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. There are other forces at work in this world Frodo, besides the will of evil. Bilbo was meant to find the Ring. In which case, you were also meant to have it. And that is an encouraging thought.”
Matt Damon's speech to Robin Williams about why he doesn't want to go to work for the NSA in Good Will Hunting.
That was spectacular. Loved everything about that movie.
I thought he made that speech to the NSA recruiter, not Robin Williams. Anyway, the park bench was better.
Paul Taylor he repeated it to robin Williams, the scene transitioned super smoothly though so lots of people didn’t notice
That was beyond awesome. I tired myself from listening to that alone hundreds of times.
@@KeyDash753 Don't forget Ben Affleck's The Best Part of My Day mini-monologue, which works because it comes out of nowhere.
Probably my favourite is Al Pacino's in "The Devil's Advocate" because it is simply electrifying and said with so much energy.
Tom Joad's monologue is great. I think it is so simple and could be interpreted in many different ways.
It's short but the "Tears in the rain" monologue from Blade Runner
The horror monologue from Apocalypse Now
I know this video wasn't out at the time, but every Punisher monologue from Daredevil season 2
Rutger Hauer's monologue from Hobo With a Shotgun is great, but I didn't really like the rest of the movie
Any of Christian Bale's monologues from American Psycho
You guys should do a 10 Most Unnerving Performances list. I'd be very excited to see what you come up with.
Yeah blade runner had a good one
American Psycho had by far the best monologues, especially the final one where Patrick Bateman comes to terms with the fact that his life, everything around it, and everyone in it is inconsequential and homogenous, and how he cannot even derive meaning or pleasure from being a psychopath. Absolutely chilling delivery from Christian Bale, and surprised that it did not even get a mention.
Paul Newman's summation from The Verdict is probably my favorite monologue.
How about the monologue in "The Usual Suspects" that ends the whole movie? That one always amazes me.
Kevin Spacey stands disgraced today. But there's no taking away his acting chops. He can do more with
one look or one gesture that most other actors can do with a whole film. If ever Spacey,. Nicholson and Brando
had done a scene together, the movie projector would explode!
My favorite monologue is Daniel Day Lewis’ “it’s my name” monologue in The Crucible.
sally field's emotional rant at the cemetery in Steel Magnolias.
I agree, and I still cry everytime
😭😭😭 so good
I did that one in a stage version..great monologue..
I've always loved the monologue at the start of Lord of the Rings by Cate Blanchett. It both sets the tone and provides historical context for the film perfectly. The score behind her helps, of course, but she's excellent.
In "Misery",Kathy Bates does an insane monologue about matinee movies or something alike
...cliffhangers...serials...
chapter plays...
Matt Damon in Saving Private Ryan talking about his brothers. I always loved that scene.
That's also rumored to be improv that Damon came up with the day before.
It's not a rumor. It was improv. Damon made it up as he went, and Spielberg decided to keep it in
Rumors aren't inherently false. Seeing as I have no source, and the person I heard it from had no source, it's a rumor. Even if it's factually correct, it's still a rumor unless there's a direct source.
Not being a dick btw. Just saying that I agree with you about it being true.
I've heard that before, too. I wouldn't be surprised if it was true, though. Damon was just getting off working with Robin Williams and Williams had a pretty awesome monologue in Good Will Hunting. Maybe Damon learned a thing or two.
James Earl Jones baseball speech in Field Of Dreams
Agree 100%
Yasssssss!
Charlie Chaplin's speech from The Great Dictator is my all-time favorite monologue!
Yeah is great
+legoC97 The one from Verdoux aint chopped liver
By far!
One of the best monologues - The opening lines of "Trainspotting" (1996) - by 'Rent boy' : - "Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching luggage. Choose a three-piece suit on hire purchase in a range of fucking fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pissing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked up brats you spawned to replace yourselves. Choose your future. Choose life... But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life. I chose somethin' else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you've got heroin? "
...... and then the last lines by the same character: - "Now I've justified this to myself in all sorts of ways. It wasn't a big deal, just a minor betrayal. Or we'd outgrown each other, you know, that sort of thing. But let's face it, I ripped them off - my so called mates. But Begbie, I couldn't give a shit about him. And Sick Boy, well he'd done the same to me, if he'd only thought of it first. And Spud, well okay, I felt sorry for Spud - he never hurt anybody. So why did I do it? I could offer a million answers - all false. The truth is that I'm a bad person. But, that's gonna change - I'm going to change. This is the last of that sort of thing. Now I'm cleaning up and I'm moving on, going straight and choosing life. I'm looking forward to it already. I'm gonna be just like you. The job, the family, the fucking big television. The washing machine, the car, the compact disc and electric tin opener, good health, low cholesterol, dental insurance, mortgage, starter home, leisure wear, luggage, three piece suite, DIY, game shows, junk food, children, walks in the park, nine to five, good at golf, washing the car, choice of sweaters, family Christmas, indexed pension, tax exemption, clearing gutters, getting by, looking ahead, the day you die. "
The Third Man - Cuckoo clocks
Paris, Texas - one way glass
Withnail and I - Hamlet
Dear God this needs more upvotes. Wtf, internet?
That scene from Paris, Texas is one of my favorites.
As much as Cinefix loves Third Man, it’s surprising it didn’t get a mention.
Kurtz's monologue from Apocalypse Now ? Anyone ?
¨Horror and moral terror¨
From what I've read, the initial idea was for that scene to take 10-15 mins, but they'd decided to cut it.
" We train young men to drop fire on people, but their commanders won't allow them to write "fuck" on their airplanes because it's obscene! " has to be my favorite line ever.
I also loved the "You have to have men who are moral... and at the same time who are able to utilize their primordial instincts to kill without feeling... without passion... without judgment... without judgment! Because it's judgment that defeats us. " part
"The Horror....The Horror."
Not exactly an original quote, Thank you Joseph Conrad. :-)
But God that was a beautiful scene.
I logged in specifically to make this comment. I'll just upvote yours :)
no taxi driver "u talking to me?" monologue? no "ezekiel 25:17" from pulp fiction? no blade runner' "like tears in rain"? no? no? no? ok, nevermind
+Elías MG Taxi Driver is not a monologue. A monologue needs an audience. Number 9 on this list is not a monologue either.
+guibox3 It is an inner monologue. The audience he is giving it to is us, as it is with almost (all?) all inner monologues.
It most certainly does not require an audience. Mono- means "one", -logue means "speech", no matter who else is present.
+Randy Miller III That's not true. A monologue is a speech that is given for an audience. When it is not intended for a ln audience it is called a soliloquy.
NeverlandHunter But isn't a soliloquy supposed to be a variation of a monologue?
Scarlett's "I'll never be hungry again" speech from Gone With the Wind.
That line always makes me head to the refrigerator for a cheese sammich!
Disappointed that Marlin Brando's "horror' monologue in Apocalypse Now wasn't mentioned. Would have mentioned John Doe in Se7en too.
I love your channel !
The #1 slot is the best one!!!
It's supposed to be. It's not called number one for nothing
The entire script of Network is one fabulous monologue after another. You could have filled all 10 spots with that film alone.
I'm surprised that Matt McConaughey's closing courtroom argument in A Time to Kill wasn't even mentioned. That's was awesome.
You saved me a post.
Sam Jackson in the diner of Pulp Fiction when he’s talking about why he says his scripture
It’s not really scripture. At least not from the Holy Bible.
ML Feathers yeah it’s an adaptation of the real Ezekiel 25:17. However, in regards to the movie it is scripture to him.
Damn straight.
In my opinion the great dictator will always have the greatest monologue. It’s so real and visceral, it could give goosebumps and tears to even the most hardest individuals.
The "I believe" speech from Bull Durham is brilliant, too.
"I'm an oil man." speech from There Will Be Blood.
I'm really glad you mentioned the watch-in-the-ass monologue from Pulp Fiction. I think it's hilarious!
i love the closing statement from a time to kill
that is also one i thought would get it for courtroom scene. tough to argue with a few good men though
+Questionable Life Choices When he mentioned courts. That's the one I was looking for.
+Questionable Life Choices that one was incredible... i tear up everytime... it really makes you think...
Funny enough, I was assigned to memorize and perform Jack Nicholson's triade from A Few Good Men in my freshmen year theatre class. Very powerful!
Aaron Sorkin kinda knows something about writing!
Excuse me but where the hell is Colonel Kurt's monologue from apocalypse now?
Kurtz
Damn that's a good one
I love the battle speech monologue. I am surprised yall didnt give an honorable mention to one of the greatest battle speech's ever written, Henry V St. Crispin's day speech, given in movie form by Kenneth Branagh in 1989. My personal all time favorite is in Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, not the one given by Aragorn at the end, but the one given by Theodin at the battle of Minas Tirith
I was thinking of Theoden, too!
Note about the film: the scene where he rides down the front row striking their swords with his own was epic and the actor's idea
Agreed, with both posts. Theoden had the absolute best speeches in those movies.
Shakespeare's St. Crispin's Day speech is amazing in its own right, but IMO the best cinematic use of it is in Penny Marshall's "Renaissance Man" as a New York Puerto Rican recites it in uniform, on bivouac, in the rain, rifle in hand, during a thunderstorm. Totally nailed it!
I still believe the opening speech in "Patton" is the greatest speech ( and opening shot ) in any film. Pure cinematic brilliance.
That's a good one.
I don't love Braveheart, bu I would have picked that monologue. There have been a million counterfeits over the past 20 years.
I've been an actor all my life, and finding "the best" of anything is extremely difficult. Just too much good stuff out there. That said, I must agree with El Viajero, below. Rutger Hauer's "Tear in rain" speech by David Peoples must remain the most dramatically vivid in my mind. Better still, Rutger actually improved upon it, adding his own lines for drama, only the night before.
Here are 10 more of my all-time favorites:
1) Stirling Hayden's 'rainwater' speech in "Dr. Strangelove."
2) Everything Orson Welles said in "Citizen Kane."
3) Bogart's farewell speech in "Casablanca."
4) Viola Davis' explanation in "Doubt."
5) Kirk Douglas' final battle speech in "Spartacus" and losing it in "Paths Of Glory."
6) Henry Fonda's farewell speech in "Mr. Roberts."
7) Murry Hamilton's 'heart to heart' speech with Dustin Hoffman in "The Graduate."
8) Hoagy Carmichael's advice to wounded sailor in "The Best Days of our Lives."
9) James Dean's "you're tearing me apart!" speech in "Rebel Without A Cause."
10) *My Number One Favorite is,* Spencer Tracy's closing address in "Judgment at Nuremberg."
Yes! 😂Bogie’s goodbye speech to Ilsa in Casablanca is one of the very best.
@@randymaynard514
What was so amazing about this film is that nearly ALL of the dialogue was ad libbed, either the day before or right on the set.
No way you left Colonel Kurtz's monologue in Apocalypse Now out of this list !!!
Oh the horror...
Agreed. Also little known, this was improvised and Brando famously said after that he had nothing left to say
That's what I was thinking too!
what about the few little monologues by Travis Bickle in taxi driver and what ye thinks of the city
I'm not sure that the people who are complaining that you left such and such a movie of your list because if you didn't, we'd be here all week watching it. I am sometimes displeased that something I like is left off of one of your lists, but I understand why it has to be done. Don't let the haters get to you... I love your videos and appreciate all of the hard work you put into them! Thank you!
The Great Dictator monalogue is the best speech ever
Nicholas Genovese
You could make an entire reel of Sorkin monologues...if you included television.
But this list is weak, because two of your choices displayed an uncharacteristic (for Cinefix) susceptibility to sentimental cliché--and ham-fisted acting.
'Rocky Balboa'?!? Are you kidding me? A string of sentimental clichés delivered by the most overrated vulgarian among major stars since John Wayne. And much as I love Chaplin, uh...no. Great comedian, best when silent. Sentimental truths, stridently overacted.
Y'know what you look like with your good bag, and your cheap shoes, CineFix?
Anything from network,,,,,,,,crispin glover in dead man,or rivers edge,,,,,,,,dennis hopper in true romance.......and about 3 or 4 scenes from the witch,,,,,,,,,oh yeah,,,,,,harry dean stanton in paris texas.
Probably more,,,,,,,,
Nicholas Genovese nothing will ever touch glengarry Glenn Ross
rick rose Cliche or not, it could not be more true and inspirational for tons of people, including me! It is incisive and direct to the point the speech of Rocky Balboa
Nicholas Genovese
You couldn't be more wrong, Nick: a string of fatuous clichés, stridently overacted straight to the camera. Empty and obvious -- the worst sort of preachy grandstanding.
My favorite monologue of all time is the "Rube" monologue from Silence Of The Lambs.
Deserving of a shout out-Sally Field’s monologue in Steel Magnolias-breaks me up every time I watch it.
When the 'Top 10 Monologues of All Time' opens with Bill Murray you sense you are in perfect alignment with the universe.
How about the end speach of Norma Bates in Psycho?
Antonio Salieri's monologue about Don Giovanni and Leopold Mozart's death has to be one of THE best performances in any movie, the awe, jealousy, sadness, and anguish is so palpable! I loved it so much I used it for a monologue assignment in one of my middle school drama classes.
I agree. Tony’s monologue was spot on.
I am disappointed that Bruno Ganz's monologue in "The Downfall" (2004) is not mentioned. it would have been my top pick for the breakdown category. The Performance was teriffic and made a lasting impression.
Apperantly I'm not the only one who was impressed by Bruno Ganz's speach: a search on youtube for "hitler is told" shows over 700'000 videos.
I find it's shamefully overlooked as a film in entirety, but Jean-Claude Van Damme's monologue in JCVD. Not only a spectacular, and ad libbed monologue, but the way it was shot, the 4th wall break, the retraction from the film set, and subsequent reentry. Such an underrated film.
agreed. i personally think its the best modern monologue. you would never expect this from bloodsport lol
Those Pacino and De Niro monologues, are pure art
Pretty much but Deniro was Far superior.
Far better movie too.
Jimmy Stewart in, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, needs to top the list.
One of my favorites is by Sonny Chiba as Hattori Hanzo having just finished making the sword and about to give it to Beatrix. Short but very powerful.
The father's speech at the end of Call Me By Your Name is so beautiful. Please include it next time!
Clarice’s story about the screaming lambs always broke my heart
End of Rambo First Blood: "...I was in charge of a million dollars worth of equipment. Back here, I can't even get a job pumping gas"
"...parking cars"
02:17 Freeman just NAILED it!!!!! And Thomas Newman’s music made it even better!
Wow. The whole list is kinda bogus without Karl Childers "I reckon you wanna know what I'm a-doin' here, mmm" monologue from "Sling Blade." Also suspiciously absent, any of Alex's monologues from "A Clockwork Orange."
Yeah that was pretty good .
Kenneth Branagh, 1989, Henry V, the Battle of St. Crispin's Day speech.
Shakespeare is the master of great monologues.
A Few Good Men is one of the top movies of all time PERIOD! I’ve watched it at least 1X a week over the last 20 years & have not tired of it in any way/shape/form! A true masterpiece!
You missed Jules' Monologue in the diner from Pulp Fiction
I really wish that "A Few Good Men" had included the rebuttal, where Cruise's character tears down the Colonel's argument as being 100% self-serving instead of altruistic.
I think the monologue of michael stuhlbarg to his son (timothée charlament) in one of the last scenes of 'call me by your name' is wonderful and worth a mention.
This is the only Cinefix video I hate, because they did not include nor even mention Roy Batty's beautiful "Tears in Rain" monologue from Blade Runner - which is infamous for making countless audiences cry, and also I think that H.I.'s "Dream of the Future" voice-over monologue from the overlooked Raising Arizona would make a great candidate for #8, since I personally think it is the greatest monologue ever.
Man they seriously miss the final speech from Call me by your name delivered perfectly by Michael Stuhlbarg that was the most brilliant scene of 2017 in my opinion.
I was thinking this, but then I saw the upload date. It had not come out yet. Brilliant and beautiful scene.
Michael Stuhlbarg's character in Call Me By Your Name has a really moving monologue at the end...
My favourite courtroom monologue is Matthew McConaughey in A Time To Kill. "...And now imagine she's white." That really hits your core.
My favorite monologue didn't make it on here... While I love Jule's speech of "Ezekiel 25:1," there's just something so brilliant and provocative the way Tarantino wrote Bill's Superman speech in "Kill Bill: Vol. 2," and David Carradine's greatest performance that doesn't NEARLY get the recognition he deserves.
The revolutionary speech from V for Vendetta is extraordinary.
'Time to Die' Bladerunner.