I can’t believe you left out the presidents speech in ID4. Best one minute speech ever.
https://youtu.be/9t1IK_9apWs?is=-dP-VXSV395MTpzC
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Kolby_Jack33Apr 2, 2026
+1
I know that's how they "abbreviated" it in the marketing but "ID4" for Independence Day is really dumb.
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Ok_Blacksmith1684Apr 2, 2026
That is a good speech. Hard limiting to 10 when there are so many. I also was a little biased, choosing movies I really liked.
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brickiex2Apr 2, 2026
+9
Quint's speech in Jaws.... No question
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elbrooko79Apr 2, 2026
+2
Incredible
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SaulsAllApr 2, 2026
+4
No one rants like [a mature Al Pacino.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNnnJswu_O8)
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Easy-Cup-6480Apr 2, 2026
+2
walken in poolhall junkies is so underrated man that whole lion monologue gives me chills every time. would add pacino's any given sunday speech to this list too - that locker room scene where he talks about fighting for inches is pure fire
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Ok_Blacksmith1684Apr 2, 2026
+1
That's funny you mentioned Any Given....I literally decided to pick Titans and Miracle over that one...really because I liked the movies better. Great speech, though.
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FableousApr 2, 2026
+2
George Bailey vs Potter https://youtu.be/O4ne13Zft9Q?si=LCyWHRkpqSgvCkQp
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SeaworthinessKey3654Apr 2, 2026
+2
Al Pacino has several of the greatest :
The Insider
This entire monologue is phenomenal, but Al improvising “f******” when Lowell talks about Jeffrey Wigand “violating his own f****** confidentiality agreement” is sheer brilliance (
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mbGqeyemofU
Here’s another monologue that I love from the same movie - the “cat is TOTALLY out of the bag”
Al is SO good, lol
It starts around 1:20
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nIQyOfuBP5Y
And Justice for All
It’s SO much more than the meme it’s become - it’s a magnificent, powerful, brilliantly written and performed speech given by a man at the end of his rope, who is broken by by the corrupt justice system. Al is phenomenal
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zkzklkcL67w&pp=ygUdYWwgcGFjaW5vIGFuZCBqdXN0aWNlIGZvciBhbGw%3D
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unbroknApr 2, 2026
+1
Pacino(naturally) also gives one of the greatest locker room speeches in Any Given Sunday.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1yWSePMqsk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1yWSePMqsk)
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SeaworthinessKey3654Apr 2, 2026
+1
I haven’t seen the movie yet, but I did watch this on YT awhile ago, and it’s as brilliant as everyone says
There’s a great article/reunion with the cast, and they talk about the speech:
**Williams:** I remember he stumbled a little bit because it’s a long speech. Oliver comes over and says, “Hey, are you OK?” He said, “I can do this.”
**Taylor:** Al was rehearsing, he would fumble different lines, and then it was like BAM—they started rolling and he absolutely f****** nailed it.
**Ellis:** I’m standing over there in the corner and we called action and I’ll tell you, the hair on everybody’s neck stood up.
**Williams:** He does that speech three or four times, exactly like what you saw. We were like, are you kidding me?
**Totino:** You’re so tired after such a long week, and you get all set up to do this speech, you’re barely awake, every ounce of energy you’re just trying to focus. And then Al starts his speech and it’s like you got this burst of energy. This renewal, like “holy shit.” It was power beyond belief.
**Pacino:** Oliver was great to work with and he gave me a couple of chances, and he covers it beautifully. I remember Sidney Lumet used to like to do more takes than he usually does with me to get me tired. He thought he’d get a better performance out of me. Maybe that was Oliver’s thought.
**Bryniarski:** When you’re in that room, it’s echoing in every chamber of your head, off of every wall surface back at you. That would fire him up and fuel him even more. We’d get louder and louder.
**Bellamy:** That room was electric. It was absolutely electric. Every time he did the scene it got hyped, and he just kept delivering it. Even if you watch it now, you’ll be in your house screaming.
**Quaid:** Everybody was like, sit back and watch Al Pacino work. We were like audience members.
**Modine:** We all knew he was going to deliver an amazing performance. Al is the real deal. What we didn’t expect was the emotional nuance.
**Stone:** He absorbs it and gives it back in a way that makes me cry. He put his heart into it.
**Pacino:** It was a very good speech as it was written. Sometimes you go in and you sort of massage the speech—you work with some people and figure out how to do it, how to make it flow and genuine and in a way that you can say it—take the acting out of it.
**Levy:** There’s moments where we have jump cuts on Al Pacino—we cut to him and his voice is continuing, and he’s not talking on camera. They’re so incredibly emotional. Even though there’s an obvious level of artifice there, it gives you a moment to sort of really listen to what he’s saying. It draws your attention in that much more.
https://www.theringer.com/2019/12/19/movies/any-given-sunday-oral-history
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just_n_sanityApr 2, 2026
+2
Denzel explaining what “his job” is to his son and that it certainly has nothing to do with whether or not he “likes him”. -Fences (2016)
[https://youtu.be/tVxYCeRXzGo?si=-nMKykjKUR6U1I__](https://youtu.be/tVxYCeRXzGo?si=-nMKykjKUR6U1I__)
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KitlunApr 2, 2026
+1
I really rate James Earl Jones' take on that scene, he really adds intimidating Dad energy that I think even Denzel can't match.
https://youtu.be/oVZr6uzvYtA?si=GY8qdqSEvqpZqv2S
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micadoogApr 2, 2026
+2
Network has a good one
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tequilasauerApr 2, 2026
+1
Re-watching it as an adult, I absolutely love Ian Malcolm's rant at Hammond.
[Jurassic Park - Dinner Scene](https://youtu.be/g1GfN8Yk_70?si=pkfVQss1U4gf4FDb)
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talrichApr 2, 2026
+1
Or just watch all the inspirational movie speeches all at once in this widely distributed super cut:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6wRkzCW5qI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6wRkzCW5qI)
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NyriasNeoApr 2, 2026
+1
6 stones. 3 teams. 1 shot.
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Ok-Lavishness-7904Apr 2, 2026
+1
People will come, Ray… Field of Dreams
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wait_what_4Apr 2, 2026
+1
Hard to find a better one than this
Lincoln- now speech
https://youtu.be/1qjtugr2618?si=CiDy5eO0d3xKsiX0
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YounomsayinMawfkApr 2, 2026
+1
Brad Pitt in Killing Them Softly
My friend, Jefferson's an American saint because he wrote the words, "All men are created equal." Words he clearly didn't believe, since he allowed his own children to live in slavery. He was a rich wine snob who was sick of paying taxes to the Brits. So yeah, he wrote some lovely words and aroused the rabble, and they went out and died for those words, while he sat back and drank his wine and fucked his slave girl.
This guy wants to tell me we're living in a community. Don't make me laugh. I'm living in America, and in America, you're on your own. America's not a country. It's just a business. Now f****** pay me.
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Helpful_Sun6704Apr 2, 2026
+1
Robin Williams' monologue in Good Will Hunting, at the park bench, a bit more intimate than the ones you mention but hits just as hard as any battle speech 🥺
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dakotanorth8Apr 2, 2026
+1
Rocky from Rocky Balboa will forever make me run through a brick wall.
Yurrr betta THAN THAT!!!!
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CiclistompApr 2, 2026
+1
Al Pacino Any Given Sunday
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JBR1961Apr 2, 2026
+1
George C. Scott’s opening speech in Patton. Based (not word for word) on a real speech delivered by General Patton.
Patton’s version was more “earthy” I believe.
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Simple-Path-1441Apr 2, 2026
+1
solid list, can't believe you included the shawshank speech, always hits different. also, the wolf of wall street monologue is just pure chaos and brilliance.
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Ok_Blacksmith1684Apr 2, 2026
+1
Thanks...Yeah...shawshank...hope is a powerful thing...I am a NY Jets fan...and even we need hope...like food, water, and shelter.
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