According to the author, the top 2 greatest movie monologues ever are:

1. Peter Sellers as President Merkin Muffley in Dr. Strangelove.

2. Ned Beatty as Arthur Jensen in Network.

Can you guess the other 3 without looking? Do you have some better suggestions?

What makes a great movie monologue? Even more to the point, what qualifies as a monologue? Hamlet's soliloquy would certainly make the cut, but its origins didn't spring from film, so it's probably ineligible. Does a speech have to be a certain length to qualify as a monologue? Can it be addressed to someone who reacts or occasionally interjects something in the middle of the display?

(Via kottke.org.)

All five well worth it, work of genius.

I love this clip Kore!

I thought Charlie Chaplins closing speech from the Great Dictator would've been in there.
Nice clip.