From Akeelah to Z

Somewhere in their movie, these characters said at least one word starting with every single letter of the alphabet — all the way from A to the famously elusive X, Z, and Q.

61 perfect alphabets and 1,660 who came one letter short, mined from ~2,817 screenplays. Tap any letter tile to see the actual word they said.

~inspired by michael leeann norris~

★ The Perfect Alphabet26 / 26

Michael Fassbender

as Steve JobsSteve Jobs (2015)

X…a line from Xerox PARC to the…

Leonardo DiCaprio

as Jordan BelfortThe Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

X…I use Xanax to stay focused,…

Billy Eichner

as BobbyBros (2022)

X…Merry Little Nas Xmas And "How the…

Anna Kendrick

as Stephanie SmothersA Simple Favor (2018)

X…Take a fucking Xanax and let me…

Al Pacino

as Tony D'AmatoAny Given Sunday (1999)

X…need a Mandrake X-ray

Kaley Cuoco

as SheilaMeet Cute (2022)

X…these years. That X-factor that you can't…

Leonardo DiCaprio

as Howard HughesThe Aviator (2004)

X…... She's the XF reconnaissance flier, spy…

Nicolas Cage

as Jack CampbellThe Family Man (2000)

X…Welcome to Xanadu

Anne Hathaway

as Jules OstinThe Intern (2015)

X…can take a Xanex if I had…

Jesse Eisenberg

as Vincent ZaleskiThe Hummingbird Project (2019)

X…"The Trend Setter XYZ yes!…

Leslie Mann

as Kate KingThe Other Woman (2014)

X…little nibble of Xanax when I was…

Michael Douglas

as Gordon GekkoWall Street (1987)

X…the board of XYZ suddenly knows it's…

Jodie Foster

as Ellie ArrowayContact (1997)

X…Call it xenophobic paranoia. Do n't…

Greta Gerwig

as Violet WisterDamsels in Distress (2012)

XXavier with the girlfriend.…

Don Cheadle

as Paul RusesabaginaHotel Rwanda (2004)

X…Yes, Colonel Monsieur Xavier the \* Minister…

Donald Sutherland

as Ben Du ToitA Dry White Season (1989)

X…belong to the xhosa tribe too?…

Ed Helms

as Rusty GriswoldVacation (2015)

X…us getting an Xbox and playing some…

Owen Wilson

as GilMidnight in Paris (2011)

X…I have some Xanax at the hotel…

Kate Winslet

as Clementine KruczynskiEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

X…You should try Xanax I mean, it's…

Greta Gerwig

as Frances HalladayFrances Ha (2013)

X…When did X-Men start?…

Pete Davidson

as ZekeBig Time Adolescence (2020)

X…of your fucking Xbox

Mike Myers

as Charlie Mackenzie / Stuart MackenzieSo I Married an Axe Murderer (1993)

X…friends of Mrs. X's victims to identify…

Charlize Theron

as Marlo MoreauTully (2018)

X…clogging the pipes. XO Marlo." It's deeply…

Leonardo DiCaprio

as Dr. Randall MindyDon't Look Up (2021)

X…It's a Xanax I can only…

Griffin Gluck

as MoBig Time Adolescence (2020)

X…a bar of xanax but now you…

Holly Hunter

as M.J.Copycat (1995)

X…Go take a xanax I've got to…

Sarah Silverman

as Laney BrooksI Smile Back (2015)

X…A couple of Xanax would be great.…

Anton Yelchin

as Charlie BartlettCharlie Bartlett (2008)

X…one milligram of Xanax as needed.…

Tom Hanks

as Josh BaskinBig (1988)

X…going to the xerox room because they…

C.P. Lacey

as Sammy Davis Jr. Jr. / Mc HammerThe Hebrew Hammer (2003)

X…wired with the XP 2000 stereo type…

Michael Peña

as José HernáNdezA Million Miles Away (2023)

X…world's most sophisticated X-ray laser, potentially the…

Alex Wolff

as Spencer GilpinJumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)

X…"Dr. Xander Bravestone"...…

Sarah Polley

as ElsaSplice (2010)

X…with MRI or x-rays At this point,…

Melissa McCarthy

as DianaIdentity Thief (2013)

X…with your wife's Xanax

John Goodman

as Fred FlintstoneThe Flintstones (1994)

X…were pulling this xenosaurus act that night…

Thandiwe Newton

as Celia HarrisonAll the Old Knives (2022)

X…a prescription for Xanax

Alexander Skarsgård

as Anton ZaleskiThe Hummingbird Project (2019)

X…"The Trend Setter XYZ

Denzel Washington

as Major Bennett Ezekiel MarcoThe Manchurian Candidate (2004)

X…go get an x-ray -- we can…

Constance Wu

as Rachel ChuCrazy Rich Asians (2018)

X…Ah Ma, xiexie nin yaoquing wo…

Tom Cruise

as VincentCollateral (2004)

X…the man with X-ray vision...…

Ed Skrein

as Lieutenant Richard 'Dick' BestMidway (2019)

X…As XO it's my job…

Kat Dennings

as NorahNick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008)

X…Named for the xenophobic fucking nation oblivious…

Marcus Chong

as Huey P. NewtonPanther (1995)

X…line today. Malcolm X's widow was on…

Michael Shannon

as Richard StricklandThe Shape of Water (2017)

X…It makes the X-rays inconclusive...…

Channing Tatum

as Jenko21 Jump Street (2012)

X…No, dickhead. Professor X-man Are you as…

Liev Schreiber

as Orson WellesRKO 281 (1999)

X…"In Xanadu did Kubla Khan…

Lio Tipton

as LilyDamsels in Distress (2012)

X…summer - - Xavier \[pronounce Zav-ee-yay\]. We…

Pierce Brosnan

as James BondGoldenEye (1995)

X…name's familiar too, Xenia You work for…

Patricia Arquette

as Alabama WhitmanTrue Romance (1993)

X…off, and watch X-rated movies till you…

Jay Baruchel

as WindowsFanboys (2009)

X…Luke's squadron of X-WING fighters--…

Bill Farmer

as Goofy (Voice)A Goofy Movie (1995)

X…Oh...not bigger than Xavier Cougat, the mambo…

Emma Watson

as NickiThe Bling Ring (2013)

XXanax

Michelle Yeoh

as Eleanor YoungCrazy Rich Asians (2018)

X…Qie de you xi di, mi bao…

Gene Hackman

as BrillEnemy of the State (1998)

X…packages are screened, x-rayed and then hand-searched…

Tom Conway

as Ian HuntThe Atomic Submarine (1959)

X…circle of ` X's about the North…

Kristen Wiig

as Lucy (Voice)Despicable Me 2 (2013)

X…something with these x-ray goggles.…

Gary Oldman

as ZorgThe Fifth Element (1997)

X…parts, undetectable by X-rays It's the ideal…

Keir Dullea

as Dr. David Bowman2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

XX-ray-delta-zero to MC, zero-five-three-…

Henry Czerny

as Capt. Martin JenkinsChaos (2005)

X…Lamar Galt and Xander Harrington. Everyone was…

Marius Weyers

as Prof. Daniel MaraisThe Power of One (1992)

X…the Zulu, the Xhosa the Pongo, the…

Melanie Lynskey

as June MindyDon't Look Up (2021)

X…Here's the Xanax he takes for…

So Close25 / 26

One letter shy of the full set — and it’s almost always X. Showing the 400 most talkative of 1,660.

Kevin Costner

as Jim GarrisonJFK (1991)

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Anthony Hopkins

as Richard NixonNixon (1995)

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Matt Damon

as Mark WhitacreThe Informant! (2009)

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Robert De Niro

as Sam "Ace" RothsteinCasino (1995)

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John Cusack

as Rob GordonHigh Fidelity (2000)

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Kenneth Branagh

as Hercule PoirotMurder on the Orient Express (2017)

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Jessica Chastain

as Madeline Elizabeth SloaneMiss Sloane (2016)

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Seth Rogen

as Ronnie BarnhardtObserve and Report (2009)

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Joe Pesci

as Nicky SantoroCasino (1995)

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Woody Allen

as Larry LiptonManhattan Murder Mystery (1993)

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Diane Keaton

as Carol LiptonManhattan Murder Mystery (1993)

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Ethan Hawke

as JesseBefore Midnight (2013)

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Tom Cruise

as Lt. Daniel KaffeeA Few Good Men (1992)

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River Phoenix

as Young IndyIndiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

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Al Pacino

as Walter AbramsTwo for the Money (2005)

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Val Kilmer

as Jim MorrisonThe Doors (1991)

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Tom Holland

as CherryCherry (2021)

X…some of my Xanax

Julia Roberts

as Erin BrockovichErin Brockovich (2000)

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Johnny Depp

as Raoul DukeFear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)

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Adam Sandler

as George SimmonsFunny People (2009)

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Will Smith

as Capt. James WestWild Wild West (1999)

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Richard Gere

as BillDays of Heaven (1978)

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Jason Segel

as David Foster WallaceThe End of the Tour (2015)

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Simon Rex

as MikeyRed Rocket (2021)

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Dialogue from the Cornell Movie-Dialogs Corpus; actors matched via TMDB. Counts are based on screenplay text, not a forensic transcript of every word spoken on screen. Names and hyphenated words (Xavier, x-ray) count.