Bechdel Test Movie List

/bech·del test/ n.
1. It has to have at least two [named] women in it
2. Who talk to each other
3. About something besides a man

Movie list

2013 (41 movies)

[[1]] 42 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Talking Cat!?! [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Admission [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Admission [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Beautiful Creatures [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Call [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Carrie [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Croods [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dead Man Down [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The East [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Ego [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Escape from Planet Earth [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Evil Dead [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Freier Fall [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] G.I. Joe: Retaliation [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Gangster Squad [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Great Gatsby [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Host [7 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Identity Thief [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Incredible Burt Wonderstone [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Iron Man 3 [1 review(s) available] [16 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Jack the Giant Slayer [8 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Jurassic Attack [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Last Exorcism Part II [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mama [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mt. Zion [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mud [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Oblivion [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Oblivion [13 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Olympus Has Fallen [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Oz the Great and Powerful [2 review(s) available] [13 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pasadena [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Safe Haven [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Side Effects [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Star Trek Into Darkness [6 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Trance [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Vai que da Certo [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Warm Bodies [8 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Warm Bodies [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Zero Dark Thirty [13 comment(s) available]

2012 (159 movies)

[[3]] 2 Days in New York [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] 21 Jump Street [11 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Late Quartet [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] About Cherry [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] All I Want Is Everything [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Amazing Spider-Man [12 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Amour [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Angels' Share [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Anna Karenina [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Arachnoquake [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Arbitrage [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Argo [9 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Attack of the 50ft Cheerleader [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Avengers [1 review(s) available] [28 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bachelorette [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Barbara
[[2]] Barfi! [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, part 1 [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Battleship [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] BearCity 2: The Proposal [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Beasts of the Southern Wild [14 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Berberian Sound Studio [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Beyond the Hills [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Beyond the Hills [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Big Miracle [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bitchkram
[[1]] Blood Fare [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Bourne Legacy [8 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Brave [1 review(s) available] [27 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Broken Circle Breakdown [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Bullet to the Head [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Call Girl [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Campaign [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Celeste and Jesse Forever [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Chernobyl Diaries [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Chronicle [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cigarette Ki Tarah [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cloud Atlas [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cocktail [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Compliance [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Contraband [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Cosmopolis [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Dabangg 2
[[1]] The Dark Knight Rises [25 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dark Shadows [10 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Das Leben ist nichts fur Feiglinge [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Das Wochenende [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Den skaldede frisor [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Devil Inside [5 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Dictator [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Django Unchained [8 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Door [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dredd 3D [8 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Eega
[[3]] English Vinglish
[[3]] The Expendables 2 [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Fast Girls [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Five-Year Engagement [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Flight [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] For a Good Time, Call... [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Foreign Letters [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Frances Ha
[[0]] Frankenweenie [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Future Weather [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Game Change [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Gayby [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ginger and Rosa [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Girl Vs. Monster
[[3]] Gone [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Goodbye [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Grey [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hannah Arendt
[[2]] Hitchcock [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey [37 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Holy Motors [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hope Springs [2 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Hotel Transylvania [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] House at the End of the Street [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Hunger Games [20 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Hyde Park on Hudson [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] I Belong
[[3]] Ill Manors [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Impossible [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Iron Sky [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Jack and Diane [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Jack Reacher [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Jagten [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Jayne Mansfield's Car [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] John Carter [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Kahaani [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Key and the Frame [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Killer Joe [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Killing Them Softly [5 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Kon-Tiki [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] La cinquieme saison
[[3]] Lake Effects [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Lawless [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Le grand soir
[[3]] Le prenom [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Les Miserables [19 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Life of Pi [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Lincoln [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Looper [2 review(s) available] [7 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Lorax [8 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Lore [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Magic Mike [1 review(s) available] [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Magic of Belle Isle [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Man on a Ledge [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Master [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Men in Black III [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mental [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mirror Mirror [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Monster High: Ghoul's Rule
[[3]] Moonrise Kingdom [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mosquita y Mari [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] No
[[3]] Not Fade Away [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Odd Life of Timothy Green [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Oh Boy [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] One for the Money [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Pact [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Paradies: Liebe [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] ParaNorman [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] People Like Us [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Perks of Being a Wallflower [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Pirates! Band of Misfits [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pitch Perfect [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Place Beyond the Pines [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Populaire [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Possession [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Premium Rush [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Price Check [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Price Check [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Privacy
[[3]] Prometheus [1 review(s) available] [14 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Quartet [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Qwerty [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Raven [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Red Dawn [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Red Tails [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Resident Evil: Retribution [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rise of the Animals [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Rise of the Guardians [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Robot & Frank [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rock of Ages
[[3]] Ruby Sparks [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ruroni Kenshin: Meiji kenkaku roman tan [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Safe [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Safety Not Guaranteed [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Sapphires [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Savages [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Seeking a Friend for the End of the World [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Sessions [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Seven Psychopaths [10 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sightseers [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Silent Hill: Revelation 3D [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Silver Linings Playbook [9 comment(s) available]
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Recent activity

Currently 3933 movies in the database. The five latest additions:

2013-05-18 16:57: [[3]] Butter (2011)
2013-05-18 13:34: [[1]] The Great Gatsby (2013)
2013-05-18 12:08: [[3]] Feeding Frenzy (2010)
2013-05-18 08:53: [[3]] Frances Ha (2012)
2013-05-16 14:51: [[2]] The Croods (2013)

The five latest comments were on:

2013-05-20 09:04: [[1]] Le Samourai (1967)
2013-05-20 08:57: [[2]] The Big Wedding (2013)
2013-05-20 06:37: [[3]] Prometheus (2012)
2013-05-20 06:22: [[1]] The Great Gatsby (2013)
2013-05-20 06:21: [[1]] The Great Gatsby (2013)

About

The Bechdel Test, sometimes called the Mo Movie Measure or Bechdel Rule is a simple test which names the following three criteria: (1) it has to have at least two women in it, who (2) who talk to each other, about (3) something besides a man. The test was popularized by Alison Bechdel's comic Dykes to Watch Out For, in a 1985 strip called The Rule. For a nice video introduction to the subject please check out The Bechdel Test for Women in Movies on feministfrequency.com.

The list you see to the left of this text consists of an icon with the result of the tests (explained below), the title (clicking it will take you to its details page, where you can find the reviews and comments) and finally two optional icons, also explained below. Clicking the icon before the title will take you to the movie's IMDb page.

For the sake of practicality, I've taken the liberty to read the first criterion as only named female characters counting.

There are currently 3933 movies listed. Some stats and graphs are available.

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Icons

[Red cross icon] Fewer than two women in this movie
[Mute icon] There are two or more women in this movie, but they don't talk to each other
[Ties icon] There are two or more women in this movie, but they only talk to each other about a man
[Smiley icon] There are two or more women in this movie and they talk to each other about something other than a man*
[Talk bubble icon] There is a comment for this movie
[Article icon] There are links to reviews available for this movie

* Please keep in mind that a movie scoring a [Smiley] does not mean it is at all "good" or feminist friendly, just that it passes all tests.

If there is an exclamation mark over the icon (eg. [OK-disagree]), someone who has left a comment doesn't agree with the rating (and hopefully explains why).

Links

About the Bechdel test

DTWOF: The Blog about The Rule

Wikipedia: Bechdel test

The Bechdel Test: What It Is, And Why It Matters

TV Tropes Wiki: Bechdels Rule

A New Rating System for Movies

Articles

The Female Character Flowchart

Memo to all women: No half for you in Hollywood

Why film schools teach screenwriters not to pass the Bechdel test

Remember when I said they teach you not to write screenplays with women as leads?

Cartoons are more than just entertainment

The 'Bechdel Rule,' Defining Pop-Culture Character

Review sites

Feminist Review

Bechdel and Me

No, Kissing in the Rain Is Not Acceptable

Women & Hollywood

pop!goesalicia

A Feminist Critique of Animation

Women's Studies Database ♀ Film Reviews

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