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

2012 (25 movies)

[[1]] The Avengers [14 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Battleship [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Big Miracle [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Chronicle [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Dark Shadows [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Devil Inside [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Five-Year Engagement [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Gone [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Grey
[[3]] The Hunger Games [9 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Iron Sky [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] John Carter [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] John Carter
[[3]] Mirror Mirror [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] One for the Money [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Pirates! Band of Misfits [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Raven [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Red Tails [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Skinny [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Snackbar [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] This Means War [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Underworld: Awakening [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Vow [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Woman in Black [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Wrath of the Titans [2 comment(s) available]

2011 (175 movies)

[[3]] 17 Girls
[[1]] 30 Minutes or Less [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] 50/50 [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Little Bit of Heaven [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Separation
[[1]] A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Adjustment Bureau [10 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Adventures of Tintin [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Alamanya
[[3]] Albert Nobbs
[[3]] Alps
[[3]] Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Apollo 18 [6 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Arthur
[[1]] The Artist [8 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Attack the Block [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Attenberg
[[3]] The Awakening [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bad Teacher [9 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Battle: Los Angeles [8 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Beastly
[[2]] The Big Year [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Black Butterflies
[[0]] Black Gold [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
[[3]] Bridesmaids [3 review(s) available] [51 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Cabin in the Woods [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cafe de Flore [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Captain America: The First Avenger [13 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Captains [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Carnage [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Cars 2 [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Cedar Rapids [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Circumstance
[[3]] Conan the Barbarian [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Contagion [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Coup d'éclat [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Cowboys & Aliens [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Crazy, Stupid, Love. [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Darkest Hour [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Dead Inside [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Deep Blue Sea [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Descendants [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Deus Ex Human Revolution [8 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
[[2]] Dolphin Tale [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Donovan's Echo [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dream House [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Drive [9 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Eagle [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Exit Humanity [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Familiar Grounds
[[3]] Fast Five [10 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Final Destination 5 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Fjellet
[[3]] Flypaper [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Footloose [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Free Men
[[3]] French Immersion [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Friends with Benefits [1 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Friends with Kids [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Fright Night [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Future [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
[[1]] The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo [1 review(s) available] [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Gnomeo & Juliet [5 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Green Hornet [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Green Lantern [1 review(s) available] [5 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Guard [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Hall Pass
[[1]] The Hangover Part 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hanna [2 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 [39 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Haywire
[[0]] Haywire [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Help [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Hesher
[[3]] Higher Ground [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil
[[2]] Hop [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Horrible Bosses [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hugo [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hysteria [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] I Am Nasrine
[[1]] I Am Number Four
[[1]] Ides Of March [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Immortals [7 comment(s) available]
[[1]] In Time [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Inbetweeners Movie [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Inventory [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Iris
[[3]] The Iron Lady [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Jamie and Jessie Are Not Together [1 review(s) available]
[[3]] Jane Eyre
[[3]] Jeff, Who Lives at Home [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Just Go with It
[[0]] Killer Elite [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Kung Fu Panda 2 [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Le Havre
[[3]] The Lie [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Life Without Principle [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Like Crazy [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Limitless [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Lincoln Lawyer [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Lloyd the Conqueror [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Margin Call [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Martha Marcy May Marlene [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Masks [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mean Girls 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Mechanic
[[3]] Melancholia [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Michael
[[1]] Midnight in Paris [11 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mildred Pierce
[[1]] Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Moneyball [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Monsieur Lahzar
[[3]] Monte Carlo [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Moon Point [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mr. Popper's Penguins [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Muppets [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Week with Marilyn
[[2]] No Strings Attached [1 review(s) available] [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] October Baby [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Once upon a time in Anatolia [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Once Upon a Warrior
[[3]] Our Idiot Brother [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Page One: Inside the New York Times [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Paranormal Activity 3
[[3]] Pariah [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Paul [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Phase 7 [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Polisse
[[1]] Priest
[[1]] Puss in Boots
[[3]] Quarantine 2: Terminal [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Rango [7 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Real Steel [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Red Riding Hood [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Red State [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Restless [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rid of Me [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Rio [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Rise of the Planet of the Apes [2 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Rite [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Roommate [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Rum Diary
[[1]] S.W.A.T.: Firefight [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Salmon Fishing in the Yemen [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Saving Face
[[3]] Scream 4 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] She Monkeys [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
[[1]] Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Skin I Live In [5 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Sleeping Sickness (Schlafkrankheit) [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Sleepless Night
[[3]] The Smurfs [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Soul Surfer [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Source Code [10 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Starbuck
[[3]] Straw Dogs [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sucker Punch [7 review(s) available] [17 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Super 8 [9 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Take Shelter
[[3]] Take This Waltz [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Terraferma
[[3]] Thespians [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Thing [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] This is not a film
[[3]] Thor [1 review(s) available] [13 comment(s) available]
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Recent activity

Currently 3116 movies in the database. The five latest additions:

2012-05-15 16:37: [[1]] The Raven (2012)
2012-05-15 14:38: [[3]] Space Dogs (2010)
2012-05-15 03:54: [[3]] Pariah (2011)
2012-05-15 00:20: [[3]] Xanadu (1980)
2012-05-14 18:28: [[1]] Dark Shadows (2012)

The five latest comments were on:

2012-05-16 23:03: [[1]] Super Troopers (2001)
2012-05-16 22:15: [[3]] Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)
2012-05-16 19:49: [[3]] Damsels in Distress (2011)
2012-05-16 10:06: [[0]] Rope (1948)
2012-05-16 08:41: [[3]] The Smurfs (2011)

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 3116 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: The 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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