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 (45 movies)

[[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]
[[2]] Sinister [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Skinny [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Skyfall [22 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Sleepwalk With Me [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Smashed [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Smiley [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Snackbar [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Snow White and the Huntsman [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sparkle [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Spring Breakers
[[3]] Stars Above [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Step Up Revolution [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Strike Witches - The Movie [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Superman vs. The Elite [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tabu [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Taken 2 [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Tall Man [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Ted [6 comment(s) available]
[[1]] That's My Boy
[[3]] This Is 40 [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] This Means War [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tinkerbell and the Secret of the Wings [7 comment(s) available]
[[2]] To Rome With Love [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] To the Wonder [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Total Recall [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Underworld: Awakening [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] V/H/S [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Vow [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wanderlust [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Watch [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] What to Expect When You're Expecting
[[1]] The Woman in Black [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Women's Day (Dzien kobiet) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Won't Back Down [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Words [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Wrath of the Titans [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wreck-It Ralph [9 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Zero Dark Thirty [1 review(s) available] [9 comment(s) available]

2011 (155 movies)

[[3]] 11 Flowers [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 17 Girls
[[1]] 30 Minutes or Less [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] 50/50 [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Dangerous Method [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Happy Event
[[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]] Absentia [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Adjustment Bureau [10 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Adventures of Tintin [5 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Age of the Dragons [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Alamanya
[[3]] Albatross [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Albert Nobbs [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Alien Armageddon [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Alps
[[3]] Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] And if we all live together [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Another Earth [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Another Happy Day
[[0]] Apollo 18 [6 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Art of Getting By
[[2]] Arthur [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Artist [9 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Attack the Block [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Attenberg
[[3]] Au cul du loup [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Awakening [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bad Teacher [10 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Batman: Year One [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Battle: Los Angeles [10 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Beastly
[[3]] The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel [3 comment(s) available]
[[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
[[1]] Blackthorn [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bridesmaids [3 review(s) available] [63 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Butter [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Cabin in the Woods [1 review(s) available] [9 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cafe de Flore [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Captain America: The First Avenger [20 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Captains [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Carnage [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Cars 2 [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Catch .44
[[1]] Cedar Rapids [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Circumstance [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Colombiana
[[3]] Combat Girls [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Conan the Barbarian [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Contagion [5 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Coriolanus [1 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]] Cyberbully [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Damsels in Distress [1 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 [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Detention [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Deus Ex Human Revolution [9 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
[[3]] The Divide [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Dolphin Tale [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Donovan's Echo [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dream House [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Drive [10 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Eagle [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Eva [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Exit Humanity [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Faces in the Crowd [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 [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Footnote [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Found Memories (Historias que so existem quando lembradas)
[[1]] Free Men
[[3]] French Immersion [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Friends with Benefits [1 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Friends with Kids [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Fright Night [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] From Up on Poppy Hill [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] [5 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] [6 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Guard [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Hall Pass
[[1]] The Hangover Part 2 [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hanna [2 review(s) available] [4 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 [54 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Hasta la Vista [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Haywire
[[0]] Haywire [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Headhunters
[[3]] The Help [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Hesher
[[3]] Hick [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Higher Ground [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Himizu [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Hobo with a Shotgun [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 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] I Am Nasrine
[[1]] I Am Number Four
[[1]] Ides Of March [5 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Immortals [10 comment(s) available]
[[1]] In Time [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Inbetweeners Movie [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Innkeepers [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Inventory [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Iris
[[3]] The Iron Lady [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Jack and Jill [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Jackpot (Arme Riddere) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Jamie and Jessie Are Not Together [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Jane Eyre [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Jeff, Who Lives at Home [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Jiro Dreams of Sushi [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Joe and Belle [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Johnny English Reborn [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Jumping the Broom
[[3]] Just Go with It
[[3]] Kill List [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Killer Elite [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Kung Fu Panda 2 [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] L'amour dure trois ans [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] L'art d'aimer [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Le Havre
[[3]] The Lie [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Life Without Principle [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Like Crazy [3 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]
[[3]] Lovely Molly [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Margaret
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Currently 3950 movies in the database. The five latest additions:

2013-05-22 20:47: [[1]] The Neverending Story (1984)
2013-05-22 09:11: [[1]] The Grandmaster (2013)
2013-05-22 09:09: [[3]] Pozitia copilului (2013)
2013-05-22 06:16: [[1]] Lost Highway (1997)
2013-05-22 06:05: [[1]] The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007)

The five latest comments were on:

2013-05-25 07:08: [[3]] Starlet (2012)
2013-05-25 06:21: [[3]] Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997)
2013-05-25 03:53: [[3]] Jurassic Park (1993)
2013-05-24 23:18: [[1]] Cosmopolis (2012)
2013-05-24 18:11: [[0]] Daredevil (2003)

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.

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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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