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

2011 (200 movies)

[[0]] Goon [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Gosick [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Grave Encounters
[[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]
[[3]] Happy Feet Two [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 [64 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Hasta la Vista [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Haywire [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Headhunters
[[3]] Hell [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Help [8 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Hesher
[[3]] Hick [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Hidden Face
[[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 [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Hop [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Horrible Bosses [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hotarubi no Mori e (To the Forest of Firefly Lights) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] House of Tolerance [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hugo [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Hunter [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hysteria [1 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] I Am Nasrine
[[1]] I Am Number Four
[[3]] I Don't Know How She Does It [1 comment(s) available]
[[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] [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Ironclad [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]
[[3]] Jin ling shi san chai [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Jiro Dreams of Sushi [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Joe and Belle [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Johnny English Reborn [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Juan of the Dead [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Jumping the Broom
[[3]] Just Go with It [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] K-ON! Movie [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Kill List [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Killer Elite [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Kiss Me [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Kung Fu Panda 2 [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] L!fe Happens
[[3]] L'amour dure trois ans [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] L'art d'aimer [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] La Leyenda de la Llorona [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Last Call at the Oasis [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Last Call at the Oasis
[[3]] Le Chat du Rabbin
[[3]] Le Havre
[[3]] Le Skylab [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Lemonade Mouth [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Les Tuche [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Lie [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Life Without Principle [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Like Crazy [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Limitless [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Lincoln Lawyer [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Little Birds
[[3]] The Little Engine That Could [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Lloyd the Conqueror [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Lobos de Arga [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Loneliest Planet [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Lovely Molly [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Margaret [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Margin Call [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mars Needs Moms [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 [6 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Michael
[[3]] Midnight in Paris [14 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mientras duermes [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mildred Pierce
[[1]] Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mitsuko Delivers [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Moneyball [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Monsieur Lahzar
[[3]] Monte Carlo [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Moon Point [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Moth Diaries [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Moy papa Baryshnikov
[[1]] Mr. Popper's Penguins [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Muppets [22 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Piece of the Pie [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Week with Marilyn [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] New Year's Eve
[[1]] Nicostratos le pelican [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] No One Killed Jessica [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] No Strings Attached [1 review(s) available] [8 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
[[1]] One Day [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Oranges [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Oslo, 31. august
[[3]] Our Idiot Brother [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Outrage [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Page One: Inside the New York Times [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Parada [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Paranormal Activity 3
[[3]] Pariah [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Paul [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Perfect Family [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Perfect Sense [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Phase 7 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Polisse
[[1]] Priest [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Princess and the Pony [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Prom [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Puss in Boots [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Quarantine 2: Terminal [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Raid: Redemption [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Rango [10 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Real Steel [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Red Riding Hood [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Red State [3 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]] Roller Town [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Roommate [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ruggine
[[1]] The Rum Diary
[[2]] Rundskop [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] S.W.A.T.: Firefight [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Salmon Fishing in the Yemen [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Samsara [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sangue do Meu Sangue [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Saving Face
[[3]] Scott and Bailey [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Scream 4 [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Shame [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] She Monkeys [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Shunning [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Silenced
[[3]] Silent House [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Singham [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Sitter [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Skin I Live In [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sleeping Beauty [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Sleeping Sickness (Schlafkrankheit) [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Sleepless Night
[[3]] The Smurfs [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Snow Flower and the Secret Fan [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Sorcerer and the White Snake [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Soul Surfer [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sound of My Voice [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Source Code [12 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Source [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Starbuck
[[1]] State of Emergency [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Strange Thing About the Johnsons [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Straw Dogs [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sucker Punch [7 review(s) available] [31 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Sunset Limited [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Super 8 [12 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Take Shelter [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Take This Waltz [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Teen Spirit [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Terraferma
[[3]] Thespians [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Thing [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] This is not a film
[[1]] This Must Be the Place
[[3]] Thor [2 review(s) available] [19 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Three Disappearances of Soad Hosni
[[2]] The Three Musketeers [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tomboy [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Too Big to Fail [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Toutes nos envies [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Tower Heist [1 comment(s) available]
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About

The Bechdel Test, or Bechdel-Wallace 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, the name of which Google won't let me put on this page for inciting hate, 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.

If you need access to the raw data, check out the docs for the api.

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Recent activity

Currently 10664 movies in the database. The five latest additions:

2025-12-06 00:08: [[1]] Playdate (2025)
2025-12-05 03:13: [[3]] Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 (2025)
2025-12-04 10:52: [[3]] Vesper (2022)
2025-12-02 21:13: [[2]] In Your Dreams (2025)
2025-11-30 22:24: [[1]] Nuremberg (2025)

The five latest comments were on:

2025-12-10 15:42: [[2]] Five Nights at Freddy's (2023)
2025-12-08 23:23: [[3]] Zootopia 2 (2025)
2025-12-08 19:07: [[0]] Mr. (1967)
2025-12-05 03:13: [[3]] Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 (2025)
2025-12-04 10:52: [[3]] Vesper (2022)

The list

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 10664 movies listed. Some stats and graphs are available. Be sure to check out Ten graphics on the Bechdel test on Reddit for more graphs.

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Links

About the Bechdel test

Wikipedia: Bechdel test

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

TV Tropes Wiki: The Bechdel Test

Articles

The Dollar-And-Cents Case Against Hollywood's Exclusion of Women

The Female Character Flowchart

Memo to all women: No half for you in Hollywood

Cartoons are more than just entertainment

The 'Bechdel Rule,' Defining Pop-Culture Character

Review sites

Women & Hollywood

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