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

[[0]] The Blue Lagoon [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Blue Like Jazz [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Bodyguard [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Book Club [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Book Thief [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Boss [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Boy [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Boy in the Striped Pajamas [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Brassed Off [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Brave One [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Breach [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Brick Mansions [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Bride of Chucky [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Bridge of Spies [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Bridge [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Brief Interviews With Hideous Men [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bright [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Brightburn [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Brighton Rock [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bring It On [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Broken Arrow [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Brother Bear [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Brother Bear 2 [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Brothers Bloom [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Bull Durham [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Bullet to the Head [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bullitt County [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Burning Days (Kurak Günler) [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Butter [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Butterfly Effect [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Bye Bye Man [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cafe de Flore [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Calendar Girls [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Camp Takota [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Can You Ever Forgive Me? [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Cannibal! The Musical [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Capote [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Caramel [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Carnival of Souls [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Carrie [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Case of Hana and Alice [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cashback [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Casino Jack [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cat People [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cats [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Catwoman [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Celeste and Jesse Forever [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Center Stage [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Central Intelligence [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Champions [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Changeling [2 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Charade [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Charlie's Angels [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Chinatown [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Chloe in the Afternoon [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Chronicle [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cinderella [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cinderella [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Cinderella Man [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The City of the Dead [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The City of Your Final Destination [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Clash of the Titans [1 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Clash of the Titans [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Clerks III [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Closed Circuit [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Clouds of Sils Maria [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cocaine Bear [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Cockneys vs Zombies [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Coco avant Chanel [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Coming to America [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Concussion [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Congo [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Conjuring [1 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Cool Hand Luke [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Corpse Bride [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Cosmopolis [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cowboy Bebop: The Movie [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Cowboys & Aliens [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Cradle 2 the Grave [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Creator [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Creed [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Crimes and Misdemeanors [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Daisies [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Damsels in Distress [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dan in Real Life [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Dancer and the Thief [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Darby O'Gill and the Little People [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Darjeeling Limited [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Dark Angel (I Come in Peace) [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Dark City [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Dark Star [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Dark Tower [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Darkness [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dawn of the Dead [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Dawns Here are Quiet [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Day After Tomorrow [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Daylight [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dead Like Me: Life After Death [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dead Man Walking [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Dear Evan Hansen [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dear White People [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Death and Life of John F. Donovan [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Death of Stalin [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Deathstalker [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Deathstalker II [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Deep Blue Sea [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Deep Blue Sea 2 [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Deep Blue Sea 3 [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Deep Murder [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Den skaldede frisor [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Denial [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Departed [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Descendants [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Descendants 3 [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Desk Set [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Despicable Me 3 [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Detroit [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Dictator [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Die Wand [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dirty Pretty Things [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Doctor Sleep [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Dolphin Tale [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Don't Breathe [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Double Impact [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Doukyuusei [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Down Periscope [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Drag Me to Hell [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Drinking Buddies [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Drive My Car [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Drop [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Dude, Where's My Car [1 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Duke of Burgundy [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Earth Girls Are Easy [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] East Side Sushi [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Easy Rider [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Educating Rita [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Edward Scissorhands [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] En guerre [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Enchanted April [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The End of the Tour [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Enough Said [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Eraserhead [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Ernest & Celestine [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Escape from New York [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Europa Report [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Everybody Wants Some [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Everything Must Go [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Evil Cult [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Exam [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Expendables 3 [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Experiment [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Eye [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Eyes Wide Open [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Family guy [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Fanboys [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Fantasia [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Fantastic Mr. Fox [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Fatal Instinct [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Female [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Festen (The Celebration) [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Fighter [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Final Fantasy XV [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Final Girls [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Firm [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The First Wives Club [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Fish Tank [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Fits [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Five Feet Apart [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Five Nights at Freddy's [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Flash Gordon [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Flatliners [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Flesh and the Devil [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Flightplan [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Florida Project [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Focus [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Fog [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] For Me and My Gal [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Forbidden Kingdom [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Foxcatcher [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Freaky Friday [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Freddy Got Fingered [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] French Kiss [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Fried Green Tomatoes [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Fright Night [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] From Here to Eternity [2 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.

Add a movie

If you want to add a movie to this list, please go to the Add a movie page and fill in the form. If you disagree with a rating, please leave a comment on the appropriate movie page instead.

Recent activity

Currently 10289 movies in the database. The five latest additions:

2024-05-28 19:45: [[3]] Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)
2024-05-08 03:41: [[3]] Tarot (2024)
2024-04-26 20:34: [[1]] Lady Parts (2024)
2024-04-14 06:16: [[3]] Wicked Little Letters (2023)
2024-04-09 11:12: [[1]] Imaginary (2024)

The five latest comments were on:

2024-06-30 23:53: [[2]] Lenny (1974)
2024-06-30 18:12: [[3]] Dune: Part Two (2024)
2024-06-29 11:30: [[1]] The Bikeriders (2024)
2024-06-29 04:57: [[1]] The Comebacks (2007)
2024-06-26 17:52: [[3]] Burnt (2015)

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 10289 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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