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

[[3]] Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé
[[3]] Renfield [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Renoir [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rent [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Rental [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Replacements [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Repo Men [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Repo! The Genetic Opera [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Repulsion [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Requiem
[[3]] Requiem for a Dream [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Rescuers [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Reservoir Hill [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Resident Evil [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Resident Evil: Afterlife [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Resident Evil: Apocalypse [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Resident Evil: Death Island [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Resident Evil: Degeneration [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Resident Evil: Extinction [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Resident Evil: Retribution [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Resident Evil: The Final Chapter [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Respect [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Respire [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Restless [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Retreat [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Return of Swamp Thing [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Return To Halloweentown
[[3]] Return to Me [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Return to Oz [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Returned [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Revelator [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Revenge of the Bridesmaids
[[3]] Revenge of the Musketeers [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Revolutionary Road [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rhinestone [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Riaru onigokko [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rich and Famous
[[3]] Richard III [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Richard Jewell [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ricki and the Flash [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rid of Me [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Riding in Cars with Boys [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Right on Track
[[3]] Riley Rewind [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ring [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ring (Ringu) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ring 0: Birthday (Ringu 0: Bâsudei) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ring 2 (Ringu 2) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Ring Two [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Ring [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rinne [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rio 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rise of the Animals [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Risky Business [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Rite [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] River of Fundament [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Road House [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Road to Wellville [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Roberta [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Robin Hood [1 review(s) available] [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Robin Hood [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Robin Hood: Men in Tights [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] RoboCop 3 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] RoboGeisha [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Robot Stories [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Robowoman [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rock 'n' Roll High School [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rock 'n' Roll Mom [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rock of Ages
[[3]] Rocketman [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Rocky Horror Picture Show [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rofuto [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rogue One [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Roller Town [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rollergator [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Roma [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Roman holiday [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Roman J. Israel, Esq. [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Romance & Cigarettes [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Romancing the Stone [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Romantics [1 review(s) available]
[[3]] Rome, Open City [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Romeo + Juliet [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Romeo and Juliet [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Romeo and Juliet [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion
[[3]] Ron's Gone Wrong [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Room [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Room in Rome [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Room [9 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Roommate [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Roozi ke zan shodam [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rosa Luxemburg [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rosa: The Movie
[[3]] Rose Red [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rosemary's Baby [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rough Aunties [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rough Night [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Royal Hotel [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Royal Tenenbaums [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Royal Treatment
[[3]] Rubber [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ruby in Paradise
[[3]] Ruby Sparks [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ruggine
[[3]] Rugrats Go Wild [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rugrats in Paris: [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Rugrats Movie
[[3]] Ruido (Noise) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Ruins [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Rules of Attraction [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Rules of the Game [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rumor Has It... [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Run [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Run Hide Fight [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Run Lola Run [14 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Runaway Daughters [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Runaways [1 review(s) available] [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Running Man [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Running with Scissors [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rupan sansei: Kariosutoro no shiro [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ruroni Kenshin: Meiji kenkaku roman tan [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rush Hour 2 [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rushmore [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rustom [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ruthless People [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] RV
[[3]] RWBY [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Séraphine [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] S.W.A.T. [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] S1m0ne [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Saand Ki Aankh [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sabotage [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sabotage [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sabrina [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sabrina [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sabrina the Teenage Witch [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sadako 3D [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sadako 3D 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Safe [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Safe Haven [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Safety Not Guaranteed [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Saga of Tanya the Evil - The Movie [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Saige Paints the Sky [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sailor Moon SuperS the Movie, The Ten Senshi Unite, Mystery of the Black Dream Hole (Sailor Moon Super S the Movie: Black Dream [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Saint Frances [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Saint Maud [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Saints Rest
[[3]] Sakuya: yokaiden [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma [Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Salmonberries
[[3]] Salome
[[3]] Salt [2 review(s) available] [20 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Salt of the Earth [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Saltburn [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Samurai Warrior Queens [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] San Andreas [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sangue do Meu Sangue [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sanjuro [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sans toi ni loi (Vagabond) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Santa's Slay [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Sapphires [1 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sarafina! [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sassy Pants [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Satanic Panic [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Satisfaction
[[3]] Sausage Party [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Savage Beach [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Savages [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Savages [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Save the Cinema [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Save the Last Dance [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Save Yourselves! [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Saved! [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Saving Face [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Saving Face
[[3]] Saving Grace
[[3]] Saving Mr. Banks [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Saw II [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Saw III [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Saw IV [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Saw V [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Saw VI [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Saw X [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Say My Name [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Say Yes Quickly
[[3]] Scandal [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Scare Package [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Scarlet Empress
[[3]] Scarlet Street [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Scary Godmother: Halloween Spooktakular [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Scary Movie [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Scary Movie 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Scary Movie 3 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Scary Movie 4 [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 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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