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

2013 (200 movies)

[[3]] +1 [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 12 Years a Slave [1 review(s) available] [23 comment(s) available]
[[1]] 138 segons. L'enigma Girones [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] 2 Guns [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 20 Feet from Stardom [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] 21 & Over [8 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 300 Worte Deutsch
[[3]] 3096 Tage [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] 42 [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] 47 Ronin [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 52 Tuesdays [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Case of You
[[0]] A Field in England [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] A Good Day to Die Hard [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Haunted House [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Haunting at Silver Falls [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Picture of You [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Talking Cat!?! [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Teacher [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] About Time [9 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Admission [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Adult World [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] After Earth [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Afternoon Delight [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] All Cheerleaders Die
[[0]] All is Lost [10 comment(s) available]
[[3]] American Hustle [21 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Amiche da morire [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] An Easter Bunny Puppy [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] And Now a Word from Our Sponsor [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Angélique [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Another Me [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Are You Here [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ashley [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ass Backwards
[[3]] At Middleton [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] August: Osage County [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Austenland [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Bad Words [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Baggage Claim [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Barbie & Her Sisters in a Pony Tale [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Barbie and the pink shoes
[[3]] Bayonetta: Bloody Fate [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Beautiful Creatures [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Before Midnight [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Behind the Candelabra [5 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Beltracchi: The Art of Forgery [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bends [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Beneath [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Best Friends Forever [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Best Man Holiday [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Best Night Ever [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Best Offer [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Bicycling with Molière [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Big Wedding [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Birdemic 2: The Resurrection [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Blackfish [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Bling Ring [15 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Blue Is the Warmest Color [4 review(s) available] [8 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Blue Jasmine [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Blue Ruin [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Book Thief [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bounty Killer [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Boy and the World [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Call [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Camille Claudel 1915 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Captain Battle: Legacy War [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Captain Phillips [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Carrie [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Casse-tete chinois [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] CBGB [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Charlie Countryman [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Cheap Thrills [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Christmas in the City [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Clear History [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Closed Circuit [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Coherence [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Colony [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Computer Chess [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Concussion [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Congress [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Conjuring [1 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Contracted [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Counselor [10 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Croods [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Crown and the Dragon [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus and 2012 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Curse of Chucky [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Cutie and the Boxer [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dallas Buyers Club [1 review(s) available] [16 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Dark Skies [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dark Touch
[[3]] The Day of the Doctor [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dead Man Down [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Decoding Annie Parker [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Delivery Man [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Den [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Despicable Me 2 [14 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Devil's Pass [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Devil's Violinist [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Dirties [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Disconnect [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Don Jon [1 review(s) available] [7 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Double [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Down River [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Dragon Lore: Curse of the Shadow [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Drinking Buddies [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The East [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Ego [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Elle s'en va [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Elysium [17 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Ender's Game [5 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Enemy
[[3]] Enough Said [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Epic [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Escape from Planet Earth [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Escape Plan [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Europa Report [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Evil Dead [19 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Exit Marrakech [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Fack ju Gohte [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Fading Gigolo [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Fall
[[3]] Family Weekend [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Family [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Faroeste caboclo [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Fast and Furious 6 [11 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Fifth Estate [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Filth [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Finding Mr. Right [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Finsterworld [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] First Period [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Flores Raras [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] For Elisa [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Fosters
[[0]] Frankenstein's Army [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Free Birds [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Freier Fall [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Frequencies [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Frozen [27 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Frozen Ground [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Fruitvale Station [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Future Shift [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] G.B.F. [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] G.I. Joe: Retaliation [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Gabrielle [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Gam-si-ja-deul [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Gamers: Hands of Fate [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Gangster Squad [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Gekijouban Hakuouki: Daiisshou Kyouto ranbu [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Gekijouban Steins;Gate: Fuka ryouiki no dejavu [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Geography Club [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The German Doctor [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Gimme Shelter [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Girl Most Likely [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Gloria [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Go for Sisters [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Grace Unplugged [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Grand Seduction [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Grandmaster
[[0]] Gravity [35 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Great Gatsby [12 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Grown Ups 2 [5 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Hammer of the Gods [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Hangover part 3 [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hannas Reise [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hansel & Gretel [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hansel and Gretel Get Baked [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Harry Hill Movie [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Haunt [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Haunter [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Haute Cuisine [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Heat [1 review(s) available] [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hemlock Grove [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Her [1 review(s) available] [17 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Hit Girl [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug [15 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Homefront [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Horns [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Host [17 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Hot Flashes [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] House of Cards
[[3]] How I Live Now [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hross i oss [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Hunger Games: Catching Fire [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] I Give it a Year [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] I Used to Be Darker [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] I'm So Excited [1 review(s) available] [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ida [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Identity Thief [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Immigrant [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] In a World... [9 comment(s) available]
[[0]] In Fear [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Incredible Burt Wonderstone [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 10408 movies in the database. The five latest additions:

2024-10-05 22:31: [[3]] Lullaby (2022)
2024-10-03 16:09: [[3]] The Harry Hill Movie (2013)
2024-09-30 20:46: [[3]] Abigail (2024)
2024-09-29 20:33: [[3]] The Planters Plantation (2022)
2024-09-28 19:17: [[3]] Giant (1956)

The five latest comments were on:

2024-11-23 03:07: [[3]] Little (2019)
2024-11-22 16:56: [[1]] The Substance (2024)
2024-11-21 15:36: [[3]] The Seed of The Sacred Fig (2024)
2024-11-19 17:59: [[1]] Red One (2024)
2024-11-18 17:05: [[2]] Joker: Folie à Deux (2024)

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 10408 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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