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

2021 (130 movies)

[[3]] Encanto [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Escape Room: Tournament of Champions [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Eternals [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Every Time a Bell Rings [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Everything Will Change
[[3]] Eye of the Beholder [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Eyes of Tammy Faye [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] F9 - The Fast Saga [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Fatherhood
[[3]] Fear Street: Part One - 1994 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Fear Street: Part Three - 1666 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Fear Street: Part Two - 1978 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Finding 'Ohana [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Flashback [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] France [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Free Guy [8 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The French Dispatch [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Gûzen to sôzô [Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ghostbusters: Afterlife [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Godzilla Vs Kong [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Good on Paper [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Great Freedom [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Green Knight [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Guilty [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Gunpowder Milkshake [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Harder They Fall [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Hating Game [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hear Me Out [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] High Ground [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hiraeth [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
[[2]] House of Gucci [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] In the Heights [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Influencer [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Injustice [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Inmersión [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The innocents [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Inside [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Jolt [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Judas and The Black Messiah [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Jujutsu Kaisen 0
[[3]] Jungle Cruise [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Kate [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] King Richard [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The King's Man [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Kissing Booth 3
[[0]] La Luna, Tomasico y mi abuela [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Lamb [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Last Duel [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Last Night in Soho [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Licorice Pizza [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Little Things [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Lost Daughter [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Love Hard [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Luca [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Madame Claude [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Malignant [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Many Saints of Newark [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Marksman [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mass [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Matrix Resurrections [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Mauritanian [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Memoria [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Mitchells vs the Machines [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Mortal Kombat [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Moxie [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Little Pony: A New Generation [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Night Teeth [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Nightmare Alley [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] No Sudden Move [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] No Time To Die [6 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Nobody
[[1]] Official Competition [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Old [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] On the Count of Three [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Oxygen [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Parallel Mothers [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Paris, 13th District (Les Olympiades, Paris 13e) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Passing [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Petite Maman [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Pig [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Plan B [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Power of the Dog [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Pushpa: The Rise - Part 1 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Queen Bees [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Radhe
[[3]] Raya and the Last Dragon [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Red Notice [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Reminiscence [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Respect [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Retreat [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Ride or Die [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ron's Gone Wrong [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Seal Team [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Secret Agent Dingledorf and His Trusty Dog Splat [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sentinelle [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Sex Lives of College Girls [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Shang-Chi and the legend of the ten rings [5 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Sing 2 [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Single All The Way [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Souvenir: Part II [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Space Jam: A New Legacy [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Spencer
[[3]] Spider-Man: No Way Home [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Spiral: From the Book of Saw [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Stowaway [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Suicide Squad [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sweet Girl [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sweetheart [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Tender Bar [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] the fallout [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Worst Person in the World [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] There's Someone Inside Your House [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Those Who Wish Me Dead [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Thunder Force [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] tick...tick..BOOM! [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Till Death [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Titane [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] To All the Boys: Always and Forever [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Tomorrow War [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The United States vs. Billie Holiday [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Us Again [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Venom Let there be Carnage [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] West Side Story [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Willy's Wonderland [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Without Remorse [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wrong Turn [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Yes Day [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Young Lovers [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Zack Snyder's Justice League [7 comment(s) available]

2020 (70 movies)

[[3]] 18 Presents
[[3]] A Quiet Place Part II [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] After Love [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] All the Bright Places [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ammonite [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] An American Pickle [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Antebellum [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Artemis Fowl [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Ava [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Bad Boys For Life
[[3]] Bad Hair [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Banker [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bill & Ted Face the Music [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Birds of Prey [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Blow the Man Down [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Borat Subsequent Moviefilm [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Boss Level [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Breach [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Breath [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cadaver [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Call [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Courier
[[3]] The Craft: Legacy
[[3]] The Croods: A New Age [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Deep Blue Sea 3 [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Demon Slayer: Mugen Train [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dolittle [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Druk [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Emily in Paris [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Emma. [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Enola Holmes [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
[[3]] The Evil Next Door [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Extraction
[[3]] Fantasy Island [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Four Good Days [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Freaky [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] French Exit
[[3]] Friend of the World [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] From Stress to Happiness [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Geenland [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Godmothered [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Golden Arm [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Gretel & Hansel [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Greyhound [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Half of It [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hamilton [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Happiest Season [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Herself [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The High Note [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] His House [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Holidate
[[0]] Honey Boy [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Horse Girl
[[3]] Host [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] How to Be a Good Wife [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Hunt [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] I Care a Lot [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] I'm Thinking of Ending Things [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] I'm Your Woman [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Infamous [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Invisible Man
[[0]] Iskioma [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Island of Lies [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Jiang Ziya: Legend of Deification [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Jiu Jitsu [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] June Again [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Justice League Dark: Apokolips War [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Kajillionaire [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 9908 movies in the database. The five latest additions:

2023-02-28 10:43: [[1]] Les choses simples (2023)
2023-02-24 23:06: [[3]] Cocaine Bear (2023)
2023-02-21 02:53: [[1]] Flaming Star (1960)
2023-02-20 23:54: [[2]] G.I. Blues (1960)
2023-02-20 07:28: [[2]] Love Me Tender (1956)

The five latest comments were on:

2023-04-01 04:28: [[2]] Avatar: The Way Of Water (2022)
2023-04-01 00:10: [[3]] Johnny Tsunami (1999)
2023-03-31 19:16: [[1]] Oceans 8 (2018)
2023-03-31 19:16: [[1]] Oceans 8 (2018)
2023-03-30 21:12: [[3]] Flareup (1969)

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 9908 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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