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

2014 (200 movies)

[[3]] Flowers in the Attic [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Fort Tilden [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Foxcatcher [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Frame [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Frank [6 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Frozen in Time [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Fury [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Gabby Douglas Story [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Gekijouban Hakuouki: Dainishou shikon soukyou [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Get On Up [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Girlhood [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Girltrash: All Night Long
[[3]] The Giver [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] God Help the Girl [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] God's Not Dead [9 comment(s) available]
[[1]] God's Pocket [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Godzilla [13 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Golden Era [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Gone Girl [14 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Good Lie [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Good People [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Gotham [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Grace of Monaco [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Grand Budapest Hotel [12 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Guardians of the Galaxy [43 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Gueros [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] H. [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Haider [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Happy Christmas [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Happy Valley [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Hard Corner: Le Film
[[2]] Heaven Is For Real [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Hector and the Search for Happiness [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Hercules [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Highway [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hits [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Homesman [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Horrible Bosses 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Housebound [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Houses October Built [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] How old are you?
[[3]] How to Steal a Dog / Gae-leul hoom-chi-neun wan-byeok-han bang-beob [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] How to Train Your Dragon 2 [10 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Hundred-Foot Journey [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 [14 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Hungry Hearts [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] I Call It Love [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] I Origins [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] I, Frankenstein [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Ich seh, Ich seh [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] If I Stay [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Imitation Game [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] In the Courtyard [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Inbetweeners 2
[[3]] Infinitely Polar Bear [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Inherent Vice [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Innocence [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Interstellar [18 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Interview [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Into the Storm [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Into the Woods [9 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Into the Woods
[[3]] It Follows [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Jacky in the kingdom of women [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Jane the Virgin [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Jersey Boys [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Jimmy's Hall
[[3]] JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Joe [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] John Wick [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Jongens
[[3]] Ju-on: Owari no hajimari [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Judge [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Justice League: WAR [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Kingsman: The Secret Service [1 review(s) available] [11 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Kraftidioten
[[3]] Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] La belle et la bete [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] La crème de la crème [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] La isla minima [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Laggies [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Land Ho! [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Last Five Years [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Last Shift [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Last: Naruto the Movie [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Le Paradis [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Learning to Drive
[[2]] The Legend of Hercules [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Lego Movie [2 review(s) available] [46 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Let Us Prey [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Let's Be Cops [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Leviathan [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Lies I Told My Little Sister [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Life Of Riley [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Life Partners [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Like Sunday, Like Rain [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Lizzie Borden Took An Ax [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Lookalike
[[2]] Love & Mercy
[[2]] Love Is Strange [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Love, Rosie [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Lucy [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Lugen [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Lust for Love [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Magic in the Moonlight
[[3]] Magical Girl
[[3]] Maleficent [1 review(s) available] [13 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Mange tes morts [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Maps to the Stars [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Margarita with a Straw [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Mass Extinction: Life at the Brink
[[1]] The Maze Runner [9 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Meet the Mormons [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mega Shark vs. Mecha Shark [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mercenaries [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mike and I [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Million Dollar Arm [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Miss Meadows [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mommy [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Moms' Night Out [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Monuments Men [1 review(s) available] [9 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Moomins on the Riviera
[[3]] Mostly Ghostly: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend? [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mr. Peabody and Sherman [20 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mr. Turner
[[1]] Muppets Most Wanted [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Father Must Die [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Little Pony: Equestria Girls - Rainbow Rocks [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Old Lady [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Nar dyrene drommer
[[0]] Near Death Experience
[[1]] Need for Speed [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Neighbors [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nightcrawler [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] No Good Deed [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Noah [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Non-Stop [5 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Normal Heart [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Nosferatu In Love [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Not Cool [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The November Man [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Nut Job [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Obvious Child [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Ocho apellidos vascos [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Oculus [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Omoide no Mani (When Marnie Was There) [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The One I Love [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Other Woman [10 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ouija [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Our RoboCop Remake [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Out in the Night
[[3]] Out of the Dark [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Outcast [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Pa Boys [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Paddington [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pane e burlesque
[[1]] Paper Planes [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Parallels [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Penguins of Madagascar [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Perfect Sisters [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Phoenix [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Pirate Fairy [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] PK [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Planes: Fire & Rescue [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pompeii [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Praia do Futuro [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Predestination [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pride [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Primero De Enero [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Project Almanac [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Purge: Anarchy [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Qu'est-ce qu'on a fait au Bon Dieu?
[[3]] Queen [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Quiet Hour [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Quiet Roar [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Ragamuffin [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Red Tent [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Relatos salvajes [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Respire [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Rico, Oskar und die Tieferschatten
[[0]] Ride Along [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rio 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Riot Club [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] River of Fundament [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Robocop [7 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Robot Overlords [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Rosewater
[[0]] The Rover [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sabotage [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Sadilishteto
[[2]] Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Salvation [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Scribbler [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Search Party [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Selma [4 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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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 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:

2025-12-14 06:11: [[3]] Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
2025-12-14 04:21: [[3]] The Incredibles (2004)
2025-12-14 04:00: [[3]] Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)
2025-12-13 21:24: [[3]] Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie (2025)
2025-12-10 15:42: [[2]] Five Nights at Freddy's (2023)

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.

You can also view the list sorted by title, date added (latest first), number of comments, number of reviews or rating.
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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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