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 (97 movies)

[[3]] Red 2 [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Remember Sunday
[[3]] The Returned [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Rewind [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Riddick [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Riley Rewind [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Ronny
[[0]] Runner Runner
[[1]] Rush [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] RWBY [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sadako 3D 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Safe Haven [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Saige Paints the Sky [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Saving Mr. Banks [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Secret Life of Walter Mitty [6 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Selfish Giant
[[3]] Sharknado [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] She Made Them Do It [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Short Term 12 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Side Effects [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Sisters Plotz [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Skinwalker Ranch [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sleeping with the Fishes [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Smurfs 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Snowpiercer [7 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Some Girl(s) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Soshite chichi ni naru (Like Father, Like Son) [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Spectacular Now [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Stalingrad [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Star Trek Into Darkness [1 review(s) available] [30 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Starving Games [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Still Life
[[3]] Stoker [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Stranger by the Lake [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Summer League [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sunshine on Leith [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Suzanne
[[1]] Svecenikova djeca
[[2]] Switch [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Tale of The Princess Kaguya [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Tangerines [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Teen Beach Movie [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Texas Chainsaw 3D [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Thanks for Sharing [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] This Is the End [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Thor: The Dark World [22 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Tim's Vermeer
[[1]] The Time in Between [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The To Do List [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Touchy Feely [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tracks [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Trance [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Trap for Cinderella [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Truth About Emanuel [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Turbo [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Uitgesproken
[[1]] UMMAH - Unter Freunden [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Upstream Color [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] V/H/S/2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Vai que da Certo [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Very Good Girls [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Vi ar bast! [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Vikings
[[3]] Vino Veritas
[[1]] Viva la liberta [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Vivian Maier Mystery
[[0]] Vivir es facil con los ojos cerrados [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wadjda [1 review(s) available] [5 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Warm Bodies [22 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Wastelands
[[3]] The Way Way Back [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] We Are What We Are [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] We're the Millers [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Welcome to the Punch [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wetlands [1 review(s) available]
[[3]] What If [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] White Bear [5 comment(s) available]
[[2]] White House Down [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] White Lies [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Wine of Summer [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Witching and Bitching [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Wolf of Wall Street [13 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Wolverine [18 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Words and Pictures [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] World War Z [21 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The World's End [9 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Wrong Cops
[[2]] Xi you xiang mo pian (Journey to the West) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
[[3]] Yip Man: Jung gik yat jin [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Zero Theorem [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Zipi y Zape y el club de la canica [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Zombie Hunter [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Zoran, il mio nipote scemo
[[2]] Zum Geburtstag [1 comment(s) available]

2012 (103 movies)

[[1]] 2 Coelhos [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 2 Days in New York [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] 21 Jump Street [14 comment(s) available]
[[2]] A Halloween Puppy [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Late Quartet [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Royal Affair [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] A Thousand Words
[[3]] About Cherry [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ace Attorney [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Act of Valor [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ahi va el diablo [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Ali has blue eyes [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Alien Tornado [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] All I Want Is Everything [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Amazing Spider-Man [15 comment(s) available]
[[3]] American Mary [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] American Warships [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Amour [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Angels' Share [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Anna Karenina [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Any Questions for Ben? [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Arachnoquake [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Arbitrage [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Argo [10 comment(s) available]
[[3]] As High as the Sky [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Attack of the 50ft Cheerleader [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Augustine [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Aurora [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Avengers [1 review(s) available] [34 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bachelorette [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bad Parents [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Barbara [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Barfi! [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, part 1 [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Battleship [5 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Bay [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] BearCity 2: The Proposal [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Beasts of the Southern Wild [16 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Being Flynn [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Berberian Sound Studio [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Best Man Down [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Beyond the Hills [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Big Miracle [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bikini Spring Break [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bindlestiffs [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bitchkram
[[3]] Black Rock [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bletchley Circle [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Blood Fare [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Blue Lagoon: The Awakening [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Blue Like Jazz [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Body [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Bourne Legacy [15 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Brass Teapot [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Brave [1 review(s) available] [31 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Broken Circle Breakdown [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Bullet to the Head [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Byzantium [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Call Girl [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Call Me Kuchu [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Campaign [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Celeste and Jesse Forever [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Chasing Mavericks [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cheesecake Casserole [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Chernobyl Diaries [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Chronicle [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cigarette Ki Tarah [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Citadel
[[1]] The Citizen [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cloud Atlas [8 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Cockneys vs Zombies [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cocktail [4 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Comes a Bright Day [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Company You Keep
[[3]] Compliance [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Contraband [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Cosmopolis [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Croczilla [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cybergeddon [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Dabangg 2
[[3]] Dans la maison [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Dark Knight Rises [32 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dark Shadows [10 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Das Leben ist nichts fur Feiglinge [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Das Wochenende [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Dead Man's Burden [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Decay [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Den skaldede frisor [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Despues de Lucia [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Devil Inside [5 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Devil's Carnival
[[3]] Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Dictator [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Die Wand [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Django Unchained [13 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Djupid [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Door [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dredd 3D [1 review(s) available] [15 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dripping in Chocolate [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Eega [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Electrick Children [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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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:

2025-12-10 15:42: [[2]] Five Nights at Freddy's (2023)
2025-12-08 23:23: [[3]] Zootopia 2 (2025)
2025-12-08 19:07: [[0]] Mr. (1967)
2025-12-05 03:13: [[3]] Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 (2025)
2025-12-04 10:52: [[3]] Vesper (2022)

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.

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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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