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

2012 (57 movies)

[[3]] Sparkle [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Spring Breakers [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Starlet [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Stars Above [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Steel Magnolias [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Step Up Revolution [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Stories We Tell
[[3]] Strike Witches - The Movie [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Struck by Lightning [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Stuck in Love [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Superman vs. The Elite [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Supporting Characters [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Sushi Girl
[[3]] The Swing
[[3]] Tabu [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Tad: The Lost Explorer [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Taken 2 [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Tall Man [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Tango libre [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Tears of Steel [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Ted [6 comment(s) available]
[[1]] That's My Boy
[[3]] Thermae Romae [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Think Like a Man [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] This Is 40 [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] This Means War [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tiger Eyes [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tinkerbell and the Secret of the Wings [9 comment(s) available]
[[2]] To Rome With Love [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] To the Wonder [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Total Recall [6 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Travelling Salesman [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Underworld: Awakening [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] V/H/S [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Vamps [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Vattnet
[[0]] Violine
[[3]] The Vow [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wanderlust [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Warpaint [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Watch [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] What Maisie Knew [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] What to Expect When You're Expecting
[[3]] White Alligator [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Why Stop Now?
[[1]] Wireboy
[[1]] The Woman in Black [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Women's Day (Dzien kobiet) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Won't Back Down [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Words [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Would You Rather [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Wrath of the Titans [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wreck-It Ralph [14 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Zero Dark Thirty [1 review(s) available] [26 comment(s) available]
[[3]] [REC]3 Genesis [1 comment(s) available]

2011 (143 movies)

[[0]] Á annan veg
[[3]] 11 Flowers [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 12 Dates of Christmas
[[3]] 17 Girls
[[3]] 17 Miracles [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] 30 Minutes or Less [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] 4:44 Last Day on Earth [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] 5 Days of War [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] 50/50 [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A 2nd Chance [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Dangerous Method [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Happy Event
[[3]] A Little Bit of Heaven [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Lonely Place to Die [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Separation [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Simple Life [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] A torinoi lo [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A tus espaldas [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Abduction
[[3]] About Sunny [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Absentia [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Adjustment Bureau [10 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Adventures of Tintin [5 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Age of the Dragons [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Alamanya
[[3]] Albatross [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Albert Nobbs [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Alien Armageddon [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Aliens vs. Avatars [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] All Superheroes Must Die [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Alps
[[3]] Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Alyce Kills [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Amber Lake [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] And if we all live together [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Angelina Ballerina: Shining Star Trophy Movie [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Another Earth [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Another Happy Day
[[3]] Apart [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Apartment 143 [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Apollo 18 [6 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Art of Getting By
[[2]] Arthur [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Arthur Christmas [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Artist [9 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Atlas Shrugged: Part I [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Attack the Block [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Attenberg
[[3]] Au cul du loup [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Awakening [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bad Teacher [10 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Barbie: Princess Charm School [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Batman: Year One [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Battle: Los Angeles [10 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Beastly
[[1]] Bernie [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Big Year [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Black Butterflies
[[0]] Black Gold [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
[[1]] Blackthorn [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Blue Crush 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bridesmaids [3 review(s) available] [70 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Butter [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Cabin in the Woods [1 review(s) available] [14 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cafe de Flore [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Caller [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Captain America: The First Avenger [21 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Captains [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Carnage [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Cars 2 [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Catch .44
[[1]] Catch Me... I'm in Love [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Catwoman [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Cedar Rapids [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Chalet Girl [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Change-Up
[[3]] Circumstance [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cloudburst [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Colombiana
[[3]] Combat Girls [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Conan the Barbarian [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Contagion [6 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Coriolanus [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Coup d'éclat [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Courageous [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Cowboys & Aliens [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Craiglist Killer [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Crazy, Stupid, Love. [9 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cyberbully [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Damsels in Distress [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Darkest Hour [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Dead Inside [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Dead Space: Aftermath [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Decoy Bride [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Deep Blue Sea [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Descendants [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Detachment [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Detention [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Deus Ex Human Revolution [10 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
[[1]] The Dilemma [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Divide [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Dolphin Tale [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Donovan's Echo [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dorfman in Love [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Double
[[3]] Dream House [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Drengen der ikke kunne svomme
[[3]] Drive [11 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Eagle [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Eva [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Exit Humanity [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Faces in the Crowd [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Familiar Grounds
[[3]] Fast Five [12 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Faust [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Final Destination 5 [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Fjellet
[[3]] Flypaper [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Footloose [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Footnote [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Forgiveness of Blood [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Found Memories (Historias que so existem quando lembradas)
[[3]] Fred 2: Night of the Living Fred [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Free Men
[[3]] French Immersion [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Friends with Benefits [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Friends with Kids [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Fright Night [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] From Prada to Nada [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] From Up on Poppy Hill [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Future [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Gantz: Perfect Answer [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Girl Walks Into a Bar [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo [1 review(s) available] [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Gnomeo & Juliet [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Good Doctor [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 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.

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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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