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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

2009 (88 movies)

[[3]] Princess Protection Program [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Private Lives of Pippa Lee [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Proposal [6 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Public Enemies [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Push [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Queen to Play [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1974
[[3]] Redline [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Reservoir Hill [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Road [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] RoboGeisha [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Saw VI [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Scheherazade Tell Me a Story
[[2]] The Scouting Book for Boys
[[1]] The Secret in Their Eyes [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Secret of Kells [5 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Serious Moonlight
[[2]] She, a Chinese [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Sherlock Holmes  [1 review(s) available]
[[1]] The Skeptic [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Slammin' Salmon [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Soloist
[[3]] Solomon Kane [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sorority Row [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Soul Kitchen [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Splice [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Spring Breakdown [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Star Trek  [4 review(s) available] [44 comment(s) available]
[[3]] State of Play [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Still waiting
[[3]] Storm [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Suck [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Summer Wars [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Surrogates
[[1]] Survival of the Dead [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Surviving Evil [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Taking of Pelham 123 [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Taking Woodstock [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tales from the Catholic Church of Elvis! [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Technotise - Edit i ja [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Teketeke [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Terminator Salvation [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Thick as Thieves [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Thirst (Bakjwi) [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Time Traveler's Wife [8 comment(s) available]
[[2]] TiMER [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Tournament [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen [8 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Triangle [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Tsar [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Ugly Truth  [2 review(s) available]
[[3]] The Unborn [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Uncertainty [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Undertow
[[1]] Underworld: Rise of the Lycans [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Uninvited [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Unloved
[[1]] Up  [1 review(s) available] [18 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Up in the Air [13 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Valhalla Rising [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Vampire Girl versus Frankenstein Girl [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Veronika Decides to Die
[[3]] Villa Amalia
[[3]] Vision - Aus dem Leben der Hildegard von Bingen
[[3]] Watchmen  [1 review(s) available] [6 comment(s) available]
[[2]] What's Your Raashee?
[[3]] Whatever Works [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Where the Wild Things Are [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Whip It  [2 review(s) available] [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] White Material
[[3]] Whiteout [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wild About Harry [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Wild Hunt [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wonder Woman [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Wrong House [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] X-Men Origins: Wolverine [12 comment(s) available]
[[3]] XXXHOLiC: Shunmuki - Kouhen [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] XXXHOLic: Shunmuki - Zenpen [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Year of the Carnivore
[[3]] Year One [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Yesterday Was a Lie
[[3]] The Young Victoria [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Youth in Revolt [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Zombieland [10 comment(s) available]
[[1]] [Rec] 2 [1 comment(s) available]

2008 (112 movies)

[[1]] 10,000 BC [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 21 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 27 Dresses  [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 35 Shots of Rum [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] A Wednesday
[[3]] Aanrijding in Moscou [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Adulthood [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ai no mukidashi [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] All about women [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Alphabet Killer [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] American Violet [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Appaloosa
[[1]] Ashes of Time Redux
[[2]] Australia [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Baader Meinhof Complex [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Baby Mama  [2 review(s) available]
[[3]] The Bank Job [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Barbie and the Diamond Castle [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Be Kind Rewind [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Beaches of Agnes [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bedtime Stories [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Beverly Hills Chihuahua [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bi the Way [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Birdemic [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Birds of America
[[3]] Bleach: Fade to Black, I Call Your Name [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Blind Loves [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Blindness [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Body of Lies [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bolt [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bonnie & Clyde vs. Dracula
[[1]] Bottle Shock [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Boy in the Striped Pajamas [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Brideshead Revisited
[[1]] Bronson
[[3]] The Brothers Bloom [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Burn After Reading [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Burning Plain [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Camino [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Camp Rock [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Casi divas [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Changeling  [2 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Chaser [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Che: Part One [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Chi bi (Red Cliff) [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Ciao
[[3]] City of Ember
[[1]] CJ7 (Changjiang 7 hao) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Clash of the Santas [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cloverfield
[[3]] Coco Chanel [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] College Road Trip
[[3]] The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [4 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Damn Bastard! [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Dance of the Dead [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dante 01
[[3]] The Dark Knight  [4 review(s) available] [15 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Day of the Dead [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Day the Earth Stood Still [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dead at 17 [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Dead Space: Downfall [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Deadgirl
[[1]] Death Race [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Deception
[[3]] Defiance [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Definitely, Maybe [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Diary of a Nymphomaniac  [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Die Welle
[[3]] Dim Sum Funeral [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Disfigured [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Doomsday [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Doubt  [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Duchess [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Eagle Eye [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Easy Virtue [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Edge of Love
[[2]] El regalo
[[3]] Etz Limon [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Everlasting Moments
[[3]] Examined Life
[[3]] The Eye [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Family That Preys [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Fanboys [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Fashion
[[2]] Fifty Dead Men Walking [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Fireproof [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Flash of Genius
[[0]] Fly Me to the Moon [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Forbidden Kingdom [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Forgetting Sarah Marshall  [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Four Christmases [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Franklyn [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] French Film [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Frost/Nixon [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Frozen River [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Futurama: Bender's Game [5 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Gake no ue no Ponyo [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Gamers: Dorkness Rising [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Get Smart [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ghost in the Shell 2.0 [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Ghost Town [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] God's Forgotten Town
[[1]] Gomorra [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Goodbye Solo [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Gran Torino [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Grizzly Park [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hamlet 2
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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 10562 movies in the database. The five latest additions:

2025-06-27 18:25: [[3]] The Wedding Banquet (2025)
2025-06-24 16:16: [[3]] Psycho Goreman (2020)
2025-06-21 16:16: [[3]] KPop Demon Hunters (2025)
2025-06-17 07:26: [[3]] Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken (2023)
2025-06-14 19:14: [[0]] Sílene smutná princezna (1968)

The five latest comments were on:

2025-08-13 14:09: [[2]] Weapons (2025)
2025-08-12 23:13: [[3]] Megamind vs. The Doom Syndicate (2024)
2025-08-12 22:26: [[0]] The Love Bug (1968)
2025-08-12 18:31: [[3]] ujzxam (0)
2025-08-09 20:18: [[1]] Topkapi (1964)

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 10562 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.
An RSS feed[RSS icon] is also available, listing the latest 50 movies added to the list.

You can view just the Movies in the IMDb Top 250 and last but not least, you can search the list.

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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