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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

2008 (169 movies)

[[0]] Hancock [1 review(s) available]
[[3]] Happy-Go-Lucky [1 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Helen
[[1]] Hellboy II: The Golden Army [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Herb & Dorothy
[[3]] High School Musical 3: Senior Year [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Horton Hears a Who!
[[3]] The House Bunny [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Hunger
[[1]] The Hurt Locker [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] I Can't Think Straight
[[1]] I Sell the Dead [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] I've Loved You So Long [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] iCarly: iGo to Japan [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Igor [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] In Bruges
[[1]] The Incredible Hulk [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Inkheart [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Iron Man [2 review(s) available] [8 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Journey to the Center of the Earth
[[1]] Jumper
[[3]] Kataude mashin garu [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Keith
[[3]] Kenna [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Killshot [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Kung Fu Panda [6 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Låt den rätte komma in (Let the Right One In) [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] La belle personne [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] La mujer sin cabeza [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Lake Mungo [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Lakeview Terrace
[[3]] Last Chance Harvey [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Lion's Den
[[3]] Lorna's Silence
[[3]] The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
[[1]] The Love Guru
[[3]] The Lucky Ones [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Machan
[[3]] Mad Money [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Madagascar escape 2 africa [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Made of Honor [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mamma Mia! [6 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Management [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mannen som elsket Yngve
[[2]] Marley & Me [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Martyrs [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Max Payne [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Meet Dave
[[1]] Meet the Spartans [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Merlin
[[1]] Mesrine: Killer Instinct [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Miao Miao [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mid-August Lunch
[[1]] Milk [2 review(s) available] [5 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Miracle at St. Anna [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mirrors [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Mutant Chronicles
[[3]] My Only Sunshine [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Prison Yard
[[2]] Never Back Down [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nim's Island [1 review(s) available]
[[3]] The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nothing But the Truth
[[3]] Okuribito (Departures) [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Older Than America [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] One Million Yen Girl
[[3]] The Other Boleyn Girl
[[0]] Outpost [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Over Her Dead Body [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Overcome [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Paris 36
[[3]] Passengers [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Patrik, Age 1.5
[[3]] Phoebe in Wonderland [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Picture This [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Pineapple Express [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Pontypool [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Possession [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pretty Ugly People [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Princess: A Modern Fairtyale [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Prom Night [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Quantum of Solace [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Quarantine [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rachel Getting Married [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rain [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Rambo [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Reader [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Repo! The Genetic Opera [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Resident Evil: Degeneration [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Revanche [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Revolutionary Road [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] RocknRolla
[[1]] Role Models
[[3]] Rough Aunties [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Ruins [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Séraphine [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Sauna [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Saw V [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Secret Life of Bees
[[3]] The Secret of Moonacre [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Seven Pounds [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Seventh Moon [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sex and the City [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Sita Sings the Blues
[[3]] Skin [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Sky Crawlers [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Sleep Dealer [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Slumdog Millionaire [3 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Solo Quiero Caminar [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Somers Town [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Sparrow [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Speed Racer [4 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Spiderwick Chronicles [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Spirit [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Star Wars: The Clone Wars [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Stargate: Continuum [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Stargate: The Ark of Truth [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Starship Troopers 3: Marauder [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Step Brothers [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Step Up 2: The Streets [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Strange Wilderness [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Strangers [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sunshine Cleaning [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Superhero Movie [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Sut [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Synecdoche, New York [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Tôkyô sonata (Tokyo Sonata)
[[3]] Taken [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Tale of Despereaux
[[1]] TBS
[[3]] The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] the tale of Despereaux
[[1]] Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Three wise men
[[3]] Tinker Bell [3 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Transporter 3 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Transsiberian [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Treeless Mountain [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Tropic Thunder [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Twilight [4 review(s) available] [13 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Valami Amerika 2
[[1]] Valkyrie [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Vantage Point [1 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Venkovsky ucitel
[[3]] Vicky Cristina Barcelona [1 review(s) available] [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] WALL-E [5 review(s) available] [12 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Waltz with Bashir [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Wanted [1 review(s) available]
[[3]] Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wendy and Lucy [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Were the World Mine [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] What Doesn't Kill You [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] What Happens In Vegas [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] While She Was Out [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wild Child
[[3]] The Women [5 review(s) available] [5 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The World is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner
[[1]] The Wrestler [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The X-Files: I Want to Believe [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Yes Man [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Yip Man [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] You Don’t Mess with the Zohan
[[3]] Zombie Strippers! [3 comment(s) available]

2007 (31 movies)

[[1]] "Masters of Horror" Dream Cruise [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] "Masters of Horror" Right to Die [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] "Masters of Horror" The Black Cat [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] "Masters of Horror" The Washingtonians [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] "Masters of Horror" We All Scream for Ice Cream [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] "The Backyardigans" International Super Spy [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 1408 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 2 Days in Paris [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 28 Weeks Later [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] 30 Days of Night [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] 3:10 to Yuma [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] 5 Centimeters Per Second [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] 88 Minutes
[[1]] 99 francs [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Perfect Stranger [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Across the Universe [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] After Sex [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Air I Breathe [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] American Gangster [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] American Pie Presents: Beta House [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] American Zombie [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Appleseed Saga: Ex Machina [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Arranged [1 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
[[3]] Atonement [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Auf der anderen Seite [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] August Rush [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Awake [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Babysitters [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.

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:

2025-08-16 06:33: [[2]] Weapons (2025)
2025-08-15 19:05: [[2]] The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
2025-08-15 08:02: [[3]] Laapataa Ladies (2023)
2025-08-13 14:09: [[2]] Weapons (2025)
2025-08-12 23:13: [[3]] Megamind vs. The Doom Syndicate (2024)

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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