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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

2007 (200 movies)

[[3]] The Bad Mother's Handbook
[[3]] Ballet Shoes [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Band's Visit
[[3]] Barbie as the Island Princess [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Barbie Fairytopia: Magic of the Rainbow [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Beaufort [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Because I Said So [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Becoming Jane [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Bee Movie [5 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Before the Devil Knows You're Dead [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Beowulf [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Bhool Bhulaiyaa
[[3]] Black Water
[[3]] Blades of Glory [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Bleach Movie 2: The Diamond Dust Rebellion [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Boogeyman 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Bourne Ultimatum [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bratz [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bratz: Fashion Pixiez [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Brave One [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Breach [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Breakfast with Scot [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bridge to Terabithia
[[3]] Bring It On: In It to Win It [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Brooklyn Rules [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Brothers Solomon [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Bucket List
[[0]] Cafe com Leite
[[2]] Caramel [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Chakde! India [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Charlie Bartlett [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Charlie Wilson's War
[[3]] Chill Out Scooby Doo [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Christmas Is Here Again [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] City of Men [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Cleaner [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cocalero
[[1]] The Comebacks [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Condemned [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Control [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Crashing
[[3]] Cutlass
[[3]] Dan in Real Life [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Darjeeling Limited [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dark Mirror [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] David Lynch Cooks Quinoa [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Days and Clouds
[[1]] Dead Silence [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Death at a Funeral [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Death Defying Acts
[[3]] Death Proof [6 review(s) available] [8 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Dialogue avec mon jardinier [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Diary of the Dead [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Disturbia [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Diving Bell and the Butterfly [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Eagle vs Shark
[[3]] Eastern Promises [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ekusute (Exte: Hair Extensions) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Elizabeth: The Golden Age [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Enchanted [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ensemble, c'est tout [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Epic Movie [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Estômago
[[3]] Evangelion: 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Evening
[[1]] Ex Drummer [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Far North [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Fat Like Me [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Fermat's Room [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Flatland: The Movie [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Flight of the Living Dead [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Fracture [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Fred Claus
[[2]] Free Rainer
[[3]] Freedom Writers [6 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Futurama: Bender's Big Score [8 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Ghost Rider
[[3]] The Golden Compass [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Gone [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Gone Baby Gone [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Gracie [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Grandpa for Christmas [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hände weg von Mississippi
[[3]] Ha-Sodot (The Secrets) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hairspray [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Halloween [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Hannibal Rising [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [5 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Heartbreak Kid
[[3]] High School Musical 2 (TV Movie) [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Hitman [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hostel: Part II [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Hot Fuzz [7 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Hot Rod
[[3]] How About You [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hungry Bitches [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] I Am Legend [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] I Could Never Be Your Woman [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] I Know Who Killed Me [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] I'm Not There.
[[2]] If I Had Known I Was a Genius [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Import/Export [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Imprint [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] In the Arms of My Enemy [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Inside [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Into the Wild [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Irina Palm [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] It's a Free World... [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Itty Bitty Titty Committee [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Jane Austen Book Club [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Juno [1 review(s) available] [9 comment(s) available]
[[1]] King of California [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
[[0]] The Kite Runner [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Knocked Up [1 review(s) available] [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] La reine soleil [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] La torre de Suso [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] La vie en rose
[[3]] Lars and the real Girl [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Las 13 rosas [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Last Mimzy [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Les deux mondes [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Life Before Her Eyes [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Lions for lambs [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Live Free or Die Hard [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Lookout [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Love Songs
[[0]] Lucky Blue
[[3]] Lust, Caution [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Lynch
[[1]] The Man from Earth [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Man from London [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Margot at the Wedding [1 review(s) available]
[[3]] Mataharis [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Meduzot [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Meet the Robinsons [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mermaid
[[3]] The Messengers [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Michael Clayton [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Mist
[[0]] Mr. Bean's Holiday [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Music and Lyrics [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Blueberry Nights
[[3]] Naissance des pieuvres [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nancy Drew [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Nanny Diaries [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] National Treasure: Book of Secrets [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Negative Happy Chain Saw Edge [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Next
[[3]] Ninas Mal [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] No Country for Old Men [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] No Reservations [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Norbit
[[3]] Northanger Abbey [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Numb [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Number 23 [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Ocean's Thirteen [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Orphanage [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Out at the Wedding [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Outlaw
[[3]] P.S. I Love You [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] P2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Paranormal Activity [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Persepolis [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Planet Terror [4 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Premonition
[[3]] Racing Daylight [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Rain Shadow [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Ratatouille [1 review(s) available] [12 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Reaping
[[3]] Reine Geschmacksache
[[3]] Resident Evil: Extinction [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rosa: The Movie
[[1]] Run, Fatboy, Run
[[1]] Rush Hour 3
[[1]] Salvation [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Savages [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Saw IV [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Se upp för dårarna [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Secret
[[3]] She's a Boy I Knew [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Shelter
[[1]] Shooter [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Shotgun Stories [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Shrek the Third [1 review(s) available] [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Shrooms [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Shut em up
[[2]] The Signal [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Simpsons Movie [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Smiley Face [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] So, You've Downloaded a Demon [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Son of Rambow
[[2]] Spider-Man 3 [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] St. Trinian's [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Stardust [1 review(s) available] [7 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Steak [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:

2025-08-13 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.

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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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