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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 (47 movies)

[[3]] Steam
[[2]] Suburban Girl [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Sunshine [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Superbad [10 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Surfs Up [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sword of the Stranger [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sydney White
[[3]] Teeth [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ten Inch Hero [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Then She Found Me [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] There Will Be Blood [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] This Christmas [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Timecrimes [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] TMNT [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Towelhead [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Tracey Fragments [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Transformers [8 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Transmorphers [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Trick 'r Treat [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tricks [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tropa de Elite [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Twitches too [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Tyrannosaurus Azteca [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Under the Same Moon [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Underdog [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Vacancy [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Vexille [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Visitor [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Viva
[[3]] Waitress
[[1]] Watching the Detectives
[[0]] The Water Horse
[[0]] We Are the Strange [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] We Own the Night
[[3]] Welcome to the Quiet Room
[[2]] Whisper [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] White Noise 2: The Light [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Wild Hogs [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wool 100%
[[3]] The World Unseen [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] XXY [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Year of the dog [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Yobi, the Five-Tailed Fox (Cheon-nyeon-yeo-woo-yeo-woo-bi) [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Young People Fucking [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Zodiac [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] [Rec] [1 comment(s) available]

2006 (153 movies)

[[2]] "Masters of Horror" Family [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] "Masters of Horror" Haeckel's Tale [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] "Masters of Horror" Imprint [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] "Masters of Horror" Pelts [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] "Masters of Horror" Pick Me Up [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] "Masters of Horror" Pro-Life [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] "Masters of Horror" Sounds Like [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] "Masters of Horror" The Screwfly Solution [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] "Masters of Horror" The V Word [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] "Masters of Horror" Valerie on the Stairs [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] 300 [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 5ive Girls [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] A Crime [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Few Days in September
[[1]] A fost sau n-a fost?
[[1]] A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Prairie Home Companion [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] A Scanner Darkly [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Accepted [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] After the Wedding
[[3]] Akeelah and the Bee [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] All The King's Men
[[0]] Altered [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Amazing Grace [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Another Gay Movie [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Ant Bully [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Apart From That
[[3]] Apocalypto [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Aquamarine [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Architect [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Art School Confidential [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Arthur and the Invisibles [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Avenue Montaigne
[[3]] Away from Her
[[3]] Babel [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Bambi II [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bandidas [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Barbie Diaries [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Barnyard [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Beerfest [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Big Bad Swim
[[3]] Black Christmas [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Black Dahlia [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Black Sheep [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bleach: Memories of Nobody [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Blood Diamond [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Bon Cop, Bad Cop
[[3]] Bonneville [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bordertown [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Brand Upon The Brain! [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Brave Story [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Break Up [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bring It On: All or Nothing
[[3]] Brother Bear 2 [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bug [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Caffeine [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Candy [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Cars [9 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cashback [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Casino Royale [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Children of Men [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Clerks II [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Click [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Conversations with God
[[3]] The Covenant [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cow Belles [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Crank [1 review(s) available] [5 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Curse of the Golden Flower [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Da Vinci Code [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Das Leben Der Anderen [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Day Night Day Night [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Dead & Deader
[[3]] The Dead Girl
[[1]] Death note [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Deja Vu [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Departed [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Devil Wears Prada [9 comment(s) available]
[[3]] DOA: Dead or Alive [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dor [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dreamgirls [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dreamland [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Eight Below
[[3]] El laberinto del fauno (Pan's Labyrinth) [5 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Elephants Dream
[[1]] Eragon
[[1]] failure to launch
[[3]] The Fall [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Farval Falkenberg
[[1]] The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Fast Food Nation
[[3]] Fay Grim [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Ferfiakt
[[2]] Fido [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Final Destination 3 [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Five Across the Eyes
[[1]] Flags of Our Fathers [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Flushed Away [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] For the Love of a Child [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] For Your Consideration [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Fountain [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Friends with Money [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Gigolos [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Glory Road [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Good German [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Good Shepherd
[[3]] Grandma's Boy [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Gray Matters [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Grbavica [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Grudge 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Guardian [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Gymnast [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] H2O: Just Add Water [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Half Light [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Half Nelson [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Hannah Montana [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Happy Feet [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Hard Corps [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Heartbreak Hotel
[[3]] Hello Sister, Goodbye Life [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] High School Musical [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Hills Have Eyes [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The History Boys [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hogfather [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Holiday [1 review(s) available] [5 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Hollywoodland [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Host [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hula Girls [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] I Do
[[1]] I Served the King of England
[[3]] I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] I'm Reed Fish [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Ice Age: The Meltdown [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Idiocracy [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Idlewild [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Il caimano (The Caiman) [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Illusionist
[[1]] In Paris
[[3]] Inland Empire [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Inside Man [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Jackass Number Two [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] John Tucker Must Die [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Kamome Diner [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Kidulthood [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] La noche de los girasoles [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] La vie secrète des gens heureux
[[2]] Lady in the Water [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Lake House [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Last Holiday
[[2]] The Last King of Scotland [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Letters from Iwo Jima [2 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 22:28: [[3]] Dog Man (2025)
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)

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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