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

2006 (200 movies)

[[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]
[[1]] The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Little Children [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Little Miss Sunshine [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Liu hao chukou (Exit No. 6) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] London To Brighton [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Lonely Hearts [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Love & Suicide [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Loving Annabelle [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Lucky Number Slevin [4 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Madea's Family Reunion
[[3]] Madeinusa [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Man of the Year
[[3]] Marie Antoinette
[[3]] The Marine [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Material Girls [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Miami Vice
[[3]] Miss Potter [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mission: Impossible III [4 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Monmon the Water Spider [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Monster House [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mukhsin
[[1]] Mulberry Street [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Super Ex-Girlfriend [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Nacho Libre [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Night at the Museum [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Night of the Living Dead 3D [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nina's Heavenly Delights [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Notes on a Scandal
[[3]] Offside [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] On the Trail of Igor Rizzi [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Once [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Open Season
[[3]] Open Water 2: Adrift [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Outsourced
[[3]] Over the Hedge [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Page Turner
[[3]] The Painted Veil [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Paprika [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Paris je t'aime [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Películas para no dormir: La habitación del niño [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Peliculas para no dormir: Adivina quien soy [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Peliculas para no dormir: La culpa [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Peliculas para no dormir: Para entrar a vivir [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Peliculas para no dormir: Regreso a Moira [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Penelope [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Perfume: The Story of a Murderer [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Pink Panther [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pledge This! [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Poseidon [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Prestige [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Prince & Me II: The Royal Wedding
[[3]] Psych [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Puccini for Beginners
[[0]] The Pursuit of Happyness [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Que tan lejos [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Queen [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Quinceanera
[[3]] Rainbow Song
[[3]] Rang De Basanti [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Red Road [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Reprise
[[3]] Requiem
[[3]] Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Return To Halloweentown
[[1]] Rocky Balboa [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Ron Clark Story [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Rosso come il cielo [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Running with Scissors [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] RV
[[3]] Saw III [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Scary Movie 4 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Science of Sleep [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Second in Command [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Shaggy Dog [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] She's the Man [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sherrybaby
[[3]] Shortbus [1 review(s) available]
[[3]] Sideline Secrets [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Silent Hill [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Slither [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Smokin' Aces [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Snakes on a Plane [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Snow cake [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Southland Tales [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Starter for 10 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Step Up [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Stick It [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Still Life (Sanxia haoren)
[[3]] Stranger Than Fiction [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Suburban Mayhem
[[1]] Superman Returns [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Take the Lead
[[1]] Tales from Earthsea [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tales from the Grudge [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Tekkon kinkurito
[[0]] Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] This Film Is Not Yet Rated [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] This is England [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Times and Winds [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] To Have and to Hold [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Toki wo kakeru shōjo (The Girl Who Leapt Through Time) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] U [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Ultraviolet [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The University of Illinois vs. a Mummy [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Unknown Woman [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Venus [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Volver [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Warau Mikaeru
[[1]] We Are Marshall [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Wedding Wars
[[3]] Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] When a Stranger Calls [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Wicker Man [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Wind That Shakes the Barley [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Woods
[[3]] Wordplay [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] World Trade Center [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Wristcutters: A Love Story
[[3]] X-Men: The Last Stand [6 comment(s) available]
[[1]] You, Me and Dupree
[[3]] The Zombie Diaries [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.

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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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