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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

2002 (84 movies)

[[3]] Marion Bridge [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Master of Disguise
[[3]] May
[[1]] Men in Black II
[[1]] Minority Report [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Moonlight Mile [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Morvern Callar [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Mothman Prophecies [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Mr Deeds [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Big Fat Greek Wedding [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Naqoyqatsi [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Neko no ongaeshi (The cat returns) [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] No Night Is Too Long
[[1]] One Hour Photo [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Panic Room [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Phone Booth
[[1]] The Pianist [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Planet of the Erotic Ape [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Powerpuff Girls [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Punch-Drunk Love [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Queen of the Damned [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Quiet American [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rabbit-Proof Fence [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Rats [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Real Women Have Curves [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Red Dragon [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Reign of Fire
[[3]] Resident Evil [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Ring [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Ripley's Game [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Road to Perdition [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rose Red [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Rules of Attraction [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] S1m0ne [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Santa Clause 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Scooby-Doo [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Scorpion King
[[3]] Secretary [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Signs [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Slap Her, She's French! [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Snow Dogs
[[1]] Solaris
[[2]] Spider
[[1]] Spider-Man
[[1]] Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Spun [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Star Trek: Nemesis [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones [5 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Sum of All Fears [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sweet Home Alabama [7 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Sweet Sixteen [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Sweetest Thing [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tan de repente
[[3]] Teknolust [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ten [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] They [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Time Changer [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Time Machine [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tipping the Velvet [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tomie: Saishuu-sho - kindan no kajitsu [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Transporter
[[3]] Treasure Planet [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tru Confessions
[[3]] Tuck Everlasting
[[0]] The Tuxedo
[[3]] The Twilight Samurai [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Two Weeks Notice [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Undercover Brother [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Unfaithful [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Vagina Monologues [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Valami Amerika
[[3]] Waking Up in Reno [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] We Were Soldiers [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Whale Rider [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] White Oleander [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Wild Thornberrys Movie [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Windtalkers [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] WiseGirls
[[1]] xXx [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ying xiong (Hero) [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Yossi & Jagger [1 comment(s) available]

2001 (116 movies)

[[0]] The 51st State [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] A Beautiful Mind [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] A Knight's Tale
[[3]] Along Came A Spider
[[3]] Amazons and Gladiators [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Amelie [12 comment(s) available]
[[1]] American Outlaws [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] American Pie 2 [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Animusic [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Antitrust [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Arachnid [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Arite hime/Princess Arete [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Artificial Intelligence: AI [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Atlantis Conspiracy [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Atlantis: The Lost Empire [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Balto: Wolf Quest [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Band of Brothers [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Baran [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Barbie in the Nutcracker [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Behind Enemy Lines [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre (Belphegor - Le fantome du Louvre) [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Black Hawk Down [5 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Blow [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Breed [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bridget Jones's Diary [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Brotherhood of the Wolf [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Caos [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Charlotte Gray [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Chori Chori Chupke Chupke [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cowboy Bebop: The Movie [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Curse of the Jade Scorpion [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dagon [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Der Schuh des Manitu [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Don't Say A Word [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Donnie Darko [14 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dr. Dolittle 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] El Espinazo del Diablo
[[3]] Elvira's Haunted Hills [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Enemy at the Gates [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Epoch
[[0]] Escanaba in da Moonlight [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Evolution [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Fast and the Furious [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Fat Girl
[[1]] Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Finder's Fee [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Frailty
[[0]] Freddy Got Fingered [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] From Hell [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ghost World [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ghosts of Mars [1 review(s) available]
[[3]] The Glass House [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Glitter [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Go [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] God Is Great and I'm Not
[[3]] Gosford Park [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Goyangileul butaghae (Take Care of My Cat) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Gypsy 83 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hannibal [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone [17 comment(s) available]
[[3]] He Died with a Felafel in His Hand
[[3]] Heartbreakers [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hedwig and the Angry Inch [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Heist [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Hidden Half (Nimeh-ye penhan)
[[3]] High Heels and Low Lifes [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hitched [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] How High
[[3]] Human Nature
[[3]] Hundstage [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] I Am Sam [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Impostor
[[3]] In the Bedroom [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] In the Time of the Butterflies [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Jason X [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Jeepers Creepers [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Josie and the Pussycats [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Jump Tomorrow [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Jurassic Park III [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] K-PAX [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Kairo [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Kate & Leopold [1 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Kiss of the Dragon [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Kissing Jessica Stein [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Koroshiya 1 [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] L'uomo in più [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] L.I.E. [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] la ciénaga
[[3]] La fille de Keltoum
[[3]] La tour Montparnasse infernale [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Lagaan - Once Upon a Time in India [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Lara Croft: Tomb Raider [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Late Marriage [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Le fate ignoranti [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Legally Blonde [1 review(s) available] [8 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Legend of Suriyothai [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Life as a House [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring [1 review(s) available] [11 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Lost and Delirious [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
[[3]] Lovely and Amazing [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Lucky Girl (a.k.a. My Daughter's Secret Life) [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Majestic
[[3]] Manic [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Me Without You [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Mexican [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Millennium Actress [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Miss Minoes (a.k.a Undercover Kitty) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Mists of Avalon
[[3]] Monkeybone [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Monsoon Wedding [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 10493 movies in the database. The five latest additions:

2025-02-09 08:57: [[2]] The Brutalist (2024)
2025-02-08 21:43: [[3]] Zombies 3 (2022)
2025-02-05 12:26: [[3]] King Von: Rap's First Serial Killer (2024)
2025-02-04 06:50: [[3]] The Killers Game (2025)
2025-02-03 23:48: [[3]] Longlegs (2024)

The five latest comments were on:

2025-05-02 03:55: [[3]] The People's Joker (2022)
2025-05-01 01:36: [[3]] Rebecca (2020)
2025-04-30 17:40: [[3]] The Professor (2018)
2025-04-30 17:17: [[3]] The Duke (2020)
2025-04-30 00:44: [[2]] Red (2010)

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 10493 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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