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

1995 (57 movies)

[[3]] Kids [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] La cérémonie [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] La flor de mi secreto [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] La Haine [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Land and Freedom [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Langoliers [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Le hussard sur le toit [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Leaving Las Vegas [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Les apprentis [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Maborosi [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Magic in the Water [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Major Payne [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Mallrats [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mimi wo sumaseba (Whisper of the Heart) [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mortal Kombat [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mr. Holland's Opus [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nadie hablara de nosotras cuando hayamos muerto [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Net [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nick of Time
[[3]] Now and Then [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Othello [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Outbreak [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Party Girl [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Pebble and the Penguin [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Persuasion [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pocahontas [1 review(s) available] [8 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pride and Prejudice [8 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Quick and the Dead [7 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Ringu Kanzenban [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Rob Roy [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Rumble in the Bronx (Hung fan kui) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sabrina [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Safe [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sailor Moon SuperS the Movie, The Ten Senshi Unite, Mystery of the Black Dream Hole (Sailor Moon Super S the Movie: Black Dream [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Se7en [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sense and Sensibility [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Serving in Silence
[[3]] Showgirls [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Species [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Strange Days [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Tall Tale [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tank Girl [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tommy Boy [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Total Eclipse
[[1]] Toy Story [11 comment(s) available]
[[3]] True Crime [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Twelve Monkeys [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Underground
[[1]] The Usual Suspects [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Village of the Damned [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Waiting To Exhale
[[2]] Waterworld [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Welcome to the Dollhouse [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] When Night is Falling [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] While You Were Sleeping [3 comment(s) available]

1994 (115 movies)

[[1]] A.P.E.X. [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Ace Ventura: Pet Detective [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Airheads [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Amateur
[[1]] Angels in the Outfield [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bad Girls
[[0]] Beverly Hills Cop III [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Birds 2: Land's End [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Black Beauty [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Blue Sky
[[1]] Brainscan [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Chungking Express [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Clear and Present Danger [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Clerks. [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Client [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Clifford [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Color of Night [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Corrina, Corrina [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Crooklyn [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Crow [5 comment(s) available]
[[1]] D2: The Mighty Ducks [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Death and the Maiden
[[3]] Dias contados [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Die gottliche Ordnung
[[1]] Don't Drink the Water [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Drop Zone [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Dumb & Dumber
[[3]] Eat Drink Man Woman [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ed Wood [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Fantastic Four
[[3]] Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy
[[1]] Felidae [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Flintstones [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Forrest Gump [9 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Four Weddings and a Funeral [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Fritänkaren [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Gekijô-ban - Bishôjo senshi Sêrâ Mûn S (Sailor Moon S the Movie: Hearts in Ice) [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Getting Any?
[[3]] Giorgino [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Go Fish
[[3]] Heavenly Creatures [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Heisei tanuki gassen pompoko [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Hudsucker Proxy
[[3]] I Like It Like That [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] I.Q. [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] In the Mouth of Madness [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Interview with the Vampire [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] It Could Happen to You
[[3]] It's Pat [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] J'ai pas sommeil
[[3]] Jenny's Wedding
[[0]] Kan du vissla Johanna?
[[3]] Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee
[[1]] The Last Seduction [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Legend of Drunken Master
[[3]] Legend of the Red Dragon / Hong Xi Guan: Zhi Shao Lin wu zu [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Legends of the Fall [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Lion King [1 review(s) available] [18 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Little Rascals
[[3]] Little Women [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Mask [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Men of War [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mina Tannenbaum [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Miracle on 34th Street [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Muriel's Wedding [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Natural Born Killers [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] New Nightmare [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Next Karate Kid [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] No Escape [4 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Oleanna [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Pagemaster [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pat and Margaret
[[0]] Pentathlon [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Picture Bride [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Police Academy: Mission to Moscow [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Priest [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Professional [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pulp Fiction [15 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Quiz Show [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Reality Bites
[[3]] The Ref [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Renaissance Man [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Return of Jafar [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Revenge of the Musketeers [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Road to Wellville [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Runaway Daughters [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Santa Clause
[[2]] Satantango [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Secret of Roan Inish [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] See How They Fall [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Serial Mom [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Shadow
[[0]] The Shawshank Redemption [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sirens
[[3]] Sister My Sister [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Specialist [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Speed [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Stand [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Star Trek Generations [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Stargate [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Street Fighter [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Swan Princess [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Three Colors: White [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Timecop
[[3]] Trading Mom
[[3]] True Lies [6 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Uncovered [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Vive L'Amour [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Voll normaaal [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] When a Man Loves a Woman [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Wing Chun [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wrony [1 comment(s) available]

1993 (28 movies)

[[1]] A Bronx tale
[[1]] A perfect world
[[3]] Addams Family Values [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Age of Innocence
[[3]] Alive [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Arctic Blue [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Bad Boy Bubby
[[0]] Batman: Mask of the Phantasm [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Benny & Joon
[[3]] The Beverly Hillbillies [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bhaji on the Beach [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Blood In, Blood Out
[[1]] Body Bags [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Body of Evidence [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Body Snatchers [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Boxing Helena
[[3]] Bubsy: What Could Possibly Go Wrong? [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Cannibal! The Musical [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Cliffhanger [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Coneheads [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Cool Runnings [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dave [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dazed and Confused [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Death Train [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Demolition Man [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Even Cowgirls Get The Blues
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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 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.

You can also view the list sorted by title, date added (latest first), number of comments, number of reviews or rating.
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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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