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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

1993 (4 movies)

[[3]] Untamed Heart [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Wedding Banquet [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] What's Eating Gilbert Grape [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] What's Love Got to Do with It [1 comment(s) available]

1992 (89 movies)

[[1]] A Few Good Men [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A League of Their Own [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] A River Runs Through It [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Aladdin  [2 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Alien 3 [6 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Army of Darkness [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Baraka [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Basic Instinct [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Batman Returns [8 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Beethoven [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Bikini Carwash Company [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bitter Moon [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Bob Roberts
[[2]] The Bodyguard [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Boomerang [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Buffy the Vampire Slayer [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Candyman [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Chaplin [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Como agua para chocolate [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Critters 4 [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Crying Game [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Cutting Edge [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Damage [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dead Alive [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Death Becomes Her [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Deep Cover [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Dien Bien Phu [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Doragon bôru Z: Atsumare! Gokû Wârudo
[[3]] Dracula [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dragon Inn [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] El Mariachi
[[3]] Enchanted April [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Encino Man
[[3]] Far and Away [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] FernGully: The Last Rainforest [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Freddie as F.R.O.7. [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Full Contact
[[3]] Gas Food Lodging [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ghostwatch [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Glengarry Glen Ross [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Hand That Rocks the Cradle [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Hard Boiled [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Hero
[[3]] Home Alone 2: Lost in New York [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] HouseSitter
[[3]] Howards End [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Husbands and Wives [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Just another girl on the I.R.T [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] King of Beggars [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Kuffs [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ladybugs [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Last of the Mohicans [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Lawnmower Man [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Leap of Faith [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Leaving Normal [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Lover / L'amant [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Malcolm X [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Mighty Ducks
[[3]] The Muppet Christmas Carol [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] My Cousin Vinny [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Newsies [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Orlando [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Passenger 57 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Passion Fish [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Peter's Friends [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Player [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Porco Rosso (Kurenai no Buta) [6 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Reservoir Dogs [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sarafina! [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Scent of a Woman [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Schtonk [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Single White Female [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Singles [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sister Act [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Sneakers
[[0]] Split Second
[[2]] Stay Tuned [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Straight Talk [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Strictly Ballroom [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] This is My Life [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tom and Jerry: The Movie [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Toys [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Un Coeur en Hiver [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Unforgiven [5 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Wayne's World

1991 (93 movies)

[[3]] 'Merci la vie'
[[3]] The Addams Family [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] An American Tail: Fievel Goes West [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Backdraft [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Barton Fink
[[3]] Beauty and the Beast  [3 review(s) available] [13 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Black Robe [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Boyz n the Hood [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Butcher's wife [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cape Fear [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Child's Play 3 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] City Slickers [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Closet Land [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Commitments
[[3]] Critters 3 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Daughters of the Dust
[[1]] Deathstalker IV: Match of Titans [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Defending Your Life [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Delirious
[[0]] Delta Force 3: The Killing Game [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Dick Tracy [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Doc Hollywood
[[3]] Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Double Impact [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Double Life of Veronique
[[0]] Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Drop Dead Fred [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Europa
[[0]] Eyes of an Angel [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Fisher King [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Five Heartbeats [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Flirting [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] For the Boys [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Frankie and Johnny
[[2]] Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Fried Green Tomatoes [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hachi-gatsu no rapusodi [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Highlander II [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Hook [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Hot Shots!
[[3]] Hudson Hawk [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Impromptu [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Into The Woods [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] JFK [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Kickboxer 2: The Road Back [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] L.A. Story [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Last Boy Scout [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Lethal Games [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Life Stinks [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Linguini Incident
[[1]] The Lovers on the Bridge [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Madonna: Truth or Dare [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Manta, Manta [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Mediterraneo [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Motorama [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Girl [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] My Own Private Idaho
[[1]] The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Nekromantik 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Neon City [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] New Jack City
[[3]] Night on Earth
[[3]] The Object of Beauty [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Omohide poro poro [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Oscar
[[3]] Other People's Money [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Paprika [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The People Under the Stairs [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Point Break [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Princess and the Goblin [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Raise the Red Lantern [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Riff-Raff [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Robin Hood
[[3]] Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Rocketeer [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Rubin and Ed
[[3]] Salmonberries
[[1]] Samurai Cop [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Shakes the Clown [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Showdown in Little Tokyo [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Silence of the Lambs [15 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Slacker
[[3]] Soapdish [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tacones Lejanos [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Terminator 2: Judgement Day [8 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Thelma & Louise [4 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Toy Soldiers
[[3]] Until the End of the World [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] What About Bob? [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] White Fang

1990 (14 movies)

[[3]] A Little Night Music [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Tale of Springtime [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Air America [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Alice [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] An Angel at My Table
[[1]] Back to the Future Part III [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bad Girls from Mars [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Barbarian Queen II: The Empress Strikes Back [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bimbos B.C.
[[2]] Blue Steel [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Bonfire of the Vanities [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Bullet in the Head [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Child's Play 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Class of 1999
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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 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)
2025-08-12 23:13: [[3]] Megamind vs. The Doom Syndicate (2024)

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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