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

2019 (200 movies)

[[3]] Escape Room [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Eve N’ God : This Female Is Not Yet Rated [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Extraordinary You
[[1]] Fahim [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Farewell [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Fighting with My Family [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Final Level: Escaping Rancala [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Five Feet Apart [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] For Sama [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Ford v Ferrari [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Frankie [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Frozen 2 [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Furie [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Gemini Man [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Gentlemen [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ghost Tropic [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Gisaengchung [6 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Glass [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Godzilla: King of the Monsters [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Goldfinch [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Good Boys [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Good Kisser
[[3]] The Good Liar [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Ground Beneath My Feet
[[2]] Guava Island [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Gully Boy [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Guns Akimbo [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Happy Death Day 2U [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Harriet [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Haunt [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Haunting of Sharon Tate [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Helen
[[1]] HELEN [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Her Smell [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Highwaymen
[[3]] The hockey girls
[[3]] Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World [8 comment(s) available]
[[3]] How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Hustle [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hustlers [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] I Am Mother [4 comment(s) available]
[[0]] i lost my body
[[1]] In the Shadow of the Moon [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] In the Tall Grass [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ip Man 4: The Finale [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Irishman [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Iron Sky: The Coming Race
[[3]] Isn't It Romantic [16 comment(s) available]
[[3]] It Chapter 2 [4 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Jawline
[[3]] Jeanne [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Jeune Juliette [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Jojo Rabbit [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Joker [1 review(s) available] [16 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Judy [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Jumanji: The Next Level [6 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Just Mercy [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] K-12 [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Katharine Hepburn [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Kid Who Would Be King [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Kim Ji-young: Born 198
[[3]] Kim Possible [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The King [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Kitchen [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Klaus [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Knight Before Christmas
[[3]] Knives Out [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] La Peor de Mis Bodas 2
[[3]] Last Christmas [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Last Full Measure
[[3]] Late Night [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Laundromat [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Le chant du loup [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Legend of 5 Mile Cave [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Legend of Hei (Luo Xiao Hei zhan ji) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Les Miserables [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Les Parfums [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Let It Snow [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Lighthouse [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Lion King [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Little Joe [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Little Women [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Long Shot [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie: Over The Rainbow [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Luce [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Lucky Grandma [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Lucy in the Sky
[[1]] Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ma [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
[[3]] Maria [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Marighella [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Marriage Story [1 review(s) available] [14 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Men in Black: International [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mercy Black [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Midsommar [8 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Midway [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Miss Bala [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Missing Link [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Monos [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Mortuary Collection [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Motherless Brooklyn [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Murder Mystery [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Little Pony: Equestria Girls: Spring Breakdown [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Noelle [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] O Filme do Bruno Aleixo [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Once Upon a Time ... In Hollywood [10 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Otherhood
[[0]] Paddleton [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Papicha [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Pause [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Peanut Butter Falcon
[[1]] Pentagram [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Perfect Date [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Performaniax [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Personal History of David Copperfield [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pet Sematary [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Platform [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pokemon Detective Pikachu [11 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes Back - Evolution [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Polar [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Portrait of a Lady on Fire [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Promare [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Quebramar [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Queen & Slim [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Rambo: Last Blood
[[3]] Ready or Not [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Reign of the Supermen [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Report
[[3]] Richard Jewell [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Rim of the World [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Robowoman [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rocketman [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Saand Ki Aankh [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Saga of Tanya the Evil - The Movie [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Saint Frances [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Saint Maud [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Satanic Panic [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Seberg
[[1]] Secret Obsession
[[3]] See You Yesterday [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Serenity [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Shazam! [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Shiny Shrimps [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Silence [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sister Aimee [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Someone Great [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Soni [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sorry We Missed You [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Sound of Metal [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Souvenir [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Specials [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Spider-Man: Far from Home [13 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Spies in Disguise [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Steven Universe: The Movie [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Straight Up
[[3]] Stray [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sword of Trust [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tall Girl [6 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Tekst [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Terminator: Dark Fate [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Tolkien [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Top End Wedding [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tout ce qu'il me reste de la révolution [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Toy Story 4 [6 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Triple Frontier [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Troop Zero [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Turma da Monica: Lacos [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Two Popes [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Un momento en el tiempo: olas [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Unbelievable [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Uncut Gems [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Under The Silver Lake [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Une fille facile [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Une Paire de Jumelles
[[3]] The Unlisted
[[3]] Unplanned [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Us [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Vast of Night [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Vivarium [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Wandering Earth (Liu Lang Di Qiu) [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wayne [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] We Are Little Zombies [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Weathering with You [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] What Men Want [1 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Where'd You Go, Bernadette [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] White Snake [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wine Country [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wonder Park [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Yes, God, Yes [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 10377 movies in the database. The five latest additions:

2024-07-31 19:43: [[3]] Fong Sai Yuk (1993)
2024-07-30 16:22: [[1]] North Hollywood (2021)
2024-07-29 15:58: [[3]] Double Down South (2022)
2024-07-29 01:30: [[1]] A Quiet Place: Day One (2024)
2024-07-28 10:39: [[3]] Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna (2020)

The five latest comments were on:

2024-09-27 01:07: [[3]] Message and the Messenger (2022)
2024-09-26 12:40: [[1]] The Substance (2024)
2024-09-25 03:35: [[3]] The Queen of Villains (2024)
2024-09-25 02:34: [[2]] Challenger (2024)
2024-09-24 00:17: [[0]] Hundreds of Beavers (2022)

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 10377 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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