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

1987 (25 movies)

[[3]] Overboard [5 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Planes, Trains & Automobiles [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Predator [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Prince of Darkness [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Princess Bride [16 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Radio Days [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Raising Arizona [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] RoboCop [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Running Man [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Secret of My Succe$s [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] September
[[3]] Slave Girls from Beyond Infinity [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Spaceballs [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Superman IV: The Quest for Peace [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Swimming to Cambodia [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Throw Momma from the Train [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Untouchables [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Waiting for the Moon
[[3]] The Whales Of August
[[0]] Where is the friend's house [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Wings of Desire
[[3]] The Witches of Eastwick [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Withnail & I [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Wonderful Wizard of Oz [1 comment(s) available]

1986 (79 movies)

[[2]] !Three Amigos! [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 'night, Mother
[[0]] A Better Tomorrow [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] About Last Night [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Adventures of Milo and Otis [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Aliens [2 review(s) available] [14 comment(s) available]
[[3]] An American Tail [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] April Fool's Day [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Armed and Dangerous [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Asterix in Britain (Asterix chez les Bretons) [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Back to School [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Betty Blue [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Big Trouble in Little China [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Blue Velvet [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Captain EO [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Children of a Lesser God [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Chopping Mall [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Clan of the Cave Bear [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Cobra [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Critters [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Crocodile Dundee [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Deadly Friend [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Defiant Ones [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Delta Force [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Down by Law
[[1]] F/X [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ferris Bueller's Day Off [8 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Flight of the Navigator [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Fly [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Flying [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] From Beyond [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Fugitives [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Great Mouse Detective [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hannah and Her Sisters [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Highlander [5 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Hoosiers [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hour of the Star [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Howard The Duck [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Il caso Moro [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Iron Eagle [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Jumpin' Jack Flash [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Karate Kid, Part II [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Kin-Dza-Dza
[[0]] L'été en pente douce [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Labyrinth [16 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Little Shop of Horrors [7 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Luxo Jr [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Macskafogo
[[2]] The Manhattan Project [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Manhunter [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Matador [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Maximum Overdrive [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Mission [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Money Pit [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Name Of The Rose [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] No Retreat, No Surrender [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Parent Trap II
[[3]] Peggy Sue Got Married [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Peking Opera Blues [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Pirates [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Platoon [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Police Academy 3: Back in Training [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pretty in Pink [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Project A-ko [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rosa Luxemburg [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ruthless People [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] She's Gotta Have It [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Short Circuit [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] SpaceCamp [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Stand By Me [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home [8 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Terrorizers [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2
[[2]] Top Gun [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Transformers: The Movie [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Under the Cherry Moon [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] When the Wind Blows [1 comment(s) available]

1985 (87 movies)

[[3]] A Chorus Line [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Room with a View [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] A View to a Kill [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] After Hours [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Agnes of God
[[0]] Angel's Egg [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Anne of Green Gables
[[0]] Astérix et la Surprise de Céasar (Asterix vs. Caesar) [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Back to the Future [14 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Barbarian Queen [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Bebukottak
[[3]] Better Off Dead [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Black Cauldron [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Brazil [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Breakfast Club [15 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Care Bears Movie [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cat's Eye [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Clue [1 review(s) available] [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Color Purple [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Come and See
[[1]] Commando
[[0]] Day of the Dead [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Desert Hearts [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Desperately Seeking Susan
[[1]] Detective
[[1]] Die Einsteiger [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart
[[3]] Dreamchild [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Enemy Mine [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Esperando la carroza [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Fandango [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Flesh+Blood [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Fletch [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Friday the 13th: A New Beginning [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Fright Night [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Girls Just Want to Have Fun
[[3]] The Goonies [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hellhole [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Howling II: ... Your Sister Is a Werewolf [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Huang tudi (Yellow Earth) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Just One of the Guys [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Kiss of the Spider Woman [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] La Negrita: the Miracle of Our Lady of Los Angeles [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Ladyhawke
[[3]] The Last Dragon [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Legend [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Legend of Billie Jean [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Les specialistes [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mr Vampire (Geung si sin sang)
[[2]] My Beautiful Laundrette [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] My Life as a Dog [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Night on the Galactic Railroad [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Ninja Terminator [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ocean Drive Weekend [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Official Story [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Once Bitten [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Otac na sluzbenom putu [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Out of Africa [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Pale Rider [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Pee-wee's Big Adventure [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Phenomena [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
[[3]] Purple Rose of Cairo [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Quiet Earth [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Rambo: First Blood Part II [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Ran [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Re-Animator [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Real Genius [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Red Sonja [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Return to Oz [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Rocky IV [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sans toi ni loi (Vagabond) [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Sindhu Bhairavi [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Spies Like Us [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Starchaser: The Legend of Orin [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Sure Thing [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sweet Dreams [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Tampopo
[[2]] Teen Wolf [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Tomo yo shizukani nemure [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Treasure of Swamp Castle
[[3]] The Trip To Bountiful
[[3]] Weird Science [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wetherby
[[1]] White Nights
[[3]] Witness [3 comment(s) available]

1984 (9 movies)

[[1]] 2010 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A nightmare on Elm Street [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Passage to India [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Private Function [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] A Soldier's Story [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] All of Me [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Amadeus [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Angel [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:

2025-12-10 15:42: [[2]] Five Nights at Freddy's (2023)
2025-12-08 23:23: [[3]] Zootopia 2 (2025)
2025-12-08 19:07: [[0]] Mr. (1967)
2025-12-05 03:13: [[3]] Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 (2025)
2025-12-04 10:52: [[3]] Vesper (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 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

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Women & Hollywood

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