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

1984 (64 movies)

[[0]] Another Country [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bachelor Party [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Best Defense
[[0]] Beverly Hills Cop [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Blame It on Rio [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Blood Simple. [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Body Double [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Bostonians [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] C.H.U.D. [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Children of the Corn [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Company of Wolves [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Conan the Destroyer [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Double Trouble [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dune [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] El pico 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Emmanuelle IV [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Friday the 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Ghostbusters [15 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Godzilla 1985 [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Gremlins [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Ice Pirates
[[0]] Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Initiation [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Jewel in the Crown
[[3]] Johnny Dangerously [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Karate Kid [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Kaze no tani no Naushika [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Last Starfighter [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Los santos inocentes [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Love Streams [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Marche à l'ombre [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Muppets Take Manhattan [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Natural [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Neverending Story [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Night of the Comet [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Nineteen Eighty-Four
[[1]] Non ci resta che piangere
[[1]] Once Upon A Time In America [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Paris, Texas [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Philadelphia Experiment
[[3]] Poison for the Fairies [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Police Academy [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Protocol
[[3]] Purple Rain [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Razorback [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Repo Man [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Revenge of the Nerds [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rhinestone [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Romancing the Stone [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Secret Places
[[1]] She [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Silent Night, Deadly Night [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sixteen Candles [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Splash [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Star Trek III: The Search for Spock [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Starman
[[3]] Supergirl [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Terminator [9 comment(s) available]
[[1]] This Is Spinal Tap [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Top Secret! [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Trancers [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Warrior and the Sorceress [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] What Have I Done to Deserve This?
[[1]] Zwei Nasen tanken Super [1 comment(s) available]

1983 (53 movies)

[[1]] The 4th Man
[[1]] A Christmas Story [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Ballad of Narayama [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Barefoot Gen [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Best Christmas Pageant Ever [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Born in Flames [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Breathless [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Christine
[[2]] Confidentially Yours [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cujo [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dark Habits [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Dead Zone
[[1]] Deathstalker [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Die Supernasen [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Educating Rita [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] El Norte [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] El pico
[[3]] Flashdance [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Go for It [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hercules [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Hunger [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Jaws 3-D [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Krull [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Lianna [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Life Is a Bed of Roses [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Local Hero [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Los renglones torcidos de Dios [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Man With Two Brains
[[1]] The Meaning of Life [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence
[[1]] Mickey's Christmas Carol [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mortelle randonnée [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Octopussy [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Outsiders [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Risky Business [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Rumble Fish [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Scarface [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Silkwood [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi [21 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Strange Brew [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Suburbia [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Superman III [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Terms of Endearment
[[3]] Terms of Endearment [5 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Trading Places [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Under Fire [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Vacanze di natale [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Videodrome [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] WarGames [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wild Style [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Women's Prison Massacre [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Yellowbeard [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Yentl [1 comment(s) available]

1982 (64 movies)

[[2]] 48 Hrs. [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] An Officer and a Gentleman [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Annie [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Banana Joe [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Beast Within [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Blade Runner [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cat People
[[3]] Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Conan the Barbarian [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Countryman [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Dark Crystal [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Deathtrap [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Deux heures moins le quart avant Jesus-Christ [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Diner
[[2]] The Draughtsman's Contract [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Entity [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Evil Under the Sun [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Fanny and Alexander [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Fast Times at Ridgemont High [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Finye (The Wind)
[[0]] First Blood [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Fits [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Forbidden World [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Frances
[[3]] Friday the 13th Part III [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Gandhi [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Godard's Passion
[[3]] Grease 2 [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The King of Comedy [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Koyaanisqatsi [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Last American Virgin [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Last Unicorn [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Le Retour de Martin Guerre [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Liquid Sky
[[1]] Mil gritos tiene la noche [Pieces] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Missing
[[1]] Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Party 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Pink Floyd The Wall [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Piratensender Power Play [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Poltergeist [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Porky's [1 review(s) available] [6 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Rocky III
[[2]] The Scarlet Pimpernel [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Secret of NIMH [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Six Pack [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Slumber Party Massacre
[[3]] Smithereens [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sophie's Choice [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sorceress [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The State of Things [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Swamp Thing [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Tenebre [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Tex [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Thing [6 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Tootsie [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] TRON [5 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Verdict
[[3]] Victor Victoria [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The World According to Garp [1 comment(s) available]

1981 (19 movies)

[[3]] ...E tu vivrai nel terrore! L'aldila (The Beyond) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Absence of Malice [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] An American Werewolf in London [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Blow Out [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Body Heat [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cannibal Ferox [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Chariots of Fire [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Clash of the Titans [1 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Das Boot [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Dead and Buried [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Der subjektive Faktor
[[1]] Diva [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Dragonslayer [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Escape from New York [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Evil Dead [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Excalibur [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] For Your Eyes Only [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Four Seasons [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.

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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

Review sites

Women & Hollywood

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