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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

1958 (11 movies)

[[3]] The Night Heaven Fell [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Run Silent Run Deep
[[2]] The Screaming Skull [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Separate Tables [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Some Came Running [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] South Pacific [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Teacher's Pet [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Touch of Evil
[[1]] Vertigo [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Vikings
[[3]] The Wild Women of Wongo [2 comment(s) available]

1957 (38 movies)

[[0]] 12 Angry Men [7 comment(s) available]
[[1]] A Face in the Crowd [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Amanecer en Puerta Oscura [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] An Affair to Remember [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Bridge on the River Kwai
[[3]] The Cranes Are Flying [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Danger stalks near [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Desk Set [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] El vampiro [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Enemy Below [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Fire Down Below [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Forty Guns [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Funny Face [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Guns of Fort Petticoat [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Incredible Shrinking Man [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Island in the Sun [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Kanal
[[2]] Kiss Them for Me [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Kronos [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] La Parisienne [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Mysterians [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Night of the Demon [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nights of Cabiria
[[1]] Oedipus Rex [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Old Yeller [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Paths of Glory [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Prince and the Showgirl
[[2]] Sayonara [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Seventh Seal
[[2]] Smultronstället (Wild Strawberries) [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sorority Girl [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Sweet Smell of Success [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tammy and the Bachelor
[[0]] Three Faces of Eve
[[0]] Throne of Blood [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The True Story of Jesse James [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Witness for the Prosecution [2 comment(s) available]

1956 (41 movies)

[[3]] ...And God Created Woman [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] 7 Men from Now [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Aparajito [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Around the World in Eighty Days
[[3]] Autumn Leaves [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Baby Doll [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Bad Seed
[[0]] Bigger Than Life [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bus Stop [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Calle mayor [Main Street] [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Captain from Kopenick [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Court Jester [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Eyewitness [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Flowing [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Forbidden Planet [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Giant
[[3]] Gunslinger [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Her Bridal Night [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] High Society [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Indestructible Man [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Invasion of the Body Snatchers [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Iron Petticoat
[[3]] It Conquered the World [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Killing
[[2]] The King and I [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] La banda degli onesti [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Le coup du berger [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Love Me Tender [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Man Who Knew Too Much
[[3]] The Man Who Never Was [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Proud and Profane [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Rodan [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Searchers [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sissi - The Young Empress
[[2]] The Spanish Gardener
[[2]] The Ten Commandments [5 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Un condamne a mort s'est echappe ou Le vent souffle ou il veut
[[1]] The Unguarded Moment [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] War and Peace [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Wrong Man [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Yield to the Night [1 comment(s) available]

1955 (39 movies)

[[3]] All That Heaven Allows [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Bad Day at Black Rock [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Big Combo [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bride of the Monster [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Byl jednou jeden král [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Daddy Long Legs
[[1]] The Dam Busters
[[3]] Diabolique [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Fast and the Furious [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Glass Slipper [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Godzilla Raids Again [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Guys and Dolls [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Killer's Kiss [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Lady and the Tramp [10 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Ladykillers [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Le amiche [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Les grandes manoeuvres [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Lola Montès [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Man from Laramie [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Marty [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Sister Eileen [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Night of the Hunter [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Not as a Stranger [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Oklahoma! [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pather Panchali [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Prisoner [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Prodigal [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Rebel Without a Cause [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Richard III [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Rififi
[[3]] School for Love [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Seven Year Itch
[[2]] Sommarnattens leende (Smiles of a Summer Night)
[[3]] Summertime [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Tarantula [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] This Island Earth [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] To Catch a Thief [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Trouble with Harry
[[3]] We're No Angels [1 comment(s) available]

1954 (34 movies)

[[0]] 20000 Leagues Under the Sea [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] A Star Is Born [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] An American in Rome [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Animal Farm [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Attila [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Caine Mutiny [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Carmen Jones [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Comicos [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Creature from the Black Lagoon [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Dial M for Murder
[[2]] Executive Suite [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Glenn Miller Story [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Gojira [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hobson's Choice [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Jail Bait [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Johnny Guitar [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Journey to Italy [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Knock on Wood
[[3]] Late Chrysanthemuns [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Miseria e nobilta
[[0]] On the Waterfront [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Phffft
[[3]] Rear Window [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sabrina [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Salt of the Earth [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Senso [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Seven Brides for Seven Brothers [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Shichinin no samurai [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Silver Lode [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Them! [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Three Coins in the Fountain
[[1]] Touchez pas au grisbi
[[3]] Uwasa no onna [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] White Christmas [1 comment(s) available]

1953 (37 movies)

[[0]] The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Band Wagon
[[1]] The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Big Heat [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Calamity Jane [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cat Women of the Moon [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Cruel Sea [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The earrings of Madame de... [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Fear and Desire
[[3]] From Here to Eternity [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Gentlemen Prefer Blondes [6 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Glen or Glenda
[[0]] The Hitch-Hiker [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] House of Wax [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] How to Marry a Millionaire [2 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] I Confess
[[0]] Inferno [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] It Came from Outer Space [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Julius Caesar
[[1]] Le Salaire de la Peur [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Man Between [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mesa of Lost Women [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Miss Sadie Thompson
[[2]] Mogambo
[[3]] Mr. Hulot's Holiday
[[0]] The Naked Spur [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Peter Pan [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pickup on South Street [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Roman holiday [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Salome
[[1]] Shane
[[0]] Stalag 17 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Summer with Monika [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Tarzan and the She-Devil [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tokyo Story
[[2]] Ugetsu [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The War of the Worlds [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 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 22:28: [[3]] Dog Man (2025)
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)

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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