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

1960 (39 movies)

[[3]] Body in the Web [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Brides of Dracula [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The City of the Dead [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Conspiracy of Hearts [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Dařbuján a Pandrhola [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Exodus [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] First Spaceship on Venus [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Flaming Star [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] G.I. Blues [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Heller in Pink Tights [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Inherit the Wind [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Jigoku (Hell or The Sinners of Hell) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] L'avventura [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] La ciociara [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] La Dolce Vita [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Last Woman on Earth [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Late Autumn [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Le Trou
[[3]] Les Bonnes Femmes [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Les yeux sans visage [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Let's Make Love [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Magnificent Seven [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Make Mine Mink
[[2]] Nerve on Sunday [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Peeping Tom [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Psycho [7 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Rocco and His Brothers
[[1]] School for Scoundrels [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Shoot the Piano Player [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Spartacus
[[3]] The Story of Ruth [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Testament of Orpheus
[[0]] The Time Machine
[[3]] The Truth [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Virgin Spring
[[2]] Where the Boys Are
[[3]] Wild River
[[2]] The World of Suzie Wong [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Zazie dans le metro [1 comment(s) available]

1959 (36 movies)

[[0]] The 400 Blows [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] A Bucket of Blood [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Anatomy of a Murder [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Apur Sansar [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Araya
[[3]] Babette Goes to War [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Ballada o soldate
[[3]] The Bat [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Battle in Outer Space [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ben-Hur [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Bridge [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Come Dance with Me! [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Darby O'Gill and the Little People [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Giant Gila Monster [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Gidget [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Good Morning (Ohayô) [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Great War [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] House on Haunted Hill [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Imitation of Life [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Journey to the Center of the Earth
[[1]] Night of the Ghouls [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] North By Northwest
[[3]] The Nun's Story [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] On the Beach [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pillow Talk [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Plan 9 from Outer Space [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Ride Lonesome [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Rio Bravo [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sleeping Beauty [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sleeping Beauty [1 review(s) available] [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Some Like It Hot [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Suddenly, Last Summer
[[1]] The Tingler
[[3]] The Wasp Woman [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The World, The Flesh and The Devil [1 comment(s) available]

1958 (34 movies)

[[3]] Auntie Mame [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Blood of the Vampire [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Brink of Life [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cat on a Hot Tin Roof [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Damn Yankees [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Day the Sky Exploded
[[0]] The Defiant Ones
[[3]] Dracula (Horror of Dracula) [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Fabulous World of Jules Verne
[[2]] The Female [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Fly [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Gigi [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Hidden Fortress [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] I Bury the Living [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] I Want To Live! [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Indiscreet [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Inn of the Sixth Happiness [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] It! The Terror from Beyond Space
[[1]] King Creole [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Love Is My Profession [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mädchen in Uniform [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Marjorie Morningstar [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mon Oncle [1 comment(s) available]
[[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 (12 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]
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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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