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

1955 (27 movies)

[[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! [2 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 (38 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]
[[1]] The Wild One

1952 (19 movies)

[[2]] The Bad and the Beautiful [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Big Sky
[[3]] Clash by Night
[[3]] Europe '51 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Forbidden Games [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Greatest Show on Earth [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] High Noon [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Ikiru
[[2]] Ivanhoe [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Limelight
[[3]] Lovely to Look at
[[2]] The Magic Box
[[2]] Parasakthi [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Quiet Man [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Singin' in the Rain [8 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Snows of Kilimanjaro [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Sound Barrier [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Tarzan's Savage Fury [1 comment(s) available]

1951 (19 movies)

[[3]] A Streetcar Named Desire
[[2]] Ace In The Hole [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The African Queen [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Alice in Wonderland [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] An American in Paris [1 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bellissima [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cause for Alarm! [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Day the Earth Stood Still [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Diary of a Country Priest
[[3]] Early Summer
[[3]] The Idiot [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Quo Vadis [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Show Boat [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Strangers on a Train [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Surcos [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Take Care of My Little Girl [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Tarzan's Peril [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Thing from Another World
[[3]] Westward the Women [1 comment(s) available]

1950 (24 movies)

[[3]] All About Eve [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Asphalt Jungle [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Born Yesterday [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Caged [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cinderella [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] D.O.A.
[[1]] The Flying Saucer [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Gun Crazy [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Harvey [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] In a Lonely Place [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Les enfants terribles [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] No Way Out [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Odette [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Orpheus [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Panic in the Streets [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Rashomon [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Scandal [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Stage Fright
[[3]] Summer Stock [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sunset Blvd. [6 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Tarzan and the Slave Girl [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Three Secrets [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Treasure Island [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Winchester '73 [1 comment(s) available]

1949 (24 movies)

[[3]] A Letter to Three Wives [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Adam's Rib [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] All the King's Men [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Barkleys of Broadway
[[3]] Caught
[[3]] Come to the Stable [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Flame of My Love [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Flamingo Road [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Fountainhead [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Heiress [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] I Was a Male War Bride [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Jour de Fete [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Kind Hearts and Coronets [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Late Spring [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Little Women [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Man on the Eiffel Tower
[[0]] Mighty Joe Young [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] On the Town
[[3]] Pinky [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Set-Up [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Tarzan's Magic Fountain [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Third Man [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Under Capricorn [1 comment(s) available]

1948 (15 movies)

[[3]] Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Act of Violence
[[2]] Anna Karenina
[[2]] Bicycle Thieves [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Bonnie Prince Charlie
[[3]] Brighton Rock [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Call Northside 777 [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Casbah [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Command Decision
[[3]] Easter Parade [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Enchantment
[[1]] The Fuller Brush Man [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Hamlet [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] I Remember Mama [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] It Happened in Europe
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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

Review sites

Women & Hollywood

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