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

2017 (114 movies)

[[2]] Lucky [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Mad Ones [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Man with the Iron Heart [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Marshall [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mary and The Witch's Flower [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mary Shelley [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Maximilian [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mayhem [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Megan Leavy [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Meyerowitz Stories (new and selected) [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] MFKZ [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Midwife [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Molly's Game [10 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mom and Dad [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Monster High: Electrified [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Mother! [8 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Mountain Between Us [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mr. Roosevelt [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mudbound [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Mummy [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Murder on the Orient Express [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Cousin Rachel [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] My Friend Dahmer [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Little Pony: The Movie [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Naked [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nogemu noraifu: Zero [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Novitiate [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Nut Job 2: Nutty By Nature [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Okja [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] OM+ME [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] On Body and Soul [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Only Living Boy in New York [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Only the Brave [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Open Water 3: Cage Dive [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] OtherLife [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Outside In [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Paddington 2 [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Petit paysan [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Phantom Thread [4 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Pilgrimage [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pitch Perfect 3 [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Plasmatic Day [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pokemon the Movie: I Choose You! [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Posoki (Directions) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Post [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Power Rangers [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Princess Cyd [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Professor Marston and the Wonder Women [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Psych: The Movie [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Punisher [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Revelator [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Revenge [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Rings
[[0]] The Ritual [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Roman J. Israel, Esq. [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rough Night [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Sand Castle [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Seagull [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Secret Superstar [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] seven sisters [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Shack [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Shape of Water [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sharknado 5: Global Swarming [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Shelter [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Signature Move
[[1]] Singwa hamgge [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Snatched [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Space Between Us [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Spider-Man: Homecoming [10 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Square [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Star Wars: The Last Jedi [1 review(s) available] [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Stephanie [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Sun Dogs [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sweet Virginia [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] T2 Trainspotting [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Table 19 [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] That's Not Me [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Thelma [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Thor: Ragnarok [16 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Thoroughbreds [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri [15 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Tigers Are Not Afraid [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] To the bone [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tragedy Girls [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Transformers: The Last Knight [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tulip Fever [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tuntematon sotilas [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Un beau soleil interieur [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Unforgettable [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Unicorn Store [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Unlocked [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Verónica [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Victoria & Abdul [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Wall [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] War for the Planet of the Apes [6 comment(s) available]
[[0]] War Machine
[[1]] Western
[[0]] What Did Jack Do? [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] What Happened to Monday [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Wheelman [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Wife [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wilson [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wind River [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wish Upon [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Wolf Warrior 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wonder [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wonder Wheel [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wonder Woman [1 review(s) available] [36 comment(s) available]
[[3]] xXx: Return of Xander Cage [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] You Get Me [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] You Were Never Really Here

2016 (86 movies)

[[3]] 10 Cloverfield Lane [30 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 10 Days In A Madhouse [5 comment(s) available]
[[2]] 13 Hours [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 20th Century Women [5 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The 5th Wave [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The 9th Life of Louis Drax
[[1]] A Cure for Wellness
[[0]] A Dark Song [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Date for Mad Mary [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Monster Calls [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Quiet Passion
[[3]] A United Kingdom [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Accountant [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Adult Life Skills [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Adventures in Babysitting [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Alice Through the Looking Glass [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] All Girls Weekend [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Allied [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Almost Christmas [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Always Shine [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] American Crime Story [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] American Honey
[[1]] The Angry Birds Movie
[[3]] Angry Inuk [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Anthropoid [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Antiporno [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Approaching the Unknown [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Aquarius
[[3]] Arrival [17 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Aruvi [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Assassin's Creed [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Autopsy of Jane Doe [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bad Moms [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ballerina [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bang Gang [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bar Bahar
[[3]] Barbershop: The Next Cut [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice [25 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Batman: Bad Blood [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Batman: The Killing Joke [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Be Somebody [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Belgica [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Belko Experiment [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Below Her Mouth
[[1]] Ben-Hur
[[3]] Better Watch Out [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The BFG [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Big Fish & Begonia [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Billions
[[1]] Birkebeinerne
[[1]] The Birth of a Nation [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Blair Witch [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bliss! [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Blood Stripe [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Boss [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Boy [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Breathing Deep [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bridget Jones's Baby [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Brothers Grimsby [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Busanhaeng [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Cafe Society [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cam-Girl [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Captain America: Civil War [28 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Captain Fantastic [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Case Closed: The Darkest Nightmare [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Catfight [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Central Intelligence [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Certain Women [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Choice [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Christine
[[2]] Collateral Beauty [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Colossal [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Conjuring 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Contratiempo [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Courier X [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Criminal [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dad's Army [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dangal [5 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Darkness [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Deadpool [1 review(s) available] [13 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dear Eleanor
[[2]] Deepwater Horizon [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Demain tout commence [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 10289 movies in the database. The five latest additions:

2024-05-28 19:45: [[3]] Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)
2024-05-08 03:41: [[3]] Tarot (2024)
2024-04-26 20:34: [[1]] Lady Parts (2024)
2024-04-14 06:16: [[3]] Wicked Little Letters (2023)
2024-04-09 11:12: [[1]] Imaginary (2024)

The five latest comments were on:

2024-06-25 18:21: [[3]] Un momento en el tiempo: olas (2019)
2024-06-25 05:43: [[3]] Angelina Ballerina: Shining Star Trophy Movie (2011)
2024-06-25 00:58: [[0]] Daddio (2023)
2024-06-22 21:02: [[0]] The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024)
2024-06-22 20:52: [[1]] Lady Parts (2024)

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 10289 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.
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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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