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

2016 (200 movies)

[[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]
[[3]] Denial [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dernieres nouvelles du cosmos [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Die letzte Sau
[[3]] Dirty 30 [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Dirty Grandpa
[[3]] The Divergent Series: Allegiant [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Divines [6 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Doctor Strange [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Don't Breathe [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Don't Hang Up [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Don't Think Twice
[[0]] Doukyuusei [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Dragon Spell [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Duel [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Eagle Huntress [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Eddie the Eagle [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Edge of Seventeen [10 comment(s) available]
[[3]] El Olivo [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Electra Woman and Dyna Girl [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Elle [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Elvis & Nixon [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Equity [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Everybody Wants Some [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Extremis [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Fai bei sogni [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them [1 review(s) available] [17 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Fences [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Final Fantasy XV [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Finding Dory [8 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Finest Hours [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] First Girl I Loved [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Florence Foster Jenkins [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Forest [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Free Fire [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Free State of Jones [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Friend Request [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Fundamentals of Caring [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Gantz: O [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ghostbusters [17 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Girl on the Train [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Girl with All the Gifts [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Gods of Egypt [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Grüße aus Fukushima (Greetings from Fukushima) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Grease Live! [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Great Wall [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Hacksaw Ridge [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Hail, Caesar! [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hairspray Live! [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Handmaiden (Ah-ga-ssi) [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Handsome Devil [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Hardcore Henry [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hated in the Nation [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Hell or High Water [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hidden Figures [6 comment(s) available]
[[2]] High Strung [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hounds of Love
[[3]] House on Willow Street [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] How to Be Single [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hunt for the Wilderpeople [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Huntsman: Winter's War [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hurricane Bianca [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hush [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] I Am Not Madame Bovary [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] I Had a Bloody Good Time at House Harker
[[3]] I'm Not Ashamed [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] I, Daniel Blake [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ice Age: Collision Course [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ice Fantasy [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] In a Valley of Violence [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Independence Day: Resurgence [1 review(s) available] [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Inferno [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Infiltrator [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] It's Only the End of the World
[[3]] Jack Reacher: Never Go Back [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Jackie [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Jane Got a Gun [5 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Jason Bourne [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Julieta [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Jungle Book [9 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Justice League vs. Teen Titans [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Keanu [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Keeping Up with the Joneses
[[1]] Kill Command
[[3]] Kimi no na wa. [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] King Dave [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] King of the Dancehall [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Koe no katachi [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Kubo and the Two Strings [10 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Kung Fu Panda 3 [5 comment(s) available]
[[1]] L'età d'oro [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] La La Land [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] La pazza gioia [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Legend of Tarzan [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Les innocentes [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Let Me Go [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Liberty's Secret
[[3]] The Light Between Oceans [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Lights Out [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Linefork [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Lion [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Little Door Gods [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Little Sister [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Live by Night [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Locos de Amor [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Lost City of Z [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Love & Friendship [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Love Witch [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Lovesong [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Loving [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ma revolution
[[0]] magnificent 7 [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Manchester by the Sea [5 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Marauders
[[3]] Martyrs [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Masterminds [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Maudie [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Me Before You [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Meet the Blacks
[[3]] Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Midnight Man
[[1]] Midnight Special [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates [1 review(s) available] [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children [5 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Miss Saigon: 25th Anniversary [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Miss Sloane
[[3]] Moana [21 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Money Monster [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Monster High: Welcome to Monster High [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Monster Trucks [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Moonlight [12 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Morgan [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mother's Day [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mr. Church [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Mr. Right [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Life as a Zucchini [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Little Pony: Equestria Girls - Legend of Everfree [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Ne gledaj mi u pijat
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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 10377 movies in the database. The five latest additions:

2024-07-31 19:43: [[3]] Fong Sai Yuk (1993)
2024-07-30 16:22: [[1]] North Hollywood (2021)
2024-07-29 15:58: [[3]] Double Down South (2022)
2024-07-29 01:30: [[1]] A Quiet Place: Day One (2024)
2024-07-28 10:39: [[3]] Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna (2020)

The five latest comments were on:

2024-09-27 01:07: [[3]] Message and the Messenger (2022)
2024-09-26 12:40: [[1]] The Substance (2024)
2024-09-25 03:35: [[3]] The Queen of Villains (2024)
2024-09-25 02:34: [[2]] Challenger (2024)
2024-09-24 00:17: [[0]] Hundreds of Beavers (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 10377 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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