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

[[3]] Late Spring [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Lazarus Effect [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Le chant du loup [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Le hérisson [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Le Samourai [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Legend of Tarzan [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Legion [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Les innocentes [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Les triplettes de Belleville [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Let's Make Love [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Lethal Weapon [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Letters from Iwo Jima [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Leviathan [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Life Inside Out [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Life of Emile Zola [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Life of Pi [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Life Without Principle [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Lion King [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Lisa Frankenstein [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Little Darlings [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Live Free or Die Hard [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Locke [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Lolita [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Lone Star [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Longest Day [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Lord of the Flies [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Lost City of Z [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie: Over The Rainbow [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Machete [1 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Madame Bovary [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Made of Honor [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Madea Goes to Jail [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Make Way for Tomorrow [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Man Who Came to Dinner [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Man with the Iron Fists [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mansfield Park [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Margin Call [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Maria Full of Grace [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Marketa Lazarova [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Marshall [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Martyrs [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Marvels [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mary and The Witch's Flower [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Material Girls [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Matinee [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Maurice [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mayhem [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Maze Runner: The Death Cure [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mean Girls [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Meatballs [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Meet the Robinsons [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Meg [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mega Shark vs. Mecha Shark [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Megamind vs. The Doom Syndicate [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Memento [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Memories of Murder [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Men Who Stare at Goats [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mercenaries [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mermaids [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mi vida loca [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mid90s [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Midnight Sky [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Million Dollar Arm [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Million Dollar Baby [1 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Miracle on 34th Street [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Miracle Worker [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mirror Mirror [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Mirror [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Miss You Already [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Missing Link [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Missing [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Money Pit [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Monkeybone [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mononoke-hime [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Monster High: Thirteen Wishes [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mortal Engines [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mortal Kombat [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mortal Kombat: Annihilation [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Moxie [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Mr. & Mrs. Smith [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mr. Nobody [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mrs. Pollifax - Spy [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mulan II [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Mule [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Muppets From Space [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Murder by Death [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Murder by Natural Causes [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Muriel's Wedding [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Fair Lady [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Girl [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] My Man Godfrey [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Sister's Keeper [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mystic Pizza [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Nacho Libre [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Naked [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nana [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nappily Ever Aftet [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Neighbors [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nerve [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Network [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Never Been Kissed [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Never Let Go [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] News of the World [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Newsies [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nicholas and Alexandra [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Night at the Museum [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Night of the Hunter [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nightcrawler [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Nightmare Alley [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Ninja Assassin [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] No Way Out [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The North Avenue Irregulars [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Northman [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Nothing Sacred [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Notting Hill [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Now and Then [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Now, Voyager [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nowhere Boy [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Nun's Story [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Nut Job 2: Nutty By Nature [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nymphomaniac: Volume 1 [1 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nymphomaniac: Volume 2 [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Ocean's Twelve [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Oculus [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Odd Man Out [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Odd Thomas [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Offside [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Okuribito (Departures) [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Oldboy [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Omohide poro poro [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Omoide no Mani (When Marnie Was There) [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] On the Waterfront [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Once [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] One for the Money [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] One Hour Photo [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] One Night in Miami... [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Onibaba [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Only Lovers Left Alive [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Orlando [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Osmosis Jones [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] OtherLife [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Our Little Sister [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Out of Africa [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Out of the Furnace [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Pact [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Paddington 2 [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Paint Your Wagon [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Pan [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Paranormal Activity [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Paris, Texas [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Past Lives [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Patch Adams [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Paterson [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Paths of Glory [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Perfect Date [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pet Sematary [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Phoenix [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Picture Perfect [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Pink Floyd The Wall [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Pink Panther [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pitch Black [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Pixels [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Platoon [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Player [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Please Give [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pledge This! [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Pocket Monsters: Mewtwo Strikes Back! [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Point Break [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pokemon the Movie: I Choose You! [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pokemon: Jirachi - Wish Maker [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pokemon: The Movie 2000 [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Police Academy 3: Back in Training [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Poltergeist [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Poltergeist III [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Polyester [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Poor Little Rich Girl [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Populaire [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Portrait of a Lady on Fire [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Possession [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Preacher's Wife [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Predator 2 [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Predator Dark Ages [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Price Check [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Primary Colors [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Prince of Darkness [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time [2 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Princess Protection Program [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Producers [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 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:

2024-07-07 01:31: [[3]] Road House (2024)
2024-07-07 01:08: [[3]] MaXXXine (2024)
2024-07-06 01:23: [[2]] Fingernails (2023)
2024-07-06 01:17: [[3]] Dounia and the Princess of Aleppo (2023)
2024-07-06 00:38: [[3]] Am I OK? (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.

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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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