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]] 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]
[[0]] The Producers [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Project A-ko [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Public Enemies [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Punch-Drunk Love [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Punisher [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Purple Rain [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Quarantine [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Quartet [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Queen of Katwe [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Quo Vadis [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rabbit-Proof Fence [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Radio Days [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Raising Arizona [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Ran [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rat Race [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Raw [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ray [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Rebel Without a Cause [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Red 2 [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Red Dawn [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Red Pill [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Red River [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Red Violin [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Relatos salvajes [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Repo Man [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Requiem for a Dream [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Return of Swamp Thing [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Return to Oz [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Revenge [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Revenge of the Nerds [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Rhythm Section [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Ride Along [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Riding in Cars with Boys [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Road House [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Road [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Robin Hood: Men in Tights [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Robot & Frank [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Rocky Balboa [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Roma [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Romeo and Juliet [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Room [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Room in Rome [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Roundhay Garden Scene [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Royal Tenenbaums [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Run [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Rush [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ruthless People [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sabrina [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Sapphires [1 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Savage Beach [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Save the Date [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Save Yourselves! [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Saw III [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Saw IV [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Say Anything... [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Scarlet Pimpernel [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Scary Movie [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Schindler's List [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Scott Pilgrim Takes Off [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Se7en [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Sea Beast [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Secrets & Lies [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Sentinel [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Serial Mom [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Seven Pounds [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] seven sisters [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Sex Lives of College Girls [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Shadow Dancer [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Shaolin Soccer [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] She's All That [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] She's Gotta Have It [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] She, a Chinese [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Shin Godzilla [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Shooter [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Shrek [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Silence [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Silkwood [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Single All The Way [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Single Moms Club [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sister My Sister [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Sisters Brothers [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Six Days Seven Nights [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sixteen Candles [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Skeleton Key [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Skeleton Twins [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Skeletons [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Skinamarink [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Skinwalker Ranch [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Slender Man [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Small Town Murder Songs [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Smithereens [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Snackbar [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Snakes on a Plane [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Snow White [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Son of Batman [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sonic the Hedgehog [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sophie's Choice [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Sorry to Bother You [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Sound of Metal [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Southland Tales [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Space Between Us [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Space Jam [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] SpaceCamp [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Spellbound [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Spider-Man 3 [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Spirited [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Spy Who Loved Me [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Square [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] St. Vincent [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Stairway to Heaven [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Star Trek V: The Final Frontier [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Star Trek: First Contact [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Star Trek: Nemesis [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Stargate: Continuum [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Starlet [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Step Up Revolution [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Steve Jobs [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Steven Universe: The Movie [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Stick It [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Still Alice [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Sting [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Straight Story [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Strange Days [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Strange Magic [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Stranger Than Fiction [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Stranger [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Strangers on a Train [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Strangers [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Street Fighter [1 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Struck by Lightning [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Suicide Squad [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Suite francaise [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sullivan's Travels [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Sully [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Sunset Limited [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Sunshine [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Superman II [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Survival of the Dead [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Suspicion [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Suspiria [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Suspiria [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Sweet Sixteen [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Sweetest Thing [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Swimming for Gold [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Swing Time [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Sword in the Stone [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tag [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Take This Waltz [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Taken 2 [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Taking Lives [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Taking of Pelham 123 [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Tale of The Princess Kaguya [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Talented Mr. Ripley [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Taxi [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Taxi Driver [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Teen Beach 2 [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Telling Secrets [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Tempest [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Temple Grandin [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Thanks for Sharing [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] That Thing You Do! [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] There Was a Father [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] There's Something About Mary [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] They Shoot Horses, Don't They? [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Thief [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Third Man [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] This is My Life [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] This Is Spinal Tap [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] tick...tick..BOOM! [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.

Add a movie

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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:

2024-10-04 12:02: [[1]] Girl interrupted (1999)
2024-10-03 18:03: [[3]] Inside Out 2 (2024)
2024-10-03 16:09: [[3]] The Harry Hill Movie (2013)
2024-10-03 05:27: [[3]] 52jpdo (609)
2024-09-30 22:44: [[3]] V for Vendetta (2005)

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 year, sorted by title (default), 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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