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]] Tilly the Tomboy Visits the Poor [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Time Bandits [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Timecrimes [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Timeline [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tjenare kungen [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] TMNT [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] To Catch a Thief [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] To Have and Have Not [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] To the bone [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] To the Wonder [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Todo sobre mi madre (All About My Mother) [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tomboy [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tombstone [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Tomorrow War [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Too Big to Fail [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Torn Curtain [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Total Recall [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Transcendence [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Transformers: The Movie [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tremors [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Trick 'r Treat [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Triple Frontier [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Trojan Women [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tropa de Elite [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Trouble with Angels [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Troy [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] True Story [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Truman Show [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tully [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Turma da Monica: Lacos [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Twelve Monkeys [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Two Days, One NIght [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Two Faces of January [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Two Mules for Sister Sara [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Two Popes [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Ultraviolet [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Un beau soleil interieur [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Un chien andalou [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Unbreakable [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Uncut Gems [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Under The Silver Lake [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Underworld: Awakening [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Une nouvelle amie [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Untouchable [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] V/H/S [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Vagina Monologues [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Vampire Academy [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Van Helsing [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Vantage Point [1 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Venom [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Venom Let there be Carnage [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Vi ar bast! [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Vice [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Victoria [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Victoria & Abdul [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Videodrome [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Violet & Daisy [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Visitor [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The VVitch: A New-England Folktale [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wait Until Dark [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wake Wood [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] War of the Worlds [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Water for Elephants [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Waterloo [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Watership Down [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Way of the Gun [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Wedding Planner [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Weird Science [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Weird: The Al Yankovic Story [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] What a Girl Wants [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] What Happened to Monday [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] What Men Want [1 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Whatever Works [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Wheelman [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Where Eagles Dare [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Where the Heart Is [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Where'd You Go, Bernadette [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] While We're Young [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] White Chicks [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Who Framed Roger Rabbit [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Wiener-Dog [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Wild at Heart [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wild Rose [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Wild Thornberrys Movie [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Wild Women of Wongo [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Wings [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Winter Guest [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Witness [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Witness for the Prosecution [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Wolfman [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Woman [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Women Aren't Funny [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Women Talking [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wonder Woman 1984 [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The World is Not Enough [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Xanadu [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] xXx [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] xXx: Return of Xander Cage [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Yellow Submarine [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] You Only Live Twice [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Young Offenders [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Youth in Revolt [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Zombieland: Double Tap [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] !Three Amigos! [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] #Nofilter [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The 'Burbs [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] 'Gator Bait [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] 'Gator Bait 2: Cajun Justice [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 'Tamara Drewe' [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 平安 or HEIAN [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] "Masters of Horror" Dream Cruise [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] "Masters of Horror" Family [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] "Masters of Horror" Haeckel's Tale [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] "Masters of Horror" Imprint [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] "Masters of Horror" Pelts [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] "Masters of Horror" Pick Me Up [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] "Masters of Horror" Pro-Life [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] "Masters of Horror" Right to Die [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] "Masters of Horror" Sounds Like [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] "Masters of Horror" The Black Cat [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] "Masters of Horror" The Screwfly Solution [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] "Masters of Horror" The V Word [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] "Masters of Horror" The Washingtonians [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] "Masters of Horror" Valerie on the Stairs [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] "Masters of Horror" We All Scream for Ice Cream [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] "The Backyardigans" International Super Spy [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] (Untitled) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] +1 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] ...And God Created Woman [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] ...E tu vivrai nel terrore! L'aldila (The Beyond) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 1 [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] 10,000 BC [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 101 Dalmatians [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 11 Flowers [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 12 Dog Days Till Christmas [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 12 feet deep [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] 13 Assassins [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] 138 segons. L'enigma Girones [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 1408 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 16 Wishes [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 17 Miracles [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] 1922 [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] 2 Coelhos [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 2 Days in New York [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 2 Days in Paris [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 2 Days in the Valley [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] 2 Fast 2 Furious [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 2 seconds [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 20 centimetros [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 20 Feet from Stardom [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] 20000 Leagues Under the Sea [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] 2010 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 21 [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] 24 Hour Party People [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] 25th Hour [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 27 Dresses [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 28 Days [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 28 Weeks Later [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 2LDK [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] 3 Men and a Baby [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] 30 Days of Night [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 30 Days of Night: Dark Days [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] 30 Minutes or Less [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 3096 Tage [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The 33 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 35 Shots of Rum [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The 355 [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The 36 Crazy Fists [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] 3:10 to Yuma [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The 3Tails Movie: A Mermaid Adventure [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The 400 Blows [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 47 Meters Down: Uncaged [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] 48 Hrs. [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] 49th Parallel [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] 4:44 Last Day on Earth [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The 4th Floor [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] 5 Days of War [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 5 Flights Up [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The 51st State [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 52 Tuesdays [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] 54 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 5ive Girls [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] 6 days [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] 600 millas [600 Miles] [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] 65 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The 6th Day [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 7 Letters [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] 7 Men from Now [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 7 Women and a Murder [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] 7500 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 8½ [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 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.

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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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