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]] Emma. [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Equalizer [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Everest [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Evil Dead [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Fanny and Alexander [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Far From the Madding Crowd [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Fate of the Furious [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Final Destination 3 [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] First Reformed [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Flight [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Flight of the Navigator [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Fly Away Home [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Four Weddings and a Funeral [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Friday the 13th [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Friday the 13th Part 2 [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Friends with Kids [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Frozen Ground [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] G.B.F. [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Get Out [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Gods of Egypt [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Good Boys [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Grease [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Greatest Showman [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Gremlins [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Hail, Caesar! [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hanna [2 review(s) available] [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hannibal [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Happy Christmas [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] He's Just Not That Into You [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Heat [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Heavenly Creatures [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hedi Schneider steckt fest [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] High Noon [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Holdovers [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Home Alone 2: Lost in New York [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Hook [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hope Springs [2 review(s) available] [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Horrible Bosses [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Hours [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Hundred-Foot Journey [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Hurt Locker [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] I Am Mother [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] I Give it a Year [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] I'm So Excited [1 review(s) available] [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] I, Daniel Blake [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Importance of Being Earnest [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Independence Day: Resurgence [1 review(s) available] [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Into The Woods [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] It Chapter 2 [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] It's Complicated [4 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Jiro Dreams of Sushi [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Jujutsu Kaisen 0 [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] K-12 [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Kaze tachinu [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Kick-Ass 2 [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Killers of the Flower Moon [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Klaus [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Låt den rätte komma in (Let the Right One In) [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] La La Land [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Lars and the real Girl [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Laura [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Lawless [4 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Lawrence of Arabia [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Leaving Las Vegas [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The LEGO Batman Movie [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Leviathan [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Life [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Like Crazy [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Lincoln Lawyer [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Little Mermaid [1 review(s) available] [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Local Hero [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Lone Ranger [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Lost World: Jurassic Park [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Lucky Number Slevin [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Lunchbox [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] M [4 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Mad God [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Madoka Magica: Rebellion Story [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Magnolia [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Mallrats [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Man from U.N.C.L.E. [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Michael Clayton [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates [1 review(s) available] [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mildred Pierce [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Misery [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mission: Impossible III [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Monsters vs Aliens [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Monsters, Inc. [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mr. Deeds Goes to Town [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mrs. Doubtfire [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Much Ado About Nothing [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mud [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Music Man [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] My Cousin Vinny [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Little Pony: Equestria Girls - Rainbow Rocks [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nebraska [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] New York Minute [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Nice Guys [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Night of the Living Dead [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Nine [4 comment(s) available]
[[0]] No Escape [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Now You See Me 2 [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Ordinary People [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Orphan Black [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Outbreak [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Page One: Inside the New York Times [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Peanuts Movie [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Pearl Harbor [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Perfect Mothers [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Phantom Thread [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Piano [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pieces of April [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Pirates! Band of Misfits [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pitch Perfect 2 [4 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Pontypool [4 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Power of the Dog [4 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Predator [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Professional [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Prom [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Promising Young Woman [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Purge [4 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Pursuit of Happyness [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Quien te cantara [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Raya and the Last Dragon [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rear Window [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Red Riding Hood [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Resident Evil: Afterlife [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Ring [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Runaways [1 review(s) available] [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Rush Hour [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rush Hour 2 [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Safety Not Guaranteed [4 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Sandlot [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sausage Party [4 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Saving Private Ryan [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Saw II [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Secret Life of Pets [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Selma [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Sex, Lies, and Videotape [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sharknado [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Shrek 2 [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Shrek the Third [1 review(s) available] [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sideways [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Silent Hill [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sing 2 [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Some Like It Hot [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Soul [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Sound of Music [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Southside with You [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Space Cowboys [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Space Jam: A New Legacy [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Spaceballs [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Spectre [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Speed Racer [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Spider-Man 2 [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Stagecoach [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Superman [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Table 19 [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Teeth [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Terminator Salvation [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Thelma & Louise [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Thirst (Bakjwi) [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Thirteen [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] To Kill a Mockingbird [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tonari no Totoro [4 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Trance [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Uncharted [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Underworld [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Underworld: Blood Wars [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Vicky Cristina Barcelona [1 review(s) available] [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Volver [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] War Dogs [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] War Horse [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Warriors [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Way Way Back [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] We Bought a Zoo [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Wedding Singer [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wild Things [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Withnail & I [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wo hu cang long (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) [2 review(s) available] [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Your Friends and Neighbors [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] 13 Hours [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] 1776 [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] 2 Guns [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 3 Women [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The 39 Steps [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] 99 francs [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Canterbury Tale [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Dangerous Method [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] A Hard Day's Night [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A League of Their Own [3 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.

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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.

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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

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Women & Hollywood

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