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

[[1]] A Man for All Seasons [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] A private war [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Room with a View [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Walk to Remember [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Abyss [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Accountant [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Accused [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Ace Ventura: Pet Detective [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Across the Universe [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Addams Family Values [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Admission [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] AEon Flux [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] After Hours [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] All About Eve [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Ambulance [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] American Graffiti [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Anastasia [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Angels' Share [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Anna and the King [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Anna Karenina [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Annie [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Apocalypse Now [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Aquamarine [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Arrival of a Train [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Arsenic and Old Lace [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Article 15 [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Assassin's Creed [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Assault on Precinct 13 [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Associate [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Athena [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Atlas Shrugged: Part I [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Au cul du loup [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Baby Boom [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Back to the Future Part III [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bad Moms [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Bad Times at the El Royale [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Balto [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Baraka [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Barbarian Invasions [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Barney's Version [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] BearCity 2: The Proposal [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Beautiful Creatures [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Before Sunrise [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bends [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Best Man Holiday [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Big Sleep [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Big Wedding [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bikini Spring Break [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bindlestiffs [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Birdcage [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Birds of Prey [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Biutiful [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Black Cauldron [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Black Widow [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Blue Ruin [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Blues Brothers [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Bourne Supremacy [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Braveheart [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Brazil [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Breakfast at Tiffany's [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bring It On: Fight to the Finish [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Broadcast News [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Brotherhood of the Wolf [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bruce Almighty [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Buffy the Vampire Slayer [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Bullet Train [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Burn After Reading [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Cabrini [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Cast Away [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Cemetery Junction [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Centurion [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Certified Copy [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cesar Chavez [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Chasing Amy [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Cherry Pop [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Christmas with the Kranks [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Cider House Rules [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cinderella [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Citizen Kane [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] City Lights [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] City of God [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Closer [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Collateral [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Color Out of Space [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Color Purple [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Computer Chess [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Conan the Barbarian [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Contratiempo [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Convoy [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Cool Runnings [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cracks [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Crocodile Dundee [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] D.E.B.S. [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Da Vinci Code [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Daddy's Home [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Daredevil [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Date Night [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Day the Earth Stood Still [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Death at a Funeral [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Death Wish [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Deepwater Horizon [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Der Untergang (Downfall) [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Descendants 2 [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Descent [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Devil [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Diary of a Wimpy Kid [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Die Another Day [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dirty Dancing [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Disaster Artist [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Disturbia [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] DOA: Dead or Alive [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dogtooth [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Doubt [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] DragonHeart [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dressed to Kill [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Dressmaker [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Druk [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The DUFF [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dune [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Eagle Huntress [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Election [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Elf [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Empire Records [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Enchanted [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Enemy Mine [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Eternals [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Everything Everywhere All at Once [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Evil Dead II [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Exodus: Gods and Kings [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Exorcist [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Eyes Wide Shut [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Fallen Angels [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Fast & Furious [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Fast and the Furious [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ferdinand [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Final Destination 5 [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Fired Up! [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Fisher King [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Five-Year Engagement [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Flushed Away [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Footlight Parade [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Footloose [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Footnote [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] For a Good Time, Call... [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] For Richer or Poorer [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Forbidden Planet [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Ford v Ferrari [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Forest [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Fountain [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Franklyn [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Frida [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Friday [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Friday the 13th Part III [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Friends with Benefits [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Frighteners [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Fugitive [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Fury [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] G.I. Joe: Retaliation [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Galaxy Quest [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Gamers: Dorkness Rising [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Get Smart [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ghost World [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ghostbusters: Afterlife [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Gifted [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Gigi [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Gilda [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] GoldenEye [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Gone with the Wind [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Great Escape [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Great Train Robbery [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Great Wall [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Green Mile [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Green Zone [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Grey's Anatomy [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Grey [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Greyhound [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Grown Ups [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Guava Island [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Guess Who's Coming to Dinner [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Guilty [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Gully Boy [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Harvey [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Haywire [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Hector and the Search for Happiness [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] History of the World: Part I [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Hitman's Bodyguard [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hobson's Choice [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Holes [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Home for the holidays [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Homesman [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.

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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