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]] I Am Legend [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] I Love You Phillip Morris [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] I Love You, Man [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Idiocracy [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] If I Stay [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Imitation of Life [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] In the Heart of the Sea [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Inbetweeners Movie [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Inherit the Wind [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Insidious: Chapter 2 [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Invasion of the Body Snatchers [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Iron Lady [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Irrational Man [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Jack and Jill [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Jason Bourne [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Joe Versus the Volcano [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Johnny Guitar [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Judas and The Black Messiah [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Judge [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Jungle Book 2 [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Jurassic World Dominion [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Kôkaku kidôtai (Ghost in the Shell) [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Kahaani [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Kate [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Keanu [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Killers of the Flower Moon [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Kimi [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Kind Hearts and Coronets [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Kingsman: The Golden Circle [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Knives Out [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Koe no katachi [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Koyaanisqatsi [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Krampus [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Kung Fu Hustle [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Kung Fu Panda 2 [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] La Dolce Vita [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] La Venus a la fourrure [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Ladies In Retirement [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Lady in the Water [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Last Exorcism [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Last Unicorn [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Law Abiding Citizen [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Leave No Trace [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Let Me In [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Let's Be Cops [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Little Women [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Little Women [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Lobster [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Logan Lucky [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Long Way North [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Lost Boys [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Love Witch [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Macbeth [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] MacGruber [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Machine [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] magnificent 7 [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Majo no takkyûbin (Kiki's Delivery Service) [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Malèna [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mama [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mary Poppins [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mary Poppins Returns [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Mask of Zorro [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Matilda [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Matrix Revolutions [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Me Without You [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mean Streets [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Memoirs of a Geisha [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Meyerowitz Stories (new and selected) [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Mighty Joe Young [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Millennium Actress [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Minions: the rise of gru [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Misfits [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mission: Impossible [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Moneyball [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Monsters [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Monty Python and the Holy Grail [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Mortal Kombat [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mulholland Dr. [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Muppet Christmas Carol [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Music and Lyrics [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mustang [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] My Best Friend's Wedding [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My hero academia: Two heroes [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Old Lady [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mystery Men [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mystery Train [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nashville [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] National Treasure [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Night of the Comet [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Nightmare Before Christmas [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nine to Five (9 to 5) [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nocturnal Animals [4 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Nope [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Notorious [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The November Man [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Novitiate [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] O Brother, Where Art Thou? [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Obvious Child [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ocean's 8 [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Ocean's Thirteen [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Octopussy [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Office Space [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Oliver & Company [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Omen [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] One Hundred and One Dalmatians [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The One I Love [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Orphanage [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Our RoboCop Remake [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] P.S. I Love You [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Paprika [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pariah [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Peacock [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] People Like Us [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Persepolis [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Phantom of the Opera [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Philomena [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Pianist [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Pineapple Express [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Place Beyond the Pines [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pleasantville [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Poseidon [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pretty Woman [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pride [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Puss in Boots [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Queen & Slim [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Queen Christina [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Queen [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Raise the Red Lantern [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ralph Breaks the Internet [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Rashomon [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Red Notice [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Red State [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Red Tails [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Remember the Titans [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Repo! The Genetic Opera [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Resident Evil [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Resident Evil: Extinction [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Resident Evil: Retribution [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Restrepo [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Return to Me [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Revenge of the Musketeers [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Rim of the World [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Rise of the Planet of the Apes [2 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Rite [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] RoboCop [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Rocketeer [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rocketman [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Romeo and Juliet [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Rover [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] RRR [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rugrats Go Wild [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Safe [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Safe Haven [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Savages [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Saved! [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Scarface [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The School of Rock [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Searching [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Shazam! [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] She Said [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Shimotsuma monogatari (Kamikaze Girls) [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Shock Treatment [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Short Circuit [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Show Me Love [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Silent Hill: Revelation 3D [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Simpsons Movie [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Sing Street [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sky High [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Slumdog Millionaire [3 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Smultronstället (Wild Strawberries) [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Smurfs [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Snow White and the Huntsman [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Snowden [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Somewhere [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Song of the Sea [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Speed [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Spider-Man: No Way Home [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Splice [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Split [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Spring Breakers [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Stage Door [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Stand By Me [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Star Trek: Insurrection [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Star Trek: The Motion Picture [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Star Wars: The Clone Wars [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.

Add a movie

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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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