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]] Stargate [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Step Brothers [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Storks [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Strike Witches - The Movie [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Summerland [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sunshine Cleaning [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Super Mario Bros. [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Super Mario Bros. Movie [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Support Your Local Sheriff! [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Swan Princess [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Switch [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Synecdoche, New York [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tammy [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tangerine [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Team America: World Police [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Teen Titans Go! To the Movies [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Tenet [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Texas Chainsaw 3D [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] That Awkward Moment [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Worst Person in the World [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] They Live [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Thing [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] This Is the End [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Thor: Love and Thunder [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Titan A.E. [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tokyo Godfathers [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Tommy [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Tootsie [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Towering Inferno [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Transamerica [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Tropic Thunder [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] True Romance [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Trumbo [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Turbo [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Turist [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Twins [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Twister [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Unbroken [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Usual Suspects [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Virgin Suicides [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Volcano [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Walk the Line [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Waltz with Bashir [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Wandering Earth (Liu Lang Di Qiu) [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wanderlust [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] WarGames [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] West Is West [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] West Side Story [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] What's Eating Gilbert Grape [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] While You Were Sleeping [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Willow [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wimbledon [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wind River [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Wing Commander [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wish I Was Here [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Witches of Eastwick [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Witches [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Witches [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Wrath of the Titans [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Wrestler [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Yes Man [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Young Victoria [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Zombie Strippers! [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] '71 [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 28 Days Later... [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] 3-Iron [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 42nd Street [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] 47 Ronin [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] 5 Centimeters Per Second [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Chorus Line [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Dog's Journey [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] A Dog's Purpose [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] A Few Good Men [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Fish Called Wanda [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] A Girl in Every Port [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] A Goofy Movie [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Haunted House [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Little Chaos [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] A Midsummer Night's Dream [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Most Violent Year [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Perfect Getaway [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] A Prophet (Un Prophete) [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Simple Favor [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Simple Life [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] A Star Is Born [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Tale of Two Sisters [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Talking Cat!?! [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Very Long Engagement [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] A Walk Among the Tombstones [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] About Last Night [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Accattone [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Ace In The Hole [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Ad Astra [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Adaptation [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Advantageous [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Adventures in Babysitting [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Adventures in Babysitting [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Ae Fond Kiss... [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The African Queen [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] After Hours [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Age of Adaline [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Aguirre: The Wrath of God [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Air Force One [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Airport 1975 [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Albert Nobbs [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Alexander [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] All Quiet on the Western Front [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] All the Bright Places [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Amelia [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] American Assassin [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] American Mary [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] American Pie [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The American President [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] American Sniper [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] American Ultra [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] An Affair to Remember [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] An American in Paris [1 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] An American Tail [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Annabelle: Creation [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Annie Hall [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Antitrust [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Anywhere But Here [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Aparajito [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Ape [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Arachnoquake [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Arbitrage [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Army of Darkness [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Army of the Dead [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Around the World in Eighty Ways [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Arranged [1 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Arrietty [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Arthur Christmas [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] As Above So Below [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] As Good as It Gets [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ask Me Anything [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Asphalt Jungle [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Assault on Precinct 13 [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Austenland [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Australia [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Ava [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Aviator [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] AVP: Alien vs. Predator [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Awakening [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Away We Go [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Bad and the Beautiful [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Bad Santa [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Ballad of Buster Scruggs [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ballet Shoes [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Bamboozlee [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Band of Brothers [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Bank Job [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Banlieue 13 [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Barbie Video Game Hero [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Barbie: Princess Charm School [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Barely Lethal [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Barfi! [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Bat [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Batman [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Batman Forever [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Batman: The Killing Joke [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Batman: The Long Halloween, Part Two [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Beaches [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Beau travail [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Because I Said So [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Becoming Jane [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bedtime Stories [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Before I Fall [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Before Midnight [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Beginners [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Beguiled [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Beowulf [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Best Years of Our Lives [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Better Than Chocolate [1 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Beyond the Hills [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The BFG [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Big Eyes [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Bikini Carwash Company [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Bill [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bitch Slap [1 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Black Beauty [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Black Christmas [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Black Narcissus [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Black Rock [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Black Sheep [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] BlacKkKlansman [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Blade [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bletchley Circle [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Blindness [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Blow Out [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 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:

2024-07-04 06:40: [[0]] Grey's Anatomy (2005)
2024-07-02 13:52: [[1]] Christmas at the Ranch (2021)
2024-06-30 23:53: [[2]] Lenny (1974)
2024-06-30 18:12: [[3]] Dune: Part Two (2024)
2024-06-29 11:30: [[1]] The Bikeriders (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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