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]] Madoka Magica: Rebellion Story [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Madonna: Truth or Dare [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Maeve [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Magdalene Sisters [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Maggie and Annie [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Maggie's Plan
[[3]] Magic in the Moonlight
[[3]] Magic Mike [2 review(s) available] [9 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Magic Mike XXL [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Magic of Belle Isle [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Magic of Ordinary Days [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Magical Girl
[[3]] The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Magnificent Obsession
[[3]] Magnolia [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mahanagar [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Maid in Manhattan [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Maid [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Maidentrip [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Maids
[[3]] Mainstream [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Majo no takkyûbin (Kiki's Delivery Service) [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Major and the Minor [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Make Mine Mink
[[3]] Make the Yuletide Gay [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Make Way for Tomorrow [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Making of a Lady [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Malèna [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Malcolm X [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Maleficent [1 review(s) available] [13 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
[[3]] Malibu Spring Break [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Malignant [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Malmkrog
[[3]] Mama [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mame [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mamma Mia! [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Man Between [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Man from London [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Man from U.N.C.L.E. [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Man of Steel [34 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Man of Tai Chi [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Man of the House [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Man Up [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Man Who Came to Dinner [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Man Who Cried [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Man Who Knew Too Much [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Man Who Never Was [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Manchester by the Sea [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Mandarin Mystery [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mandy [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mango Kiss [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Manhandled [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Manhattan Murder Mystery
[[3]] Maniac [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Maniac [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Maniac Cop [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Manic [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Manny & Lo [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Manos: The Hands of Fate [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mansfield Park [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Manta, Manta [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Maps to the Stars [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Margaret [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Margarita with a Straw [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Margot at the Wedding [1 review(s) available]
[[3]] Marguerite [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Maria [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Maria Full of Grace [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Marie Antoinette
[[3]] Marighella [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Marijuana Conspiracy [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Marine [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Marion Bridge [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Marjorie Morningstar [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Marked Woman [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Marnie [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Marquis de Sade's Justine [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Marriage Italian Style
[[3]] The Marriage of Maria Braun
[[3]] Married to the Mob [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mars Attacks! [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mars Needs Moms [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Marseille [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Marte Um [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Martha Marcy May Marlene [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Martian [1 review(s) available] [19 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Marty [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Martyrs [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Martyrs [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Marvels [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Marvin's Room [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mary and Martha [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mary and The Witch's Flower [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mary Poppins [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mary Poppins Returns [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mary Queen of Scots [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mary Shelley [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mary, Queen of Scots [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Masks [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mass [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Masterminds [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Masters of the Universe [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mata Hari
[[3]] Matador [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mataharis [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Matango [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Match Factory Girl [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Match Point [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Material Girls [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Matilda [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Matilda the Musical [18 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Matrix Resurrections [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Matrix Revolutions [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Matrix [1 review(s) available] [23 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Maudie [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Mauritanian [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Max [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Max Payne [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] MaXXXine [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] May
[[3]] May December [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mayhem [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Maze Runner: The Death Cure [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] McCabe & Mrs. Miller [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mclintock!
[[3]] Me and Earl and the Dying Girl [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Me and You and Everyone We Know
[[3]] Me Before You [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Me Without You [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Meadowland [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mean Girls [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mean Girls [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mean Girls 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Meatballs [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Meddler [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Meduzot [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Meet John Doe [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Meet Me in St. Louis
[[3]] Meet the Blacks
[[3]] Meet The Feebles [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Meet the Fockers
[[3]] Meet the Mormons [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Meg [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mega Shark vs. Mecha Shark [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Megamind vs. The Doom Syndicate [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Megan Leavy [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Meine Schwestern [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Meio Irmao [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Melancholia [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Memento Mori
[[3]] Memoirs of a Geisha [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Memoria [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Memories of Murder [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Men [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Men in Black: International [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mental [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Menu [40 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mercenaries [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mercy Black [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Merlin
[[3]] Mermaid
[[3]] Mermaids [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Merrily We Go to Hell [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Messengers [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Messiah of Evil [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Methodists [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Metropolitan [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mi vida loca [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Miao Miao [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Michael [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Micmacs (Micmacs à tire-larigot) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mid-August Lunch
[[3]] Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Midnight in Paris [14 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Midnight Man
[[3]] The Midnight Sky [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Midsommar [8 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Midwife [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates [1 review(s) available] [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Milchwald [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mildred Pierce [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mildred Pierce
[[3]] The Milk of Sorrow [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Millennium [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Million Dollar Baby [1 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Millions Like Us [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mimi wo sumaseba (Whisper of the Heart) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Min and Bill [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Min lilla syster [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mina Tannenbaum [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Minari
[[3]] Mindwalk [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mine Games [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mine vaganti
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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:

2024-10-05 22:31: [[3]] Lullaby (2022)
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)

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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