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]] Oz the Great and Powerful [2 review(s) available] [21 comment(s) available]
[[3]] P.S. I Love You [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] P2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pacific Rim: Uprising [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Pacifier [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Pact [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Paddington [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Paddington 2 [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Page Turner
[[3]] The Painted Veil [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Palm Springs [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Palo Alto [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pandemic [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pandora's Box (Die Büchse der Pandora) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pane e burlesque
[[3]] Panic Room [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Paper Girls [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Paper Heart
[[3]] Paper Moon [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Paperboy [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Papicha [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Paprika [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Paprika [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Parada [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Paradies: Liebe [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Paradise Road
[[3]] Paradise, Hawaiian Style [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Parallel Mothers [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Parallels [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Paranormal Activity [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Paranormal Activity 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Paranormal Activity 3
[[3]] Paranormal Activity 4 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] ParaNorman [8 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Parched [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Parent Trap II
[[3]] The Parent Trap [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Parent Trap
[[3]] Parental Guidance [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Parenthood [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pariah [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Paris Blues [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Paris is Burning [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Paris je t'aime [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Paris, 13th District (Les Olympiades, Paris 13e) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Paris-Manhattan [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Parker
[[3]] Particle Fever [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Party 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Party Girl [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Party [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Party [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pasadena [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Passengers [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Passing [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Passion [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Passion Fish [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Passion of the Christ [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Past Lives [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pat and Margaret
[[3]] Patch Adams [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pathaan [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pather Panchali [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Patriot [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Patsy [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Paul [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Paulette [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pay it Foward [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Peacemaker [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Peanuts Movie [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pearl [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pecker [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Peeples [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Peggy Sue Got Married [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Peking Opera Blues [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Películas para no dormir: La habitación del niño [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Pelican Brief [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Peliculas para no dormir: Adivina quien soy [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Peliculas para no dormir: La culpa [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Peliculas para no dormir: Para entrar a vivir [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Penelope [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Penguin Bloom [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pennies from Heaven [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] People Like Us [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The People Under the Stairs [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pepi, Luci, Bom and Other Girls Like Mom [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Peppermint Soda [1 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 Blue [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Perfect Family [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Perfect Find [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Perfect Man [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Perfect Mothers [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Perfect Score [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Perfect Sense [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Perfect Sisters [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Performaniax [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Perfume: The Story of a Murderer [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Perks of Being a Wallflower [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Persepolis [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Persona [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Persona 3 the Movie: #1 Spring of Birth [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Personal History of David Copperfield [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Personal Shopper
[[3]] Persuasion [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pet Sematary [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pete's Dragon [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Peter Pan [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Peter Pan [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Peter Rabbit [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Peter's Friends [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Petersburg: a selfie [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Petite Maman [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Petrified Forest
[[3]] Phantom Thread [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Phantom [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Phantoms [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Phenomena [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Philadelphia Story [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Philomena [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Phoebe in Wonderland [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Phoenix [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Piano Teacher
[[3]] The Piano [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pickup on South Street [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Picnic at Hanging Rock [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Picture Bride [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Picture Claire [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Picture Perfect [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pieces of a Woman [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pieces of April [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pillow Talk [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pink [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pink Flamingos [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pink Saris [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pinky [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pippi in the South Seas [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Piranha [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Pirate Fairy [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl [10 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pitch Black [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pitch Perfect [8 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pitch Perfect 2 [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pitch Perfect 3 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Place in Between
[[3]] The Plague of the Zombies [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Plan B [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Planet of Dinosaurs [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Planet of the Apes [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Planet of the Erotic Ape [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Planet Terror [4 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Planetarium [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Platzspitzbaby [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Play Misty for Me
[[3]] Playboy: No Boys Allowed, 100% Girls [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Player [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Playtime [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pleasantville [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Please Give [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Please Stand By
[[3]] Please, Not Now! [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Pleasure Drivers
[[3]] The Pleasure Girls [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pledge This! [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Plush [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pocahontas [1 review(s) available] [8 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pocahontas 2: Journey to a New World [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Poetic Justice [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Poetry [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Point of No Return/The Assassin [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Poison for the Fairies [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Poison Ivy II [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pokemon Detective Pikachu [11 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pokemon the Movie: I Choose You! [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pokemon: Jirachi - Wish Maker [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes Back - Evolution [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pokemon: The Movie 2000 [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Police Academy [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Polisse
[[3]] Polite Society [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pollyanna [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Poltergeist [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Poltergeist III [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Polyester [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Polytechnique
[[3]] Pompeii [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Poor Little Rich Girl [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Poor Things [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pope Joan [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Popeye [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Populaire [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Portable Door [1 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 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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