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]] Portrait of a Lady on Fire [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Portrait of a Marriage [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Portrait of a Serial Monogamist
[[3]] Possession [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Possession [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Post [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Postcards from the Edge [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Potiche
[[3]] Power Rangers [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Powerpuff Girls [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pozitia copilului [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Practical Magic [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Preacher's Wife [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire [3 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Predestination [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Premium Rush [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Premonition
[[3]] Pretty in Pink [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pretty Little Liars
[[3]] The Pretty One [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pretty Ugly People [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pretty Woman [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Prevenge [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Prey [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Prey for Rock & Roll [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Price Check [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pride [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pride and Prejudice [8 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pride and Prejudice [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pride and Prejudice [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pride and Prejudice [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pride and Prejudice and Zombies [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Priest [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Priest's Exorcist [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Primary Colors [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
[[3]] Primero De Enero [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Primrose Path [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Prince & Me II: The Royal Wedding
[[3]] The Prince and the Showgirl
[[3]] Prince of Darkness [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Prince of Egypt [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Princess and the Frog [2 review(s) available] [11 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Princess and the Goblin [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Princess and the Pony [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Princess Cyd [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Princess Diaries [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Princess Protection Program [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Princess Switch [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Princess Twins of Legendale [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Princess: A Modern Fairtyale [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Prison Girls
[[3]] Prisoners [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Privacy
[[3]] Private Benjamin
[[3]] The Private Lives of Pippa Lee [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Prodigal [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Professional [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Professor Marston and the Wonder Women [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Project A-ko [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Project Almanac [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Prom [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Prom Night [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Prom [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Promare [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Prometheus [1 review(s) available] [16 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Promising Young Woman [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Proof [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Protocol
[[3]] The Proud and Profane [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Prowler [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Prozac Nation [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Przesluchanie [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Psych [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Psych: The Movie [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Psycho [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Psychosis [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Public Enemy [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Public [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Puccini for Beginners
[[3]] Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part III: The Rebellion Story [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pulp Fiction [15 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pumpkinhead [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Punisher [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Punishment Park [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Punk Singer [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Puppet Master vs Demonic Toys [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Purge [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Purge: Anarchy [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Purge: Election Year [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Purple Heart [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Purple Rain [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Purple Rose of Cairo [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Push [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Puss in Boots: The Last Wish [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Qala [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Qin yong [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Qu'est-ce qu'on a fait au Bon Dieu?
[[3]] Quand on a 17 ans [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Quarantine [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Quarantine 2: Terminal [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Quartet [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Que Horas Ela Volta? [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Que tan lejos [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Quebramar [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Queen [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Queen
[[3]] Queen Bees [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Queen Christina [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Queen of Earth [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Queen of Katwe [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Queen of the Damned [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Queen to Play [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Queen [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Queenpins [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Quest for Camelot [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Quick and the Dead [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Quien te cantara [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Quiet Girl (An Cailín Ciúin) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Quiet Hour [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Quiet Roar [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Quiet
[[3]] Quinceanera
[[3]] Quiz Lady [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Quo Vadis [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Qwerty [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rüzgarda Salınan Nilüfer
[[3]] Raazi
[[3]] Rabbit Hole [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rabbit-Proof Fence [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rabid [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rachel Getting Married [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Racing Daylight [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Radio Rebel [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rafiki [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Raiders of the Lost Ark [11 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Railway Children [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rain [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rainbow Song
[[3]] Raise the Red Lantern [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Raise Your Voice [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Raising Arizona [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Raising Helen [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Raising the Bar [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ralph Breaks the Internet [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ramona and Beezus [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rampage [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rang De Basanti [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Rape of the Vampire [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] rastres de sándal [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rat Race [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ratchet & Clank [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rats [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Rats [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Raw [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ray [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Raya and the Last Dragon [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Read My Lips
[[3]] Ready or Not [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ready Player One [17 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Real Women Have Curves [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Reality Bites
[[3]] The Reaping
[[3]] Rear Window [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Reason I Shop Online [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rebecca [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Recess: School's Out [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Red 2 [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Red Beard [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Red Desert [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Red Eye [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Red Joan [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Red Pill [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Red Riding Hood [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Red Road [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Red Shoes
[[3]] Red Sonja [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Red Sparrow [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Red State [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Red Tent [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Red Violin [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Red-Headed Woman [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Red: Werewolf Hunter [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Redball [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Redline [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Reds
[[3]] The Ref
[[3]] Reflect [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Reine Geschmacksache
[[3]] Relatos salvajes [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Relic [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Reluctant Dragon [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Remember Me [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Remember Sunday
[[3]] Remember the Titans [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 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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