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]] Star Trek [4 review(s) available] [44 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Star Trek Generations [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home [8 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Star Trek: First Contact [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Star Trek: Insurrection [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace [9 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Star Wars: Revelations [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Star Wars: The Force Awakens [1 review(s) available] [38 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Star Wars: The Last Jedi [1 review(s) available] [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Star! [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Starcrash [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Stardust [1 review(s) available] [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Stargate: The Ark of Truth [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Stargirl
[[3]] Starlet [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Starling [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Stars Above [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Starship Troopers [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Starship Troopers 3: Marauder [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Starving Games [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Starving in Suburbia [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] State of Play [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The State of Things [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Station Agent [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Stealing Beauty
[[3]] Steam
[[3]] Steel Magnolias [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Steel Magnolias [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Stella Dallas [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Stella Maris [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Step Up [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Step Up 2: The Streets [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Step Up 3D [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Step Up Revolution [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Stepford Wives [1 review(s) available]
[[3]] The Stepford Wives [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Stephanie [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Stepmom [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Steps
[[3]] Steve Jobs [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Steven Universe: The Movie [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Stick It [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sticky Fingers [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Sticky Fingers of Time [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Stigmata [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Still Alice [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Still the Water [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Still waiting
[[3]] Stoker [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Stonehenge Apocalypse [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Stories We Tell
[[3]] Storm [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Storm of the Century [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Story of O [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Story of Ruth [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Stowaway [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Straight Story [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Straight Talk [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Straight Up
[[3]] Stranded [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Strange Days [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Strange Magic [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Strange Thing About the Johnsons [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Strange Woman
[[3]] Strange World [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Stranger Than Fiction [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Stranger [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Stranger [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Strangers in Good Company [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Strangers with Candy [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Strangers [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Strangers: Prey At Night [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Straw Dogs [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Stray [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Street Fighter [1 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Strike Witches - The Movie [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Strike! [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Striptease [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Struck by Lightning [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Stuck in Love [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Stuck in the Suburbs
[[3]] Stupeur et Tremblements [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Suburban Mayhem
[[3]] Suburbia [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sucker Punch [7 review(s) available] [31 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Suddenly, Last Summer
[[3]] Suffragette [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sugar & Spice
[[3]] Suicide Club [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Suicide kale [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Suicide Squad [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Suicide Squad [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Suite francaise [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sullivan's Travels [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Summer Holiday [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Summer League [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Summer Magic
[[3]] The Summer of Sangaile [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Summer Stock [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Summer Wars [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Summer with Monika [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Summertime [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Summertime [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sunset Blvd. [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sunset Song [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sunset Story
[[3]] Sunshine Cleaning [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sunshine on Leith [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Super 8 [12 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Super Mario Bros. [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Superbad [10 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Superfast! [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Supergirl [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Superhero Movie [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Superintelligence
[[3]] Superman II [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Superman III [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Superman IV: The Quest for Peace [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Superman/Batman: Apocalypse [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Supernova [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Support the Girls
[[3]] Surcos [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Sure Thing [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Surviving Evil [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Survivor [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Suspicion [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Suspiria [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Suspiria [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Suzanne
[[3]] Suzanne's Career [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Suzume [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Swades [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Swallowtail Butterfly
[[3]] Sweet Bean
[[3]] Sweet Dreams [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sweet Girl [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sweet Home Alabama [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sweet Land [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sweet Virginia [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Sweetest Thing [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sweetheart [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Swimmers [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Swimming Pool
[[3]] The Swimming Pool [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Swing Girls [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Swing
[[3]] Switchblade Sisters [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sword of the Stranger [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sword of Trust [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sydney White
[[3]] Sylvia [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Synecdoche, New York [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] T2 Trainspotting [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Table 19 [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tabu [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tacones Lejanos [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tag [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Take Care of My Little Girl [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Take Shelter [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Take the Lead
[[3]] Take This Waltz [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Taken [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Taking of Deborah Logan [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Taking Off
[[3]] The Tale of Despereaux
[[3]] The Tale of The Princess Kaguya [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Talented Mr. Ripley [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tales from the Catholic Church of Elvis! [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tales From The Crapper
[[3]] Tales from the Grudge [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Talk To Me [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tall Girl [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Tall Man [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tallulah [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tamahine [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tammy [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tammy and the Bachelor
[[3]] Tan de repente
[[3]] Tangerine [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tangled [5 review(s) available] [16 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tank Girl [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tar [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tarla [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tarot [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tarzan of the Apes [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Taste the Blood of Dracula [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tau [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Taxi [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Taxi [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tea with Mussolini [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Teaching Mrs. Tingle [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tears of the Sun [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Technotise - Edit i ja [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Teen Beach 2 [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Teen Beach Movie [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.

If you need access to the raw data, check out the docs for the api.

Add a movie

If you want to add a movie to this list, please go to the Add a movie page and fill in the form. If you disagree with a rating, please leave a comment on the appropriate movie page instead.

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:

2024-10-04 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)
2024-09-30 22:44: [[3]] V for Vendetta (2005)

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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