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]] W.E.
[[3]] Wadjda [1 review(s) available] [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wahou!
[[3]] Wait Until Dark [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Waiting for Guffman [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Waiting for the Moon
[[3]] Waiting... [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Waitress
[[3]] Wake Wood [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Waking Life
[[3]] Waking Up in Reno [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Walk of Shame [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Walk on the Wild Side [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Walk the Line [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Walking and Talking [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wandâfuru raifu [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wanda
[[3]] The Wandering Earth (Liu Lang Di Qiu) [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wanderlust [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] War and Peace [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] War Bride [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] War of the Worlds [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] War on Everyone [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Warau Mikaeru
[[3]] Warcraft [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Ward [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Warrior Queen [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Wasp Woman [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Watch on the Rhine
[[3]] The Watchers
[[3]] Watchmen [1 review(s) available] [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Water [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Watermelon Woman [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Wave (Bølgen) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Way Way Back [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wayne [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] We are The Night (Wir sind die Nacht) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] We Are What We Are [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] We Can Be Heroes [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] We Have Always Lived in the Castle [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] We Need to Talk About Kevin [8 comment(s) available]
[[3]] We Were Soldiers [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] We're No Angels [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] We're the Millers [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Weathering with You [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Wedding Banquet [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wedding Crashers
[[3]] The Wedding Date [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wedding in White
[[3]] The Wedding Planner [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Wedding Ringer [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Wedding Singer [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wee Willie Winkie [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Weekend Away [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Weird Science [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Welcome to Me [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Welcome to the Dollhouse [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Welcome to the Quiet Room
[[3]] Welcome to the Rileys [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Well [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wendell & Wild [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wendy and Lucy [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Were the World Mine [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] West Is West [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] West Side Story [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] West Side Story [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Westward the Women [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wet Hot American Summer [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wetherby
[[3]] Wetlands [1 review(s) available]
[[3]] Whale Rider [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Whales Of August
[[3]] What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] What Happened to Monday [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] What Happens In Vegas [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] What Have I Done to Deserve This?
[[3]] What If [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] What Keeps You Alive [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] What Lies Beneath [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] What Maisie Knew [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] What Makes a Family
[[3]] What to Expect When You're Expecting
[[3]] What We Did on Our Holiday [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] What's Cooking?
[[3]] What's Eating Gilbert Grape [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] What's Love Got to Do with It [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] What's Your Number [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Whatever Works [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] When a Man Loves a Woman [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] When a Stranger Calls [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] When Harry Met Sally [9 comment(s) available]
[[3]] When in Rome [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] When Night is Falling [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] When the Cat's Away [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] When the Clouds Roll by [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Where Do We Go Now? [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Where Eagles Dare [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Where Hands Touch [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Where the Crawdads Sing [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Where the Heart Is [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Where the Heart Is [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Where the Truth Lies [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Where'd You Go, Bernadette [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] While She Was Out [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] While We're Young [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] While You Were Sleeping [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Whip It [2 review(s) available] [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Whiskey Tango Foxtrot [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Whistleblower [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] White Alligator [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] White Bear [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] White Bird in a Blizzard
[[3]] White Chicks [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] White Christmas [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] White Lies [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] White Material
[[3]] White Noise [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] White Oleander [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] White Snake [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Whiteout [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Who Killed Captain Alex! [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Whole Nine Yards [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Why Not Me?
[[3]] Why Stop Now?
[[3]] Wicked Blood [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Wicked Lady [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wicked Little Letters [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Wicker Man
[[3]] Widows [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wiedźmin (The Hexer) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Wife [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wild [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wild About Harry [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Wild Affair [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wild Child
[[3]] Wild in the Country [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wild Nights with Emily [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wild Orchid [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wild River
[[3]] Wild Rose [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wild Style [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wild Things [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wild Things: Diamonds in the Rough
[[3]] The Wild Thornberrys Movie [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Wild Women of Wongo [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wilde [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wildling [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Willow [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Willow [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Willy's Wonderland [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wilson [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wimbledon [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Win Win [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wind River [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wine Country [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Wine of Summer [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wingwomen [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Winter Guest [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Winter's Bone [9 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Winter's Tale [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wir sind die Neuen [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] WiseGirls
[[3]] Wish I Was Here [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wish Upon [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wit [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Witches of Eastwick [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Witches [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Witching and Bitching [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] With Blood on My Hands: Pusher II [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Within Our Gates [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Within the Woods [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Without a Paddle [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Without Men [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Witness [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wives and Daughters [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Wiz Live! [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Wiz [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Wizard of Oz [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wo hu cang long (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) [2 review(s) available] [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wolf Creek
[[3]] The Wolf of Wall Street [12 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wolfwalkers [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Wolverine [18 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Woman at War [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Woman in Gold [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Woman in Green [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Woman King [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Woman Next Door [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Woman of the Year [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Woman Times Seven [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Woman Who Ran
[[3]] The Woman [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Womb [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:

2024-09-17 19:44: [[3]] Freaky Friday (1976)
2024-09-16 22:49: [[3]] Life as a House (2001)
2024-09-15 23:15: [[3]] Fright Night (2011)
2024-09-13 14:26: [[1]] Ballerina (2023)
2024-09-10 01:30: [[2]] Lisa Frankenstein (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 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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