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

[[2]] American Pie Presents: Beta House [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Americanization of Emily [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Amour fou [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] An Affair to Remember [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] An American Werewolf in London [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Anaconda [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Anamolisa [5 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Anand [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] And if we all live together [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Andhadhun
[[2]] Animal House [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Anna Karenina
[[2]] Anna Karenina
[[2]] Anna Karenina [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Ant Bully [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Ant-Man [11 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Antitrust [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Any Given Sunday [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Any Questions for Ben? [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Arbitrage [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Army of Darkness [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Art of Racing in the Rain [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Arthur [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The assassin [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Astérix: Le secret de la potion magique (Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion) [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] At the Circus [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Athena [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Attila [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Australia [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Ava [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Avalanche [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Avenue Q [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Awaydays [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Back to Burgundy (Ce que nous lie) [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Back to the Future [14 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Bad and the Beautiful [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Bad Boys For Life
[[2]] Bad Times at the El Royale [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Bad Words [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Bajirao Mastani [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Ball of Fire [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Balto [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Barfi! [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Basquiat [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Batman & Robin [5 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice [25 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Battle Beyond the Stars [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Be Yourself [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Beach Party [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Beau is Afraid
[[2]] Before the Devil Knows You're Dead [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Being There [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Bello onesto emigrato Australia sposerebbe compaesana illibata [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Best Defense
[[2]] The Best Years of Our Lives [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Betty Blue [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Beyond the Black Rainbow [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Bicycle Thieves [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Bicycling with Molière [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Big Blue [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Big Combo [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Big Daddy [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Big Parade
[[2]] The Big Year [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Bikini Beach
[[2]] Bill [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Birdcage [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Birth of a Nation [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Black Dynamite [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Blackmail
[[2]] Blair Witch [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Bleach Movie 2: The Diamond Dust Rebellion [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Bless the Child
[[2]] Blind Loves [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Blind Side [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Blonde [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Blood Bath [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Bloodsucking Bastards [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Blue Steel [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Blue Valentine [1 review(s) available] [8 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Bluebeard's Eighth Wife [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Boccaccio ´70 [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Body Double [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Body Heat [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Body of Lies [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Bodyguard [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Bohemian Rhapsody [5 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Bonfire of the Vanities [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Bonnie Prince Charlie
[[2]] Boogeyman [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Boss Level [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Bounce [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Bourne Supremacy [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Bourne Ultimatum [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Boxtrolls [7 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Boy Eats Girl [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Boys Don't Cry [1 review(s) available] [8 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Boyz n the Hood [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Brain That Wouldn't Die [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Braveheart [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Breakfast at Tiffany's [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Brightburn [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Brokeback Mountain [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Brotherhood of the Wolf [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Brothers Solomon [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Brown Sugar
[[2]] Build My Gallows High
[[2]] Bull Durham [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Burning Sands
[[2]] The Butterfly Effect [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] C.H.U.D. [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Caddyshack [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Cafard
[[2]] Calendar Girl [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Calvary [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Caramel [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Carefree
[[2]] Carne trémula [Live Flesh] [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Cars 2 [5 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Casanova [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Casino [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Casino Royale [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Cast Away [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Catch Me If You Can [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Cell [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Cemetery Junction [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Central Intelligence [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Ceremony [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Challenger [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Chamber of Horrors / Door with the Seven Locks [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Chandramukhi [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Charade [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Charlie Bartlett [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Charlotte Sometimes
[[2]] Charly
[[2]] Chasing Mavericks [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Cheaper by the Dozen 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Chico & Rita
[[2]] Child 44 [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Child's Play 3 [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Children of Paradise [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Chinatown [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Chloe in the Afternoon [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Christopher Robin [6 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Chronicles of Riddick [5 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Cinderella Man [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Class of 1999
[[2]] Clear History [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Cleopatra [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Client List [1 review(s) available]
[[2]] Closed Circuit [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Cockneys vs Zombies [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
[[2]] The Cocoanuts [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Coffy [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Collateral Beauty [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Color Out of Space [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Comrade X
[[2]] Con Air [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Concert [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Confessions of a Dangerous Mind [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Confidentially Yours [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Conquest
[[2]] Conspiracy Theory [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Constantine: City of Demons [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Contender [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Control [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Coriolanus [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Court Jester [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Crashing
[[2]] Creed [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Critters [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Crocodile Dundee II [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Crossfire [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Crying Game [6 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Curse of the Golden Flower [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Cyrano [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Daikaiju Gamera [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Damien: Omen II [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Dark Passage [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Dark Skies [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Darkest Hour [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Darkness [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Date and Switch [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Days of Being Wild [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Days of Thunder [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Dead Body [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Dead Ringers [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Dead Snow [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Dead Space: Aftermath [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Dead Space: Downfall [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Deadly Friend [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Deadpool 2 [8 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Dearest Love (Murmur of the Heart)
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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:

2024-09-19 06:33: [[3]] The Giver (2014)
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)

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.

You can also view the list sorted by year, sorted by title (default), title, date added (latest first), number of comments, number of reviews or rating.
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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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