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]] Gunless [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Guns of Fort Petticoat [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Hackers [5 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Haider [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Hail the Conquering Hero [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Hall Pass
[[2]] Hang 'Em High [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Hangover part 3 [5 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Hannah Montana: The Movie [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Hard Rain [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Hardboiled Egg [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Harvey [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Hate Crime [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Heart and Souls
[[2]] Heartbeats [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Heartbreak Kid
[[2]] Heat [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Heaven & Earth
[[2]] Heaven Is For Real [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Hebrew Hammer [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Heller in Pink Tights [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Hellfighters [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Hemingway & Gellhorn [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Her [1 review(s) available] [17 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Hercules [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] High Fidelity [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] High Ground [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] High Noon [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] High Rise [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] High Strung [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Highlander [5 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The History of Future Folk
[[2]] Hitch [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Hitchcock [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Holdovers [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Holes [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Hollywoodland [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Homefront [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Hook [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Hop [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Hot Pursuit
[[2]] Hotel Mumbai [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Hotel Rwanda [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] House of Dark Shadows [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] House of Gucci [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] House of the Dead [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] House of Wax [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] How to Be a Latin Lover
[[2]] How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World [8 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Howling II: ... Your Sister Is a Werewolf [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Hungry Hearts [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Hurricane [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Hyde Park on Hudson [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] I Love You, Man [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] I Was a Male War Bride [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] I'm Reed Fish [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] I'm So Excited [1 review(s) available] [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Ice Age: Continental Drift [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Ice Pirates
[[2]] Identity Thief [6 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Idle Hands [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] If I Had Known I Was a Genius [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Igby Goes Down [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Igor [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Imitation Game [7 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Immortals [10 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Impossible [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] In & Out
[[2]] In a Lonely Place [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] In a Valley of Violence [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] In the Electric Mist [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] In the Name of the Father [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Indira [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Inferno [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Inferno [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Infinity Pool
[[2]] Insidious: Chapter 2 [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Insidious: The Red Door
[[2]] Invasion of Astro-Monster [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Invention of Lying [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Irma la Douce
[[2]] Iron Man [2 review(s) available] [8 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Ironiya sudby, ili S legkim parom! [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Irrational Man [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] It Came from Outer Space [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Ivanhoe [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] J'ai tué ma mère
[[2]] J.S.A.: Joint Security Area [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Jack [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Jacket [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Jagten [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Jaws 2
[[2]] Jefe
[[2]] Jerry Maguire
[[2]] Jersey Boys [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Jersey Girl [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Jesse James
[[2]] Jezebel [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Jiang Ziya: Legend of Deification [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Joe [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Joe Versus the Volcano [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Johnny Guitar [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Ju-on 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Juarez
[[2]] Judas and The Black Messiah [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Judge [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Jungle 2 Jungle [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Jungle Book [9 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Jurassic Attack [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Jurassic Park III [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Just Mercy [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Just Sex and Nothing Else
[[2]] Juste une question d'amour
[[2]] Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Körkarlen (The Phantom Carriage)
[[2]] Kate [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Kate & Leopold [1 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Killer Joe [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Kimi [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The King and I [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] King of Beggars [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] King of the Dancehall [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Kings of Summer
[[2]] Kirikou and the Sorceress [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Kiss of the Spider Woman [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Kiss of the Vampire [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Kiss the Girls [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Kiss Them for Me [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Kissin' Cousins [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Knight and Day [1 review(s) available] [6 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Knight Without Armor
[[2]] Kriemhild's Revenge
[[2]] Kung Fury [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Kuolleet lehdet [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] L'amour est un crime parfait [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] L'enfant d'en haut [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] L'innocente [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] La banda degli onesti [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] La cage aux folles
[[2]] La Dolce Vita [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] La isla minima [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] La memoria del agua [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] La moustache [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] La noche de los girasoles [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] La Parisienne [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Lady and the Tramp [10 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Lady Eve [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Lady in Scarlet [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Lady in the Water [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Last King of Scotland [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Last of the Mohicans [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Last Picture Show [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Last Temptation of Christ [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Last: Naruto the Movie [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Late Marriage [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Le jour se lève [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Le monde est a toi
[[2]] Leap of Faith [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Leaving Las Vegas [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Legend of Hercules [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Lenny [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Les deux mondes [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Let It Ride [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Let's Make Love [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Letter
[[2]] Licence to Kill [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Life Of Riley [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Lightyear [6 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Lion [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Lisa Frankenstein [8 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Little Fires Everywhere
[[2]] The Little Foxes [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Little Rascals
[[2]] Living Aims [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Lloyd the Conqueror [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Locos de Amor [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Logan's Run
[[2]] Lola [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Lone Star [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Look Who's Talking [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Lord of War [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Lords of Dogtown [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Lost Horizon
[[2]] Lost in the Stratosphere [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Lost Weekend [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Lost World [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Love & Mercy
[[2]] Love and Monsters [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Love and Other Drugs [5 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Love Hard [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Love Is Strange [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Love Me Tender [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Love Me Tonight [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Lucky [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] M. Kumaran S/O Mahalakshmi [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Mad Adventures of 'Rabbi' Jacob [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Mad Love [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 10408 movies in the database. The five latest additions:

2024-10-05 22:31: [[3]] Lullaby (2022)
2024-10-03 16:09: [[3]] The Harry Hill Movie (2013)
2024-09-30 20:46: [[3]] Abigail (2024)
2024-09-29 20:33: [[3]] The Planters Plantation (2022)
2024-09-28 19:17: [[3]] Giant (1956)

The five latest comments were on:

2024-11-12 11:54: [[3]] Anora (2024)
2024-11-12 07:35: [[1]] The Substance (2024)
2024-11-12 07:21: [[1]] The Substance (2024)
2024-11-10 06:20: [[2]] Damn Yankees (1958)
2024-11-09 22:34: [[3]] South Pacific (1958)

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 10408 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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