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]] Contagion [6 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Contempt [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Contender [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Contraband [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Contracted [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Contratiempo [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Control [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Conversation [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Conversations with God
[[0]] Conversations with Other Women [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Conviction [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Convoy [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Cook in Trouble [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cooking with Stella
[[1]] Cool Hand Luke [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Cool Runnings [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Cooties [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Cop Land
[[1]] Cop Out [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Copycat [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cora Bora
[[3]] Coraline [3 review(s) available] [9 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Core [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Coriolanus [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Corn Is Green [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Corpse Bride [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Corpse Vanishes [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Corpses [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Corridor
[[3]] Corrina, Corrina [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cosmonauta [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Cosmopolis [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Cosmos [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Counselor [10 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Count of Monte Cristo
[[1]] The Count of Monte-Cristo [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Country Strong [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Countryman [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Coup d'éclat [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Courage Under Fire [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Courageous [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Courier X [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Courier
[[1]] Court [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Court Jester [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cousins [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Covenant [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cover Girl [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cow Belles [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cowboy Bebop: The Movie [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Cowboys & Aliens [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Coyote Ugly [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cracks [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Cradle 2 the Grave [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Craft [1 review(s) available] [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Craft: Legacy
[[3]] The Craiglist Killer [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Cranes Are Flying [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Crank [1 review(s) available] [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Crash [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Crash [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Crashing
[[3]] Crawl [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Crazies [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Crazies [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Crazy Heart [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Crazy Rich Asians [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Crazy, Stupid, Love. [9 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Creator [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Creature from the Black Lagoon [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Creed [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Creed 3 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Creed II [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Creep [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Creep [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Creep 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Creepshow 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Crimes and Misdemeanors [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Crimes of Fashion [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Criminal [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Criminal Justice [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Crimson Peak [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Crimson Tide [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Critters [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Critters 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Critters 3 [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Critters 4 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Crocodile Dundee [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Crocodile Dundee II [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Croczilla [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Croods [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Croods: A New Age [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Crooklyn [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Crossfire [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Crossing Delancey
[[3]] Crossing Over
[[3]] Crossroads [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Crow [5 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Crowd
[[3]] The Crown and the Dragon [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Crucible
[[3]] Cruel Intentions [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Cruel Sea [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cruella [5 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Cruising
[[1]] Crush [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cry 'Havoc' [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Cry of the Owl [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cry-Baby [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Crying Game [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus and 2012 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cry_Wolf
[[1]] Csinibaba
[[1]] Cuban Fury [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cube [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cube Zero
[[3]] Cube2: Hypercube [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cuddler [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cujo [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cult of Chucky [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Curdled [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Cure [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Cure [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Cured [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Curse of Chucky [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Curse of La Llorona [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Curse of the Golden Flower [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Curse of the Jade Scorpion [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Curse of the Werewolf [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cursed [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cut Bank
[[0]] Cutie and the Boxer [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cutlass
[[1]] Cutthroat Island [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Cutting Edge [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cyberbully [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cybergeddon [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Cypher
[[2]] Cyrano [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Cyrus [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] D.E.B.S. [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] D.O.A.
[[1]] D2: The Mighty Ducks [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Da Sweet Blood of Jesus
[[1]] The Da Vinci Code [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Dabangg 2
[[3]] Dad's Army [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Daddio [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Daddy Day Care [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Daddy Long Legs
[[1]] Daddy's Home [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Daddy's Home 2
[[3]] Dagon [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Daikaiju Gamera [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Daikaiju ketto: Gamera tai Barugon [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Daikaiju kuchusen: Gamera tai Gyaosu [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Daimajin [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Daisies [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dallas Buyers Club [1 review(s) available] [16 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Dam Busters
[[3]] Damage [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Damien: Omen II [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Damn Bastard! [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Damnation Alley
[[1]] The Damned Thing
[[3]] Damsel
[[3]] Damsels in Distress [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dan Da Dan: First Encounter [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dan in Real Life [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dance Academy: The Movie [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Dance of the Dead [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dance Subaru
[[3]] Dance, Girl, Dance [2 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Dancer and the Thief [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dancer in the Dark
[[1]] Dances with Wolves [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dancing at Lughnasa
[[3]] Dancing at the Blue Iguana
[[3]] Dangal [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Danger stalks near [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dangerous Beauty [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dangerous Liaisons [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dangerous Minds
[[1]] Daniel the Wizard [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Danish Girl [8 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Danny the dog [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dans la maison [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dante 01
[[3]] Dante's Peak [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Daphne & Velma [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Darby O'Gill and the Little People [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Daredevil [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Darjeeling Limited [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Dark Angel (I Come in Peace) [2 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:

2024-10-06 14:08: [[3]] We Live in Time (2024)
2024-10-06 11:01: [[3]] Sophie's Choice (1982)
2024-10-06 08:10: [[3]] Inside Out 2 (2024)
2024-10-06 08:06: [[3]] Lady Parts (2024)
2024-10-05 22:31: [[3]] Lullaby (2022)

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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