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

[[1]] Dark City [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Dark Corner [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Dark Crystal [5 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Dark Days [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dark Dungeons [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dark Glasses [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dark Habits [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Dark Harbor [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Dark Knight Rises [32 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Dark Knight [4 review(s) available] [15 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dark Mirror [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Dark Passage [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dark Phoenix [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dark Shadows [10 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Dark Skies [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Dark Star [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dark Touch
[[1]] The Dark Tower [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dark Victory
[[1]] Dark Was the Night [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dark Water [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dark Water (Honogurai mizu no soko kara) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dark Web: Cicada 3301
[[2]] Darkest Hour [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Darkest Hour [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Darkest Minds [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Darkman [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Darkness Falls [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Darkness [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Darling [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Darling Lili [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Darlings
[[0]] Das Boot [4 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Das Leben Der Anderen [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Das Leben ist nichts fur Feiglinge [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Das letzte Schweigen [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Das Wochenende [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Date and Switch [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Date Night [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dating Amber [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Daughters of Darkness [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Daughters of the Dust
[[3]] Dave [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] David Lynch Cooks Quinoa [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] David's Birthday [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Dawn of the Dead [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dawn of the Dead [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Dawn of the Planet of the Apes [13 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Dawn Patrol [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Dawns Here are Quiet [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Day After Tomorrow [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Day for Night [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Day Night Day Night [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Day of Reckoning [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Day of the Dead [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Day of the Dead [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Day of the Doctor [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Day of the Triffids [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Day of Wrath [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Day the Earth Stood Still [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Day the Earth Stood Still [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Day the Sky Exploded
[[1]] Daybreakers [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Daydream Nation [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Daylight [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Days and Clouds
[[2]] Days of Being Wild [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Days of Heaven [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Days of Thunder [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Daytrippers [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dazed and Confused [6 comment(s) available]
[[1]] De grønne slagtere ('Green Butchers') [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Dead & Deader
[[3]] Dead Alive [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Dead and Buried [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dead at 17 [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Dead Body [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Dead Calm
[[3]] The Dead Don't Die [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Dead Girl
[[3]] Dead Girls [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dead Hooker in a Trunk [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Dead in a Week: Or Your Money Back [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Dead Inside [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dead Leaves [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dead Like Me [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dead Like Me: Life After Death [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dead Man Down [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dead Man Walking [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Dead Man's Burden [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Dead Man's Shoes
[[3]] Dead of Night [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Dead Poets Society [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dead Presidents [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dead Ringer [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Dead Ringers [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Dead Silence [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Dead Snow [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dead Snow 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Dead Space: Aftermath [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Dead Space: Downfall [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Dead Zone
[[0]] Deadgirl
[[3]] Deadline [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Deadly Friend [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Deadpool [1 review(s) available] [13 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Deadpool & Wolverine [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Deadpool 2 [8 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dear Eleanor
[[1]] Dear Evan Hansen [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dear Frankie [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Dear John [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dear Lemon Lima
[[1]] Dear Wendy
[[3]] Dear White People [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Dearest Love (Murmur of the Heart)
[[2]] The Death and Life of John F. Donovan [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Death and the Maiden
[[3]] Death at a Funeral [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Death Becomes Her [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Death Defying Acts
[[0]] Death in Venice
[[1]] The Death Kiss [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Death Note [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Death note [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Death of Stalin [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Death of Superman [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Death on the Nile
[[3]] Death on the Nile [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Death Proof [6 review(s) available] [8 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Death Race [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Death Race 2000 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Death Race 2050 [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Death Rides a Horse [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Death to Smoochy [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Death Toilet [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Death Train [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Death Trap! [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Death Wish [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Deathstalker [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Deathstalker II [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Deathstalker IV: Match of Titans [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Deathtrap [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Debt [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Decay [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Deception [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Deception
[[3]] Decision To Leave [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Decoding Annie Parker [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Decoy Bride [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Deep Blue Sea [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Deep Blue Sea 2 [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Deep Blue Sea 3 [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Deep Blue Sea [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Deep End [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Deep End of the Ocean [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Deep Impact [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Deep Murder [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Deep Red [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Deep Throat [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Deep Woods [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Deepwater Horizon [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Deer Hunter
[[3]] Defending Your Life [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Defendor [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Defiance [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Defiant Ones
[[0]] The Defiant Ones [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Definitely, Maybe [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Deidra & Laney Rob a Train [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Deja Vu [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Deliciosa Fruta Seca [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Delinquents [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Delirious
[[1]] Delirium [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Deliver Us From Evil
[[1]] Deliverance
[[1]] Delivery Man [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Delta Force 3: The Killing Game [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Delta Force [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Demain tout commence [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dementia 13 [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Demolition
[[0]] Demolition Man [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba - To the Swordsmith Village [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Demon Slayer: Mugen Train [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] demonlover
[[2]] Den of thieves [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Den siste våren (Sister, What Grows Where Land Is Sick?) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Den skaldede frisor [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Den [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Denial [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Denizen [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Departed [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Der Geteilte Himmel (Divided Heaven)
[[0]] Der kleine Drache Kokosnuss [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Der Kleine Medicus - Geheimnisvolle Mission im Korper [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Der Kreis
[[0]] Der Schuh des Manitu [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.

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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.

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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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