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]] Der subjektive Faktor
[[3]] Der Untergang (Downfall) [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dernieres nouvelles du cosmos [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Dersu Uzala [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Descendants [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Descendants 2 [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Descendants 3 [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Descendants [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Descendants: The Rise of Red [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Descent [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Descent: Part 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Desert Flower [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Desert Hearts [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Desert of the Tartars [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Design for Living [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Desk Set [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Deslembro [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Desperado [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Desperate Living
[[3]] Desperately Seeking Susan
[[3]] Despicable Me [1 review(s) available] [10 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Despicable Me 2 [14 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Despicable Me 3 [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Despiser [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Despues de Lucia [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Destination Wedding [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Destroy All Monsters [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Destroyer
[[3]] Destry Rides Again [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Detachment [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Detective
[[3]] Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Detention [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Detour [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Detroit [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Deus Ex Human Revolution [10 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Deux heures moins le quart avant Jesus-Christ [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Devdas [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Devil [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Devil and Miss Jones
[[1]] Devil in a Blue Dress [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Devil Inside [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Devil Wears Prada [9 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Devil's Advocate
[[1]] The Devil's Carnival
[[2]] The Devil's Hand [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Devil's Pass [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Devil's Rejects [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Devil's Violinist [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Devil, Probably
[[0]] The Devilish Tenant [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Devils of Darkness [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Devils [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Devotion
[[3]] Diabolique [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Dial M for Murder
[[1]] Dialogue avec mon jardinier [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dialogues of Exiles
[[3]] Diamantino [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Diamonds Are Forever [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Diary of a Chambermaid [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Diary of a Country Priest
[[3]] Diary of a Nymphomaniac [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Diary of a Teenage Girl [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Diary of a Wimpy Kid [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
[[0]] Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Diary of the Dead [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dias contados [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Diciotto anni dopo [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dick [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Dick Tracy [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Dickson Experimental Sound Film [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Dickson Greeting [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Dictator [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed
[[2]] Die Another Day [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Die Blechtrommel [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Die Einsteiger [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Die Feuerzangenbowle [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Die gottliche Ordnung
[[3]] Die Hard [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Die Hard 2 [5 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Die Hard: With a Vengeance [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Die Hohle des gelben Hundes [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Die letzte Sau
[[2]] Die Nibelungen
[[1]] Die Supernasen [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Die Wand [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Die Welle
[[1]] Die You Zombie Bastards!
[[0]] Dien Bien Phu [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Dies irae
[[3]] Different Flowers
[[3]] The Dig
[[0]] Digimon Adventure [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Dilemma [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dim Sum Funeral [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart
[[3]] Dim the Fluorescents [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Diner
[[1]] Dinner for Schmucks [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Dinner Game
[[3]] Dinner Rush
[[3]] The Dinner [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dinosaur [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Dirties [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dirty 30 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dirty Dancing [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Dirty Dozen
[[2]] Dirty Grandpa
[[0]] Dirty Harry [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dirty Pretty Things [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Dirty Rotten Scoundrels [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Disappearance of Alice Creed [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Disaster Artist [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Disciple [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Disco [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Disconnect [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Discovery [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
[[3]] Disembodied [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Disenchanted [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Disfigured [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Dish [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dishonored Lady [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Disobedience [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Distant Lights (Lichter) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Distant Voices, Still Lives [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] District 9 [1 review(s) available] [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Disturbia [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Disturbing Behavior [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Diva [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Divergent [1 review(s) available] [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Divergent Series: Allegiant [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Divide [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Divines [6 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Diving Bell and the Butterfly [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Djam [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Django [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Django Kill... If You Live, Shoot! [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Django the Bastard [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Django Unchained [13 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Django, Prepare a Coffin [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Djupid [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Do Comeco ao Fim [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Do Revenge [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Do the Right Thing [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Do You Believe? [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] DOA: Dead or Alive [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Doc Hollywood
[[2]] The Docks of New York [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Doctor and the Monkey
[[2]] Doctor Dolittle [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Doctor Sleep [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Doctor Strange [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Doctor Zhivago [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dodes'ka-den
[[2]] Dodge City
[[3]] Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dofus - Livre 1: Julith [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dog Day Afternoon [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dog Days [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Dog Soldiers [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dogma [10 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dogtooth [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dogville [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dohee-ya [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dolares de arena (Sand Dollars)
[[0]] Dolemite [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dolittle [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dolores Claiborne
[[2]] Dolphin Tale [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dolphin Tale 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Dom zly [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Domino [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Don Jon [1 review(s) available] [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Don Juan (Or If Don Juan Were a Woman) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Don’t Look Up [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Don't Be Afraid of the Dark [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Don't Breathe [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Don't Drink the Water [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Don't Hang Up [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Don't Leave Home [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Don't look now
[[3]] Don't Make Waves [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Don't Say A Word [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Don't Think Twice
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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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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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