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]] 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 Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World [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]
[[3]] Dog Man [5 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
[[2]] Don't Torture a Duckling
[[3]] Don't Worry Darling [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Donkey Skin [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Donnie Brasco
[[3]] Donnie Darko [14 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Donovan's Echo [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Doom [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Doom: Annihilation [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Doomsday [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Door in the Floor [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Door [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Dope [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dor [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dora and the Lost City of Gold [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dora oder Die sexuellen Neurosen unserer Eltern
[[0]] Doragon bôru Z: Atsumare! Gokû Wârudo
[[3]] Dorfman in Love [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Dorian Gray
[[3]] Dos hermanos
[[3]] Double Dare
[[3]] Double Down South [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Double Hour
[[1]] Double Impact [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Double Indemnity [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Double Jeopardy
[[3]] The Double Life of Veronique
[[3]] Double Platinum [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Double Trouble [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Double Trouble [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Double [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Double
[[3]] Doubt [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Doukyuusei [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dounia and the Princess of Aleppo [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Down by Law
[[0]] Down Periscope [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Down River [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Down With Love
[[0]] Downhill Racer [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Downhill [When Boys Leave Home]
[[1]] Downsizing [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Downton Abbey [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dr. Dolittle 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler - Ein Bild der Zeit [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Dr. Minx [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Dr. No [4 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dr. T & the Women [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dracula [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dracula [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Dracula [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dracula [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dracula (Horror of Dracula) [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Dracula Has Risen from the Grave [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Dracula Untold [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dracula's Daughter [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dracula: Dead and Loving It [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Dracula: Prince of Darkness [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Draft Day [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Drag Me to Hell [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dragnet [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dragon Ball Super: Broly [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Dragon Ball Z: The Movie - The Tree of Might [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dragon Inn [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Dragon Lore: Curse of the Shadow [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Dragon Spell [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Dragonfly
[[2]] DragonHeart [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Dragonheart: A New Beginning [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Dragonslayer [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Draughtsman's Contract [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dream House [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Dream Team [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Dreamcatcher [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dreamchild [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Dreamers [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dreamgirls [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dreamland [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Dreamlife of Angels [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dredd 3D [1 review(s) available] [15 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Drengen der ikke kunne svomme
[[3]] Dressed to Kill [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Dressmaker [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Drinking Buddies [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dripping in Chocolate [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Drive [11 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Drive My Car [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Drive-Away Dolls [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Driver [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Driving Miss Daisy [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Drool [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Drop Dead Fred [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Drop Dead Gorgeous [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Drop Zone [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Drop [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Drugstore Cowboy [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Druk [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Drum [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Drumline
[[2]] Drums Along the Mohawk
[[2]] Drunk Wedding [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Dry [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Duchess [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Duck Season [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Duck Soup [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dude [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Dude, Where's My Car [1 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Due Date
[[0]] Duel [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Duel in the sun [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Duel [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Duelists
[[3]] The DUFF [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Duke of Burgundy [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Duke [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Dumb & Dumber
[[3]] Dumb and Dumber 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Dumbo [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dummy [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dumplin' [8 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Duncan and Another, Blacksmith Shop [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Duncan or Devonald with Muslin Cloud [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Duncan Smoking [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dune [30 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dune [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dune [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dune: Part Two [8 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Dunki [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Dunkirk [9 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Duplicity [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dyke Hard
[[0]] Dylan Dog: Dead of Night
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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 10664 movies in the database. The five latest additions:

2025-12-06 00:08: [[1]] Playdate (2025)
2025-12-05 03:13: [[3]] Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 (2025)
2025-12-04 10:52: [[3]] Vesper (2022)
2025-12-02 21:13: [[2]] In Your Dreams (2025)
2025-11-30 22:24: [[1]] Nuremberg (2025)

The five latest comments were on:

2026-01-29 22:57: [[0]] We Bury the Dead (2024)
2026-01-29 22:55: [[0]] Madagascar (2005)
2026-01-29 17:12: [[3]] No Other Choice (2025)
2026-01-29 16:55: [[0]] The Illusionist (2006)
2026-01-29 16:51: [[1]] Dead Man's Wire (2025)

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 10664 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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