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]] E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Eagle Eye [5 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Eagle Huntress [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Eagle vs Shark
[[0]] The Eagle [6 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Early Man [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Early Summer
[[3]] The earrings of Madame de... [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Earth Girls Are Easy [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Earth To Echo [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Earthworm Tractors
[[3]] East Is East [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] East Side Sushi [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The East [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Easter Parade [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Eastern Promises [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Easy A [1 review(s) available] [10 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Easy Rider [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Easy Virtue [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Eat Drink Man Woman [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Eat Me! [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Eat with Me [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Eat, Pray, Love [1 review(s) available] [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Eaters [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Echelon Conspiracy [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Ecstasy of the Black Rose [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ed Wood [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Eddie the Eagle [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Edge of Darkness [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Edge of Love
[[3]] The Edge of Seventeen [10 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Edge of Tomorrow [9 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Edison Kinetoscope Records: Annie Oakley [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] EdTV [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Educating Rita [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Edukators [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Edvard Munch [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Edward Scissorhands [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Eega [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Eeny Meeny [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Effie Gray [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Effigy – Poison and the City [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Egg
[[3]] The Egg and I [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Ego [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Egri csillagok [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Ei Kiitos [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Eight Below
[[3]] Eighth Grade [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ein Geschenk der Gotter
[[3]] Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Ek Villain [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ekusute (Exte: Hair Extensions) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] EL Agua
[[3]] El ataque de los muertos sin ojos [Return of the Evil Dead] [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] El bonaerense [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] El bosque animado [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] El Camino Christmas
[[1]] El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] El Cid
[[0]] El cuarto pasajero
[[3]] El dia de la bestia [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] El dios de madera
[[1]] El Dorado
[[1]] El Espinazo del Diablo
[[3]] El laberinto del fauno (Pan's Labyrinth) [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] El libro de Lila [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] El Mariachi
[[1]] El Niño [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] El nino pez [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] El Norte [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] El Olivo [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] El patrón, radiografía de un crimen
[[1]] El pico
[[1]] El pico 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] El regalo
[[2]] El Topo [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] El traspatio (Backyard) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] El vampiro [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] El verdugo
[[3]] El zoo d'en Pitus [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Election [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Electra Woman and Dyna Girl [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Electricity
[[3]] Electrick Children [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Elektra [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Elektra Luxx [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Elemental [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Elementary [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Elena Undone [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Elephant [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Elephants Dream
[[1]] Elf [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Elizabeth [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Elizabeth: The Golden Age [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Elizabethtown [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ella Enchanted
[[3]] Elle [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Elle s'appelait Sarah (Sarah's key)
[[3]] Elle s'en va [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Elsewhere
[[0]] Elvira Madigan [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Elvira's Haunted Hills [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Elvira: Mistress of the Dark [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Elvis [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Elvis & Nixon [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Elysium [17 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Embers [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Embrasse-moi!
[[3]] Embrassez qui vous voudrez [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Emelie [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Emergency
[[3]] The Emigrants [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Emilia Peréz [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Emily the Criminal [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Emma
[[3]] Emma. [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Emmanuelle [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Emmanuelle 3 [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Emmanuelle 5 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Emmanuelle 6 [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Emmanuelle bianca e nera [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Emmanuelle II [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Emmanuelle IV [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Emmett Otter's Jug-Band Christmas [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Emoji Movie [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Emperor's New Groove [1 review(s) available] [6 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Empire of the Sun [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Empire Records [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron
[[1]] En guerre [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] En liberte! [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Encanto [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Enchanted [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Enchanted April [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Enchanted Cottage [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Enchanted Drawing [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Enchanted Well
[[3]] Enchantment
[[1]] Encino Man
[[3]] End of August at the Hotel Ozone [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The End of the Tour [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] End of Watch [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Ender's Game [5 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Endless Love
[[0]] The Endless Summer [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Endless [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Enemy
[[2]] Enemy at the Gates [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Enemy Below [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Enemy Mine [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Enemy of the State
[[3]] The English Patient
[[3]] English Vinglish [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
[[3]] Enola Holmes [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Enola Holmes 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Enough [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Enough Said [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Enquête sur un scandale d'état [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ensemble, c'est tout [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Enter the Dragon [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Enter the Void [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Enthiran
[[3]] Entity [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Entity [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Entourage [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Entrance [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Epic [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Epic Movie [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Epidemic
[[1]] Epoch
[[1]] The Equalizer 3 [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Equalizer [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Equals [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Equilibrium [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Equity [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Eragon
[[1]] Erased [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Eraser [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Eraserhead [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Erin Brockovich [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Ernest & Celestine [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Escanaba in da Moonlight [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Escape from Alcatraz
[[1]] Escape from L.A.
[[0]] Escape from New York [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Escape from Planet Earth [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Escape from the Planet of the Apes [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Escape Plan [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Escape Room [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Escape Room: Tournament of Champions [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Escape [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Escobar: Paradise Lost
[[3]] Esperando la carroza [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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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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