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]] If These Walls Could Talk 2
[[1]] If.... [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Igby Goes Down [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Igla
[[2]] Igor [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Ikiru
[[3]] Il caimano (The Caiman) [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Il caso Moro [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Il caso Valdemar [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Il demone di Laplace [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Il giorno della civetta [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Il marchese del Grillo
[[3]] Il racconto dei racconti [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Il richiamo [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Il secondo tragico Fantozzi
[[3]] Ill Manors [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Illusionist
[[0]] The Illusionist [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Im Schatten [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Imaginary [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Imagine Me & You [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Imitation Game [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Imitation of Life [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Imitation of Life [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Immigrant [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Immortal (Ad Vitam) [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Immortals [10 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Import/Export [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Importance of Being Earnest [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Impossible [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Impostor
[[3]] Imprint [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Impromptu [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] In & Out
[[2]] In a Lonely Place [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] In a Valley of Violence [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] In a World... [9 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The In Between [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] In Bruges
[[3]] In Fabric [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] In Fear [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] In Good Company
[[0]] In Hell [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] In Her Shoes [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] In my country
[[3]] In My Skin [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] In Paris
[[1]] In Safe Hands [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] In Search of Santa [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] In the Arms of My Enemy [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] In the Bedroom [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] In the Company of Men [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] In the Courtyard [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] In the Cut [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] In The Dark Half [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] In the Electric Mist [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] In the Heart of the Sea [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] In the Heat of the Night
[[3]] In the Heights [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] In the Line of Fire [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] In the Loop [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] In the Mouth of Madness [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] In the Name of the Father [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] In the Realm of the Senses
[[1]] In the Shadow of the Moon [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] In the Tall Grass [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] In the Time of the Butterflies [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] In Time [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] In with the Devil: Hand to Mouth
[[1]] In with the Devil: Pilot [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] In with the Devil: WhatsHerName
[[2]] In Your Dreams [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The In-Laws
[[1]] The Inbetweeners 2
[[1]] The Inbetweeners Movie [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] InCar [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Incendies
[[3]] Inception [1 review(s) available] [38 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Inch'Allah [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Incredible Burt Wonderstone [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Incredible Hulk [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Incredible Jessica James [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Incredible Journey [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Incredible Shrinking Man [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Incredibles 2 [8 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Incredibles [4 review(s) available] [13 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls in Love [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Incroyable mais vrai
[[0]] Indecent Proposal
[[3]] Independence Day [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Independence Day: Resurgence [1 review(s) available] [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Indestructible Man [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Indian Summer [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Indien [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Indira [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Indiscreet
[[3]] Indiscreet [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Indul a bakterhaz
[[3]] Infamous [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Infernal Affairs [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Infernal Boiling Pot [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Inferno [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Inferno [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Inferno [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Infestation [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Infiltrator [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Infinitely Polar Bear [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Infinity Pool
[[3]] The Influencer [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Informant! [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Inglourious Basterds [3 review(s) available] [22 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ingrid Goes West [6 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Inherent Vice [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Inherit the Wind [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Inheritance [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Initiation [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Injustice [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ink
[[3]] Inkheart [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Inland Empire [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Inmersión [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Inn of the Sixth Happiness [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Innan vi dor [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Innan vintern kommer [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Innkeepers [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Innocence [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Innocence [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The innocents [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Innocents [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Inserts [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Inside [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Inside [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Inside Daisy Clover [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Inside Llewyn Davis [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Inside Man [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Inside Out [14 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Inside Out 2 [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Insidious [6 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Insidious: Chapter 2 [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Insidious: Chapter 3 [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Insidious: The Red Door
[[1]] Insomnia
[[3]] Instant Family [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Instructions Not Included [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Insurgent [5 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Interior. Leather Bar. [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Interiors
[[3]] The Intern [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Internship [5 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Interstellar [18 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Interview with a Hitman [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Interview with the Vampire [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Interview [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Intimate Stories [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Into Great Silence [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Into Our Own Hands [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Into the Forest [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Into the Storm [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Into the Wild [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Into The Woods [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Into the Woods [9 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Into the Woods
[[3]] Intolerable Cruelty [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Introducing Dorothy Dandridge [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Intruders [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Invaders [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Invasion of Astro-Monster [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Invasion of the Body Snatchers [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Invention of Lying [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Inventory [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Invictus [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Invisible Man [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Invisible Man
[[3]] Invisible Sister [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Invisible Woman [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Invitation to a Murder [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Invitation [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Invitation [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Io Capitano [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Ip Man 2 [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Ip Man 3 [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ip Man 4: The Finale [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Ipcress File
[[3]] Irina Palm [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Iris
[[1]] The Irishman [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Irma la Douce
[[3]] Irma Vep
[[3]] The Iron Claw [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Iron Eagle [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Iron Giant [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.

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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:

2026-01-30 13:05: [[1]] Sirât (2025)
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)

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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