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]] Let Us Prey [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Let's Be Cops [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Let's Make Love [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Let's Scare Jessica to Death [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Lethal Games [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Lethal Weapon [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Lethal Weapon 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Lethal Weapon 4
[[2]] The Letter
[[1]] Letters from Iwo Jima [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Letters to Juliet [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Level 16 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Leviathan [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Leviathan [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Lianna [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Liar Liar [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Liberal Arts [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Libertarias [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Liberty's Secret
[[3]] The Librarian: Quest for the Spear [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Licence to Kill [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Lick the Star
[[3]] Licorice Pizza [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Lie [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Lies I Told My Little Sister [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Life
[[3]] Life [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Life [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Life as a House [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Life as We Know It [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Life Before Her Eyes [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Life During Wartime
[[3]] Life Inside Out [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Life Is a Bed of Roses [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Life Is Sweet [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Life Itself [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Life of Brian [12 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Life of Emile Zola [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Life of Pi [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Life Of Riley [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Life of the Party [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Life or Something Like It [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Life Partners [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Life Stinks [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Life Without Principle [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Life-Size [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Lifeboat [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Lifeguard [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Lifehack
[[3]] The Light Between Oceans [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Light of Day [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Lighthouse [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Lights Out [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Lightyear [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Like a Boss [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Like Crazy [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Like Sunday, Like Rain [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Lilo and Stitch [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Lilya 4-Ever [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Limbo [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Limelight
[[1]] Limitless [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Limits of Control [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Lincoln [9 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Lincoln Lawyer [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Linda Linda Linda [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Linefork [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Linguini Incident
[[2]] Lion [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Lion in Winter
[[1]] The Lion King 1 1/2
[[3]] The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Lion King [1 review(s) available] [18 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Lion King [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Lion's Den
[[1]] Lionheart [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Lions for lambs [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Liquid Sky
[[3]] Lisa Frankenstein [10 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Little [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Little Big Man
[[3]] Little Big Master [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Little Birds
[[1]] Little Buddha [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Little Caesar [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Little Children [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Little Darlings [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Little Door Gods [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Little Einsteins [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Little Engine That Could [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Little Fires Everywhere
[[3]] Little Fish
[[2]] The Little Foxes [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Little Girl
[[3]] The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Little Hours [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Little Joe [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Little Manhattan
[[3]] The Little Mermaid 2: Return to the Sea [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Little Mermaid [4 review(s) available] [24 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Little Mermaid [1 review(s) available] [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Little Miss Sunshine [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Little Nicky
[[0]] The Little Prince [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The little prince
[[2]] The Little Rascals
[[1]] Little Shop of Horrors [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Little Sister [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Little Things [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Little Voice
[[3]] Little White Lies
[[3]] Little Women [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Little Women
[[3]] Little Women [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Little Women [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Liu hao chukou (Exit No. 6) [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Liu lang di qiu 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Live a Little, Love a Little [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Live and Let Die [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Live by Night [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Live Free or Die Hard [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Living Aims [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Living Bad [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Living Playing Cards [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Liza, the fox fairy [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Lizzie [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Lizzie Bennet Diaries [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Lizzie Borden Took An Ax [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Lizzie McGuire Movie [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Lloyd the Conqueror [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Lo chiamavano Bulldozer [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Lobos de Arga [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Lobster [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Local Hero [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Locke [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Locos de Amor [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Loenatik - De moevie
[[3]] Logan [8 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Logan Lucky [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Logan's Run [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Lola [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Lola Montès [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Lola Versus
[[3]] Lolita [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Lolita [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] London Boulevard [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] London River
[[1]] London Spy
[[3]] London To Brighton [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] London's Trafalgar Square [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Lone Ranger [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Lone Star [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Lone Survivor [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Loneliest Planet [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Lonely Hearts [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Long Kiss Goodnight [5 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Long Ships
[[3]] Long Shot [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Long Walk Home [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Long Walk [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Long Way North [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Longest Day [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Longest Ride [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Longest Yard [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Longlegs [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Look Back [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Look Both Ways [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Look of Love [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Look Who's Talking [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Lookalike
[[1]] Looker [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Looking for Eric
[[3]] The Lookout [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Looper [2 review(s) available] [7 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Loose Shoes [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Lorax [9 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Lord of the Flies [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Lord of the Flies
[[1]] The Lord of the Rings [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring [1 review(s) available] [11 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers [15 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Lord of War [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Lords of Chaos [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Lords of Dogtown [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Lords of Salem [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Lore [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Lorna's Silence
[[1]] Los lunes al sol
[[3]] Los ojos de Julia (Julia's Eyes) [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:

2026-01-30 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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