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]] Malèna [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Malcolm X [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Maleficent [1 review(s) available] [13 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
[[3]] Malibu Spring Break [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Malignant [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Mallrats [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Malmkrog
[[1]] The Maltese Falcon
[[3]] Mama [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mame [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mamma Mia! [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Man Between [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Man from Beyond [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Man from Earth [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Man from Laramie [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Man from London [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Man From Toronto [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Man from U.N.C.L.E. [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Man in the Iron Mask [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Man in the Iron Mask [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Man of Steel [34 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Man of Tai Chi [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Man of the House [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Man of the Year
[[1]] Man on a Ledge [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Man on the Eiffel Tower
[[1]] Man on the Moon [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Man Riding Jumping Horse [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Man Up [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Man Walking Around the Corner [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Man Who Came to Dinner [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Man Who Copied [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Man Who Cried [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Man Who Fell to Earth
[[1]] The Man Who Killed Don Quixote [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Man Who Knew Infinity [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Man Who Knew Too Much [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Man Who Knew Too Much
[[2]] The Man Who Laughs [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Man Who Loved Women [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Man Who Never Was [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Man with a Movie Camera [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Man with the Golden Gun [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Man with the Iron Fists [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Man with the Iron Heart [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Man With Two Brains
[[1]] The Man Without a Face
[[2]] Man's Favorite Sport?
[[2]] Management [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Manchester by the Sea [5 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Manchurian Candidate [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Mandabi [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Mandarin Mystery [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Mandela Catalouge
[[1]] Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mandinga [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Mandingo [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mandy [6 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Mange tes morts [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mango Kiss [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Manhandled [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Manhattan [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Manhattan Murder Mystery
[[2]] The Manhattan Project [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Manhunter [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Maniac [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Maniac [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Maniac Cop [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Manic [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Manichithrathazhu [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mank [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mannen som elsket Yngve
[[1]] Mannequin [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Manny & Lo [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Manos: The Hands of Fate [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mansfield Park [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Manta, Manta [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Many Saints of Newark [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Map of the Sounds of Tokyo [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Maps to the Stars [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Marathon Man
[[1]] Marauders
[[0]] March or Die [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Marche à l'ombre [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The marching band (En fanfare) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Margaret [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Margarita with a Straw [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Margin Call [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] MarginalizedAadhaar [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Margot at the Wedding [1 review(s) available]
[[3]] Marguerite [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Maria [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Maria [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Maria Full of Grace [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Marie Antoinette
[[3]] Marighella [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Marijuana Conspiracy [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Marine [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Marion Bridge [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Marjorie Morningstar [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Marked Woman [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Marketa Lazarova [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Marksman [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Marley & Me [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Marnie [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Maron [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Marquis de Sade's Justine [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Marriage Italian Style
[[3]] The Marriage of Maria Braun
[[2]] Marriage Story [1 review(s) available] [14 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Married to the Mob [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mars Attacks! [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mars Needs Moms [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Marseille [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Marshall [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Marte Um [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Martha Marcy May Marlene [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Martian [1 review(s) available] [19 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Martin
[[3]] Marty [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Martyrs [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Martyrs [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Marva Collins Story [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Marvels [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Marvin's Room [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mary and Martha [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mary and Max [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mary and The Witch's Flower [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mary Poppins [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mary Poppins Returns [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mary Queen of Scots [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mary Shelley [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mary, Queen of Scots [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Maryland [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Mask of Zorro [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Mask [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Masked Avengers [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Masks [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mass [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Mass Extinction: Life at the Brink
[[0]] Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World [6 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Master of Disguise
[[3]] Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Master [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Masterminds [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Masters of the Universe [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mata Hari
[[3]] Matador [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mataharis [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Matango [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Match Factory Girl [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Match Point [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Material Girls [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Materialists [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Matilda [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Matilda the Musical [18 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Matinee [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Matrix Reloaded [2 review(s) available] [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Matrix Resurrections [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Matrix Revolutions [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Matrix [1 review(s) available] [26 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Mattei Affair (Il caso Mattei) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Maudie [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Maurice [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Mauritanian [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Max [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Max and the Donkey
[[3]] Max Payne [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Maximilian [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Maximum Overdrive [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] MaXXXine [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] May
[[3]] May December [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mayhem [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Maze Runner [9 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Maze Runner: The Death Cure [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] McCabe & Mrs. Miller [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mclintock!
[[0]] McQueen
[[3]] Me and Earl and the Dying Girl [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Me and You and Everyone We Know
[[3]] Me Before You [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Me Time [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Me Without You [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Me, Myself and Irene [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Meadowland [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mean Girls [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mean Girls [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mean Girls 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mean Streets [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Meaning of Life [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Meatballs [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Mechanic
[[3]] The Meddler [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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