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]] Mediterraneo [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Meduzot [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Meek's Cutoff [6 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Meet Dave
[[1]] Meet Joe Black
[[3]] Meet John Doe [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Meet Me in St. Louis
[[3]] Meet the Blacks
[[3]] Meet The Feebles [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Meet the Fockers
[[3]] Meet the Mormons [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Meet the Parents
[[1]] Meet the Robinsons [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Meet the Spartans [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Meg [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mega Shark vs. Mecha Shark [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Megalopolis [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Megamind [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Megamind vs. The Doom Syndicate [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Megan Leavy [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Meine Schwestern [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Meio Irmao [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Melancholia [6 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Melody [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Melody Time [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Memento [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Memento Mori
[[3]] Memoir of a Snail [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Memoirs of a Geisha [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Memoria [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Memories of Murder [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Men [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Men Boxing [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Men in Black [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Men in Black II
[[1]] Men in Black III [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Men in Black: International [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Men of Boys Town [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Men of Honor [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Men of War [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Men Who Stare at Goats [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mental [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Menu [40 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Mephistopheles' School of Magic
[[3]] Mercenaries [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mercury Rising
[[3]] Mercy Black [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Merlin
[[3]] Mermaid
[[3]] Mermaids [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Merrily We Go to Hell [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence
[[1]] Mesa of Lost Women [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mesrine: Killer Instinct [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Message and the Messenger [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Message in a Bottle
[[1]] The Messenger
[[3]] The Messengers [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Messiah of Evil [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Metal Lords [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Metalocalypse The Doomstar Requiem [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Methodists [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Metropolis [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Metropolitan [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Mexican [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Meyerowitz Stories (new and selected) [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] MFKZ [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mi vida loca [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Miami Vice
[[3]] Miao Miao [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Michael
[[3]] Michael [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Michael Clayton [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Michael Collins [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Michael Kohlhaas [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Mickey 17 [8 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mickey's Christmas Carol [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Micmacs (Micmacs à tire-larigot) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mid-August Lunch
[[1]] Mid90s [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Middle Men
[[3]] Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Midnight
[[1]] Midnight Cowboy
[[0]] Midnight Express
[[3]] Midnight in Paris [14 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Midnight Man
[[2]] Midnight Run [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Midnight Sky [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Midnight Special [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Midsommar [8 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Midway [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Midwife [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mientras duermes [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Mighty Ducks
[[0]] Mighty Joe Young [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates [1 review(s) available] [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mike and I [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mil gritos tiene la noche [Pieces] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Milchwald [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mildred Pierce [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mildred Pierce
[[0]] Miles Ahead [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Milk [2 review(s) available] [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Milk of Sorrow [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Millennium [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Millennium Actress [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Miller's Crossing
[[1]] Million Dollar Arm [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Million Dollar Baby [1 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Million Dollar Duck [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Millions Like Us [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Milyy Khans, dorogoy Pyotr
[[3]] Mimi wo sumaseba (Whisper of the Heart) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Min and Bill [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Min lilla syster [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mina Tannenbaum [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Minari
[[1]] Mindhunters [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mindwalk [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mine Games [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mine vaganti
[[3]] Minha Mae e uma Peca: O Filme [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Minions [13 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Minions: the rise of gru [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Minority Report [6 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Minstrel Man [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Miracle [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Miracle at St. Anna [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Miracle Club [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Miracle Mile [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Miracle on 34th Street [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Miracle on 34th Street [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Miracle Season [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Miracle Worker [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mirage [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Mirai [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Mirror Crack'd [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Mirror Has Two Faces [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mirror Mirror [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Mirror [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] MirrorMask [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mirrors [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Misbehaviour [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Miseducation of Cameron Post
[[3]] Miseria e nobilta
[[1]] Misery [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Misfits [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Miss Back [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Miss Bala [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Miss Congeniality [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous
[[0]] Miss Jerry [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Miss Juneteenth [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Miss Meadows [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Miss Minoes (a.k.a Undercover Kitty) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Miss Potter [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Miss Sadie Thompson
[[2]] Miss Saigon: 25th Anniversary [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Miss Sloane
[[3]] Miss You Already [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Missing
[[3]] Missing [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Missing Link [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Missing [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mission Impossible: Fallout [9 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mission to Mars
[[0]] The Mission [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mission: Impossible [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1 [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Mission: Impossible II [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mission: Impossible III [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mississippi Mermaid
[[3]] The Mist
[[3]] Mistres America [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Mists of Avalon
[[3]] The Mitchells vs the Machines [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mitsuko Delivers [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mne dvadtsat let (I am twenty) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Moana [21 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Moana 2 [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Mobilier fidele [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mobius [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Moby Dick
[[3]] Modern Family
[[0]] Modern Times
[[2]] Mogambo
[[1]] Moi et mon blanc
[[1]] Mojave [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Molly's Game [10 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mom and Dad [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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