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]] Mommy [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mommy Dearest
[[3]] Moms' Night Out [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mon Oncle [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mon oncle Antoine [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mona Lisa Smile [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Money Monster [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Money Pit [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Moneyball [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Monga [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mongolian Death Worm [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Monkey and Another, Boxing [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Monkey Business [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Monkey Man [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Monkeybone [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Monkeyshines, No. 1 [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Monkeyshines, No. 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Monkeyshines, No. 3 [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Monmon the Water Spider [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mononoke-hime [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Monos [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Monsieur Lahzar
[[3]] Monsieur Verdoux [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Monsoon Wedding [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Monster [1 review(s) available]
[[3]] Monster High: Electrified [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Monster High: Escape from Skull SHores [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Monster High: Ghoul's Rule
[[1]] Monster High: Thirteen Wishes [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Monster High: Welcome to Monster High [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Monster House [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Monster Hunter [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Monster Pies
[[0]] Monster Trucks [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Monster's Ball [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Monster [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Monster-in-Law
[[0]] Monsters [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Monsters University [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Monsters vs Aliens [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Monsters, Inc. [4 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Montana
[[1]] Montanha [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Monte Carlo [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Monty Python and the Holy Grail [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Monuments Men [1 review(s) available] [9 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Moomins on the Riviera
[[1]] Moon [6 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Moon Point [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Moonlight [12 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Moonlight Mile [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Moonraker [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Moonrise Kingdom [8 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Moonstruck [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Morbius [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The More the Merrier [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Morgan [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Morgana [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Morning Glory
[[1]] Morocco [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mortal Engines [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mortal Kombat [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Mortal Kombat [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mortal Kombat: Annihilation [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Mortal Storm
[[1]] Mortdecai [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mortelle randonnée [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mortuary [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Mortuary Collection [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Morvern Callar [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Moskva slezam ne verit [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Mosquinha
[[3]] Mosquita y Mari [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Most Beautiful (Ichiban utsukushiku)
[[0]] The Most Dangerous Game [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mostly Ghostly: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend? [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mostly Martha
[[3]] The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Moszkva ter
[[3]] The Moth Diaries [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mother [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mother and Child [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mother Night
[[2]] Mother! [8 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mother's Day [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Mother [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Motherland: Fort Salem [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Motherless Brooklyn [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Mothman Prophecies [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Mothra [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Motorama [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Motorcycle Diaries [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Moulin Rouge! [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Mountain Between Us [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Move Over, Darling [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Movie Star
[[3]] Moving Mountains [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Moxie [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Moy papa Baryshnikov
[[3]] Mozart's Sister [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Mr Deeds [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mr Vampire (Geung si sin sang)
[[2]] Mr. & Mrs. Smith [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mr. Accident [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Mr. Bean's Holiday [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
[[1]] Mr. Bug Goes to Town [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mr. Church [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mr. Deeds Goes to Town [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mr. Holland's Opus [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mr. Holmes [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mr. Hulot's Holiday
[[0]] Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mr. Nobody [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mr. Peabody and Sherman [20 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mr. Popper's Penguins [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Mr. Right [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mr. Roosevelt [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Mr. Skeffington
[[2]] Mr. Smith Goes to Washington [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mr. Turner
[[1]] Mr. Wong in Chinatown
[[1]] Mr. Wong, Detective
[[3]] Mr. Wrong [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mrs Dalloway
[[3]] Mrs Harris Goes to Paris [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mrs. Brown [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mrs. Doubtfire [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mrs. Miniver [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mrs. Pollifax - Spy [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ms. 45
[[1]] Mt. Zion [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Much Ado About Nothing [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Much Ado About Nothing [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mud [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mudbound [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] mufasa
[[3]] Mukhsin
[[3]] Mulan [3 review(s) available] [18 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mulan [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mulan II [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mulberry Street [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Mule [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mulholland Dr. [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Mummy Returns [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Mummy [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Mummy [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Munich [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Munsters [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Muppet Christmas Carol [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Muppet Movie [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Muppet Treasure Island
[[3]] Muppets From Space [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Muppets Most Wanted [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Muppets Take Manhattan [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Muppets' Wizard of Oz [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Muppets [22 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Murder at 1600
[[3]] Murder at Glen Athol [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Murder at the Baskervilles (Silver Blaze) [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Murder Bury Win [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Murder by Death [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Murder by Invitation [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Murder by Natural Causes [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Murder Mystery [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Murder on the Orient Express [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Murder Pact [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Murder! [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Murderers' Row [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Muriel's Wedding [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Music and Lyrics [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Music Lover [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Music Lovers [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Music Man [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Music of the Heart
[[2]] Must Love Dogs [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mustang [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Mutant Chronicles
[[3]] Mutants [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mutiny on the Bounty
[[1]] MXP: Most Extreme Primate [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Babysitter's a Vampire [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] My Beautiful Laundrette [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] My Best Friend's Wedding [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Best Girl [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Big Fat Greek Wedding [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] My Bloody Valentine [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] My Bloody Valentine 3D
[[3]] My Blueberry Nights
[[3]] My Boss's Daughter [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Brilliant Career [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] My Christmas Hero [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Cousin Rachel [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] My Cousin Vinny [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] My Darling Clementine [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.

If you need access to the raw data, check out the docs for the api.

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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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