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]] My Demon Lover [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] My Dinner With Andre [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Fair Lady [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Father Must Die [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] My Fault
[[3]] My Fault: London [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Favourite Cake [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My First Summer [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] My Friend Dahmer [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Girl [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Grandfather's Demons [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My hero academia: Two heroes [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Last Five Girlfriends [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Left Foot [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] My Life as a Dog [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Life as a Zucchini [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Life in Pink ( Ma Vie En Rose ) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Life Without Me [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] My Little Pony
[[3]] My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Forgotten Friendship [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Rollercoaster of Friendship [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Little Pony: A New Generation [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Little Pony: Equestria Girls [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Little Pony: Equestria Girls - Friendship Games [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Little Pony: Equestria Girls - Legend of Everfree [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Little Pony: Equestria Girls - Rainbow Rocks [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Little Pony: Equestria Girls: Spring Breakdown [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Little Pony: The Movie [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My mad fat diary [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] My Man Godfrey [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Name Is Emily [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Name Is Joe [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] My Name Is Nobody [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Night at Maud's [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Old Lady [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Only Sunshine [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] My Own Private Idaho
[[3]] My Piece of the Pie [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] My Policeman [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Prison Yard
[[3]] My Queen Karo
[[3]] My Salinger Year [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] My Side of the Mountain
[[3]] My Sister Eileen [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Sister's Keeper [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
[[3]] My Soul to Take [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Spy [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Stepmother Is an Alien [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Summer of Love
[[3]] My Super Ex-Girlfriend [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Week with Marilyn [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Myra Breckinridge [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Mysterians [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mysteries of Lisbon
[[0]] Mysterious Island [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Mysterious Retort [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mysterious Skin [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Mystery Liner [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mystery Men [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mystery Team [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mystery Train [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Mystic Masseur [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mystic Pizza [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mystic River [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mythica: The Darkspore [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Nacho Libre [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Nachts, wenn Dracula erwacht [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nada [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nadie hablara de nosotras cuando hayamos muerto [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Naissance des pieuvres [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Naked [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Naked [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Naked City [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Naked Gun [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Naked Spur [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Naked Tango [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Name Of The Rose [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nana [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nancy Drew [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nancy Drew... Reporter [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Nanny Diaries [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Nanny McPhee [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Nanny [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Nanook of the North [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Napoleon Dynamite [8 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nappily Ever Aftet [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Naqoyqatsi [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Nar dyrene drommer
[[3]] Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Nashorn im Galopp
[[3]] Nashville [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Nasty Girl (Das schreckliche Mädchen)
[[3]] Nasty Old People [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Natale a Beverly Hills [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nathalie... [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Nathan der Weise [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] National Treasure [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] National Treasure: Book of Secrets [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] National Velvet [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Natural Born Killers [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Natural [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Naughty Marietta
[[0]] The Navigator [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Navigators [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Navy Seals
[[3]] Nayola [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de (The After-Dinner Mysteries) [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Ne gledaj mi u pijat
[[0]] Near Death Experience
[[3]] Nebraska [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Need for Speed [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Negative Happy Chain Saw Edge [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Negotiator
[[3]] Neighboring Sounds [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Neighbors [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Neko no ongaeshi (The cat returns) [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Nekromantik 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Nemmeno il destino
[[3]] Neon City [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Neon Demon [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Neruda [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nerve [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Nerve on Sunday [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Net [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Network [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Nevada [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Never Back Down [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Never Been Kissed [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Never Let Go [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Never Let Me Go [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Never Rarely Sometimes Always [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Neverending Story [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] New Jack City
[[3]] New Moon [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The New Mutants [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] New Nightmare [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] New Waterford Girl [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The New World [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] New Year's Eve
[[3]] New York Minute [4 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Newark Athlete [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] News of the World [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Newsies [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Next
[[2]] Next Friday
[[3]] Next Gen [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Next Karate Kid [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Next Stop L.A. [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Next Stop Wonderland [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Next Three Days [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] NeZha [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] NeZha 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Ngai chai dor ching
[[3]] Ngati [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nice Girls Don't Explode [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Nice Guys [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nicholas and Alexandra [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nick of Time
[[1]] Nicostratos le pelican [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Night at the Museum [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Night Catches Us
[[3]] The Night Flier [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Night Heaven Fell [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Night Nurse [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Night of the Comet [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Night of the Demon [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Night of the Felines [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Night of the Ghouls [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Night of the Hunted
[[3]] The Night of the Hunter [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Night of the Lepus [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Night of the Living Dead [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Night of the Living Dead 3D [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Night of the Living Dead 3D: Re-Animation [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Night on Earth
[[0]] Night on the Galactic Railroad [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] NIght School [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Night Teeth [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Night Train to Lisbon [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nightbitch [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nightbreed [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nightcrawler [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Nighthawks [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Nightmare Alley [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Nightmare Before Christmas [5 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.

Add a movie

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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.

You can also view the list sorted by year, sorted by title (default), title, date added (latest first), number of comments, number of reviews or rating.
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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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