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]] Nightmare City [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nights of Cabiria
[[3]] Nikita
[[3]] Nikutai no mon [Gate of Flesh] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nil Battey Sannata [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nim's Island [1 review(s) available]
[[3]] Nimona [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nina [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nina's Heavenly Delights [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ninas Mal [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Nine [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nine Lives
[[1]] Nine Lives [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nine to Five (9 to 5) [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Nineteen Eighty-Four
[[1]] Ninja Assassin [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Ninja Terminator [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ninotchka [5 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Ninth Configuration [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Ninth Gate [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] No
[[3]] No Country for Old Men [5 comment(s) available]
[[0]] No Escape [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] No Exit [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] No Exit [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] No Good Deed [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] No Hard Feelings [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] No Night Is Too Long
[[3]] No One Killed Jessica [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] No Reservations [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] No Retreat, No Surrender [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] No Retreat, No Surrender 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] No Strings Attached [1 review(s) available] [8 comment(s) available]
[[3]] No Sudden Move [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] No Time To Die [6 comment(s) available]
[[1]] No Way Out [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] No Way Out [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Noah [6 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Nobody
[[1]] Nochnoy dozor (Night Watch) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nocturnal Animals [4 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Noelle [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nogemu noraifu: Zero [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nomadland [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Non ci resta che piangere
[[2]] Non si deve profanare il sonno dei morti [The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Non-Stop [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nonnas [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Nope [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Norbit
[[3]] Norm of the North [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Norma Rae [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Normal Heart [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Normal People
[[1]] Norman [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] North and South [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The North Avenue Irregulars [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] North By Northwest
[[3]] North Country [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] North Hollywood [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Northanger Abbey [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Northman [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Norwegian Wood
[[3]] Nosferatu [6 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Nosferatu In Love [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Nosferatu the Vampyre [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens
[[3]] Not Another Teen Movie [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Not as a Stranger [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Not Cool [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Not Fade Away [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Not Okay [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Not One Less (Yi ge dou bu neng shao)
[[2]] Not Since You [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Notebook [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Notes on a Scandal
[[0]] Nothing [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nothing But the Truth
[[3]] Nothing Personal [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Nothing Sacred [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Notorious [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Notre musique
[[3]] Notting Hill [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Novelist's Film (So-seol-ga-ui Yeong-hwa) [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The November Man [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Novitiate [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Novocaine
[[3]] Now and Then [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Now Is Good [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Now where did the seventh company get to [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Now You See Me [15 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Now You See Me 2 [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Now You See Me: Now You Don't [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Now, Voyager [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nowhere [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nowhere [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nowhere Boy [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nowhere in Africa [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nowhereland [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Nude Bomb [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nugget is Dead?: A Christmas Story [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Numb [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Number 17 [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Number 23 [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Numbers Station [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Numero deux [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The nun II [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Nun's Story [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Nun [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Nuremberg [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Nut Job 2: Nutty By Nature [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Nut Job [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Nutcracker and the Four Realms [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nyad [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nymphomaniac: Volume 1 [1 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nymphomaniac: Volume 2 [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] O Brother, Where Art Thou? [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] O Desolado [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] O Filme do Bruno Aleixo [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] O Tempo e o Vento [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Object of Beauty [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Objective, Burma! [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Oblivion [28 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Obvious Child [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Occupants [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ocean Drive Weekend [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ocean's 8 [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Ocean's Eleven [5 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Ocean's Thirteen [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Ocean's Twelve [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Ocho apellidos vascos [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] October Baby [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] October Sky [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Octopussy [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Oculus [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Odd Life of Timothy Green [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Odd Man Out [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Odd Thomas [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Oddity [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Odessa File [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Odette [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Odyssey [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Oedipus Rex [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Of god and men (Des hommes et des dieux) [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Of Human Bondage
[[1]] Of Mice and Men [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Off the Map [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Offence [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Office [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Office Christmas Party [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Office Space [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Official Competition [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Official Story [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Offline [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Offside [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Oh Boy [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Oil Prince [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Okami kodomo no ame to yuki [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Okja [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Oklahoma! [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Okuribito (Departures) [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Old [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Old Acquaintance
[[3]] The Old Dark House [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Old Dogs [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Old Guard [1 review(s) available]
[[1]] The Old Man & the Gun [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Old School [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Old School
[[1]] Old Shatterhand [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Old Surehand [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Old Yeller [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Oldboy [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Oldboy [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Older Than America [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Oleanna [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Oliver & Company [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Oliver Twist
[[2]] Oliver! [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Olympus Has Fallen [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] OM+ME [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Omae Umasou da na
[[3]] The Omen [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Omohide poro poro [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Omoide no Mani (When Marnie Was There) [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] On a Golden Pond [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] On Body and Soul [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] On Her Majesty's Secret Service [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] On the Basis of Sex [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] On the Beach [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] On the Count of Three [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] On the Silver Globe [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] On the Town
[[0]] On the Trail of Igor Rizzi [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] On the Waterfront [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] On Tour [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Once [2 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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