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]] The Parent Trap
[[3]] Parental Guidance [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Parenthood [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pariah [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Paris 36
[[3]] Paris Blues [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Paris is Burning [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Paris je t'aime [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Paris, 13th District (Les Olympiades, Paris 13e) [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Paris, Texas [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Paris-Manhattan [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Parker
[[2]] Parnell
[[3]] Particle Fever [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Party 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Party Girl [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Party [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Party [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pasadena [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Pascual Duarte
[[0]] Pass Over [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Passage de Venus [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Passenger 57 [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Passengers [8 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Passengers [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Passing [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Passion [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Passion Fish [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Passion of Anna [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Passion of Joan of Arc [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Passion of the Christ [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Past Lives [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pat and Margaret
[[1]] Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
[[3]] Patch Adams [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Patema Inverted [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Paterson [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pathaan [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pather Panchali [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Paths of Glory [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Patient Zero [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Patients [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Patrik, Age 1.5
[[3]] The Patriot [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Patsy [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Patton [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Paul [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Paul Blart: Mall Cop
[[1]] Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Paulette [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Pause [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Pauvre Pierrot
[[3]] PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Pawn Sacrifice [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pay it Foward [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Payback [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Paycheck [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Payday [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Peacemaker [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Peacock [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Peanut Butter Falcon
[[0]] The Peanut Vendor [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Peanuts Movie [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pearl [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Pearl Harbor [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Pebble and the Penguin [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pecker [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Pee-wee's Big Adventure [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Peeping Tom [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Peeples [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Peggy Sue Got Married [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Peking Opera Blues [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Películas para no dormir: La habitación del niño [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Pelican Brief [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Peliculas para no dormir: Adivina quien soy [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Peliculas para no dormir: La culpa [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Peliculas para no dormir: Para entrar a vivir [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Peliculas para no dormir: Regreso a Moira [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Penelope [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Penguin Bloom [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Penguin Lessons
[[0]] Penguins of Madagascar [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Pennies from Heaven [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pennies from Heaven [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Pentagram [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Pentathlon [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] People Like Us [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The People Under the Stairs [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The People's Joker [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Pepe le Moko [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pepi, Luci, Bom and Other Girls Like Mom [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Peppermint Frappe [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Peppermint Soda [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Per un pugno di dollari (A Fisful of Dollars) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Perfect Blue [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Perfect Date [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Perfect Days [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Perfect Family [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Perfect Find [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Perfect Guy [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Perfect Host [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Perfect Man [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Perfect Match [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Perfect Mothers [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Perfect Score [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Perfect Sense [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Perfect Sisters [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Perfect Storm [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Performaniax [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Perfume: The Story of a Murderer [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Perks of Being a Wallflower [7 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Perrier's Bounty [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Persepolis [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Persona [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Persona 3 the Movie: #1 Spring of Birth [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Personal History of David Copperfield [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Personal Shopper
[[3]] Persuasion [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Pet [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pet Sematary [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Pete Smalls Is Dead
[[3]] Pete's Dragon [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Pete's Dragon [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Peter Pan [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Peter Pan [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Peter Rabbit [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Peter's Friends [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Petersburg: a selfie [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Petit paysan [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Petite Maman [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Petrified Forest
[[0]] Pferd und Reiter Springen uber ein Hindernis [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Phantasm [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Phantom of the Opera
[[2]] The Phantom of the Opera [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Phantom of the Paradise [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Phantom Planet
[[3]] Phantom Thread [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Phantom Tollbooth [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Phantom
[[3]] The Phantom [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Phantoms [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Phase 7 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Phenomena [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Phffft
[[2]] Philadelphia [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Philadelphia Experiment
[[3]] The Philadelphia Story [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Philomena [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Phoebe in Wonderland [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Phoenician Scheme [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Phoenix [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Phoenix Incident [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Phoenix Project [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Phone Booth
[[1]] The Physician [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Pi [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Pianist [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Piano Teacher
[[3]] The Piano [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pickup on South Street [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Picnic at Hanging Rock [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Picture Bride [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Picture Claire [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Picture Perfect [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Picture This [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pieces of a Woman [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pieces of April [4 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Pig [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Piggy [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Pihu [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Pilgrimage [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pillow Talk [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Pineapple Express [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pink [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pink Flamingos [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Pink Floyd The Wall [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Pink Panther [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Pink Panther [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pink Saris [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pinky [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Pinocchio [7 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Pinocchio [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pippi in the South Seas [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Piranha [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Pirate Fairy [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Piratensender Power Play [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Pirates [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl [10 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Pirates! Band of Misfits [4 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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