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]] Pitch Black [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pitch Perfect [8 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pitch Perfect 2 [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pitch Perfect 3 [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Pixels [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] PK [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Place Beyond the Pines [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Place in Between
[[1]] The Place Promised in Our Early Days [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Plague of the Zombies [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Plan 9 from Outer Space [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Plan B [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Planes [1 review(s) available]
[[1]] Planes, Trains & Automobiles [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Planes: Fire & Rescue [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Planet 51
[[3]] Planet of Dinosaurs [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Planet of the Apes [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Planet of the Apes
[[3]] Planet of the Erotic Ape [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Planet Terror [4 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Planetarium [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Planters Plantation
[[1]] Plasmatic Day [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Platform [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Platoon [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Platzspitzbaby [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Play Misty for Me
[[3]] Playboy: No Boys Allowed, 100% Girls [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Playdate
[[3]] The Player [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Playtime [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pleasantville [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Please Give [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Please Stand By
[[3]] Please, Not Now! [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Pleasure Drivers
[[3]] The Pleasure Girls [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pledge This! [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Plush [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pocahontas [1 review(s) available] [8 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pocahontas 2: Journey to a New World [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Pocket Monsters: Mewtwo Strikes Back! [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Poetic Justice [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Poetry [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Point Break [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Point Break [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Point of No Return/The Assassin [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Poison for the Fairies [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Poison Ivy II [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pokemon Detective Pikachu [11 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Pokemon the Movie: Destiny Deoxys [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pokemon the Movie: I Choose You! [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pokemon: Jirachi - Wish Maker [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes Back - Evolution [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pokemon: The Movie 2000 [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Polar [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Polar Express [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Police Academy [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
[[1]] Police Academy 3: Back in Training [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Police Academy 6: City Under Siege [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Police Academy: Mission to Moscow [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Police, Adjective [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Polisse
[[3]] Polite Society [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pollyanna [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Poltergeist [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Poltergeist III [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Polyester [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Polytechnique
[[3]] Pompeii [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Pontypool [4 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Poor Little Rich Girl [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Poor Things [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pope Joan [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Popeye [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Populaire [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Porco Rosso (Kurenai no Buta) [6 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Porky's [1 review(s) available] [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Portable Door [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Portrait of a Lady on Fire [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Portrait of a Marriage [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Portrait of a Serial Monogamist
[[2]] Poseidon [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Poseidon Adventure [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Posoki (Directions) [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Possession [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Possession [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Possession [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Possum [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Post Mortem
[[3]] The Post [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Postcards from the Edge [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Postman Always Rings Twice [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Postman
[[3]] Potiche
[[1]] Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Power of the Dog [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Power of the Press [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Power Rangers [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Powerpuff Girls [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pozitia copilului [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Practical Magic [7 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Praia do Futuro [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Preacher's Wife [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire [3 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Predator [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Predator 2 [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Predator Dark Ages [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Predator [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Predator: Badlands [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Predators [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Predestination [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Predicament [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Premium Rush [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Premonition
[[1]] The President's Analyst [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Prestige [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Presumed Innocent [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Pretty Baby
[[3]] Pretty in Pink [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pretty Little Liars
[[3]] The Pretty One [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pretty Ugly People [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pretty Woman [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Prevenge [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Prey [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Prey for Rock & Roll [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Price Check [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pride [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pride and Prejudice [8 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pride and Prejudice [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pride and Prejudice [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pride and Prejudice [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pride and Prejudice and Zombies [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Priest [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Priest [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Priest's Exorcist [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Primal Fear
[[3]] Primary Colors [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
[[1]] Primer [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Primero De Enero [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Primrose Path [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Prince & Me II: The Royal Wedding
[[1]] The Prince and Me [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Prince and the Showgirl
[[0]] Prince Avalanche [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Prince of Darkness [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Prince of Egypt [7 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time [2 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Princess and the Cobbler
[[3]] The Princess and the Frog [2 review(s) available] [11 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Princess and the Goblin [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Princess and the Pony [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Princess Bride [16 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Princess Cyd [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Princess Diaries [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Princess Protection Program [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Princess Switch [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Princess Twins of Legendale [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Princess: A Modern Fairtyale [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Prison Girls
[[1]] The Prisoner of Zenda
[[0]] The Prisoner [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Prisoners [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Privacy
[[3]] Private Benjamin
[[1]] The Private Life of Henry VIII.
[[3]] The Private Lives of Pippa Lee [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Prodigal [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Producers [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Producers [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Professional [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Professor Marston and the Wonder Women [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Professor [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Project A-ko [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Project Almanac [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Project X [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Prom [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Prom Night [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Prom [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Promare [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Prometheus [1 review(s) available] [16 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Promising Young Woman [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Proof [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Proposal [6 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Proposition [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Proposition [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Prospect [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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