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]] Protocol
[[3]] The Proud and Profane [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Prowler [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Prozac Nation [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Przesluchanie [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Psych [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Psych: The Movie [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Psycho [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Psycho Goreman [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Psychosis [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Public Enemies [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Public Enemy [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Public [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Puccini for Beginners
[[3]] Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part III: The Rebellion Story [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pulp Fiction [15 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Pumping Iron [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pumpkinhead [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Punch-Drunk Love [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Punisher
[[3]] The Punisher [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Punisher [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Punishment Park [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Punk Singer [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Puppet Master vs Demonic Toys [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Purge [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Purge: Anarchy [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Purge: Election Year [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Purple Heart [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Purple Rain [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Purple Rose of Cairo [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Pursuit of Happyness [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Push [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Pusher [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Pushpa: The Rise - Part 1 [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Puss in Boots [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Puss in Boots: The Last Wish [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Pyramid of the Sun God [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Qala [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Qin yong [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Qu'est-ce qu'on a fait au Bon Dieu?
[[1]] Quadrophenia [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Quand on a 17 ans [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Quantum of Solace [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Quarantine [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Quarantine 2: Terminal [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Quartet [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Que Horas Ela Volta? [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Que tan lejos [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Quebramar [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Queen
[[3]] Queen [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Queen & Slim [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Queen Bees [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Queen Christina [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Queen of Earth [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Queen of Katwe [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Queen of the Damned [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Queen of Villains [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Queen to Play [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Queen [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Queenpins [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Queer [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Quel maledetto treno blindato [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Quest for Camelot [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Quest for Fire [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Quest [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Quick and the Dead [7 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Quick Change [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Quien te cantara [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Quiet American [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Quiet Earth [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Quiet Girl (An Cailín Ciúin) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Quiet Hour [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Quiet Man [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Quiet Roar [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Quiet
[[3]] Quinceanera
[[3]] Quiz Lady [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Quiz Show [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Quo Vadis [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Qwerty [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] R U There
[[1]] Réparer les vivants [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rüzgarda Salınan Nilüfer
[[1]] R.I.P.D. [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Raazi
[[3]] Rabbit Hole [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rabbit-Proof Fence [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Rabia
[[3]] Rabid [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rachel Getting Married [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Racing Daylight [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Racket [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Radhe
[[1]] Radio Days [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Radio Rebel [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rafiki [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Ragamuffin [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Raging Bull
[[2]] Ragtime [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Raid: Redemption [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Raiders of the Lost Ark [12 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Railrodder [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Railway Children [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Railway Man [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rain [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Rain Man [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Rain Shadow [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rainbow Song
[[3]] Raise the Red Lantern [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Raise Your Voice [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Raising Arizona [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Raising Helen [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Raising the Bar [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ralph Breaks the Internet [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Raman Raghav 2.0 [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Ramayana: The Epic [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Rambo [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Rambo III [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Rambo: First Blood Part II [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Rambo: Last Blood
[[3]] Ramona and Beezus [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rampage [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Rampant [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Ran [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rang De Basanti [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Rango [10 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Rape of the Vampire [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Rare Exports [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Rasen [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Rashomon [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] rastres de sándal [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rat Race [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Ratatoing [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Ratatouille [1 review(s) available] [12 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ratchet & Clank [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rats [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Rats [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Raven [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Raven [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Ravenous [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Raw [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ray [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Raya and the Last Dragon [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Razorback [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Re-Animator [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Read My Lips
[[1]] The Reader [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ready or Not [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ready Player One [17 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Real Genius [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Real Steel [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Real Women Have Curves [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Reality [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Reality Bites
[[1]] Realive [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Reaping
[[3]] Rear Window [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Reason I Shop Online [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rebecca [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rebecca [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Rebel Without a Cause [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Recess: School's Out [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Reconstruction
[[1]] The Recruit
[[2]] Red [9 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Red 2 [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Red Beard [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Red Dawn [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Red Desert [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Red Dragon [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Red Dragon [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Red Eye [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Red Joan [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Red Notice [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Red One [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Red Pill [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Red Planet [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Red Riding Hood [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1974
[[0]] Red River [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Red Road [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Red Rooms [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Red Scorpion [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Red Shoes
[[3]] Red Sonja [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Red Sparrow [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Red State [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Red Tails [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Red Tent [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Red Turtle [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Red Violin [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Red, White & Royal Blue [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Red-Headed Woman [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Red: Werewolf Hunter [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Redball [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.

Add a movie

If you want to add a movie to this list, please go to the Add a movie page and fill in the form. If you disagree with a rating, please leave a comment on the appropriate movie page instead.

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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