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

[[1]] Captain Phillips [5 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Captains Courageous [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Captains [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Captive [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Caramel [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Carancho
[[1]] The Card Counter [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Care Bears Movie [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Career Girls [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Carefree
[[3]] Cargo [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Caribe [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Carmen Jones [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Carmen y Lola
[[3]] Carmilla [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Carnage [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Carne trémula [Live Flesh] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Carnival of Souls [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Carol [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Carrie [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Carrie [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Carrie [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Carrie 2: The Rage [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Carriers [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Carry It On
[[3]] Carry on Cabby [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Carry On Cleo
[[3]] Carry on Girls [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Carry On... Up the Khyber [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Cars [8 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Cars 2 [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cars 3 [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Cartouche [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Casa de los babys
[[1]] Casablanca [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Casanova [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Casanova [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Casbah [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Case 39 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Case Closed: The Darkest Nightmare [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Case of Hana and Alice [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cashback [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Casi divas [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Casino [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Casino Jack [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Casino Royale [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Casino Royale [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Casper [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Casse-tete chinois [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Cast Away [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Castle [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Casualties of War [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Cat and the Canary [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Cat and the Moon [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cat Ballou [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Cat Has Nine Lives
[[3]] The Cat in the Hat [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cat on a Hot Tin Roof [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cat People [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cat People
[[3]] Cat Women of the Moon [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Cat's-Paw
[[3]] Catch .44
[[2]] Catch Me If You Can [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Catch Me... I'm in Love [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Catch-22 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Catfight [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Catfish [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Catherine Called Birdy [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cathy Come Home
[[3]] Catnapped! The Movie [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cats [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cats Don't Dance [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Catwoman [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Catwoman [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Catwoman: Hunted [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Caught
[[3]] Cause for Alarm! [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cavalcade [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] CBGB [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cecil B. Demented [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Cedar Rapids [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Celda 211 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Celebrity [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Celeste and Jesse Forever [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Celia
[[3]] Celine and Julie Go Boating
[[2]] The Cell [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cellular [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Celluloid Closet [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Cemetery Junction [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Center Stage [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Central Intelligence [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Central Station [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Centurion [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Ceremony [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Certain Women [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Certified Copy [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cesar Chavez [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Chain Reaction [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Chakde! India [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Chalet Girl [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Chalk Garden [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Challengers [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Chamber of Horrors / Door with the Seven Locks [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Champ [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Champions [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Chandramukhi [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Change of Habit [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Change-Up
[[3]] Changeling [2 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Chaos Walking [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Chaperone
[[1]] Chaplin [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Chappie [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Charade [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Charge of the Light Brigade
[[1]] Chariots of Fire [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Charlie and the Chocolate Factory [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Charlie Bartlett [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Charlie Countryman [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Charlie Says [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Charlie St. Cloud [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Charlie Wilson's War
[[3]] Charlie's Angels [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Charlie's Angels [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Charlies Angels
[[3]] Charlot og Charlotte [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Charlotte Gray [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Charlotte Sometimes
[[2]] Charly
[[1]] Charro! [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Chase [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Chaser [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Chasing Amy [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Chasing Legends
[[2]] Chasing Mavericks [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Chastity [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Che: Part One [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Cheap Thrills [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Cheaper by the Dozen
[[2]] Cheaper by the Dozen 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Cheat [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cheats
[[3]] Cheers for Miss Bishop [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cheesecake Casserole [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Cheetah Girls [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Chef [10 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Chernobyl Diaries [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Cherry
[[3]] Cherry Falls [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Cherry Pop [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Cherrybomb
[[1]] Chi bi (Red Cliff) [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Chi-Raq [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Chicago [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Chicken Little [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Chicken Run [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Chico & Rita
[[1]] Chien de la casse [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Child 44 [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Child Carrying Flowers to Woman [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Child's Play [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Child's Play 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Child's Play 3 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Children of a Lesser God [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Children of Heaven [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Children of Men [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Children of Paradise [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Children of the Corn [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Children of the Corn [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things
[[3]] The Children's Hour
[[3]] Chill Out Scooby Doo [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] China [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The China Syndrome [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Chinatown [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Chinese Opium Den [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Chinjeolhan geumjassi [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Chipmunk Adventure [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Chitty Chitty Bang Bang [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Chloe [6 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Chloe in the Afternoon [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Chocolat [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Chocolat [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Chohatsu Daikaiju Gehara [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Choice [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Chongqing Blues [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Chopper Chicks in Zombietown [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Chopping Mall [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Chori Chori Chupke Chupke [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Christine
[[3]] Christine
[[1]] Christmas at the Ranch [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Christmas in the City [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 10408 movies in the database. The five latest additions:

2024-10-05 22:31: [[3]] Lullaby (2022)
2024-10-03 16:09: [[3]] The Harry Hill Movie (2013)
2024-09-30 20:46: [[3]] Abigail (2024)
2024-09-29 20:33: [[3]] The Planters Plantation (2022)
2024-09-28 19:17: [[3]] Giant (1956)

The five latest comments were on:

2024-10-06 14:08: [[3]] We Live in Time (2024)
2024-10-06 11:01: [[3]] Sophie's Choice (1982)
2024-10-06 08:10: [[3]] Inside Out 2 (2024)
2024-10-06 08:06: [[3]] Lady Parts (2024)
2024-10-05 22:31: [[3]] Lullaby (2022)

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 10408 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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