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]] Lullaby [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Harry Hill Movie [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Abigail [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Planters Plantation
[[3]] Giant
[[3]] Message and the Messenger [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Substance
[[3]] The Queen of Villains [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Hundreds of Beavers [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dan Da Dan: First Encounter [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Twitches too [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] I Saw The TV Glow [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Civil War [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Life as a House [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Ballerina [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Alien: Romulus [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Beetlejuice Beetlejuice [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cannibal! the Musical [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Teketeke [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Uglydolls [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My First Summer [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Border
[[3]] Alcarràs
[[3]] The Frogs [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dating Amber [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Fly me to the moon [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Blue Eyed Samurai
[[2]] Bottle Rocket [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Hopeful [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] It ends with us [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Love in Taipei [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Fong Sai Yuk [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] North Hollywood [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Double Down South [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] A Quiet Place: Day One [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Deadpool & Wolverine [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Invitation to a Murder [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Bat Woman [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Twisters [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mahanagar [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] How it ends [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ullozhukku
[[3]] La chimera [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Fall Guy [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Descendants: The Rise of Red [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
[[0]] The Last Voyage of the Demeter [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Mirai [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] MaXXXine [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Fingernails [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dounia and the Princess of Aleppo [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Am I OK? [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Young justice
[[1]] Kalki 2898 AD
[[3]] The nun II [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Christmas at the Ranch [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Lenny [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Bikeriders [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Comebacks [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Hamlet
[[3]] Alice in Wonderland
[[3]] Burnt [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Un momento en el tiempo: olas [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Angelina Ballerina: Shining Star Trophy Movie [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Watchers
[[3]] Tuesday
[[0]] Daddio [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Kinds of Kindness
[[3]] Cora Bora
[[3]] Fresh Kills
[[1]] Winnie The Pooh: Blood and Honey 2
[[3]] A Little Family Drama
[[0]] The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Opera [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Jeune Juliette [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bad Boy: Ride Or Die [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Inside Out 2 [5 comment(s) available]
[[1]] On the Beach [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Hypocrites [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Shaitaan [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Dunki [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Kal Ho Naa Ho
[[3]] Monkey Man [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] My Little Pony
[[1]] Last Seen Alive [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] L'été en pente douce [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Challengers [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Perfect Days [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Extraordinary You
[[3]] Jane B. for Agnes V.
[[0]] The Wild Bunch
[[1]] Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Babes
[[1]] Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Little Fires Everywhere
[[3]] Hotel For Dogs [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tarot [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Half Baked
[[3]] Landscape with Invisible Hand [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Luck [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Better days [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Lady Parts [5 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Pihu [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Alpha and Omega [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] There's Still Tomorrow [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Spy × Family Code: White [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Bricklayer [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Decision To Leave [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hypnotic [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Tyrannosaurus Azteca [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Miss Back [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Close [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Io Capitano [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] the tale of Despereaux
[[3]] Tokyo Ghoul
[[3]] The Dig
[[1]] The President's Analyst [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wicked Little Letters [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Imaginary [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] My Fault
[[1]] Visitor Q [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Drive-Away Dolls [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Godzilla x Kong: New Empire [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Falling Down [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Machan
[[1]] The Equalizer 3 [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Hurricane Heist [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Upside of Anger [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Road House [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Clara [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Anyone but you
[[3]] Damsel
[[1]] Topaz [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Explanation For Everything [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] In My Skin [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Our Drawings [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Love Lies Bleeding [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Kung Fu Panda 4 [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Starstruck [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
[[3]] Saltburn [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Cabrini [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Boogeyman 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Victim [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Matango [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] My Bloody Valentine [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] La Sociedad de la Nieve [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Prozac Nation [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Butcher's wife [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Megamind vs. The Doom Syndicate [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] All of us strangers [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dune: Part Two [7 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Lisa Frankenstein [8 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Chien de la casse [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mermaid
[[1]] Flamin’ Hot [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Journeyman [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mean Girls [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Argylle
[[2]] Insidious: The Red Door
[[1]] Gran Turismo
[[2]] Supernova [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Zone of Interest [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tout ce qu'il me reste de la révolution [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Chaos Walking [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The hitman’s apprentice [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mclintock!
[[1]] Made in Abyss:Dawn of the Deep Soul [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Trolls Band Together [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Poor Things [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] A time to kill
[[1]] Enquête sur un scandale d'état [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] La montagne [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Color Purple
[[1]] Black Mirror: Bandersnatch [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Beekeeper [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Running on Empty [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] I Am Not Madame Bovary [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Christmas with Jerks [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Endless Love
[[3]] Den siste våren (Sister, What Grows Where Land Is Sick?) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wahou!
[[3]] Vamos a la playa
[[1]] The Boys in the Boat [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Book of Clarence [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Death note [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Queen
[[1]] Koode
[[3]] Jaya jaya jaya hey
[[3]] How old are you?
[[3]] Helen
[[3]] Venus [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Holdovers [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.

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:

2024-10-20 04:43: [[0]] Happy Gilmore (1996)
2024-10-19 18:08: [[0]] Nanny McPhee (2005)
2024-10-18 11:08: [[1]] Il sorpasso (1962)
2024-10-18 06:27: [[2]] Megalopolis (2024)
2024-10-17 15:00: [[1]] MarginalizedAadhaar (2021)

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.

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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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