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]] Nowhereland [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Survival Island [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Second in Command [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] In Hell [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Hard Corps [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sorceress [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] She [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Warrior and the Sorceress [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] 'Gator Bait [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] 'Gator Bait 2: Cajun Justice [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Hitchhikers [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Space Zombie Bingo!!! [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Bigfoot: Blood Trap [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Emmanuelle bianca e nera [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mandinga [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Drum [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Mandingo [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Nighthawks [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Victory [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Tango & Cash [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Rocky V [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Daylight [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Rocky Balboa [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Piratensender Power Play [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Zwei Nasen tanken Super [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Die Einsteiger [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Die Supernasen [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Captain from Kopenick [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Die Feuerzangenbowle [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Summer of 85 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Misbehaviour [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Baby's Dinner [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Italienischer Bauerntanz [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes Back - Evolution [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Amazon Women on the Moon [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Django Kill... If You Live, Shoot! [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Django the Bastard [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Django, Prepare a Coffin [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Der Schuh des Manitu [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Under Fire [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Tarzan and the She-Devil [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Tarzan's Peril [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Tarzan's Magic Fountain [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Tarzan's Savage Fury [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Tarzan and the Slave Girl [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Treasure of the Aztecs [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Pyramid of the Sun God [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Yellow One [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Old Surehand [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Amongst Vultures [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Winnetou und sein Freund Old Firehand [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Valley of Death [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Winnetou: The Red Gentleman [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Winnetou: The Last Shot [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Treasure of the Silver Lake [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Old Shatterhand [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Winnetou and the Crossbreed [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Oil Prince [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Winnetou [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Daniel the Wizard [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Meet the Spartans [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Annabelle Serpentine Dance [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Mortal Kombat [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Reve au coin du feu [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Andromeda Strain [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Akrobatisches Potpourri [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Monkeyshines, No. 3 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Lucky Grandma [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Elvira: Mistress of the Dark [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Pferd und Reiter Springen uber ein Hindernis [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Sandow No. 3 [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Sandow No. 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Sandow [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Luis Martinetti, Contortionist [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Stowaway [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] From Stress to Happiness [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Leonard-Cushing Fight [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ajeeb Daastaans [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hiroshima Maiden [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Awesome Asian Bad Guys [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Glenroy Brothers [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Glenroy Bros., No. 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Falling Cat [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Love and Monsters [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Papicha [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] PK [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] How to Be a Good Wife [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pocahontas 2: Journey to a New World [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Chinese Opium Den [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Dickson Experimental Sound Film [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Buffalo Dance [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Bucking Broncho [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Barbershop [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cousins [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Autour d'une cabine [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Lobos de Arga [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Canoa: A Shameful Memory
[[3]] 1 [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Edison Kinetoscope Records: Annie Oakley [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Slaxx [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Buffet froid [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Code 8 [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Annabelle Butterfly Dance [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Thunder Force [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Deux heures moins le quart avant Jesus-Christ [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Nobody
[[0]] Le clown et ses chiens [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Un bon bock [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Anon [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Newark Athlete [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Men Boxing [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Steak [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Dickson Greeting [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Ironclad [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Pumping Iron [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] What Did Jack Do? [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] London's Trafalgar Square [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Time Machine [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Leisurely Pedestrians, Open Topped Buses and Hansom Cabs with Trotting Horses [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Monkeyshines, No. 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Monkeyshines, No. 1 [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Accordion Player [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Man Walking Around the Corner [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Hammer of the Gods [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Mauritanian [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Sword of Vengeance [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Warrior Queen [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Throw Momma from the Train [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Malmkrog
[[3]] King of Kings [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Courier
[[2]] Paycheck [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Willy's Wonderland [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Sallie Gardner at a Gallop [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Passage de Venus [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Zenon: The Zequel [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The United States vs. Billie Holiday [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Gentleman's Agreement [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] All the King's Men [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Greatest Show on Earth [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Oliver! [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Patton [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Gandhi [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Men in Black: International [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Johnny Got His Gun [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Defiant Ones [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Rob Roy [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] La tour Montparnasse infernale [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose? [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Marche à l'ombre [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Blacksmith Scene [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Avenue Q [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] I'm Not Ashamed [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Man in the Iron Mask [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Rio Lobo
[[1]] El Dorado
[[3]] Tears of the Sun [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Zack Snyder's Justice League [8 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sentinelle [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Saga of Tanya the Evil - The Movie [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Linefork [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Cherry
[[1]] Realive [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ocean Drive Weekend [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Caine Mutiny [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Masters of the Universe [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Hard Target [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Double Impact [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Lionheart [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Gantz: Perfect Answer [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Gantz [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Lo chiamavano Bulldozer [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Flatfoot in Hong Kong
[[0]] The Knock Out Cop
[[1]] Trinity Is Still My Name
[[0]] Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die!
[[0]] God Forgives... I Don't!
[[3]] The Beyond [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Double [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Yip Man [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Ip Man 3 [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Azumi 2: Death or Love [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Azumi [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Kickboxer 2: The Road Back [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Chitty Chitty Bang Bang [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] No Retreat, No Surrender 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] No Retreat, No Surrender [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Deep Blue Sea 3 [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Deep Blue Sea 2 [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Deep Blue Sea [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Would You Rather [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:

2026-01-28 08:38: [[1]] Ballerina (2025)
2026-01-27 22:14: [[3]] Suicide Squad: Hell to pay (2018)
2026-01-27 08:51: [[1]] The Last Showgirl (2024)
2026-01-26 03:23: [[3]] Godzilla x Kong: New Empire (2024)
2026-01-26 01:26: [[3]] Smile 2 (2024)

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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