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]] Rogue One [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Roman holiday [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] RWBY [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Shape of Water [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] She's the Man [7 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Shining [1 review(s) available] [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Showgirls [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Singin' in the Rain [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Skin I Live In [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Snowpiercer [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Spirited Away [7 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Star Wars: The Last Jedi [1 review(s) available] [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Stardust [1 review(s) available] [7 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Straight Outta Compton [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sweet Home Alabama [7 comment(s) available]
[[0]] There Will Be Blood [7 comment(s) available]
[[2]] TiMER [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Titanic [1 review(s) available] [7 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Wizard of Oz [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] X2 (X-Men 2) [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Zootopia [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 10 Things I Hate About You [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Adventureland [6 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Alien 3 [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Alien: Covenant [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Almost Famous [6 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Apollo 18 [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Aquaman [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Back to the Future Part II [6 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Bambi [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Birds [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Blended [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Blue Jasmine [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Brooklyn [6 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Buried [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] But I'm a Cheerleader [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Chloe [6 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Christopher Robin [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Clueless [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Contagion [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Croods [6 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Crying Game [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dazed and Confused [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Divergent [1 review(s) available] [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Divines [6 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Dope [6 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Eagle [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Emperor's New Groove [1 review(s) available] [6 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Fantastic Four [6 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Frank [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Freedom Writers [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Furious 7 [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Gake no ue no Ponyo [6 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Gattaca [1 review(s) available] [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Gentlemen Prefer Blondes [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Gentlemen [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ghost [6 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo [1 review(s) available] [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Gisaengchung [6 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Godfather [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Golden Compass [6 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Goosebumps [6 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Gran Torino [6 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Green Lantern [1 review(s) available] [6 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Groundhog Day [6 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Hannah Montana [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Heat [1 review(s) available] [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hidden Figures [6 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Home Alone [6 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Identity Thief [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ingrid Goes West [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Insidious [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] It Happened One Night [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Jaws [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Jennifer's Body [1 review(s) available] [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Joy Luck Club [6 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Jumanji: The Next Level [6 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Knight and Day [1 review(s) available] [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Kung Fu Panda [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Lee Daniels' The Butler [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Letters to Juliet [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Licorice Pizza [6 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Lightyear [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Lilo and Stitch [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Lucy [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mamma Mia! [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mandy [6 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World [6 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Matrix Reloaded [2 review(s) available] [6 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Meek's Cutoff [6 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Megamind [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Melancholia [6 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Minority Report [6 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Moon [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Moulin Rouge! [6 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Mummy [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] My Little Pony: Equestria Girls [6 comment(s) available]
[[2]] No Time To Die [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Noah [6 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Porco Rosso (Kurenai no Buta) [6 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Porky's [1 review(s) available] [6 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Predator [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pretty in Pink [6 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Proposal [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rebecca [6 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Reservoir Dogs [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Robin Hood [1 review(s) available] [6 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Rocky [6 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Rope [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rosemary's Baby [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ruby Sparks [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rushmore [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sabrina [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Saving Mr. Banks [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Secret Life of Walter Mitty [6 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Seeking a Friend for the End of the World [6 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Serenity [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sex and the City [6 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Shawshank Redemption [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Side Effects [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sing [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sleeping Beauty [1 review(s) available] [6 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Sleepless in Seattle [6 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Stargate: The Ark of Truth [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Steel Magnolias [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Suicide Squad [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sunset Blvd. [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tall Girl [6 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Ted [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Toy Story 4 [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Trolls [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] True Grit [6 comment(s) available]
[[1]] War for the Planet of the Apes [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Watchmen [1 review(s) available] [6 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Waterworld [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] What If [6 comment(s) available]
[[1]] What We Do in the Shadows [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Whip It [2 review(s) available] [6 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Wind That Shakes the Barley [6 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Winnie the Pooh [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] X-Men: The Last Stand [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Zoolander [6 comment(s) available]
[[1]] "Chess in Concert" [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 10 Days In A Madhouse [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 20th Century Women [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 3 Days to Kill [5 comment(s) available]
[[0]] 300 [5 comment(s) available]
[[2]] 50 First Dates [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A nightmare on Elm Street [5 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Adventures of Tintin [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] After [5 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Akira [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] American Beauty [1 review(s) available] [5 comment(s) available]
[[2]] American History X [5 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Anamolisa [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ant-Man and the Wasp [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Banshees of Inisherin [5 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Batman & Robin [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Batman [5 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Battleship [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Beauty and the Beast [5 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Beavis and Butt-Head do the Universe [5 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Bee Movie [5 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Behind the Candelabra [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Belle [5 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Big Short [5 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Black Hawk Down [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Boat That Rocked [5 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Bohemian Rhapsody [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bolt [5 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Boondock Saints [5 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Brüno [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bumblebee [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Captain Fantastic [5 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Captain Phillips [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Carol [5 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Cars 2 [5 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Chronicles of Riddick [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Clue [1 review(s) available] [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Conan the Barbarian [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cruella [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dangal [5 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Dark Crystal [5 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Dead Poets Society [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Devil Inside [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Die Hard 2 [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Don't Be Afraid of the Dark [5 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Eagle Eye [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] El laberinto del fauno (Pan's Labyrinth) [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Encanto [5 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Ender's Game [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Epic [5 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 10286 movies in the database. The five latest additions:

2024-04-14 06:16: [[3]] Wicked Little Letters (2023)
2024-04-09 11:12: [[1]] Imaginary (2024)
2024-04-08 14:32: [[1]] My Fault (2023)
2024-04-05 23:55: [[1]] Visitor Q (2001)
2024-04-05 09:38: [[3]] Drive-Away Dolls (2024)

The five latest comments were on:

2024-04-30 18:54: [[3]] Luck (2022)
2024-04-29 11:24: [[3]] Better days (2019)
2024-04-28 11:10: [[3]] The Lost City (2022)
2024-04-27 12:48: [[2]] After Hours (1985)
2024-04-27 06:46: [[3]] 13 Going on 30 (2004)

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 10286 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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