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]] 'Merci la vie'
[[3]] 'night, Mother
[[3]] 'Tamara Drewe' [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 平安 or HEIAN [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] "Masters of Horror" Pro-Life [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] "Masters of Horror" The Screwfly Solution [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] "Masters of Horror" The Washingtonians [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] "Masters of Horror" Valerie on the Stairs [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] "Masters of Horror" We All Scream for Ice Cream [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] +1 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] ...And God Created Woman [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] ...E tu vivrai nel terrore! L'aldila (The Beyond) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 1 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 10 Cloverfield Lane [30 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 10 Days In A Madhouse [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 10 Things I Hate About You [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 101 Dalmatians [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 102 Dalmatians
[[3]] 11 Flowers [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 12 Dates of Christmas
[[3]] 12 Dog Days Till Christmas [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 12 feet deep [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 12 Men of Christmas
[[3]] 12 Years a Slave  [1 review(s) available] [23 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 127 Hours [8 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 13 Going on 30 [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 13 Minutes
[[3]] 1408 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 16 Wishes [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 17 Again [9 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 17 Girls
[[3]] 17 Miracles [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 18 Presents
[[3]] 2 Days in New York [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 2 Days in Paris [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 2 Days in the Valley [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 2 seconds [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 20 centimetros [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 20 Feet from Stardom [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 200 Cigarettes
[[3]] 2046 [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 20th Century Women [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 21 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 21 grams
[[3]] 27 Dresses  [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 28 Days [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 28 Days Later... [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 28 Weeks Later [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 2LDK [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 3 Days to Kill [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 3 Women [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 30 Days of Night: Dark Days [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 300 Worte Deutsch
[[3]] 3096 Tage [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The 33 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 35 Shots of Rum [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The 355 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The 39 Steps [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The 3Tails Movie: A Mermaid Adventure [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 4.3.2.1
[[3]] The 40 Year Old Virgin [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 42nd Street [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 45 Years [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 47 Meters Down [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 47 Meters Down: Uncaged [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The 4th Floor [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 5 Flights Up [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 52 Tuesdays [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 5ive Girls [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 6 Balloons
[[3]] 6 Underground
[[3]] 6ixtynin9
[[3]] The 6th Day [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 7 Letters [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 7 Women and a Murder [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 8 femmes [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 84 Charing Cross Road [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A 2nd Chance [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Bad Moms Christmas [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Bag of Hammers [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Beautiful Life [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Bug's Life
[[3]] A Call to Spy [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Canterbury Tale [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Case of You
[[3]] A Charlie Brown Christmas [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Chorus Line [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Christmas Prince [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Cinderella Story  [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Classic Horror Story [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Countess from Hong Kong [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Country Called Home
[[3]] A Dangerous Method [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Date for Mad Mary [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Dirty Shame [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Dog's Journey [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Doll's House [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Fada do Lar [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Few Days in September
[[3]] A Fish Called Wanda [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Good Baby [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Good Woman [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Happy Event
[[3]] A Haunted House [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Haunting at Silver Falls [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A History of Violence [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Home at the End of The World [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A la folie... pas du tout
[[3]] A Late Quartet [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A League of Their Own [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Letter to Three Wives [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Little Bit of Heaven [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Little Chaos [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Little Family Drama
[[3]] A Little Help [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Little Night Music [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Little Night Music [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A little princess [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Lonely Place to Die [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Long Way Down [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Love Song for Bobby Long [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A man of integrity [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Marine Story [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A mi madre le gustan las mujeres
[[3]] A Monster Calls [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Most Violent Year [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Nasty Piece of Work [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A New Leaf [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Nightmare on Elm Street [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A nightmare on Elm Street [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Noite da Virada [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Passage to India [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Patch of Blue [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Perfect Getaway [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Perfect Murder
[[3]] A Perfect Stranger [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Picture of You [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Prairie Home Companion [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Private Function [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Quiet Passion
[[3]] A Quiet Place [18 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Quiet Place Part II [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Raisin in the Sun [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Ring of Endless Light [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Room with a View [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Royal Affair [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Royal Night Out [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Royal Winter [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Separation [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Simple Favor [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Simple Life [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Simple Wish [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Sort of Homecoming [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Star Is Born [12 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Streetcar Named Desire
[[3]] A Study in Scarlet [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Study in Terror [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Tale of Springtime [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A tale of three sisters (Kız kardeşler)
[[3]] A Tale of Two Cities [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Tale of Two Sisters [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Talking Cat!?! [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Taste of Honey [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Teacher [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A tus espaldas [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A United Kingdom [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Very Long Engagement [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Walk on the Moon
[[3]] A Walk to Remember [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Warm December [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Woman Called Moses
[[3]] A Woman Under The Influence [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Wrinkle in Time [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A.M.I. [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Aanrijding in Moscou [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Abel
[[3]] Abigail [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Abominable [10 comment(s) available]
[[3]] About a Girl
[[3]] About Cherry [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] About Elly
[[3]] About Last Night [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] About Sunny [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] About Time [9 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Absence of Malice [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Absentia [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Absolutely Anything [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Abyss [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Accattone [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Accidents Happen
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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 10447 movies in the database. The five latest additions:

2024-11-28 00:58: [[1]] Queer (2024)
2024-11-25 07:22: [[2]] Her story (2024)
2024-11-25 01:51: [[3]] Wicked: Part 1 (2024)
2024-11-23 21:24: [[1]] Gladiator II (2024)
2024-11-23 13:42: [[3]] Let go (2024)

The five latest comments were on:

2024-12-07 15:57: [[0]] Brother Bear (2003)
2024-12-07 15:57: [[0]] Brother Bear (2003)
2024-12-07 10:46: [[3]] Nugget is Dead?: A Christmas Story (2024)
2024-12-07 03:59: [[3]] The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
2024-12-06 20:25: [[1]] Deadpool & Wolverine (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 10447 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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