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]] Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Barbie and the pink shoes
[[3]] Barbie and the Rockers: Out of This World [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Barbie and the Secret Door [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Barbie as the Island Princess [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Barbie Diaries [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Barbie Fairytopia: Magic of the Rainbow [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Barbie in a Mermaid Tale [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Barbie in the Nutcracker [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Barbie of Swan Lake [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Barbie Video Game Hero [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Barbie: Fairytopia [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Barbie: Princess Charm School [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Barbie: The Pearl Princess [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Barefoot [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Barefoot Gen [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Barefoot in the Park [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Barely Lethal [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Barkleys of Broadway
[[3]] Barney Thomson [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Barney's Great Adventure [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Barney's Version [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Barnyard [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Barrio [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Basic [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Basilicata Coast to Coast
[[3]] The Bat Whispers [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Bat Woman [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Bat [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Batman [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Batman vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Batman vs. Two-Face [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Batman: Assault on Arkham [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Batman: Bad Blood [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Batman: Hush [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, part 1 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Batman: Year One [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Battle For Sevastopol [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Battle of the Sexes [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Battle Royale [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Battledream Chronicle [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Battlestar Galactica [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bayonetta: Bloody Fate [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Be Somebody [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Beach Rats
[[3]] Beaches [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Beaches of Agnes [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] BearCity 2: The Proposal [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bearkittens [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Beasts of the Southern Wild [16 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Beatriz at Dinner [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Beau travail [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Beautiful [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Beautiful Creatures [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Beautiful Creatures [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Beautiful Girls [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Beautiful Kate [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Beautiful Thing [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Beauty and the Beast [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Beauty and the Beast [3 review(s) available] [13 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Beauty and the Beast
[[3]] Beauty Shop [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Because I Said So [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Becoming Jane [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bedazzled [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bedevilled [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bedknobs and Broomsticks [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bedtime Stories [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Beekeeper [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Beerfest [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Beeswax
[[3]] Beethoven [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Beetle Juice [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Beetlejuice Beetlejuice [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Before I Fall [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Before I Go to Sleep [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Before Midnight [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Before We Go [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Before You Know It [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Begin Again [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Beguiled [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Being John Malkovich [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Being Julia [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Being The Ricardos [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Belko Experiment [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Bell Jar [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bella Ciao! [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Belle [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Belle [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Belle de Jour [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bellissima [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Bells of St Mary's [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Beloved [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Below Her Mouth
[[3]] Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre (Belphegor - Le fantome du Louvre) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bem Bom [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ben Is Back [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ben-Hur [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bend It Like Beckham [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bends [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Benedetta
[[3]] Beowulf [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Berserk [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bessie [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Best Christmas Pageant Ever [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Best Friends Forever [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Best in Show
[[3]] The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Best Man Down [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Best Man Holiday [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Best Night Ever [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Best of Enemies [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Best of Youth
[[3]] Better days [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Better Off Dead [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Better Than Chocolate [1 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Better Watch Out [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Beverly Hillbillies [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Beverly Hills Chihuahua [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bewitched [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Beyond Silence (Jenseits der Stille) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Beyond the Hills [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Beyond the Lights [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Beyond the Valley of the Dolls [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Beyond [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The BFG [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bhaji on the Beach [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bi the Way [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bicentennial Man
[[3]] The Big Bad Swim
[[3]] The Big Bird Cage [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Big Business [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Big Eyes [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Big Fat Liar [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Big Fish & Begonia [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Big Font. Large Spacing [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Big Girls Don't Cry [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Big Heat [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Big Hero 6 [18 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Big Job [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Big Miracle [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Big Night [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Big Sick [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Big Stone Gap [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Big Tits Dragon [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Big Trouble [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Big Trouble in Little China [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Big Wedding [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Bikini Carwash Company [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bikini Spring Break [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bill & Ted Face the Music [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bill Cunningham New York
[[3]] Billions
[[3]] Billy Elliot [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bimbos B.C.
[[3]] Bindlestiffs [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bird Box
[[3]] Birdemic [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Birdemic 2: The Resurrection [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Birdman [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Birds 2: Land's End [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Birds of America
[[3]] Birds of Prey [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Birds [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Birigyaru [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bit [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bitch Slap [1 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bitchkram
[[3]] Bitter Moon [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Bitter Tea of General Yen [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bizarre, Bizarre [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Black and White
[[3]] Black Beauty [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Black Butterflies
[[3]] Black Cat, White Cat [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Black Cauldron [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Black Christmas [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Black Christmas [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Black Girl [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Black Mama, White Mama [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Black Narcissus [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Black Panther [1 review(s) available] [19 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Black Panther: Wakanda Forever [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
[[3]] Black Rock [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Black Sunday
[[3]] Black Swan [1 review(s) available] [34 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Black Venus
[[3]] Black Water
[[3]] Black Widow [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Black Widow [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Blackcoat's Daughter [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Blackfish [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] BlacKkKlansman [2 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.

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Recent activity

Currently 10562 movies in the database. The five latest additions:

2025-06-27 18:25: [[3]] The Wedding Banquet (2025)
2025-06-24 16:16: [[3]] Psycho Goreman (2020)
2025-06-21 16:16: [[3]] KPop Demon Hunters (2025)
2025-06-17 07:26: [[3]] Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken (2023)
2025-06-14 19:14: [[0]] Sílene smutná princezna (1968)

The five latest comments were on:

2025-12-05 03:13: [[3]] Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 (2025)
2025-12-04 20:19: [[3]] Mission: Impossible - The Final Reconking (2025)
2025-12-04 15:53: [[3]] Mission: Impossible - The Final Reconking (2025)
2025-12-04 10:52: [[3]] Vesper (2022)
2025-12-03 13:56: [[2]] Casino (1995)

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 10562 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

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