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]] Avatar  [8 review(s) available] [17 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Kick-Ass  [7 review(s) available] [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sucker Punch  [7 review(s) available] [31 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Death Proof  [6 review(s) available] [8 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer  [6 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Alice in Wonderland  [5 review(s) available]
[[3]] Tangled  [5 review(s) available] [16 comment(s) available]
[[1]] WALL-E  [5 review(s) available] [12 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Women  [5 review(s) available] [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Blue Is the Warmest Color  [4 review(s) available] [8 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Dark Knight  [4 review(s) available] [15 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo  [4 review(s) available] [12 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Incredibles  [4 review(s) available] [13 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Little Mermaid  [4 review(s) available] [24 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mad Max: Fury Road  [4 review(s) available] [83 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nocturnal Animals  [4 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Planet Terror  [4 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Star Trek  [4 review(s) available] [44 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Twilight  [4 review(s) available] [13 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Beauty and the Beast  [3 review(s) available] [13 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bridesmaids  [3 review(s) available] [70 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Coraline  [3 review(s) available] [9 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Inglourious Basterds  [3 review(s) available] [22 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Iron Man 2  [3 review(s) available] [32 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Kids Are All Right  [3 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Kill Bill: Vol. 1  [3 review(s) available] [17 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mulan  [3 review(s) available] [18 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire  [3 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sex and the city 2  [3 review(s) available] [10 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Slumdog Millionaire  [3 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Social Network  [3 review(s) available] [19 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Tinker Bell  [3 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Twilight Saga: Eclipse  [3 review(s) available] [12 comment(s) available]
[[3]] V for Vendetta  [3 review(s) available] [15 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Aladdin  [2 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Aliens  [2 review(s) available] [14 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Baby Mama  [2 review(s) available]
[[3]] Changeling  [2 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dance, Girl, Dance  [2 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Get Him To The Greek  [2 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Graduate  [2 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hanna  [2 review(s) available] [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hope Springs  [2 review(s) available] [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] How to Marry a Millionaire  [2 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] How to Train Your Dragon  [2 review(s) available] [20 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Iron Man  [2 review(s) available] [8 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Lego Movie  [2 review(s) available] [46 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Looper  [2 review(s) available] [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Magic Mike  [2 review(s) available] [9 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Matrix Reloaded  [2 review(s) available] [6 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Milk  [2 review(s) available] [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Oz the Great and Powerful  [2 review(s) available] [21 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time  [2 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Princess and the Frog  [2 review(s) available] [11 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Rise of the Planet of the Apes  [2 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Salt  [2 review(s) available] [20 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Scott Pilgrim vs. the World  [2 review(s) available] [22 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Star Wars  [2 review(s) available] [15 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Thor  [2 review(s) available] [19 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Ugly Truth  [2 review(s) available]
[[3]] Whip It  [2 review(s) available] [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Wo hu cang long (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)  [2 review(s) available] [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 12 Years a Slave  [1 review(s) available] [23 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 27 Dresses  [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Cinderella Story  [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas  [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] All About Steve  [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] American Beauty  [1 review(s) available] [6 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The American  [1 review(s) available]
[[1]] An American in Paris  [1 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Arranged  [1 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Avengers  [1 review(s) available] [34 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bandidas  [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bend It Like Beckham  [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Better Than Chocolate  [1 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bitch Slap  [1 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Black Panther  [1 review(s) available] [19 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Black Swan  [1 review(s) available] [34 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Blood: The Last Vampire  [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Blue Valentine  [1 review(s) available] [8 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Boogie Nights  [1 review(s) available] [8 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bound  [1 review(s) available]
[[2]] Boys Don't Cry  [1 review(s) available] [8 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Brave  [1 review(s) available] [31 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bride Wars  [1 review(s) available]
[[3]] The Bridges of Madison County  [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bright Star  [1 review(s) available]
[[3]] Burlesque  [1 review(s) available] [8 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Cabin in the Woods  [1 review(s) available] [14 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Cam  [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Chasing Amy  [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Clash of the Titans  [1 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Client List  [1 review(s) available]
[[3]] Clue  [1 review(s) available] [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Conjuring  [1 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Craft  [1 review(s) available] [4 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Crank  [1 review(s) available] [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dallas Buyers Club  [1 review(s) available] [16 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Deadpool  [1 review(s) available] [13 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Descent  [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Despicable Me  [1 review(s) available] [10 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Diary of a Nymphomaniac  [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] District 9  [1 review(s) available] [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Divergent  [1 review(s) available] [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Don Jon  [1 review(s) available] [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Doubt  [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] DragonHeart  [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dredd 3D  [1 review(s) available] [15 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Dude, Where's My Car  [1 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Easy A  [1 review(s) available] [10 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Eat, Pray, Love  [1 review(s) available] [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Emperor's New Groove  [1 review(s) available] [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them  [1 review(s) available] [17 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Fast Times at Ridgemont High  [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Fifth Element  [1 review(s) available] [8 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Fight Club  [1 review(s) available] [15 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Forgetting Sarah Marshall  [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Friends with Benefits  [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Future  [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra  [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Gattaca  [1 review(s) available] [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ghosts of Mars  [1 review(s) available]
[[3]] The Girl on the Train  [1 review(s) available]
[[1]] The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo  [1 review(s) available] [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Girlfight  [1 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Green Hornet  [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Green Lantern  [1 review(s) available] [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Grown Ups  [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Hancock  [1 review(s) available]
[[3]] The Handmaid's Tale  [1 review(s) available]
[[3]] Happy-Go-Lucky  [1 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hard Candy  [1 review(s) available] [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Heat  [1 review(s) available] [6 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Her  [1 review(s) available] [17 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hercules  [1 review(s) available] [11 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Holiday  [1 review(s) available] [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hollow Man  [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Hot Tub Time Machine  [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Hunger Games  [1 review(s) available] [29 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hysteria  [1 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] I'm So Excited  [1 review(s) available] [4 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Ice Age  [1 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Inception  [1 review(s) available] [38 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Independence Day: Resurgence  [1 review(s) available] [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Iron Lady  [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Iron Man 3  [1 review(s) available] [31 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Jamie and Jessie Are Not Together  [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Jennifer's Body  [1 review(s) available] [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Joker  [1 review(s) available] [16 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Julie & Julia  [1 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Jungle Book  [1 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Juno  [1 review(s) available] [9 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Jurassic Park  [1 review(s) available] [16 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Jurassic World  [1 review(s) available] [38 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Kate & Leopold  [1 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Kingsman: The Secret Service  [1 review(s) available] [11 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Knight and Day  [1 review(s) available] [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Knocked Up  [1 review(s) available] [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Legally Blonde  [1 review(s) available] [8 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Lion King  [1 review(s) available] [18 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Little Mermaid  [1 review(s) available] [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring  [1 review(s) available] [11 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Lost and Delirious  [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Love Actually  [1 review(s) available] [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Machete  [1 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Majo no takkyûbin (Kiki's Delivery Service)  [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Maleficent  [1 review(s) available] [13 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Man in the Iron Mask  [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Margot at the Wedding  [1 review(s) available]
[[2]] Marriage Story  [1 review(s) available] [14 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Martian  [1 review(s) available] [19 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Matilda  [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Matrix Revolutions  [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Matrix  [1 review(s) available] [23 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Men in Black  [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates  [1 review(s) available] [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Million Dollar Baby  [1 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Monster  [1 review(s) available]
[[2]] Monster's Ball  [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Monuments Men  [1 review(s) available] [9 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Night of the Comet  [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nim's Island  [1 review(s) available]
[[3]] No Strings Attached  [1 review(s) available] [8 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Nymphomaniac: Volume 1  [1 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Old Guard  [1 review(s) available]
[[3]] Only God Forgives  [1 review(s) available] [9 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Oppenheimer  [1 review(s) available] [31 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Other Guys  [1 review(s) available] [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Our Family Wedding  [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Overnight  [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Persepolis  [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Philomena  [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Planes  [1 review(s) available]
[[3]] Pleasantville  [1 review(s) available] [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Pocahontas  [1 review(s) available] [8 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Porky's  [1 review(s) available] [6 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Predators  [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Prometheus  [1 review(s) available] [16 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Ratatouille  [1 review(s) available] [12 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Red Sonja  [1 review(s) available] [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 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:

2024-11-04 03:00: [[3]] Corpse Bride (2005)
2024-11-03 23:15: [[0]] Make Mine Freedom (1948)
2024-11-03 14:24: [[1]] The Rpn Clark Story (2006)
2024-11-02 19:57: [[3]] Advise & Consent (1962)
2024-11-02 08:55: [[0]] Finch (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.

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.
An RSS feed[RSS icon] is also available, listing the latest 50 movies added to the list.

You can view just the Movies in the IMDb Top 250 and last but not least, you can search the list.

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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