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

[[2]] !Three Amigos! [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] #Nofilter [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] '71 [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The 'Burbs [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] 'Gator Bait [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] 'Gator Bait 2: Cajun Justice [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 'Merci la vie'
[[3]] 'night, Mother
[[3]] 'Tamara Drewe' [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Á annan veg
[[3]] 平安 or HEIAN [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] "Chess in Concert" [5 comment(s) available]
[[1]] "Masters of Horror" Dream Cruise [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] "Masters of Horror" Family [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] "Masters of Horror" Haeckel's Tale [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] "Masters of Horror" Imprint [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] "Masters of Horror" Pelts [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] "Masters of Horror" Pick Me Up [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] "Masters of Horror" Pro-Life [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] "Masters of Horror" Right to Die [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] "Masters of Horror" Sounds Like [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] "Masters of Horror" The Black Cat [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] "Masters of Horror" The Screwfly Solution [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] "Masters of Horror" The V Word [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]
[[2]] "The Backyardigans" International Super Spy [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] (500) Days of Summer [12 comment(s) available]
[[1]] (Untitled) [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]
[[1]] 10 Rillington Place
[[3]] 10 Things I Hate About You [6 comment(s) available]
[[1]] 10,000 BC [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 101 Dalmatians [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 102 Dalmatians
[[3]] 11 Flowers [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] 12 Angry Men [7 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]
[[1]] 13 Assassins [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 13 Going on 30 [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] 13 Hours [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 13 Minutes
[[1]] 13 Tzameti
[[1]] 138 segons. L'enigma Girones [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The 13th Warrior [7 comment(s) available]
[[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]
[[1]] 1776 [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] 18 comidas
[[3]] 18 Presents
[[0]] 1917 [8 comment(s) available]
[[1]] 1922 [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] 2 Coelhos [1 comment(s) available]
[[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]
[[1]] 2 Fast 2 Furious [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] 2 Guns [3 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
[[0]] 20000 Leagues Under the Sea [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] 2001: A Space Odyssey [17 comment(s) available]
[[1]] 2010 [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] 2012 [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 2046 [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] 20th Century Girl [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 20th Century Women [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 21 [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] 21 & Over [8 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 21 grams
[[2]] 21 Jump Street [14 comment(s) available]
[[1]] 22 Bullets / L'immortel
[[2]] 22 Jump St [10 comment(s) available]
[[1]] 24 Hour Party People [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] 25th Hour [1 comment(s) available]
[[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]
[[1]] 3 Idiots
[[1]] 3 Men and a Baby [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 3 Women [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] 3-Iron [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] 30 Days of Night [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 30 Days of Night: Dark Days [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] 30 Minutes or Less [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] 300 [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 300 Worte Deutsch
[[1]] 300: Rise of an Empire [4 comment(s) available]
[[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]
[[0]] The 36 Crazy Fists [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The 39 Steps [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] 3:10 to Yuma [1 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]
[[0]] The 400 Blows [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The 400 Tricks of the Devil
[[2]] 42 [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 42nd Street [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] 44 Inch Chest
[[3]] 45 Years [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 47 Meters Down [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 47 Meters Down: Uncaged [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] 47 Ronin [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] 48 Hrs. [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] 49th Parallel [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] 4:44 Last Day on Earth [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The 4th Floor [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The 4th Man
[[1]] 5 Centimeters Per Second [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] 5 Days of War [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 5 Flights Up [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] 50 First Dates [5 comment(s) available]
[[2]] 50/50 [4 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The 51st State [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 52 Tuesdays [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] 54 [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] 55 Days at Peking
[[3]] 5ive Girls [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The 5th Wave [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 6 Balloons
[[0]] 6 days [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 6 Underground
[[0]] 600 millas [600 Miles] [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] 65 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 6ixtynin9
[[3]] The 6th Day [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 7 Letters [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] 7 Men from Now [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 7 Women and a Murder [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] 7500 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 8 femmes [7 comment(s) available]
[[1]] 8 Mile
[[3]] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 84 Charing Cross Road [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] 88 Minutes
[[1]] 8MM [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] 9 [4 comment(s) available]
[[0]] 9 Songs [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] 99 francs [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The 9th Life of Louis Drax
[[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]
[[2]] A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Beautiful Life [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] A Beautiful Mind [4 comment(s) available]
[[0]] A Better Tomorrow [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] A Better Tomorrow II [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] A Big Hand for the Little Lady [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] A Bittersweet Life (Dalkomhan insaeng) [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] A bout de souffle [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] A boy and His Dog [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] A Bridge Too Far
[[1]] A Brilliant Young Mind
[[1]] A Bronx tale
[[2]] A Bucket of Blood [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]
[[2]] A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Chorus Line [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] A Christmas Carol: The Musical
[[3]] A Christmas Prince [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] A Christmas Story [7 comment(s) available]
[[0]] A Chump at Oxford [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]
[[1]] A Clockwork Orange [12 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Countess from Hong Kong [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Country Called Home
[[2]] A coup sur [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] A Crime [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 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:

2024-12-05 06:55: [[3]] Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin. (2024)
2024-12-04 02:23: [[0]] A Thousand Clowns (1965)
2024-12-03 02:05: [[3]] Look back (2024)
2024-12-02 19:38: [[3]] Night of the Lepus (1972)
2024-12-02 13:25: [[3]] Wonka (2023)

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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