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]] A Dangerous Method [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] A Dark Song [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] A Dark, Dark Man [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Date for Mad Mary [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] A Day at the Races [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Dirty Shame [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Dog's Journey [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] A Dog's Purpose [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Doll's House [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] A Face in the Crowd [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Fada do Lar [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Few Days in September
[[1]] A Few Good Men [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] A Field in England [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Fish Called Wanda [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] A Florida Enchantment [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] A fost sau n-a fost?
[[0]] A Funny Shave [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] A German Youth
[[1]] A Ghost Story [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] A Girl in Every Port [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Good Baby [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] A Good Day to Die Hard [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Good Woman [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] A Goofy Movie [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] A Halloween Puppy [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Happy Event
[[1]] A Hard Day's Night [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Haunted House [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Haunting at Silver Falls [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] A hidember
[[3]] A History of Violence [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Home at the End of The World [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] A Jin de gushi / Ah Kam, the Stunt woman [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] A Knight's Tale
[[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]
[[2]] A Life Less Ordinary [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]
[[2]] A Man Called Otto [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] A Man for All Seasons [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A man of integrity [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] A Man Wanted (Hatooly Ragel)
[[3]] A Marine Story [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A mi madre le gustan las mujeres
[[2]] A Midsummer Night's Dream [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] A Million Ways to Die in the West [8 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Monster Calls [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Most Violent Year [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] A Most Wanted Man
[[3]] A Nasty Piece of Work [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] A New Christmas [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A New Leaf [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] A Night At The Opera [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A nightmare on Elm Street [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Nightmare on Elm Street [1 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]
[[1]] A Nous la Liberte [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Passage to India [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Patch of Blue [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] A Perfect Day [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Perfect Getaway [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Perfect Murder
[[3]] A Perfect Stranger [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] A perfect world
[[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]
[[1]] A private war [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] A Prophet (Un Prophete) [2 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]
[[1]] A Quiet Place: Day One [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Raisin in the Sun [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Ring of Endless Light [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] A River Runs Through It [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] A Romance of the Redwoods [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]
[[1]] A Scanner Darkly [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] A Separate Peace
[[3]] A Separation [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] A Serious Man [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
[[1]] A shot in the dark [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]
[[1]] A Single Man [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] A Soldier's Story [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Sort of Homecoming [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] A Special Day [4 comment(s) available]
[[0]] A Star Is Born [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] A Star Is Born [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]
[[2]] A Thousand Words
[[0]] A Time for Killing
[[1]] A time to kill
[[0]] A torinoi lo [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] A Touch of Class
[[1]] A Town Called Panic
[[0]] A Trip to Mars
[[0]] A Turn of the Century Illusionist [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A tus espaldas [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A United Kingdom [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Very Long Engagement [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] A View to a Kill [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] A Walk Among the Tombstones [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] A Walk in the Woods [1 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]
[[1]] A Wednesday
[[3]] A Woman Called Moses
[[0]] A Woman Is a Woman [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] A Woman of Paris
[[3]] A Woman Under The Influence [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Wrinkle in Time [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The A-Team [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A.M.I. [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] A.P.E.X. [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Aanrijding in Moscou [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] ABBA: The Movie
[[3]] Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Abduction
[[3]] Abel
[[2]] Abel Gance's Napoleon
[[3]] Abigail [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Abominable [10 comment(s) available]
[[2]] About a Boy
[[3]] About a Girl
[[3]] About Cherry [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] About Elly
[[2]] About Last Night
[[3]] About Last Night [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] About Schmidt
[[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 [1 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]
[[1]] Accepted [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Accident [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Accidental Tourist [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Accidents Happen
[[3]] According to Greta [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Accordion Player [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Accountant [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Accursed [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Accused [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ace Attorney [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Ace In The Hole [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Ace Ventura: Pet Detective [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Across the Universe [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Act of Valor [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Act of Violence
[[1]] Action Jackson [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Actrius [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Ad Astra [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Adam [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Adam & Steve [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Adam Project [8 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Adam's Apples
[[3]] Adam's Rib [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:

2024-11-19 17:59: [[1]] Red One (2024)
2024-11-18 17:05: [[2]] Joker: Folie à Deux (2024)
2024-11-17 20:31: [[2]] Uncle Drew (2018)
2024-11-14 09:21: [[3]] Absolutely Anything (2015)
2024-11-12 11:54: [[3]] Anora (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 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.

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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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