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]] Argo [10 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Argylle
[[3]] The AristoCats [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Aristocrats [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Arite hime/Princess Arete [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Armageddon [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Armed and Dangerous [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Armitage: Dual Matrix [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Armored
[[2]] Army of Darkness [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Army of Shadows [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Army of the Dead [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Army of Thieves [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Around the World in 80 Days [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Around the World in 80 Days
[[0]] Around the World in Eighty Days
[[3]] Around the World in Eighty Ways [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Arranged [1 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Arrietty [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Arrival [17 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Arrival of a Train [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Arrival [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Arsenic and Old Lace [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Art of Getting By
[[2]] The Art of Racing in the Rain [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Art School Confidential [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Artemis Fowl [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Arthur [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Arthur and the Invisibles [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Arthur Christmas [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Article 15 [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Artificial Intelligence: AI [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Artist [9 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Aruvi [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] As Above So Below [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] As bestas [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] As Good as It Gets [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] As High as the Sky [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] As Seen Through A Telescope (a.k.a The Professor and His Field Glass) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ascendance of a Bookworm
[[1]] Ashes of Time Redux
[[3]] Ashley [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Asian School Girls [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ask for Jane [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ask Me Anything [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Asphalt Jungle [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Aspromonte: Land of the Forgotten [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ass Backwards
[[3]] The Assassin Next Door [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Assassin's Creed [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The assassin [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Assassination Nation [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
[[1]] The Assassination of Richard Nixon [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Assassins [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Assault of the Killer Bimbos
[[3]] Assault on Precinct 13 [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Assault on Precinct 13 [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Assignment [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Assistant [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Associate [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Astérix et la Surprise de Céasar (Asterix vs. Caesar) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Astérix et Obélix: L'Empire du Milieu [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Astérix: Le secret de la potion magique (Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (Astérix et Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre) [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Asterix et Cleopatre [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Asterix in Britain (Asterix chez les Bretons) [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Asterix the Gaul (Asterix le Gaulois) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Asteroid City [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Astro Boy [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Astronomer's Dream; or, The Man in the Moon [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] At Middleton [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] At the Circus [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Athena [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Athlete Swinging a Pick [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Atlantic City [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Atlantis Conspiracy [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Atlantis: The Lost Empire [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Atlas Shrugged: Part I [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Atlas Shrugged: Who Is John Galt? [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Atomic Blonde [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Atonement [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Atraco a las tres [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Atragon [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Atrapa la bandera [Capture the Flag] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Attack of the 50ft Cheerleader [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Attack on Leningrad
[[3]] Attack the Block [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Attenberg
[[2]] Attila [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Au cul du loup [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Au poste! [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Au Revoir Les Enfants
[[1]] Audition [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Auf der anderen Seite [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] August [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] August Rush [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] August: Osage County [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Augustine [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Auntie Mame [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Aura [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Aurora [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Austenland [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Austin Powers in Goldmember
[[2]] Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Australia [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Automata
[[1]] The Autopsy of Jane Doe [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Autour d'une cabine [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Autumn in New York
[[3]] Autumn Leaves [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Ava [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ava [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ava's Possession [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Avalanche [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Avanti! [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Avatar [8 review(s) available] [17 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Avatar: The Way Of Water [13 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Avengers [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Avengers [1 review(s) available] [34 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Avengers: Age of Ultron [35 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Avengers: Endgame [12 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Avengers: Infinity War [38 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Avenue Montaigne
[[2]] Avenue Q [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Aviator [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Avis de mistral
[[3]] AVP: Alien vs. Predator [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Avril et le monde truque [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Awake [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Awakening [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Away from Her
[[3]] Away We Go [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Awaydays [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Awesome Asian Bad Guys [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Awful Truth [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ayneh [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ayneh [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Az otodik pecset
[[0]] Azumi [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Azumi 2: Death or Love [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Baader Meinhof Complex [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Baahubali: The Beginning
[[3]] The Babadook [10 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Babar: The Movie [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Babe [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Babel [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Babes
[[3]] Babes in Arms [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Babette Goes to War [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Babette's Feast [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Baboon Climbing a Pole
[[3]] Baby Assasins [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Baby Boom [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Baby Doll [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Baby Driver [11 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Baby Face [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Baby Mama [2 review(s) available]
[[1]] Baby's Dinner [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Baby [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Baby-Sitters Club [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Babygirl [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Babylon [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Babysitter [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Babysitters [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Babyteeth [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bachelor Party [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bachelorette [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Back to Burgundy (Ce que nous lie) [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Back to School [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Back to the Future [14 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Back to the Future Part II [6 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Back to the Future Part III [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Back to the Outback [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Back-up Plan [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Backdraft [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Backfire [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bacurau [9 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bad [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Bad and the Beautiful [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Bad Boy Bubby
[[3]] Bad Boy: Ride Or Die [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Bad Boys
[[2]] Bad Boys For Life
[[1]] Bad Boys II [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Bad Company [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Bad Day at Black Rock [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bad Education [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bad Girls
[[3]] Bad Girls from Mars [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Bad Guys [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bad Hair [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bad Hair Day [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bad Living [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bad Moms [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Bad Mother's Handbook
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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.

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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 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

Review sites

Women & Hollywood

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