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]] 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]
[[0]] Before Sunrise [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Before Sunset [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Before the Devil Knows You're Dead [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Before the Fall
[[3]] Before We Go [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Before You Know It [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Beggars of Life [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Begin Again [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Beginners [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Beguiled [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Behind Enemy Lines [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Behind the Candelabra [5 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Being Flynn [1 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]
[[2]] Being There [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Belfast [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Belgica [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]
[[0]] Belladonna Of Sadness [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Belle [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Belle [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Belle de Jour [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bellissima [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Bello onesto emigrato Australia sposerebbe compaesana illibata [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Bells of St Mary's [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Beloved [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Below [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Below Her Mouth
[[3]] Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre (Belphegor - Le fantome du Louvre) [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Beltracchi: The Art of Forgery [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bem Bom [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Ben & Arthur [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Ben Is Back [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Ben-Hur
[[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]
[[0]] Beneath [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Benedetta
[[1]] Benny & Joon
[[3]] Beowulf [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Berberian Sound Studio [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Berlin Syndrome [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Bernie [1 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]
[[2]] Best Defense
[[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
[[1]] The Best Offer [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Best Years of Our Lives [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Better days [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Better Living Through Chemistry
[[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]
[[2]] Betty Blue [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Beverly Hillbillies [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Beverly Hills Chihuahua [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Beverly Hills Cop [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Beverly Hills Cop II [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Beverly Hills Cop III [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bewitched [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Beyond Silence (Jenseits der Stille) [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Beyond the Black Rainbow [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]
[[1]] Bhool Bhulaiyaa
[[3]] Bi the Way [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bicentennial Man
[[2]] Bicycle Thieves [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Bicycling with Molière [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Big [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Big Bad Swim
[[3]] The Big Bird Cage [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Big Blue [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Big Business [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Big Combo [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Big Daddy [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Big Eyes [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Big Fat Liar [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Big Fish [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Big Fish & Begonia [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Big Font. Large Spacing [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Big Game [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]
[[0]] The Big Kahuna [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Big Lebowski [15 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Big Miracle [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Big Night [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Big Parade
[[1]] The Big Short [5 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Big Sick [4 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Big Sky
[[1]] The Big Sleep [3 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]
[[2]] The Big Year [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Bigfoot: Blood Trap [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Bigger Than Life [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Bikeriders [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Bikini Beach
[[3]] The Bikini Carwash Company [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bikini Spring Break [3 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Bill [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bill & Ted Face the Music [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bill Cunningham New York
[[3]] Billions
[[0]] Billy Edwards and the Unknown [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Billy Elliot [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Billy Madison
[[3]] Bimbos B.C.
[[3]] Bindlestiffs [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Bionicle 2: Legends of Metru Nui [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bird Box
[[2]] The Birdcage [3 comment(s) available]
[[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]
[[1]] Birkebeinerne
[[1]] The Birth of a Nation [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Birth of a Nation [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]
[[1]] Biutiful [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bizarre, Bizarre [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Black 47 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Black and White
[[3]] Black Beauty [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Black Box [1 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]
[[1]] Black Dahlia [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Black Dragons [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Black Dynamite [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Black Girl [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Black Gold [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Black Gunn [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Black Hawk Down [5 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Black Hole [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Black Imp [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Black Mama, White Mama [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Black Mass [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Black Mirror: Bandersnatch [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
[[1]] Black Robe [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Black Rock [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Black Sea [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Black Sheep [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Black Sunday
[[3]] Black Swan [1 review(s) available] [34 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Black Venus
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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 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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