Bechdel Test Movie List

In the narrative, several scenes feature conversations between two named female characters, predominantly centered around Paul, the male protagonist. A particularly significant exchange occurs at the end between Gaius Helen Mohiam and Lady Jessica, where they deliberate on aligning with the right 'side' to safeguard their power, emphasizing the importance of choosing the correct house. This interaction might be controversially considered a 'talk,' as it unfolds through telepathy—a Bene Gesserit capability—rather than traditional spoken words. Other dialogues among the women, such as those between Chani and Lady Jessica, Lady Margot and Gaius Helen Mohiam, and Princess Irulan and Gaius Helen Mohiam, also mainly concern Paul. There is a scene where two women talk something else about men(about Shai Hulud and the water of life), but it involves Lady Jessica and an unnamed Fremen woman.

The first example is about choosing the side of House Atreides, referring to herself and Paul, and the last example immediately transitions into talking about Paul drinking the water of life and allowing him to do so.

Enjoyed the film but as it's all about Paul every named female-female conversation is about him = fail

Movie is all about Paul all the time, if there ever was a conversation between two female characters not involving Paul/men, then they were so minor, forgettable, short and irrelevant they don’t come to mind at all. I really wanted to like this movie…

Heavily disagree, tho women talked but it’s about the main protagonist. The other conversations they had about had other male figures involved too, either men in plan or men they manipulated.

Les dialogues mentionnés renvoient vers les maison et leur duc, ici donc Paul

The named part is optional and Jessica briefly speaks with the Fremen Reverend Mother before drinking the Water of Life

While the Bechdel test in general leaves it up to interpretation whether both characters participating in the dialog must be named, for the specific implementation of the test here the maintainer of bechdeltest.com clearly states:

"For the sake of practicality, I've taken the liberty to read the first criterion as only named female characters counting."