Bechdel Test Movie List

/bech·del test/ n.
1. It has to have at least two women in it
2. Who talk to each other
3. About something besides a man

Movie list

2055 (1 movie)

[[2]] Pride & Predjudice [1 comment(s) available]

2011 (132 movies)

[[1]] 30 Minutes or Less [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] 50/50 [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Separation
[[1]] A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Adjustment Bureau [10 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Adventures of Tintin [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Alamanya
[[0]] Apollo 18 [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Arthur
[[1]] The Artist
[[3]] Attack the Block [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Attenberg
[[3]] Bad Teacher [6 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Battle: Los Angeles [7 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Beastly
[[2]] The Big Year [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
[[3]] Bridesmaids [3 review(s) available] [41 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Captain America: The First Avenger [10 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Captains [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Cars 2
[[3]] Circumstance
[[3]] Conan the Barbarian [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Contagion [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Coup d'éclat [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Cowboys & Aliens [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Crazy, Stupid, Love. [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Dead Inside [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Descendants [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Deus Ex Human Revolution [5 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Dolphin Tale [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Donovan's Echo [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dream House [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Drive [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Eagle [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Exit Humanity [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Fast Five [9 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Final Destination 5 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Fjellet
[[3]] Footloose [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Free Men
[[3]] French Immersion [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Friends with Benefits [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Future [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Gnomeo & Juliet [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Green Hornet [1 review(s) available] [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Green Lantern [1 review(s) available] [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Guard [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Hangover Part 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Hanna [2 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 [15 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Help [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Hesher
[[3]] Higher Ground [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Hop [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Horrible Bosses [4 comment(s) available]
[[3]] I Am Nasrine
[[1]] I Am Number Four
[[1]] Ides Of March [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Immortals [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] In Time [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Inbetweeners Movie [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Inventory [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Jamie and Jessie Are Not Together [1 review(s) available]
[[3]] Jane Eyre
[[3]] Just Go with It
[[0]] Killer Elite [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Kung Fu Panda 2
[[3]] The Lie [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Like Crazy [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Limitless [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Lincoln Lawyer [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Lloyd the Conqueror [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Margin Call
[[3]] Martha Marcy May Marlene [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Masks [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Mean Girls 2 [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Mechanic
[[3]] Melancholia
[[1]] Midnight in Paris [8 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Moneyball
[[1]] Moon Point [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Mr. Popper's Penguins [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] The Muppets
[[3]] My Week with Marilyn
[[2]] No Strings Attached [1 review(s) available] [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Page One: Inside the New York Times [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Paranormal Activity 3
[[3]] Paul [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Puss in Boots
[[1]] Rango [5 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Real Steel [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Red Riding Hood [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Red State [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Restless [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Rid of Me [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Rio [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Rise of the Planet of the Apes [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Rite [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] S.W.A.T.: Firefight [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Scream 4 [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] She Monkeys [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Skin I Live In [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Sleeping Sickness (Schlafkrankheit) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Smurfs [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Soul Surfer
[[1]] Source Code [7 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Starbuck
[[3]] Straw Dogs [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Sucker Punch [6 review(s) available] [15 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Super 8 [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Take Shelter
[[3]] Take This Waltz [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Thespians [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Thing [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Thor [1 review(s) available] [12 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Three Musketeers [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Too Big to Fail [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Transformers: Dark of the Moon [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Tree of Life [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Unleashed
[[3]] Wake Wood [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Water for Elephants [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] We Need to Talk About Kevin [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Win Win [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Winnie the Pooh
[[3]] The Woman [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] X-Men: First Class [19 comment(s) available]
[[3]] You Instead [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Your Highness

2010 (67 movies)

[[3]] 'Tamara Drewe' [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] 127 Hours [6 comment(s) available]
[[1]] 13 Assassins [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] 18 comidas
[[3]] 4.3.2.1
[[3]] A Bag of Hammers [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] A Marine Story [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The A-Team [7 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Abel
[[3]] Alice in Wonderland [5 review(s) available]
[[3]] Amador
[[1]] The American [1 review(s) available]
[[3]] And Soon the Darkness
[[1]] Animal Kingdom [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Another Year
[[3]] Arrietty [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Back-up Plan
[[0]] Bal [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Bandage [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Barney's Version [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Batman: Under the Red Hood [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Beginners [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Biutiful [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Black Swan [1 review(s) available] [21 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Blue Valentine [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Book of Eli [7 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Boy [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Browncoats: Redemption [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Buried [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Burlesque [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Carancho
[[1]] Casino Jack [2 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Catfish [4 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Cemetery Junction [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Centurion [2 comment(s) available]
[[2]] Ceremony [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Certified Copy [2 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Charlie St. Cloud [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Chasing Legends
[[2]] Chico & Rita
[[3]] The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader [6 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Clash of the Titans [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Client List [1 review(s) available]
[[3]] Confessions (Kokuhaku) [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Conviction [1 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Cop Out [1 comment(s) available]
[[0]] The Corridor
[[3]] The Crazies [4 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Cyrus [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Date Night [3 comment(s) available]
[[0]] Dear John [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] The Debt [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Despicable Me [1 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Devil [3 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Diary of a Wimpy Kid [3 comment(s) available]
[[1]] Dinner for Schmucks [1 comment(s) available]
[[2]] The Disciple [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Don't Be Afraid of the Dark [1 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Dos hermanos
[[3]] Downton Abbey
[[1]] Due Date
[[0]] Dylan Dog: Dead of Night
[[3]] Easy A [1 review(s) available] [8 comment(s) available]
[[3]] Eat, Pray, Love [1 review(s) available] [2 comment(s) available]
[[3]] El dios de madera
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Recent activity

Currently 2779 movies in the database. The five latest additions:

2011-11-30 17:08: [[1]] The Muppets (2011)
2011-11-30 03:47: [[1]] Drumline (2002)
2011-11-30 03:06: [[3]] My Week with Marilyn (2011)
2011-11-29 20:17: [[3]] The Spitfire Grill (1996)
2011-11-29 20:14: [[3]] The Double Hour (2009)

The five latest comments were on:

2011-12-01 18:05: [[2]] Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)
2011-12-01 07:34: [[2]] Pride & Predjudice (2055)
2011-12-01 04:45: [[3]] Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
2011-12-01 02:04: [[3]] Cracks (2009)
2011-11-30 04:19: [[3]] The Holiday (2006)

About

The Bechdel 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 Dykes to Watch Out For, 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.

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 2779 movies listed. Some stats and graphs are available.

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Icons

[Red cross icon] Fewer than two women in this movie
[Mute icon] There are two or more women in this movie, but they don't talk to each other
[Ties icon] There are two or more women in this movie, but they only talk to each other about a man
[Smiley icon] There are two or more women in this movie and they talk to each other about something other than a man*
[Talk bubble icon] There is a comment for this movie
[Article icon] There are links to reviews available for this movie

* Please keep in mind that a movie scoring a [Smiley] does not mean it is at all "good" or feminist friendly, just that it passes all tests.

If there is an exclamation mark over the icon (eg. [OK-disagree]), someone who has left a comment doesn't agree with the rating (and hopefully explains why).

Links

About the Bechdel test

DTWOF: The Blog about The Rule

Wikipedia: The Bechdel Test

The Bechdel Test: What It Is, And Why It Matters

TV Tropes Wiki: Bechdels Rule

A New Rating System for Movies

Articles

The Female Character Flowchart

Memo to all women: No half for you in Hollywood

Why film schools teach screenwriters not to pass the Bechdel test

Remember when I said they teach you not to write screenplays with women as leads?

Cartoons are more than just entertainment

The 'Bechdel Rule,' Defining Pop-Culture Character

Review sites

Feminist Review

Bechdel and Me

No, Kissing in the Rain Is Not Acceptable

Women & Hollywood

pop!goesalicia

A Feminist Critique of Animation

Women's Studies Database ♀ Film Reviews

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