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EMO THE MUSICAL | 2018
The Original Bechdel:
Are there at least two named female characters? - Yes, Trinity, Roz, Jamali, and Mrs. Doyle.
Do these characters ever have a conversation? - No.
Do they speak about something other than a man?
The Racial Bechdel:
Are there at least two named characters of color? - Yes, Roz, Jamali, Isaac, and Josh.
Do these characters ever have a conversation? - Yes.
Do they speak about something other than a white person? - Yes, Josh and Jamali have conversations that do not mention a white person.
The LGBTQIA+ Bechdel
Are there at least two LGBTQIA+ identifying characters? - Yes, Peter and Josh.
Do these characters ever have a conversation? - Yes.
Do they speak about something other than a cisgender, heterosexual person? - Yes.
CONSENSUS: 7/9
#emo the musical#Neil Triffett#Benson Jack Anthony#Jordan Hare#Rahart Adams#Jon Prasida#Lucy Barrett#Ben Bennett#Craig Hyde-Smith#Geraldine Viswanathan#Kevin Clayette#Bridie Carter#feminism
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BURNING | 2018
The Original Bechdel:
Are there at least two named female characters? - Yes, Hae-mi and Yeon-ju.
Do these characters ever have a conversation? - No, Hae-mi is the only prominent female character in the film and she doesn’t speak to any other women.
Do they speak about something other than a man?
The Racial Bechdel:
Are there at least two named characters of color? - Yes. All the characters of color.
Do these characters ever have a conversation? - Yes.
Do they speak about something other than a white person? - Yes.
The LGBTQIA+ Bechdel
Are there at least two LGBTQIA+ identifying characters? - No.
Do these characters ever have a conversation?
Do they speak about something other than a cisgender, heterosexual person?
CONSENSUS: 4/9
#burning#feminism#film#Chang-dong Lee#Jungmi Oh#Ah-in Yoo#Steven Yeun#Jong-seo Jun#Soo-Kyung Kim#Seong-kun Mun
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THE FAVOURITE | 2018
The Original Bechdel:
Are there at least two named female characters? - Yes, Ann, Sarah, and Abigail.
Do these characters ever have a conversation? - Yes, Ann, Sarah, and Abigail have the majority of the conversations in the film.
Do they speak about something other than a man? - Yes, the majority of their conversations do not mention any men.
The Racial Bechdel:
Are there at least two named characters of color? - No.
Do these characters ever have a conversation?
Do they speak about something other than a white person?
The LGBTQIA+ Bechdel
Are there at least two LGBTQIA+ identifying characters? - Yes, Sarah, Ann, and Abigail*.
Do these characters ever have a conversation? - Yes, numerous times.
Do they speak about something other than a cisgender, heterosexual person? - Yes, almost all of them.
CONSENSUS: 6/9 *Whether Abigail is queer or not is debatable. Even if you wouldn’t consider her to be, Sarah and Ann’s conversations still pass the other two tests.
#feminism#film#the favourite#Olivia Colman#Rachel Weisz#Emma Stone#James Smith#Mark Gatiss#Nicholas Hoult#Joe Alwyn#Yorgos Lanthimos#Deborah Davis#Tony McNamara
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BLACKkKLANSMAN | 2018
The Original Bechdel:
Are there at least two named female characters? - Yes, Patrice, Odetta, and Connie.
Do these characters ever have a conversation? - Yes, Patrice and Odetta have conversations twice in the movie.
Do they speak about something other than a man? - No, all of their conversations also include men.
The Racial Bechdel:
Are there at least two named characters of color? - Yes, Ron, Mr. Turrentine, Patrice, Odetta, Hakeem, Flip, and Kwame.
Do these characters ever have a conversation? - Yes, Ron has numerous conversations with Flip and Patrice, and also one with Kwame.
Do they speak about something other than a white person?? - Yes, Ron’s conversations with Patrice and Kwame do not involve mentions of white characters.
The LGBTQIA+ Bechdel
Are there at least two LGBTQIA+ identifying characters? - No.
Do these characters ever have a conversation?
Do they speak about something other than a cisgender, heterosexual person?
CONSENSUS: 5/9
#blackkklansman#Spike Lee#Charlie Wachtel#David Rabinowitz#Kevin Willmott#Alec Baldwin#John David Washington#Robert John Burke#Ken Garito#Frederick Weller#Adam Driver#Michael Buscemi#Laura Harrier#Corey Hawkins#Ryan Eggold#Jasper Pääkkönen#Paul Walter Hauser#Topher Grace#Ashlie Atkinson
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A STAR IS BORN | 2018
The Original Bechdel:
Are there at least two named female characters? - Yes, Ally and Gail.
Do these characters ever have a conversation? - No.
Do they speak about something other than a man?
The Racial Bechdel:
Are there at least two named characters of color? - Yes, Noodles, Ramon, Etta James, and Little Feet.
Do these characters ever have a conversation? - No.
Do they speak about something other than a white person?
The LGBTQIA+ Bechdel
Are there at least two LGBTQIA+ identifying characters? - Yes. Etta James, Emerald, Ramon and DJ Shangela.
Do these characters ever have a conversation? - Yes, Etta James, Ramon, and Emerald are involved in a conversation with other characters at the beginning.
Do they speak about something other than a cisgender, heterosexual person?
CONSENSUS: 4/9
#a star is born#Bradley Cooper#Eric Roth#Will Fetters#Lady Gaga#Sam Elliott#Andrew Dice Clay#Rafi Gavron#Anthony Ramos#Dave Chappelle#Ron Rifkin#Barry Shabaka Henley#Willam Belli#Shangela
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AT ETERNITY’S GATE | 2018
The Original Bechdel:
Are there at least two named female characters? - Yes, Johanna and Gaby.
Do these characters ever have a conversation? - No.
Do they speak about something other than a man?
The Racial Bechdel:
Are there at least two named characters of color? - No.
Do these characters ever have a conversation?
Do they speak about something other than a white person?
The LGBTQIA+ Bechdel
Are there at least two LGBTQIA+ identifying characters? - No.
Do these characters ever have a conversation?
Do they speak about something other than a cisgender, heterosexual person?
CONSENSUS: 1/9
#still very good#at eternity's gate#Julian Schnabel#Jean-Claude Carrière#Willem Dafoe#Rupert Friend#Oscar Isaac#Mads Mikkelsen#Mathieu Amalric#Emmanuelle Seigner#Niels Arestrup#Anne Consigny
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VICE | 2018
The Original Bechdel:
Are there at least two named female characters? - Yes, Lynne, Mary, Liz, and Condoleeza.
Do these characters ever have a conversation? - Yes, Lynne, Mary and Liz are involved in quite a few conversations.
Do they speak about something other than a man? - No, all conversations involve or mention Dick.
The Racial Bechdel:
Are there at least two named characters of color? - Yes. Condoleeza and Colin.
Do these characters ever have a conversation? - No.
Do they speak about something other than a white person?
The LGBTQIA+ Bechdel
Are there at least two LGBTQIA+ identifying characters? - Yes, Mary and Heather.
Do these characters ever have a conversation? - No.
Do they speak about something other than a cisgender, heterosexual person?
CONSENSUS: 4/9
#i highly recommend this one#vice#Adam McKay#Christian Bale#Amy Adams#Steve Carell#Sam Rockwell#Alison Pill#Eddie Marsan#Justin Kirk#LisaGay Hamilton#Jesse Plemons#Bill Camp#Don McManus#Lily Rabe#Tyler Perry#Camille James Harman#feminism#feminist films
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ROMA | 2018
The Original Bechdel:
Are there at least two named female characters? - Yes, Cleo, Sofía, Sofi, Adela, Teresa, and Dr. Velez.
Do these characters ever have a conversation? - Yes, Cleo has conversations with all of the other female characters.
Do they speak about something other than a man? - Yes, quite a few times.
The Racial Bechdel:
Are there at least two named characters of color? - Yes. Cleo, Adela, and Fermín.*
Do these characters ever have a conversation? - Yes, Cleo has numerous conversations with Adela and Fermín.
Do they speak about something other than a white person? - Yes.
The LGBTQIA+ Bechdel
Are there at least two LGBTQIA+ identifying characters? - No.
Do these characters ever have a conversation?
Do they speak about something other than a cisgender, heterosexual person?
CONSENSUS: 6/9
* While all the characters in this movie are Mexican, and could possibly be considered non-white in the US, in the context of Mexico and the film, the other characters would be considered white.
#roma#feminism#feminist film#Alfonso Cuarón#Yalitza Aparicio#Marina de Tavira#Diego Cortina Autrey#Carlos Peralta#Marco Graf#Daniela Demesa#Nancy García García#Verónica García#Fernando Grediaga#Jorge Antonio Guerrero#Zarela Lizbeth Chinolla Arellano
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HOW IT ENDS | 2018
The Original Bechdel:
Are there at least two named female characters? - Yes, Sam, Ricki, Paula, and Meg.
Do these characters ever have a conversation? - No.
Do they speak about something other than a man?
The Racial Bechdel:
Are there at least two named characters of color? - Yes. Sam, Ricki, Paula, and Tom.
Do these characters ever have a conversation? - Yes, Tom and Ricki have numerous conversations.
Do they speak about something other than a white person? - Yes, when Tom convinces Ricki to come with them.
The LGBTQIA+ Bechdel
Are there at least two LGBTQIA+ identifying characters? - No.
Do these characters ever have a conversation?
Do they speak about something other than a cisgender, heterosexual person?
CONSENSUS: 4/9
#how it ends#David M. Rosenthal#Brooks McLaren#Theo James#Kat Graham#Nicole Ari Parker#Forest Whitaker#Grace Dove#Kerry Bishé#Mark O'Brien#David Lewis#feminism#feminist film
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MARY POPPINS RETURNS | 2018
The Original Bechdel:
Are there at least two named female characters? - Yes, Mary, Jane, Anabel, Ellen, Cousin Topsy, and Balloon Lady.
Do these characters ever have a conversation? - Yes, these characters have numerous conversations throughout the movie.
Do they speak about something other than a man? - Yes, one example is at the end of the movie when the balloon lady talks to Mary Poppins about taking a balloon.
The Racial Bechdel:
Are there at least two named characters of color? - Yes. Frye and Angus.
Do these characters ever have a conversation? - No.
Do they speak about something other than a white person?
The LGBTQIA+ Bechdel
Are there at least two LGBTQIA+ identifying characters? - No.
Do these characters ever have a conversation?
Do they speak about something other than a cisgender, heterosexual person?
CONSENSUS: 4/9
#mary poppins returns#feminism#feminist film#rob marshall#david magee#emily blunt#lin-manuel miranda#ben wishaw#emily mortimer#pixie davies#nathanael saleh#joel dawson#Julie Walters#Meryl Streep#Colin Firth#Jeremy Swift#Kobna Holdbrook-Smith#Dick Van Dyke#Angela Lansbury#David Warner#Jim Norton
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BIRD BOX | 2018
The Original Bechdel:
Are there at least two named female characters? - Yes, Malorie, Girl, Olympia, Jessica, Cheryl, Lucy, and Dr. Lapham.
Do these characters ever have a conversation? - Yes, these characters have numerous conversations throughout the movie.
Do they speak about something other than a man? - Yes, Malorie has conversations with Olympia, Jessica, and Dr. Lapham that don’t involve men.
The Racial Bechdel:
Are there at least two named characters of color? - Yes. Tom, Dr. Lapham, Charlie, Lucy, and Greg.
Do these characters ever have a conversation? - Yes. Greg, Charlie, and Tom are involved in a few of the same conversations.
Do they speak about something other than a white person? - No, all the conversations happen in a group setting where white people are also talking.
The LGBTQIA+ Bechdel
Are there at least two LGBTQIA+ identifying characters? - No, just one, Greg.
Do these characters ever have a conversation?
Do they speak about something other than a cisgender, heterosexual person?
CONSENSUS: 5/9
#bird box#susanne bier#Eric Heisserer#Sandra Bullock#Trevante Rhodes#john malkovich#sarah paulson#jacki weaver#rosa salazar#danielle macdonald#Lil Rel Howery#Tom Hollander#Machine Gun Kelly#BD Wong#Pruitt Taylor Vince#Vivien Lyra Blair#Julian Edwards#Parminder Nagra
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SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE | 2018
The Original Bechdel:
Are there at least two named female characters? - Yes, Gwen, Aunt May, Mary Jane, Rio, Peni, and Doc Ock.
Do these characters ever have a conversation? - Yes, Gwen talks to Peni, but their conversations include men.
Do they speak about something other than a man? - No.
The Racial Bechdel:
Are there at least two named characters of color? - Yes. Miles, Aaron, Jeff, Rio, Peni, and Miss Calleros.
Do these characters ever have a conversation? - Yes. Many times.
Do they speak about something other than a white person? - Yes, Miles talks to his dad, Jeff, many times without the mention of a white person.
The LGBTQIA+ Bechdel
Are there at least two LGBTQIA+ identifying characters? - No.
Do these characters ever have a conversation?
Do they speak about something other than a cisgender, heterosexual person?
CONSENSUS: 5/9
#spider-man: into the spider-verse#feminist film#feminism#bechdel test#bob persichetti#peter ramsey#rodney rothman#phil lord#Shameik Moore#Jake Johnson#Hailee Steinfeld#Mahershala Ali#Brian Tyree Henry#Lily Tomlin#Luna Lauren Velez#Zoë Kravitz#John Mulaney#Kimiko Glenn#Nicolas Cage#Kathryn Hahn#Liev Schreiber#Chris Pine#Natalie Morales
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A SIMPLE FAVOR | 2018
The Original Bechdel:
Are there at least two named female characters? - Yes, Emily, Stephanie, Mrs. Kerry, Stacy, Sona, Margaret and Diana.
Do these characters ever have a conversation? - Yes, Stephanie has conversations with numerous women in the movie.
Do they speak about something other than a man? - Yes, quite a few times. One time specifically is when Stephanie talks to Diana about Emily.
The Racial Bechdel:
Are there at least two named characters of color? - Yes. Sean, Nicky, Mrs. Kerry, and Sona.
Do these characters ever have a conversation? - Yes, Sean and Nicky have a few conversations.
Do they speak about something other than a white person? - No, all of their conversations are either about Stephanie or Emily.
The LGBTQIA+ Bechdel
Are there at least two LGBTQIA+ identifying characters? - Yes, Darren, Diana, and Emily.
Do these characters ever have a conversation? - No.
Do they speak about something other than a cisgender, heterosexual person?
CONSENSUS: 6/9
#a simple favor#paul fieg#jessica sharzer#anna kendrick#blake lively#ian ho#joshua satine#glenda braganza#andrew rannells#kelly mccormack#aparna nancherla#Henry Golding#rupert friend#jean smart#Linda Cardellini
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UFO | 2018
The Original Bechdel:
Are there at least two named female characters? - Yes. Professor Hendricks, Natalie, and Sara.
Do these characters ever have a conversation? - Professor Hendricks and Natalie have one.
Do they speak about something other than a man? - No, Derek is mentioned in the conversation.
The Racial Bechdel:
Are there at least two named characters of color? - Just one, Roland Junger.
Do these characters ever have a conversation?
Do they speak about something other than a white person?
The LGBTQIA+ Bechdel
Are there at least two LGBTQIA+ identifying characters? - No.
Do these characters ever have a conversation?
Do they speak about something other than a cisgender, heterosexual person?
CONSENSUS: 2/9
#Ryan Eslinger#feminism#film#ufo#ufo 2018#feminist film#bechdel test#racial bechdel#lgbt bechdel#Alex Sharp#Gillian Anderson#Ella Purnell#Benjamin Beatty#David Strathairn#Brian Bowman#Ken Early#Katie Eichler
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OCEAN’S EIGHT | 2018
The Original Bechdel:
Are there at least two named female characters? - Yes, Debbie, Lou, Daphne, Rose, Amita, Nine Ball, Constance, Tammy, and Veronica.
Do these characters ever have a conversation? - Yes, these characters have numerous conversations throughout the movie.
Do they speak about something other than a man? - Yes, they have numerous conversations about the job that do not involve men at all.
The Racial Bechdel:
Are there at least two named characters of color? - Yes. Constance, Amita, Nine Ball, and Veronica.
Do these characters ever have a conversation? - Yes. There are many conversations in which Constance, Amita, and Nine Ball are included.
Do they speak about something other than a white person? - No, all of the conversations they have include white characters. One conversation between Constance and Amita includes only them but one of the topic is a white man.
The LGBTQIA+ Bechdel
Are there at least two LGBTQIA+ identifying characters? - No.
Do these characters ever have a conversation?
Do they speak about something other than a cisgender, heterosexual person?
CONSENSUS: 5/9
#ocean's 8#ocean's eight#Gary Ross#Olivia Milch#Sandra Bullock#Cate Blanchett#Elliott Gould#Richard Armitage#Anne Hathaway#Helena Bonham Carter#Mindy Kaling#Rihanna#Dakota Fanning#Awkwafina#Sarah Paulson#Alexander Blaise#James Corden
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OKJA | 2017
The Original Bechdel:
Are there at least two named female characters? - Yes. Lucy, Nancy, Mija, Jennifer, and Red.
Do these characters ever have a conversation? - Yes, Mija has conversations with both Jennifer and Lucy.
Do they speak about something other than a man? - Yes. Jennifer threatens Mija into going out on stage during the Mija rally.
The Racial Bechdel:
Are there at least two named characters of color? - Yes. Mija, Frank, K, and Hee Bong.
Do these characters ever have a conversation? - Yes, Mija has conversations with both K and Hee Bong.
Do they speak about something other than a white person? - Yes, Mija and Hee Bong have numerous conversations about Okja.
The LGBTQIA+ Bechdel
Are there at least two LGBTQIA+ identifying characters? - No.
Do these characters ever have a conversation?
Do they speak about something other than a cisgender, heterosexual person?
CONSENSUS: 6/9
#okja#feminism#feminist film#bechdel test#raical bechdel#lgbt bechdel#Joon-ho Bong#Jon Ronson#Tilda Swinton#Giancarlo Esposito#Jake Gyllenhaal#Seohyun An#Hee-Bong Byun#Je-mun Yun#Shirley Henderson#Woo-sik Choi#Steven Yeun#Paul Dano#Daniel Henshall#Lily Collins#Devon Bostick
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THE NUN | 2018
The Original Bechdel:
Are there at least two named female characters? - Yes. Sister Irene, Sister Oana, Sister Victoria, Sister Ruth, Mother Superior, and Sister Jessica.
Do these characters ever have a conversation? - Yes, Sister Irene and Sister Oana have a few conversations.
Do they speak about something other than a man? - Yes, when they’re in the Abbey, they talk about the demon.
The Racial Bechdel:
Are there at least two named characters of color? - Yes, Father Burke and Sister Ruth.
Do these characters ever have a conversation? - No.
Do they speak about something other than a white person?
The LGBTQIA+ Bechdel
Are there at least two LGBTQIA+ identifying characters? - No.
Do these characters ever have a conversation?
Do they speak about something other than a cisgender, heterosexual person?
CONSENSUS: 4/9
#The Nun#feminist film#feminism#bechdel test#racial bechdel#lgbt bechdel#Corin Hardy#Gary Dauberman#James Wan#Demián Bichir#Taissa Farmiga#Jonas Bloquet#Bonnie Aarons#Ingrid Bisu#Charlotte Hope#Sandra Teles#Lynnette Gaza#Ani Sava
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