The Bechdel test, created by Alison Bechdel in 1985, is a test that looks for three key factors in a movie or television show to see how women are represented. Let’s see if some of the highest grossing movies of the past three decades actually pass this test. For a piece of media to pass the Bechdel test it needs to:

1. Have more than two named female characters
2. The female characters have to talk to each other
3. They have to talk about something other than a man

Avatar

1. Two female characters are named: Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña), Grace (Sigourney Weaver), among others.
2. They do Interact with each other: Sometimes unintelligible since it’s in a different language.
3. The women talk about something other than a man.

Lord of the Rings

1. Two female characters are named: Arwen (Liv Tyler), Eowyn (Miranda Otto).
2. They don’t interact with each other: they operate in different subplots
3. The women fail to talk about something other than a man

The Lion King

1. Two female characters are named: Nala (Beyoncé), Sarabi (Alfre Woodard).
2. The two women interact with each other
3. They fail to talk about something other than a man: they only talk about Simba (Donald Glover)

Avengers Endgame

1. Two female characters are named: Gamora (Zoe Saldana) and Nebula (Karen Gillan), among many others
2. The two women interact with each other.
3. Talk about something other than a man: Gamora and Nebula share many sisterly conversations.

Barbie

1. Two female characters are named: Barbie (Margot Robbie), Sasha (Ariana Greenblatt) and many others.
2. The two women interact with each other.
3. Talk about something other than a man: Margot Robbie had 49.85% of screen time.

Deadpool and Warewolf

1. Two female characters are named: Cassandra (Emma Corrin), Laura (Dafne Keen).
2. They don’t interact with each other.
3. They talk about something other than a man